Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview

B Abu-Jdayil, AH Mourad, W Hittini, M Hassan… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy saving has become a strategic goal in the whole world, that will lead to protect the
environment and conserve natural resources. The energy consumption in buildings for …

A review of environmental friendly green composites: production methods, current progresses, and challenges

M Abdur Rahman, S Haque, MM Athikesavan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The growing concern about environmental damage and the inability to meet the demand for
more versatile, environmentally friendly materials has sparked increasing interest in polymer …

Life cycle assessment and cost analysis of fly ash–rice husk ash blended alkali-activated concrete

S Fernando, C Gunasekara, DW Law… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of industrial and agricultural by-products for the production of alkali activated
concrete (AAC) has the potential to yield significant benefits towards sustainability goals. To …

Optimal control via neural networks: A convex approach

Y Chen, Y Shi, B Zhang - arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.11835, 2018 - arxiv.org
Control of complex systems involves both system identification and controller design. Deep
neural networks have proven to be successful in many identification tasks, however, from …

A quantitative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from conventional and modular construction: A case of developing country

H Pervez, Y Ali, A Petrillo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Building construction serves a vital purpose from a social and economic perspective by
meeting the housing needs of society and contributing to the economic growth of a country …

Suppliers' communication capability and external green integration for green and financial performance in Korean construction industry

C Woo, MG Kim, Y Chung, JJ Rho - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental policies and customer concerns about environmental pollution lead to the
implementation of environmental management by companies. Beyond individual-level …

Examination of Green Building Drivers in the South African Construction Industry: Economics versus Ecology

AO Windapo - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
There is a large body of literature on green buildings, but few studies have focused on the
motivation behind the construction of green buildings globally, and in South Africa in …

Analysis of existing building energy saving policies in Japan and China

B Huang, V Mauerhofer, Y Geng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Building sector accounts for a large percentage of the total national energy consumption in
most of the countries, thus it is critical to formulate and implement appropriate energy saving …

A production line-based carbon emission assessment model for prefabricated components in China

G Liu, T Gu, P Xu, J Hong, A Shrestha… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The construction industry is characterized by high-energy consumption and intensive-
carbon emissions. With the promotion of energy-saving technologies in buildings combined …

Harnessing stakeholder motivation: towards a Swiss sustainable building sector

A Feige, H Wallbaum, S Krank - Building Research & Information, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The contribution of stakeholders to the development and implementation of a sustainable
built environment has emerged as crucial to the delivery of meaningful change. The …