Purpose Climate adaptation, energy efficiency, sustainable development and green growth
are societal challenges for which the Facilities Management (FM) profession can develop …

Affordable construction has identified low embodied energy in materials as key issue. This
review paper shows that even though there is a lack of research on this topic, embodied …

The total amount of resources and energy consumed by long-lifespan residential buildings
(RBs) is far less than that of short-lifespan RBs with repeated demolitions and constructions …

Weathering of materials leads to degradation of the fabric of buildings which if left
unchecked will lead to an increase in the rate, and possibly severity, of degradation …

This study investigates the influence of using ground palm oil fuel ash (G-POFA) from 10%–
30% as cement replacement (by weight) on the cement mortar's pH under various curing …

This study creates a deterioration diagnostic model for the external wall tiles of aged
buildings, using both stage 1 and stage 2 diagnostic methods. The visual test results are …

This study focuses on a deterioration diagnostic standard and inspection time for external
wall tiles. The study was carried out using a tap tone test, followed by fast Fourier transform …

The Service life of a building is the period from commencement of service to the time just
before costly maintenance becomes necessary for continued meeting of minimum …

This study investigates variousmethods of construction of non-domestic buildings and its
effect on buildingperformance of a typical UK supermarket under the worst-case scenarios of …

BRANZ Study Report SR464 Durability evaluation framework for new building materials Page 1
Study Report SR464 [2022] Durability evaluation framework for new building materials …