Globally, a variety of factors, ranging from ethnicity and occupants' lifestyles to the local
climate characteristics of any studied location, as well as people's age, can affect thermal …

Considerable energy is used for cooling buildings in hot climates like those found in Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Designing building envelopes for the purpose of …

The measurements for the short-wave solar reflectivity of a Reflective Coating Material
(RCM) with various cleaning operations that were obtained in a previous study were used in …

The building sector significantly contributes to energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Moving toward decarbonization practices becomes a strategic target. Although there are …

A growing interest has been recently demonstrated in studying the thermal resilience of
buildings that goes beyond minimum standard requirements to meet performance targets …

Moisture accumulation in the building components/assemblies that form building envelopes
can lead to material deterioration and moisture related issues such as mould growth. As a …

A variety of factors ranging from ethnicity and occupants' lifestyles to local climatic
characteristics of any studied location and people's age factors can affect thermal comfort …

The building sector contributes to a large amount of energy consumption and carbon
emissions. Moving towards decarbonization practices becomes a strategic target. Although …