Currently, several façade systems exist to enable sustainable building design. The biggest
challenges for façade designers are to identify new technology and effective, sustainable …

Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) plays an essential role in the economic sustainability
assessment of buildings, and building information modeling (BIM) offers a potentially …

The unequal heat gain in south and north orientation of a building causes higher energy
consumption which should have been avoided. In this paper, an active pipe-embedded …

A surge in energy demand driven by the growing number of buildings and insufficient
attention to sustainable and optimised energy-saving procedures are likely to threaten the …

A large amount of the Iranian energy demand is related to the building sector, mainly due to
its obsolescence. In this paper, a second-skin system has been implemented as a retrofit …

Building materials, mainly steel and concrete used in residential buildings, significantly
impact CO2-eq emissions. Nowadays, carbon tax policy is used in some countries to reduce …

The literature and previous research revealed that reducing the variation order by selecting
the favorite material visually by the project's owner in the design stage is not available …

Residential buildings consume approximately 36% of total electricity consumption in Cyprus
and this is expected to continue increasing in the coming years. This study explores the …

Building information modeling (BIM) has attracted considerable interest in the area of 4D
simulation. The performance and benefits of the 4D simulation can be affected by different …

The room's plan shape, the area of the window, and the impact of the materials are
significant parameters in determining the thermal needs of buildings. In traditional houses of …