Modular construction is an innovative new construction method that minimizes waste and
improves efficiency within the construction industry. However, practitioners are hampered by …

The excessive consumption of energy used for ensuring the indoor thermal comfort of
buildings has led to a rise in the economic and environmental impacts of the construction …

Energy and resource conservation holds an inimitable significance when sustainability for
the present as well as future comes into picture. With the rise of green/low-energy buildings …

Recently, in the building and infrastructure fields, studies on defect detection methods using
deep learning have been widely implemented. For robust automatic recognition of defects in …

Reducing the lifecycle energy use of buildings with renewable energy applications has
become critical given the urgent need to decarbonize the building sector. Multi-objective …

Building stock renovation is a major challenge towards a sustainable energy transition. In
this context, there is a need for accurate and holistic assessment of retrofitting solutions …

Purpose The central motivation for this study was to examine alternatives against the
apartment area reduction as a safe way to reduce construction costs, adopted by many …

The excessive consumption of energy used to ensure the indoor thermal comfort of buildings
has led to a rise in the economic and environmental impacts of the construction sector. On …

Background: The building sector is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas
emissions across the globe. The European Union pledges to become climate neutral by …

A considerable amount of material, water, energy and other natural resources are invested
in the building sector. The poor performance in energy efficiency of most existing buildings …