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Employee Reward as Moderator in The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Motivation in Construction Organisations in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-09)This study aims to investigate the moderating effects of extrinsic and intrinsic employee rewards on the relationship between transformational leadership style and employee motivation in construction organisations in the ... -
Employees Understanding Of Excellence Model and Its Effect on the Organizational Performance
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-05)Excellence practices have nowadays became an essence of organizational success and continuity and a mandate in many government departments. However, and as those practices are relatively new and take over many traditional ... -
Energy Efficient Refurbishment for Existing Office Building in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-12)UAE has witnessed a rapid economic growth in last two decades resulting in construction of large number of new buildings. With pace of new constructions slowing down following global financial crisis of 2008, focus now has ... -
Energy Optimization of an Existing Residential Villa in UAE Towards Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) Concept
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)Buildings energy contributes in one third of the world’s consumed energy. The use of fossil fuels to provide buildings energy contributes in the Global Warming phenomenon. To reduce the buildings impact on world’s energy, ... -
Energy Performance of Earth Sheltered Spaces in Hot-Arid Regions
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-12)The issue of global warming and climate change has stirred an unprecedented campaign in the building industry to minimize its impact on the environment. Earth sheltered spaces represent the long-gone pattern of living and ... -
Energy Performance of Public Housing Buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil An Evaluation of the Current Design Process
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-09)With global warming and its impact on the environment becoming more evident, sustainability has become a major factor to lessen the damage being produced by men. Numerous are the reasons why sustainability is hard to ... -
The Energy Performance of the Double Skin Façade in a Conventional Residential Building in Irbid, Jordan
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-07)This paper aims at investigating the thermal performance of double skin façade (DSF) for a residential building known as “Amara” in Irbid, Jordan. This city, is the second largest city located in the northern part of Jordan, ... -
Energy saving by using Double Skin Façade for office buildings in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-03)There is more demand on glazed façades for high-rise buildings which, increase cooling loads especially in hot and arid climate. Double skin façade is widely used to reduce energy loads and provide visually transparent ... -
The energy saving potential of using the optimum external fixed louvers configurations in an Office Building in UAE climate condition
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-01)Studies on the effect of external fixed louvers shading device on office buildings energy performance in UAE climate condition have shown that the louvers application caused a significant energy saving potential for the ... -
ENERGY SAVING THROUGH THE USAGE OF DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(The British University in Dubai, 2018-04)The United Arab Emirates is one of the leading countries in the development of cities. Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. One unique feature of Dubai is its structures and buildings. Most of the ... -
Enhancement of information retrieval ranking using fuzzy logic
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Enhancing Bifaciality Factor for Building Integrated Bifacial PV in a Double Skin Façade System
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-06)On a global scale the move towards renewable energy is at its highest rates, new technological developments aiming to increase efficiency of energy production and reducing overall cost, making renewables viable on all ... -
Enhancing Daylight and Improving Energy Usage through the Utilization of Lightshelves in Deep Plan Office Buildings in Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-07)A city like Dubai that is ever growing with a constant need and demand for more energy, one can only think of solutions to mitigate this issue. Introducing daylight into office buildings can bring about major benefits to ... -
Enhancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Optimizing Indoor Energy Consumption Performance of an Existing Urban Community, Dubai, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)An attempt at enhancing outdoor environmental conditions by simulating passive design strategies to study the effect it will have on the energy consumption of an existing villa located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ... -
Enhancing the construction innovation practices
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-12)This research aims to investigate the impact of planning on construction projects duration in Dubai. The primary data has been gathered through a questionnaire which was distributed among the project managers of different ... -
Enhancing the construction innovation practices using exploratory project to overcome construction innovation’s obstacle and improve the project performance
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)Even though the field of construction occupies a privileged place in a country’s economy, the innovation in the construction industry is suffering due to the low quality and slow growth comparing to other industries. Taking ... -
Enhancing the Indoor Lighting Quality of U.A.E Museums A Case Study of Louvre Abu Dhabi
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-12)The role of museums is to conserve and protect history. Over the years, the public perception of museums has greatly improved due to a popular spread of awareness and appreciation of history and culture. This study will ... -
Enhancing Thermal Comfort in Urban Communities with Urban Configurations and Green Coverage: A Case Study of Dubai Sustainable City
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-10)In response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the United Arab Emirates’ long-term vision for cities that provide successful and comfortable sustainable living, it is essential to study and explore ... -
Enhancing Urban Connectivity and Regeneration of Historic Areas: Case Study of Heart of Sharjah
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)Sustainable urban regeneration of historical districts in the Gulf Region generally and in the United Arab Emirates specifically becomes a dynamic area of development during the last decade. This research employs the ... -
The Environmental Barriers to Active School Travel Among Private School Students in Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-09)Childhood obesity rates are increasing, partly caused by a deficiency of physical activity (PA). Active school travel (AST) is one way to counteract this, but its rates are globally dropping. Little is ...