Browsing Faculty of Engineering & IT (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Integration of Wind Catchers in Modern Residential Buildings in the UAE as a Means of Providing Thermal Comfort
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-04)This research is an evaluation of the effectiveness of wind catchers as means of providing thermal comfort for modern residential buildings in the hot arid climates in the UAE. Though this research involves a residence ... -
Intelligent Energy Consumption for Smart Homes using Fused Machine Learning Technique
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-12)Energy is an essential contribution for practically all exercises and is, in this way, imperative for development in personal satisfaction. Because of this explanation, valuable energy has turned into an expansion sought ... -
Investigating Cross-Lingual Hate Speech Detection on Social Media
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-01)Social media platforms are becoming an integral part of our life. Massive amounts of content are being uploaded to social media platforms every second by online users. Social media sites are creating an exciting platform ... -
Investigating energy savings due to implementing green roof on existing residential buildings in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-05)In recent years, building energy consumption keeps rising due to growth in population, increasing demand for comfort in indoor environment and global climate changing. The contribution from buildings toward global energy ... -
Investigating students' acceptance of E-learning system in Higher Educational Environments in the UAE: Applying the Extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
(The British University in Dubai, 2018-03)Recently, with the proliferation of internet technology, e-learning has become one of the important educational technologies in higher educational institutions. Nevertheless, the success of e-learning systems highly depends ... -
Investigating Students’ and Faculty members’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Mobile Learning in Higher Educational Environments at the Gulf Region
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-12)Recently, the way we learn has been shifted dramatically from traditional classrooms relying on printed papers into E-learning relying on digital/electronic pages. Modern educational technologies attempt to facilitate the ... -
Investigating the causes and drivers of food waste in the hospitality sector in Dubai-UAE. Toward implementing food waste prevention strategies.”
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-12)Saving natural resources to protect the planet and help sustain a better future for the generations requires focusing mainly on the three pillars of a sustainable society that are important for humans to live and interact. ... -
Investigating the effect of Light Pipes, as Daylight Strategy, on Employee Performance Levels in High-Rise Office Buildings in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-10)Corresponding with the importance of daylighting, studies have established the non-energy related benefits of daylighting at office buildings. Quantitative studies and qualitative statements are utilized during the course ... -
Investigating the Impact of Space Layout on the Energy Performance and Lighting Strategies – A Case Study of a Private School in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-10)Sustainable development of the built environment is one of the major focuses in the modern world. However, the building sectors consume a huge amount of energy globally, as a result, environmental managers are constantly ... -
Investigation of Indoor Particulate Matter (PM) Level in Office Buildings in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-06)The air around us is a mixture of many elements from different states. The particulate matters are suspended particles in the air, which are in liquid or solid state. These particulate matters have a major impact on human ... -
Investigations on the integration of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in High-rise Buildings
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-04)The potential of wind energy as a renewable source is widely recognized these days, with wind farms multiplying all around the world. However another application for wind turbine is now gaining interest, the concept of ... -
Is the United Arab Emirates Capable to Create a Green and Sustainable Future?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-06)A plethora of research has established that the anthropogenic activity triggered climate changes can elicit catastrophic consequences, jeopardizing the existence of life on earth. For assuaging such a looming peril, ... -
IT Governance in Dubai Government Organizations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Nowadays, having an effective IT department that is aligned with the business needs and aspiration has become top priority in organizations striving to stay ahead. To deal with this issue,the concept of IT Governance (IT) ... -
IT Outsourcing vs. Smart-sourcing in the Utility Industry
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-09)Businesses turn to outsource their information technology activities to third parties for different reasons. This research has been conducted to determine the challenges organizations and companies are encountering because ... -
KINETIC DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE STRATEGY TO REDUCE ENERGY AND IMPROVE LIGHT COMFORT IN AN OFFICE BUILDING IN DUBAI - UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)Façade technique as a response to the external climate factors has been discussing tremendously by many studies and in many regions with various weather conditions. However, in particular, the subject of the kinetic facade ... -
Knowledge Management Practices in UAE Construction Sector
(The British University in Dubai, 2017-11)Knowledge management (KM)considered as project asset that add value to the projects and organizations as its useful in delivering the project on time , within budget and with high quality standards to satisfy projects ... -
Leadership and Its Impact on Organisational Behaviour in a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-11)This study seeks to critically investigate the impact that various leadership style have on organisational behaviours that are crucial in maintaining high organisational performance with respect to an NPP in the UAE. The ... -
Lean Transformation in IT – Case Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-11)Managing quality is crucial for all small and big organizations over the world. Meeting customers’ satisfactions and needs by providing a high standard of quality for services and products will uphold organizations’ image ... -
Learning Games and their impacts on Student’s Educational Performance
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-06)Developing an application through which the user can learn and have fun at the same time is being challenging for developers. For young learners these applications, or learning games sound interesting and very attractive ... -
Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Value Engineering and their Usage in the United Arab Emirates: A Case Study of Residential Buildings in Al Ain
(The British University in Dubai, 2016-12)Anxiety of succeeding a business is uncertainty to any stakeholder. Therefore appropriate strategical planning based on financial assessment is essential, strictly speaking for long-term planning. Accordingly, life cycle ...