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Impact of Plant Life on Formaldehyde Levels in an Existing Office Setting In the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-04)
The toxin formaldehyde has been associated with muscle weakness, itchy eyes/ skin and is considered a carcinogen. Plant life has been long associated with cleaning air and improving IAQ levels. Therefore this study will ...
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 ...
Improving Healthcare Services by Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-05)
The tools of the Total Quality Management (TQM) have gained high importance due to increasing competitions in the healthcare industry. As a selling approach needs to be based on management assurance, this has to be applied ...
Optimization of the Energy Performance in the Hospitality Sector in UAE by Using the Integrated Control Methodology in the Guestrooms
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-05)
This dissertation aims to study the energy efficiency in the hospitality sector in UAE. It will discuss the energy benchmarking analysis for the lodging buildings to differentiate between the usual practice and best practice ...
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 ...
The Impact of External Shading and Windows’ Glazing and Frame on Thermal Performance of Residential House in Abu-Dhabi
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-04)
High awareness of sustainability importance has been witnessed in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) in the last few years. Sustainable development needs have set one of the bottom lines of Abu-Dhabi vision, the capital of ...
Reducing of the Energy Consumption in the Federal Buildings in UAE Using Lighting and Control Technologies
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-04)
UAE has one of the highest electricity consumption per capita in the world. This reflects negatively on the CO2 emissions which is an increasing determination in the UAE. CO2 emissions must be reduced as part of the global ...
Dubai Smart Building Assessment System
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-06)
Guidelines and ranking criteria are very important to evaluate buildings. In order to evaluate and define a building as a smart building there should be a criteria or guideline base. In other words an assessment checklist ...
An Online Cognitive, Adaptive, Practice based Approach for ITS: An Approach to IT professional certifications
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2008-10)
With the development of WWW technology, web-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are becoming an important area of research and development. The key benefit of web-based ITS is that it can be accessed by thousands of ...
Performance Simulation of Single- and Double-Effect Absorption Refrigeration Systems Used for Solar Cooling Applications
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-11)
Cooling is very essential for the various aspects of modern life. One of the important applications is the air conditioning field. With increasing oil prices, alternative ways are needed to ensure energy conservation. One ...