Browsing Dissertations for Sustainable Design of Built Environment (SDBE) by Title
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Fixed Shading Scenarios to Optimize Lighting Performance and Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings Case Study of Dubai Design District
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-07)As the global movement is moving towards reducing the leading causes of global warming, the United Arab Emirates is one of the striving countries that is moving towards tackling this phenomenon by launching initiatives ... -
A Framework for Post-Disaster Reconstruction Planning A Case Study of Aleppo-SYRIA
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)Disasters occur around the globe leaving casualties in lives and a destructed built environment. But human made targeted destruction is far worse as it can leave one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world: ... -
Future proofing Karachi for Urban Heat Island
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-07)"Future proofing cities is one of the most researched and pressing topic of this century due to climate change. This research is focused on Urban Heat Island, one of the many issues faced by the mega city of Karachi, due ... -
Greening Existing Buildings in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-09)It is expected that in the next few decades, CO2 production in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will increase up to 138.4 million metric tonnes annually as a result of increasing the consumption of building resources, like ... -
Grid electricity demand reduction through applying passive and active strategies for a house in Baghdad, Iraq
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-07)Over the last decade, electricity conservation has been at the core of global attention as every aspect of modern life depends on electrical energy. More so, all new and improved technologies are accompanied by the rapid ... -
The Grid Iron Patterns & Detached Villas as the Main Drivers of Sharjah City’s Urban Sprawl
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-02)The city of Sharjah is among the Gulf cities that have increased in size at an unprecedented rate by all standards, and within a period of time not exceeding four decades, after it remained confined within its old wall ... -
Health and Comfort Implications of Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Conditions in Dubai Elementary Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-07)Many studies indicate that poor indoor air quality and thermal discomfort can negatively impact the health, performance, and comfort of the occupants. Poor quality of indoor air can cause short-term or long-term health ... -
Historical trends of energy consumption of local housing units in UAE and future outlook in light of new green buildings regulations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05)WWF (2010) ranked United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the country with the world's largest Ecological Footprint per capita in 2007, by means of that if the earth's population consumed and emitted carbons as much as UAE residents ... -
Holistic Transitional Approach of Humanitarian Shelters Through The Implementation of Adaptable Design Strategies.
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-06)The issue of forcibly displaced portions of a population has become an emerging global trend that is driven by significantly increased numbers of displaced people. This is caused by increases in natural disasters due ... -
Home Automation Awareness in United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-07)More than ever, we use internet excessively almost everyone access the world wide web daily, from kids to elderlies, even from people with different academic backgrounds we use it to connect, socialize and even perform ... -
How Green Building Passive Design Techniques Can Enhance the Lighting and Thermal Indoor Environment in Museums
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-11)There is a need for global environmental sustainable development involving upgrading the built environment with green initiatives to conserve energy. museums has relatively extra electricity usages as it needs provide ... -
Human Centric lighting in school classrooms
(The British University in Dubai (BUID), 2020-08)Human centric lighting ( HCL ) is the sum of visual and non-visual effects of light on humans. Not only do we need light to see objects, but recently it was found that light affects much more than that. It was shown that ... -
The Impact of Bioclimatic Design on Ambient Air Temperature in Dubai Small Outdoor Urban Spaces
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-06)A bioclimatic design approach is based upon incorporating the microclimatic requirements into the design to achieve higher comfort levels and lower energy consumption. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cooling ... -
The Impact of Building Orientation, Opening to Wall Ratio, Aspect Ratio and Envelope Materials on Buildings Energy Consumption in the Tropics
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-10)As the coming years will witness a noticeable depletion of many resources, significant increase in the planet's temperature and unprecedented increase in the Green house gases (GSG) emissions, the importance of curbing ... -
Impact of Classroom Plants on Students’ Comfort and Performance in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-05)This study investigates the impact of green-wall inside a classroom on students. The aim of this study is to verify what previous studies affirmed as of a positive relationship between the existence of plants in a room and ... -
The Impact of Different Urban Configurations on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study of the Military Camps in Abu Dhabi, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-09)One of the major challenges facing the urban planning sector is the rapid pace of growth of the world‘s urban populations. In particular, the urban, economic and institutional conditions of Abu Dhabi, the capital city of ... -
The Impact of Internal Dynamic Facades on Energy Saving
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-05)As the world’s environment is suffering from excessive problems people are facing nowadays, increase in levels of CO2 is one of these problems. The building industry is responsible for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, and ... -
The Impact of Kinetic Façade on the Performance and Energy Efficiency of a Public Building in Dubai - The Case of Dubai Frame
(The British University of Dubai, 2019-06)Recently many studies were conducted to discuss adaptive and intelligent façade techniques in response to climate factors to enhance the sustainability measures of buildings. However, these studies have not been interacted ... -
Impact of Ministry Schools’ Envelopes on Daylighting and Energy Performance in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-06)Students spend most of their time at schools in one space where it should be well lit and ventilated during the school day. Integrating daylighting within a school building is an important factor for a vital sustainable ... -
Impact of Modified Urban Surfaces on Enhancing the Microclimate of Residential Landscape Areas in Hot Arid Environments – Case Study of Jumeirah Village Circle Community, Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-01)The existing structure of the urban form with negligible greenery has created the urban heat islands (UHI) in many areas of the world. This can to an extent be reduced through thoughtful landscape design, which in turn ...