Browsing Dissertations for Sustainable Design of Built Environment (SDBE) by Subject "climate change"

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    • Energy Performance of Earth Sheltered Spaces in Hot-Arid Regions 

      Al-Neama, Bahaa Hussein Ali (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 ...

    • Future proofing Karachi for Urban Heat Island 

      NAVEED, AMAL (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 ...

    • Measuring Sustainability in Design for Hospitality 

      Zimmer, Teresa Marie (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-11)
      Mounting awareness of climate change in recent years has led the construction industry to initiate new approaches toward sustainable building design. The USGBC’s LEED guideline programs are currently the most widely accepted ...

    • The potential role of nuclear energy in mitigating CO2 emissions of te built environment in the United Arab Emirates 

      Alfarra, Hasan Jamil (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-02)
      Carbon Dioxide emission is a foremost contributor to the threatening global warming and climate change. It is more than doubled in the UAE since 1990, and the electricity generated by conventional energy is responsible for ...

    • A Study for Energy Consumption patterns and Carbon Dioxide emissions for Residential Building in Dubai 

      AL SHEHHI, FATEMA AHMED (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-12)
      The climate is changing and recent years show that the earth is warming up, sea level is rising and carbon dioxide (CO2) increasing as well. Human activities are considered as part of climate change due to the amounts of ...