Browsing Dissertations for Sustainable Design of Built Environment (SDBE) by Subject "passive design"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Overhangs and Side-fins on Building Thermal Comfort, Visual Comfort and Energy Consumption in the Tropics
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-04)The rapid booming in the field of building construction during the last few decades created many challenges for this issue in the research zone in terms of its negative effects on the environment due to large amounts of ...