Knowledge, 2022 The building-and-construction industry has been researched extensively over its life cycle regarding green and sustainable processes and techniques due to its major contributions towards energy consumption and its environmental impacts.
M. Sandanayake
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Risks of Implementing Sustainable Construction Practices in the Nigerian Building Industry
Construction Economics and Building, 2022 This study assessed the risks level associated with implementation of sustainable construction practices through a questionnaire survey distributed to 256 building professionals in Nigeria.
P. Okoye, K. Okolie, I. Odesola
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Sensitivity Analysis of Influencing Factors of Fire Smoke Transport on Subway Station Platforms
Fire, 2023 This paper investigates the sensitivity of factors influencing the transport of smoke in subway station fires by developing a three-dimensional physical model of a subway station using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology and importing it into ...
Huaitao Song +7 more
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Main Features of the Timber Structure Building Industry Business Models
Buildings, 2021 The use of timber as structural building material is growing and a greater number of firms are looking to enter this raising market. Erecting a complex timber building usually involves combining the work of architects, structural engineers, builders ...
Annie Gosselin +3 more
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Post-2000 Building Industry in Kabul City from Sustainability Perspective
Sustainability, 2021 Buildings are one of the major consumers of energy and producers of greenhouse gases globally. Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings helps decrease global warming and enhances the natural environment.
N. R. Sabory +5 more
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Research on 3D Reconstruction of Binocular Vision Based on Thermal Infrared
Sensors, 2023 Thermal infrared imaging is less affected by lighting conditions and smoke compared to visible light imaging. However, thermal infrared images often have lower resolution and lack rich texture details, making them unsuitable for stereo matching and 3D ...
Huaizhou Li +5 more
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Radiological and physico-chemical characterization of red mud as an Al-containing precursor in inorganic binders for the building industry [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2021 The potential re-use of red mud in the building and construction industry has been the subject of research of many scientists. The presented research is a contribution to the potential solution of this environmental issue through the synthesis ...
Kljajević Ljiljana M. +6 more
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Identifying Factors Affecting the Establishment of Green Supply Chain Management with a Meta-Synthesis Approach [PDF]
Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī, 2022 The construction industry has always had significant destructive effects on the environment. Utilizing green supply chain management strategies to achieve sustainable construction is an effective approach to reducing environmental damage.
Azam Tariyan +2 more
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YOLO-SF: YOLO for Fire Segmentation Detection
IEEE Access, 2023 Owing to the problems of missed detection, false detection, and low accuracy of the current fire detection algorithm, a segmentation detection algorithm, YOLO-SF, is proposed.
Xianghong Cao +3 more
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Exploring the Impacts of Exit Structures on Evacuation Efficiency
Fire, 2023 In the context of a fire emergency, safe and efficient exits are of paramount importance for pedestrian evacuation. The recent rapid development in the construction industry has rendered exit structures more diverse and complex. However, little attention
Xiaoge Wei +4 more
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