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COVID-19 and Living space challenge. Well-being and Public Health recommendations for a healthy, safe, and sustainable housing. [PDF]
Acta Biomed, 2020 Background and aim of the work: The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 is a strong reminder that the lockdown period has changed the way that people and communities live, work, and interact, and it’s necessary to make resilient the built environment, both ...
D'Alessandro D +7 more
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Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2022 Background: Sustainability has been on the front burner of global debates in the 21st century because of the three commons: economic development, social equity and environmental stability. Central to the debate on sustainability is housing. Housing, as
Ibrahim Rotimi Aliu
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Discover SustainabilityHousing is a fundamental human need, yet access remains a significant challenge in Africa, particularly for low-income families. Rapid urbanization exacerbates this issue, highlighting the need for innovative and sustainable housing strategies that can ...
Johannes Bhanye +3 more
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International Journal of Technology, 2014 This paper presents a study of sustainable rating systems for sustainable housing that have been developed by various countries around the world. The objective of this study is to develop a framework for a rating system for housing development by taking ...
Abu Hassan Abu Bakar +2 more
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Embodied carbon emissions in buildings: explanations, interpretations, recommendations
Buildings & Cities, 2022 What is embodied carbon and why is it a significant challenge for clients and designers in the real estate and construction sector? It is the sum of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that arise in the life cycle of a building during manufacture and ...
Thomas Lützkendorf, Maria Balouktsi
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Building Information Modelling Strategies in Sustainable Housing Construction Projects in Malaysia
Sustainability, 2023 Building Information Modelling (BIM) plays a very significant role in the construction industry, especially in project management decision-making and data integration efforts during the preliminary planning and design stage.
Nur Syafika Artika Rahim +4 more
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Resilient and Sustainable Housing Models against Climate Change: A Review
Sustainability, 2023 Most of the world’s population resides in urban areas, and it is expected that this will continue to be the case in the future. These urban areas face enormous challenges such as climate change, economic instability and inequality.
Michelle A. Ruíz, Y. Mack-Vergara
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Sustainability, 2023 The construction industry faces a significant challenge in addressing both the housing crisis and climate change. To mitigate this challenge, there has been a push toward the incorporation of industrialization in the construction process to improve ...
Guisel Romero Quidel +4 more
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Towards energy efficiency: retrofitting existing office buildings using smart technologies
Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2023 Buildings are considered one of the main causes of increasing CO2 emissions due to their excessive consumption of energy. The drive towards sustainability represents a challenge especially in existing buildings.
Mona Azouz, Sarah Elariane
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Designing Sustainable Housing Using a User-Centred Approach: Paipe Case Study
Buildings, 2023 This paper presents a user-centred design method for developing prototype housing designs in the Paipe community of Abuja, Nigeria, addressing the challenges posed by rapid urbanisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Maryam Abbakyari +4 more
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