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Social Indicators Research, 2007 Housing, an essential aspect of quality of life, is also significant for sustainable development (SD). All of the major international statements on SD refer to housing or settlement strategies. However, indicator sets derived from these statements often fail to include good indicators of sustainable housing.
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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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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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Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The challenge for real estate companies to assess and communicate sustainability aspects at corporate, portfolio and building level is constantly increasing due to many external and internal influences.
Matthias Buchholz, Thomas Lützkendorf
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Implications of urban expansion: land, planning and housing in Lagos
Buildings & Cities, 2022 With an over 20-fold increase in population between 1963 and today, Lagos has expanded significantly both within and outside its city administrative boundaries.
Basirat Oyalowo
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The use of mathematical modeling in architectural design to provide sustainable housing [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2022 The research deals with the problem of housing in developing countries, especially the increasing costs of constructing housing units and the inability of governments to provide adequate housing for citizens.
AMR ZEINA
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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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Atmosphere, 2023 Physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases like heart diseases and diabetes. However, exposure to poor air quality (AQ) when engaging in PA could negate the health benefits.
Olalekan A. M. Popoola +13 more
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The Indicators of Sustainable Housing in Local Housing Projects [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016 Most of the sustainable design principles work to reduce the cost of housing over the building life cycle (BLC) especially in housing development projects.
Safa Al-deen hussain ali +1 more
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CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2023 Households' income and other concerns constitute important sustainable housing choices factors that play vital roles in influencing rental housing affordability decisions.
Amos Chom Haruna +2 more
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