Search Results - "Goubran, Sherif"

Sustainable Practices in Higher Education: Finance, Strategy, and Engagement by Walker, Thomas, Ed, Tarabieh, Khaled, Ed, Goubran, Sherif, Ed, Machnik-Kekesi, Gabrielle, Ed

“…This edited collection presents, reviews, and critically analyzes sustainable practices and long-term-oriented decision-making in Higher Education Institutions…”
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Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Dashboard Framework and Index for Higher Educational Institutions by Shoukry, Farah, Goubran, Sherif, Tarabieh, Khaled

“…This research proposes a 10-step methodology for developing an enhanced IAQ dashboard and classroom index (CI) in higher educational facilities located in arid…”
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Experimental study on the flow characteristics of air curtains at building entrances by Goubran, Sherif, Qi, Dahai, Saleh, Wael F., Wang, Liangzhu (Leon), Zmeureanu, Radu

“…Air infiltration through building entrances is one of the main sources of energy loss in modern buildings. Previous studies have shown that air curtains, when…”
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Experimental Study of Envelope Airtightness in New Egyptian Residential Dwellings by Raafat, Rana, Marey, Ahmed, Goubran, Sherif

“…In residential buildings, air infiltration impacts energy, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort considerably. While air infiltration in residential…”
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Heritage Buildings’ Façades as Facilitators for Local Sustainable Development: The Case of Cairo’s El Korba Area by Bassily, Virginia, Abufarag, Toka, Goubran, Sherif

“…Previous research has highlighted the correlation between the design of the built environment and sustainable development, underscoring how buildings have the…”
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Refurbishing Classrooms for Hybrid Learning: Balancing between Infrastructure and Technology Improvements by Marey, Ahmed, Goubran, Sherif, Tarabieh, Khaled

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to all facets of education. As students are slowly repopulating university campuses after lockdowns and…”
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Assessing dynamic efficiency of air curtain in reducing whole building annual energy usage by Goubran, Sherif, Qi, Dahai, Wang, Liangzhu Leon

“…The efficiency of air curtain in reducing infiltration and associated energy usage is currently evaluated statically by using an efficiency factor, η air ,…”
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Sustainability in architectural design projects - a semiotic understanding by Goubran, Sherif

“…The potential of semiotics to theorize and analyze the field of sustainable architecture is still largely unexplored. This paper uses a triadic structure for…”
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Green building standards and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by Goubran, Sherif, Walker, Thomas, Cucuzzella, Carmela, Schwartz, Tyler

“…Sustainable practices in the building industry are strongly influenced by published green and sustainable building and real-estate standards (GSBRES)…”
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Parametric study of air curtain door aerodynamics performance based on experiments and numerical simulations by Qi, Dahai, Goubran, Sherif, Wang, Liangzhu (Leon), Zmeureanu, Radu

“…Air curtains have been widely used to reduce infiltration through door openings and save heating/cooling energy in different types of buildings. Previous…”
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Diagnosing the local suitability of high-rise timber construction by Goubran, Sherif, Masson, Tristan, Walker, Thomas

“…High-rise timber construction has attracted increasing attention among academics and practitioners in recent years. Publications place a heavy emphasis on the…”
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A TOD index integrating development potential, economic vibrancy, and socio-economic factors for encouraging polycentric cities by Cucuzzella, Carmela, Owen, Jordan, Goubran, Sherif, Walker, Thomas

“…There has been a significant amount of research on the methods that city planners can use to identify and pursue opportunities for Transit-Oriented Development…”
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Comparing methods of modeling air infiltration through building entrances and their impact on building energy simulations by Goubran, Sherif, Qi, Dahai, Saleh, Wael F., Wang, Liangzhu (Leon)

“…•Airflow coefficient for single door infiltration is experimentally verified.•Building entrance air infiltration are modeled by four modeling methods currently…”
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Mainstreaming social impact bonds: A critical analysis by Walker, Thomas, Goubran, Sherif, Karami, Moein, Dumont-Bergeron, Adele, Schwartz, Tyler, Vico, Kalima

“…•Provides a detailed review of social impact bonds (SIBs) as an impact investment mechanism.•Analyzes and compares prominent SIB case studies to extract key…”
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We gain a lot…but what are we losing? A critical reflection on the implications of digital design technologies by Soulikias, Aristofanis, Cucuzzella, Carmela, Nizar, Firdous, Hazbei, Morteza, Goubran, Sherif

“…Purpose Highly sophisticated digital technologies have distanced architects and designers from intimate and immediate hand-drawing practices. Meanwhile the…”
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