Search Results - "Hewage, Kasun"

Building Information Modeling (BIM) partnering framework for public construction projects by Porwal, Atul, Hewage, Kasun N.

“…Organizational and people centered issues pose the greatest challenge for Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation. Studies showed that BIM…”
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Improving the energy efficiency of the existing building stock: A critical review of commercial and institutional buildings by Ruparathna, Rajeev, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…The building stock in the world consumes approximately 40% of the energy and emits one third of the total greenhouse gases emissions (GHG). Improving the…”
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Multiple stakeholders in multi-criteria decision-making in the context of Municipal Solid Waste Management: A review by Soltani, Atousa, Hewage, Kasun, Reza, Bahareh, Sadiq, Rehan

“…•We review Municipal Solid Waste Management studies with focus on multiple stakeholders.•We focus on studies with multi-criteria decision analysis methods and…”
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Lithe: Lightweight Secure CoAP for the Internet of Things by Raza, Shahid, Shafagh, Hossein, Hewage, Kasun, Hummen, Rene, Voigt, Thiemo

“…The Internet of Things (IoT) enables a wide range of application scenarios with potentially critical actuating and sensing tasks, e.g., in the e-health domain…”
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Optimization of hydraulic fracturing wastewater management alternatives: A hybrid multi-objective linear programming model by Shamloo, Nazila, Bakhtavar, Ezzeddin, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Production of high volumes of wastewater by hydraulic fracturing operations is a challenging issue in the unconventional gas industry in North America. A…”
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Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Building Energy Performance: A Surrogate Energy Retrofits Decision Support Framework by Zhang, Haonan, Feng, Haibo, Hewage, Kasun, Arashpour, Mehrdad

“…Assessing the energy performance of existing residential buildings (ERB) has been identified as key to improving building energy efficiency and reducing…”
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‘Socializing’ sustainability: a critical review on current development status of social life cycle impact assessment method by Chhipi-Shrestha, Gyan Kumar, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is a technique to assess the potential social impacts of a product or service caused by its life cycle. The aim of this…”
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Building Information Modeling–Based Analysis to Minimize Waste Rate of Structural Reinforcement by Porwal, Atul, Hewage, Kasun N

“…AbstractBuilding information modeling (BIM) is an emerging tool in architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) industry that is used to design, document, and…”
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Fuzzy cognitive maps in systems risk analysis: a comprehensive review by Bakhtavar, Ezzeddin, Valipour, Mahsa, Yousefi, Samuel, Sadiq, Rehan, Hewage, Kasun

“…Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) have been widely applied to analyze complex, causal-based systems in terms of modeling, decision making, analysis, prediction,…”
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Nexus of economic growth, energy consumption, FDI and emissions: a tale of Bangladesh by Hasan, Md Arif, Nahiduzzaman, Kh Md, Aldosary, Adel S., Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Bangladesh observed an unprecedented growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and foreign direct investments (FDI) over the last decade. However, the country…”
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IT based system for construction safety management and monitoring: C-RTICS2 by Aguilar, Gustavo E., Hewage, Kasun N.

“…In North America, thousands of construction workers get injured and dozens die, on a yearly basis, due to work related injuries and illnesses. This reality…”
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Predicting unregulated disinfection by-products in small water distribution networks: an empirical modelling framework by Mian, Haroon R., Chhipi-Shrestha, Gyan, Hewage, Kasun, Rodriguez, Manuel J., Sadiq, Rehan

“…Disinfection is used to deactivate pathogens in drinking water. However, disinfectants react with natural organic matter present in water to form disinfection…”
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Occupant-based energy upgrades selection for Canadian residential buildings based on field energy data and calibrated simulations by Rana, Anber, Perera, Piyaruwan, Ruparathna, Rajeev, Karunathilake, Hirushie, Hewage, Kasun, Alam, M. Shahria, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Occupant behavior in residential buildings has a direct impact on the effectiveness of energy-saving measures. In order to realize a buildings’ carbon…”
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Staged energy and water quality optimization for large water distribution systems by Sharif, Muhammad Nadeem, Bakhtavar, Ezzeddin, Haider, Husnain, Hu, Guangji, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Simultaneous optimization of energy and water quality in real-time large-sized water distribution systems is a daunting task for water suppliers. The…”
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Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in the Complex Environment of Megaprojects: Implications for Practitioners and Project Organizing Theory by Wijayasekera, Sachindra Chamode, Hussain, Syed Asad, Paudel, Amrit, Paudel, Bhuwan, Steen, John, Sadiq, Rehan, Hewage, Kasun

“…This article articulates the prospect of improving megaproject execution and performance via digital project delivery. Various digitalization options, such as…”
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Use of process simulation to obtain life cycle inventory data for LCA: A systematic review by Ferdous, Jannatul, Bensebaa, Farid, Hewage, Kasun, Bhowmik, Pankaj, Pelletier, Nathan

“…Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) analysis is an essential and time-consuming phase of life cycle assessment (LCA). While primary data is among the most reliable and…”
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Impacts of Tariffs on Energy Conscious Behavior with Respect to Household Attributes in Saudi Arabia by Nahiduzzaman, Kh Md, Said Abdallah, Abdullatif, Moradzadeh, Arash, Mohammadpour Shotorbani, Amin, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Historically, the combination of generous subsidies along with extreme climate has led to unsustainable domestic electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia. The…”
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IT based system for construction safety management and monitoring: C-RTICS(2) by Aguilar, Gustavo E, Hewage, Kasun N

“…In North America, thousands of construction workers get injured and dozens die, on a yearly basis, due to work related injuries and illnesses. This reality…”
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An adaptive real‐time energy management system for a renewable energy‐based microgrid by Zeinal‐Kheiri, Sevda, Mohammadpour Shotorbani, Amin, Khardenavis, Amaiya, Mohammadi‐Ivatloo, Behnam, Sadiq, Rehan, Hewage, Kasun

“…This paper proposes an adaptive real‐time energy scheduling method (RT‐EMS) for a microgrid, using a Lyapunov optimization‐based real‐time approach. Inaccuracy…”
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An integrated risk assessment and prediction framework for fire ignition sources in smart-green multi-unit residential buildings by Ouache, Rachid, Chhipi-Shrestha, Gyan, Hewage, Kasun, Sadiq, Rehan

“…Fire risk in smart-green multi-unit residential buildings (SG-MURBs) is found to be causing a significant threat to public safety, property, and the…”
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