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3D capture techniques for BIM enabled LCM
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Conference Paper)As a special kind of Product Life cyle Management (PLM), Building Life cycle Management (BLM) is a centric activity for facility owners and managers. This fact motivates the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) ... -
A comparative analysis of thermal acceptability in offices in India and Japan
( NCEUB 2016 , 2016 , Conference Paper)India's building energy consumption is increasing rapidly. Fukushima disaster reshaped Japan's energy perspective. Adaptive comfort standards need to be developed for these countries. We conducted a fourteen-month thermal ... -
A comparison of neighborhood-scale interventions to alleviate urban heat in Doha, Qatar
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Recent evidence suggests that many densely populated areas of the world will be uninhabitable in the coming century due to the depletion of resources, climate change, and increasing urbanization. This poses serious questions ... -
A dynamic approach for evacuees? distribution and optimal routing in hazardous environments
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)In a complex built environment, the situation changes rapidly during an emergency event. Typically, available systems rely heavily on a static scenario in the calculation of safest routes for evacuation. In addition, egress ... -
A holistic overview of Qatar's (Built) cultural heritage; Towards an integrated sustainable conservation strategy
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Historic urban cores are the backbone of a city's cultural identity. Maintaining and preserving the socio-cultural, environmental and economic characteristics of the built heritage is vital for cultural identity survival. ... -
A path walkability assessment index model for evaluating and facilitating retail walking using decision-tree-making (DTM) method
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)Transportation is the major contributor of ever-increasing CO2 and Greenhouse Gas emissions in cities. The ever-increasing hazardous emissions of transportation and energy consumption have persuaded transportation and urban ... -
A Survey on Audio Content-Based Classification
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)With the increased usage of mobile electronic devices, social media platforms, and electronic based applications in everyday life, the upload and usage of multimedia clips is exponentially increasing every year. There are ... -
Accessibility of green spaces in a metropolitan network using space syntax to objectively evaluate the spatial locations of parks and promenades in Doha, State of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Accessibility indicates the ease of reaching many destinations from many origins in the urban network at various scales of space. It plays an important role in determining the location of public facilities to maximize ... -
Adapting Smart Street Strategy for Post-Covid Built Environment
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Proceedings)The street networks occupy 25% of land use and are the veins of cities. By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The urban street infrastructures and systems are expected to serve ... -
Adaptive model of thermal comfort for office buildings in GCC
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations top the world in CO2 emissions/ capita. However, plummeting oil prices and increasing energy demands necessitate rethinking on thermal comfort delivery. This region has warm desert ... -
Affordable housing for middle income expats in Qatar: Strategies for implementing livability and built form
( Archnet-IJAR , 2016 , Article)Qatar is making large investments for the development of the urban fabric and public transport systems of Doha (i.e. the Msheireb downtown Doha, the Doha metro, and the Lusail light rail transit). It has also already been ... -
AI-big data analytics for building automation and management systems: a survey, actual challenges and future perspectives
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)In theory, building automation and management systems (BAMSs) can provide all the components and functionalities required for analyzing and operating buildings. However, in reality, these systems can only ensure the control ... -
Amplitude-dependent damping in vibration serviceability: Case of a laboratory footbridge
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2016 , Article)Construction technology advancements in the last couple of decades have led to the use of lightweight and high-strength materials in structural systems. Although longer spans and lighter materials result in floor systems ... -
An adaptive relationship of thermal comfort for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: The case of offices in Qatar
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Escalating building energy expenditure encourages rethinking on thermal comfort delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in warm desert climate. The GCC states do not have an adaptive comfort standard, or ... -
An Analytical Review of Sustainable Green Buildings in Qatar: Implementations in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Sector
( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)Sustainable buildings and related construction techniques are becoming increasingly recognized within the urban planning development in Qatar. The study aims to develop an analytical review of sustainable green projects ... -
An assessment tool to evaluate complete streets in developing countries: The case of Qatar
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Complete streets refer to a simple and effective transportation policy to improve traffic safety and comfort for all users within urban areas. Car dependency is a major concern in developing countries. Endorsing complete ... -
An optimal two-bout strategy with phase change material cooling vests to improve comfort in hot environment
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Cooling vests incorporating phase change material (PCM) packets are used to improve comfort of workers in hot environments. This work aims to investigate by modeling and experimentation the effect of dividing the working ... -
Analysis of urban heat in a corridor environment – The case of Doha, Qatar
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Doha, Qatar is one of the arid coastal cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Like similar cities, temperatures can vary widely throughout, with rapid and extensive development that has contributed to ... -
Analytic Prioritization of Indoor Routes for Search and Rescue Operations in Hazardous Environments
( Blackwell Publishing Inc. , 2017 , Article)Applications to prioritize indoor routes for emergency situations in a complex built facility have been restricted to building simulations and network approaches. These types of applications often failed to account for the ... -
An Analytical Review of Attempts to Mitigate Visual Pollution in Urban Settings
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)Visual pollution is the main issue rising in urban settings these days. The residents of the built environment or the surrounding communities are negatively impacted by this sort of pollution. Visual pollution reduces ...
