...Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo; Mazen M. Omer; Olalekan Shamsideen Oshodi; Hongping Yuan; Rahimi A. Rahman; Atinuke Adebimpe Orekan Purpose In the face of rising concerns over air pollution in buildings, this study undertakes a systematic review of emerging technologies for mitigating air pollution...

...Fathima Sabrina Nazeer; Imriyas Kamardeen; Abid Hasan Purpose Many buildings fail to meet user expectations, causing a performance gap. Pre-occupancy evaluation (PrOE) is believed to have the potential to close the gap. It enables designers to obtain end-user feedback in the design phase...

...Olajide Julius Faremi; Oluranti Olupolola Ajayi; Kudirat Ibilola Zakariyyah; Olumide Afolarin Adenuga Purpose The study investigates the extent to which defects in coastline buildings are influenced by the climatic conditions within the coastal zones. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... techniques and tools towards integrating and enhancing sustainability. Yet, there has been no comprehensive review to precisely identify the ways that SNA has been utilised to improve the sustainability of construction activities and the built environment (i.e. of buildings and other built assets). Therefore...

...Isuri Anuradha Amarasinghe; Dumindu Soorige; Devindi Geekiyanage Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) has considerably contributed to increasing the environmental friendliness of buildings in developed countries. However, it is hard to find evidence on the application of LCA for buildings...

...W.H.C.D Kumara; K.G.A.S. Waidyasekara; R.P.N.P. Weerasinghe Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of building management system (BMS) towards a sustainable built environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the findings of a comprehensive...

...Kristy Dyson; Jane Matthews; Peter E.D. Love Purpose – The loss of heritage buildings should be avoided as they provide a tangible example of a period of life that is now gone. Adaptive re-use enables buildings to be given a second life, enabling them to live on when they may have been previously...

...A. Abdul Lateef Olanrewaju Purpose Defect management is an important segment in building maintenance management. Although defect management requires systemic approach, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the measurement of defects in university buildings based on user perspective. Design...