... formulates and evaluates a residential building defect checklist tailored to the Indian industry, investigating its implications for sustainability and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach Checklists were developed to examine defects in newly built residential buildings...

... in the construction of a two-storey residential building is equivalent to 0.0607 tCO2e per square feet of Gross Internal Floor Area (GIFA). Concrete is the highest contributor in the material production with 36% of emission in the production stage that is responsible for 94% of total EC. The excavation and earthwork...

... 26 04 2024 03 05 2024 Construction Embodied water Materials Residential buildings Service life The availability of fresh water is rapidly becoming a severe concern worldwide. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is among the driest regions with a limited freshwater availability...

...Olubukola Tokede; Mani Kumar Boggavarapu; Sam Wamuziri Purpose Crucial transition of the Indian residential building sector into a low-emission economy require an in-depth understanding of the potentials for retrofitting the existing building stock. There are, however, limited studies that have...