Article
Construction & Building Technology
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, David J. Edwards, Emmanuel Adinyira
Summary: This study investigates the impact of various risk factors on the Sustainable Development Goals in the Ghanaian housing market through a questionnaire survey and structural equation modelling. Results indicate that political and procurement risks have a significant influence on other risk constructs as well as the SDGs.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shima Ebrahimigharehbaghi, Harry van der Heijden, Marja Elsinga
Summary: In 2018, there is a growing demand for small, affordable zero energy homes in European countries. The Housing 4.0 Energy project explores the development of such homes in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland. The study finds that these homes provide environmental, social, and economic sustainability values for low/low-middle income households. However, there are barriers to scaling up these homes, including cultural, legal, and technical challenges.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jian Liu, Huay Ying Ong
Summary: The issue of housing affordability for low-income groups in Malaysia remains a challenge, with reasons including low household income, high land prices, high construction and compliance costs, supply-demand imbalance, unstable national economy, and inadequate housing planning. While the DRMM policy can improve housing affordability by providing affordable housing more accurately, reducing housing costs, and enhancing housing financing ability, the exclusion of household income and economic factors may lead to ineffectiveness in improving housing affordability for low-income households.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Alireza Moghayedi, Bankole Awuzie, Temitope Omotayo, Karen Le Jeune, Mark Massyn, Christiana Okobi Ekpo, Manfred Braune, Paimaan Byron
Summary: This study established a framework for achieving sustainable, innovative, and affordable housing (SIAH) by identifying and clustering critical success factors (CSFs) into four distinct yet interrelated facets. The framework provides guidance for the implementation of SIAH and further research in this area.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Roshanak Mehdipanah
Summary: Today's housing disparities are caused by the prioritization of housing commodification over the basic human right of shelter. Rising housing costs are leading to financial burdens on residents, leaving little for essentials like food and medication. Taking action to prevent displacement, preserve communities, and maintain thriving cities is essential.
Article
Economics
Tuna Tasan-Kok, Andre Legarza, Sara ozogul
Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased residential property investment outside Amsterdam city center and more residents moving to its surrounding, more affordable metropolitan area. To address housing delivery and access issues in the metropolitan region, there have been increased regulatory efforts across various levels of public administration. In this complex situation, there is an urgent need to develop coordinated regional governance mechanisms to respond to fragmented regulatory efforts and dynamic residential investment, ensuring long-term affordability and accessibility to housing in the region. This article introduces a regional governance approach to affordability, moving away from urban-centric interventions in affordable housing delivery and investment.
Article
Management
Li Xuan Lai, Phui Fung Wong, Felicia Yan Yan Yong
Summary: Low-and middle-income groups in Malaysia face difficulties in homeownership and rely heavily on the government's affordable housing provision. However, the provided affordable housing has been criticized for not meeting homebuyers' expectations and lacking support for sustainable goals. This research investigates the influence of sociodemographic background on homebuyers' preferences for sustainable affordable housing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Seungbeom Kang, Jae Sik Jeon, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
Summary: Despite many studies on affordable housing shortage, there is a lack of research on neighbourhood-level mismatch. This study examines this issue in the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the USA and finds that certain neighbourhoods have an excess of affordable rental units for specific low-income groups, but the availability decreases as the study considers the affordable stocks. Multivariate analyses show that metropolitan-level contexts contribute to the imbalance. Efforts such as reducing job and worker mismatch, providing affordable housing in suburbs, and relaxing local regulations can address the affordability imbalance at the local level.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mahesti Okitasari, Ranjeeta Mishra, Masachika Suzuki
Summary: This study explores the impact of socio-cultural outlooks on the acceptance of sustainability measures in a low-income context, as well as the role of socio-economic drivers in bridging the gaps between policy expectation and acceptance in social housing projects. The study found that social housing offers improved social and environmental sustainability components compared to slums, but its social acceptability remains low due to location disadvantages. Additionally, the study identified economic opportunity, location, accessibility of the building, household size, and opportunity for social engagement as the most critical factors in determining the perceived housing satisfaction of households with social housing compared to slums.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
William Riggs, Megyn Rugh, Stefan Al, Menka Sethi
Summary: Providing access to coastal and marine resources is a planning priority, but the lack of affordable housing and investment has hindered the availability of lower-cost accommodations. The need has not been quantified and synergy with other policies needs to be explored.
Article
Economics
Jie Ying Chua, Xueqin Wang, Kum Fai Yuen
Summary: This study aims to review and consolidate the topic of Sustainable Shipping Management (SSM) by examining its definitions, critical success factors (CSFs), drivers, and their effects on organizational performance. The findings suggest that there are seven CSFs of SSM, shipping firms are motivated to adopt SSM due to institutional pressure and desire for enhanced performance, and SSM can lead to better financial and non-financial performances. However, the relationships are contingent on external and internal conditions. This study contributes to the literature by providing theoretical insight and implications for academia, government and policymakers, and shipping companies' strategic teams.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ahmed S. El Touny, Ahmed H. Ibrahim, Hossam H. Mohamed
Summary: A construction project is a dynamic and complex process where the project team must overcome challenges to fulfill clients' needs. The objective of the research is to identify and prioritize integrated sustainable critical success factors that influence the performance of Egyptian construction projects to ensure successful outcomes.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vivek Agrawal, Rajendra P. Mohanty, Sucheta Agarwal, Jitendra Kumar Dixit, Anand M. Agrawal
Summary: Green supply chain management is crucial for achieving sustainable development. This paper analyzes the critical success factors for effective adoption of sustainable green supply chain management practices in the Indian brass manufacturing industry. The research highlights top management commitment as the most important factor and identifies reverse logistics management as the key driver for successful implementation of sustainable green supply chain management practices.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Adam Drewnowski, Nicole Darmon, Pablo Monsivais
Summary: Economics is a crucial aspect of sustainable nutrition, with economic indicators being closely linked to health dimensions. Policy goals should prioritize finding a balance between the nutritional value of food and its monetary or environmental cost, in order to better integrate economic and sustainability considerations.
Article
Urban Studies
Matan E. Singer
Summary: This study examines the affordability of housing and transportation for low-income households, finding that transit-rich neighborhoods are more affordable than auto-oriented ones due to lower transportation costs. However, only a small share of neighborhoods and housing units are affordable to very-low income households.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Ting Wang, Junyan Xu, Qinghua He, Albert P. C. Chan, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu
Summary: This study reviews studies on success criteria and critical success factors for mega infrastructure construction projects (MICPs) between 2000 and 2018. The analysis of 38 journal articles reveals that Australia, USA, UK, China, and Hong Kong are the leading contributors to this field. The study identifies 20 success criteria and 36 critical success factors, which are integrated into two conceptual frameworks. Three future research implications are highlighted in terms of evaluation indicators, relationships between CSFs and the success of MICPs, and human-related factors.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, David J. Edwards
Summary: This study models the relationship between success factors and critical success criteria for sustainable housing development in Ghanaian cities. The findings reveal that 'developers enabling' factors and 'mixed-use development' factors have significant impacts on sustainable housing. 'Household-enabling' factors, although not significant, have high performance/index value on sustainable housing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Summary: This article establishes the interrelationships framework between barriers and drivers to managing a transition to a circular economy, based on a comprehensive literature review. The findings provide a reference for future research and lay a foundation for circular economy adoption and managing the transition.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Mershack Opoku Tetteh, Albert P. C. Chan, Gabriel Nani, Amos Darko, Goodenough D. Oppong
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of management control mechanisms on the performance of international construction joint ventures in Ghana. The results show that both personnel and support and training control mechanisms have a positive impact on project and company/partner performance, but there are differences in perspectives between local and foreign partners.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Development Studies
Caleb Debrah, Amos Darko, Albert Ping Chuen Chan
Summary: This study provides a systematic review of the state-of-the-art and trends in green finance research, using both bibliometric and qualitative analysis. The results show that green finance is an interdisciplinary research area that is still relatively immature. The study identifies six major research hotspots in green finance and provides recommendations for future research.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Janet M. Nwaogu, Albert P. C. Chan, Tobi A. Akinyemi
Summary: Mental ill-health has become a crisis in the construction industry, and attention should be paid to employees' mental health. Combined interventions are more effective than single interventions, and policy improvements related to job control, job support, and working conditions are needed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Sitsofe Kwame Yevu, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu, Albert P. C. Chan, Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni, Mershack Opoku Tetteh
Summary: This study explores the integration of BIM and prefabrication in low-carbon building delivery through a systematic review. It reveals six typologies of integrating BIM and prefabrication and explores low-carbon attributes in building delivery. Research gaps are identified and future research directions are provided.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sainan Lyu, Carol K. H. Hon, Albert P. C. Chan, Xiaoyan Jiang, Martin Skitmore
Summary: This study aims to improve safety communication for ethnic minority workers by identifying and analyzing the critical factors involved. A mixed research design was used, combining a literature review, interviews, and a questionnaire survey. The findings identified 18 critical safety communication factors, categorized into worker-related, manager-related, and organization-related factors. These findings can be used as a reference for other countries employing ethnic minority workers.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Qingwen Zhang, Mingxuan Liang, Albert P. C. Chan, Pin -Chao Liao
Summary: This study investigates the meta-cognitive processes of construction workers in hazard recognition, using the co-registration of eye movement and electroencephalography. The results suggest that workers first allocate cognitive resources to process visual features of targets, and then discriminate safe or hazardous characteristics. Visual perception and conscious discrimination within first fixations are influenced by prior detection of surroundings and have an impact on subsequent refixations. This study advances the understanding of hazard recognition by examining the synchrony of visual search and brain activity, and improves workers' hazard search patterns.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Janet Mayowa Nwaogu, Yang Yang, Albert P. C. Chan, Hung-lin Chi
Summary: The adoption of commercial drones in the AEC industry is rapidly increasing and is projected to become the second-largest market for drones by 2020. However, there is a lack of comprehensive details on the trends of drone application in this industry. This study combines science mapping and market surveys to review drone use in the AEC industry. The study identifies research outlets, universities, and research directions, emphasizing the need for more research on human factors related to drone safety and the practicality of using drones for quality management.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Janet M. M. Nwaogu, Albert P. C. Chan, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Amos Darko, Jackie Y. Y. Yang, Dauda Salihu
Summary: This study investigated the mental health of 382 construction personnel, finding high prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. The study found that mental health in construction personnel is influenced by factors such as nature of work, relationship with colleagues, job insecurity, occupational injury, low income, and unsatisfactory living conditions. These findings will contribute to intervention building and policy-making within the construction industry of Nigeria and globally.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Qingwen Zhang, Albert P. C. Chan, Yang Yang, Junfeng Guan, Tracy N. Y. Choi
Summary: The inevitable incidents on construction sites provide opportunities to learn from and prevent future accidents. This study investigates the interrelationships between learning from incidents (LFI), safety information flow (SIF), resilient safety culture (RSC), and safety performance. The results show that LFI directly affects reactive measures of safety performance, SIF positively impacts LFI, and RSC plays a mediating role in their relationship.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Qingwen Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Guanbao Ye, Yan Xu, Albert P. C. Chan
Summary: A plane strain conversion method for CCG column-reinforced foundation is proposed, which simplifies the numerical simulation process and saves computation resources. The validity of the method is verified by comparing it with 3D numerical simulation results and field data. This method provides an easy and efficient way to simulate the consolidation behavior of CCG column-reinforced foundation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel W. M. Chan, Edmond W. M. Lam, Michael Atafo Adabre
Summary: Active learning has become increasingly important in tertiary education due to its positive impact on students' attitudes and efficacy. A questionnaire survey was conducted among teachers and students in Hong Kong to assess the effectiveness of active and passive learning techniques. Differences in perceptions between teachers and students were observed.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Parth Bansal, Steven Jige Quan
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between urban form and canopy layer urban heat island (CUHI) using a relatively large sample of microclimate sensors in Seoul, Korea. The study compares different statistical models and finds that the spatially explicit gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) model has the highest accuracy. The study also shows that the effect of urban form on CUHI varies at different time instances during the day. These findings provide valuable insights for planners to understand the complexity of urban climate and reduce CUHI magnitude.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Salah Almazmumi, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: Windcatchers provide effective low-energy ventilation and summer passive cooling in temperate climates. However, their use in winter is limited due to significant ventilation heat loss and potential discomfort. This study evaluates the applicability of windcatchers in low-temperature conditions, highlighting the need for control strategies to reduce over-ventilation and the integration of heat recovery or thermal storage to enhance winter thermal conditions.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Behrouz Nourozi, Aneta Wierzbicka, Runming Yao, Sasan Sadrizadeh
Summary: This article presents a systematic review of ventilation solutions in hospital wards, aiming to enhance pathogen removal performance while maintaining patient and healthcare staff comfort using air-cleaning techniques. The study reveals the importance of proper ventilation systems in reducing infection risk and adverse effects of cross-contamination.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Zhen Yang, Weirong Zhang, Hongkai Liu, Weijia Zhang, Mingyuan Qin
Summary: The study examines the influence of personalized local heating on the thermal comfort of occupants in old residential buildings. The findings reveal that personalized local heating can increase the overall thermal sensation of occupants, but only a few methods are effective in enhancing thermal comfort. The chosen heating methods and background temperature affect the participants' selection of heating parts.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Hong Cheng, Dan Norback, Huilin Zhang, Liu Yang, Baizhan Li, Yinping Zhang, Zhuohui Zhao, Qihong Deng, Chen Huang, Xu Yang, Chan Lu, Hua Qian, Tingting Wang, Ling Zhang, Wei Yu, Juan Wang, Xin Zhang
Summary: The home environment and sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms in five southern Chinese cities have been studied over time. The study found a decrease in asthma prevalence and an increase in allergic rhinitis. Cockroaches, rats, mice, mosquitoes or flies were identified as consistent biological risk factors for SBS symptoms, while redecoration, buying new furniture, and traffic air pollution were identified as other risk factors.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Chaojie Xing, Zhengtao Ai, Zhiwei Liu, Cheuk Ming Mak, Hai Ming Wong
Summary: This study experimentally investigated the emission characteristics of droplets around the mouth during dental treatments. The results showed that the peak mass fraction of droplets occurs within the size range of 20 μm to 100 μm, and droplets with a diameter less than 200 μm account for over 80% of the mass fraction. The dominant emission direction of droplets is towards the dummy's head and chest, forming an approximately cone shape.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Zhijian Liu, Zhe Han, Lina Hu, Chenxing Hu, Rui Rong
Summary: This study compared the effects of different respiratory behaviors on the distribution of aerosols in a ward and the risk of infection for healthcare workers using numerical simulation. It was found that talking in the ward significantly increased aerosol concentrations, particularly short periods of talking. Wards designed with side-supply ventilation had lower overall infection risk. Talking alternately between healthcare workers and patients slightly extended the impact time of aerosols.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Yan Yan, Mengyuan Kang, Haodong Zhang, Zhiwei Lian, Xiaojun Fan, Chandra Sekhar, Pawel Wargocki, Li Lan
Summary: In a high-density city, opening windows for sleep may lead to increased indoor temperature, higher PM2.5 concentration, and noise disturbance, which can negatively impact sleep quality.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Yan Bai, Liang Liu, Kai Liu, Shuai Yu, Yifan Shen, Di Sun
Summary: This study developed a non-intrusive personal thermal comfort model using machine learning techniques combined with infrared facial recognition. The results showed that the ensemble learning models perform better than traditional models, and the broad learning model has a higher prediction precision with lower computational complexity and faster training speed compared to deep neural networks. The findings provide a reference for optimizing building thermal environments.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Yue Lei, Zeynep Duygu Tekler, Sicheng Zhan, Clayton Miller, Adrian Chong
Summary: Mixed-mode ventilation is a promising solution for achieving energy-efficient and comfortable indoor environments. This study found that occupants can thermally adapt when switching between natural ventilation (NV) and air-conditioning (AC) modes within the same day, with the adaptation process stabilizing between 35 to 45 minutes after the mode switch. These findings are important for optimizing thermal comfort in mixed-mode controls, considering the dynamic nature of thermal adaptation.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Nan Mo, Jie Han, Yingde Yin, Yelin Zhang
Summary: This study develops a method based on the LCZ framework for a comprehensive evaluation of urban-scale heat island effects, considering the impact of geographic factors on LST. The results show that Guilin's geomorphological conditions lead to abnormal heat island effects during winter, and the cooling effects of mountains and water bodies vary seasonally in different built areas, with LCZ 2 exhibiting the strongest cooling effect.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Tunga Salthammer
Summary: Monitoring the potential formaldehyde emission of wood-based materials through test chamber investigations has significantly contributed to reducing indoor formaldehyde concentrations. However, the different methodologies used in these procedures prevent direct result comparison. Empirical models for converting formaldehyde steady-state concentrations based on temperature, humidity, air change rate, and loading were developed in the 1970s and have been modified to accommodate the development of lower-emitting materials. Formaldehyde emissions from wood-based materials are complex and require nonlinear regression tools for mathematical analysis.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Katarina Stebelova, Katarina Kovacova, Zuzana Dzirbikova, Peter Hanuliak, Tomas Bacigal, Peter Hartman, Andrea Vargova, Jozef Hraska
Summary: This study investigated the impact of reduced short-wavelength light on the hormone melatonin metabolite 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (u-sMEL) and examined the association between previous day's light exposure and u-sMEL. It was found that reducing short-wavelength light during the day did not change the concentration of u-sMEL. Personal photopic illuminance was positively correlated with u-sMEL in the reference week. The illuminance had a significant impact on u-sMEL, as shown by the evaluation of the mean of all three urine samples. However, this correlation was not found in the experimental week.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ruoxin Xiong, Ying Shi, Haoming Jing, Wei Liang, Yorie Nakahira, Pingbo Tang
Summary: This study proposes a data-model integration method to identify and calibrate uncertainties in machine learning models, leading to improved thermal perception predictions. The method utilizes the Multidimensional Association Rule Mining algorithm to identify biased human responses and enhances prediction accuracy and reliability. The study also evaluates different calibration techniques and discovers their potential in enhancing prediction reliability.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Beichao Hu, Zeda Yin, Abderrachid Hamrani, Arturo Leon, Dwayne McDaniel
Summary: This paper introduces an innovative super-resolution approach to model the air flow and temperature field in the cold aisle of a data center. The proposed method reconstructs a high-fidelity flow field by using a low-fidelity flow field, significantly reducing the computational time and enabling real-time prediction.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
