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Recognizing greenway network for quantifying students experience on campus-based universities : assessing the campus outdoor spaces at San Diego State University (2019)
Journal Article
Gabr, M., Elkadi, H., & Trillo, C. (2019). Recognizing greenway network for quantifying students experience on campus-based universities : assessing the campus outdoor spaces at San Diego State University. Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, 6(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.7275/4564-3s24

This paper evaluates the potential of creating a green infrastructure – more specifically, an urban greenway – and its contribution the students’ campus experience, with emphasis on the outdoor university activities. To achieve best value for money –... Read More about Recognizing greenway network for quantifying students experience on campus-based universities : assessing the campus outdoor spaces at San Diego State University.

Towards a smart ecological urban corridor for Manchester Ship Canal (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2018, December). Towards a smart ecological urban corridor for Manchester Ship Canal. Presented at ICSC 2018 : 20th International Conference on Smart Cities, Bangkok

This paper examines the possibilities to develop a smart ecological urban corridor straddling the 36 miles long Manchester Ship Canal (MSC). The site is set in the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire where the first planned industrial estate... Read More about Towards a smart ecological urban corridor for Manchester Ship Canal.

Outdoor neutral temperature assessment within Deakin University campus at Melbourne City, Australia (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2018, November). Outdoor neutral temperature assessment within Deakin University campus at Melbourne City, Australia. Presented at 52nd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Melbourne, Australia

Outdoor thermal comfort is an effective attribute to the success of urban places. Various studies were employed to examine thermal perception and preferences of users within different geographical, functional, and climatic contexts. The complexity of... Read More about Outdoor neutral temperature assessment within Deakin University campus at Melbourne City, Australia.

The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate (2018)
Journal Article
Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2018). The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate. Sustainable Cities and Society, 43, 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.09.004

Outdoor thermal comfort significantly influences the users’ experience in urban places; affecting their extent of usage. The paper aims to identify the outdoor thermal benchmarks for the temperate oceanic (Cfb) climate zones in Australia. It examines... Read More about The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate.

From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood (2018)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, M., & Elkadi, H. (2018). From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 176-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.009

Resilient urban design has become an essential theme for cities to withstand the rapidly escalating natural and human-induced disasters, yet cities and their infrastructure are becoming vulnerable and more threatened as the flood protection measures... Read More about From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood.

Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Doncel, B., Gonzalez, A., & Elkadi, H. (2017, June). Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures, Portugal

This paper discusses the concept and the process of the rehabilitation and conservation works of San Juan de Dios Hospital in Velez-Malaga. The building represents a significant landmark in the history of the city and part of its intangible heritage.... Read More about Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga.

Maturity Matrix Assessment: evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock (2017)
Journal Article
Gonzalez, A., Zotano, M., Swan, W., Bouillard, P., & Elkadi, H. (2017). Maturity Matrix Assessment: evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock. Energy Procedia, 1(111), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.202

Energy retrofitting of historic or existing buildings is a challenge that it has not yet been properly fully addressed. Multiple projects and methodologies are published every day but neither of them with the holistic approach that will assure comple... Read More about Maturity Matrix Assessment: evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock.

Maturity matrix assessment : evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock (2017)
Journal Article
Gonzalez, A., Zotano, M., Swan, W., Bouillard, P., & Elkadi, H. (2017). Maturity matrix assessment : evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock. Energy Procedia, 111, 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.202

Energy retrofitting of historic or existing buildings is a challenge that it has not yet been properly solved. Multiple projects and methodologies are published every day but neither of them with the holistic approach that will assure success since t... Read More about Maturity matrix assessment : evaluation of energy efficiency strategies in Brussels historic residential stock.

Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gonzalez, A., Roberts, B., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Elkadi, H. (2016, October). Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England. Presented at EECHB Energy Efficiency and Comfort of Historic Buildings, Brussels

Existing buildings play a key role in the achievement of the ambitious energy saving and greenhouse gas reduction targets that Europe has fixed for 2020 and 2050. Research has demonstrated that the impact in terms of decrease of energy use and CO2 wi... Read More about Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England.

Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jaberansari, M., & Elkadi, H. (2016, August). Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate. Presented at International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Economics, Edinburgh

Building sector is responsible for at least 40% of energy use globally in both developed or developing countries such as the middle east region (UNEP, 2009) (Francesca Cappellettia et al., 2015) and almost 33% of its energy is known to be used by HVA... Read More about Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate.

The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Maiyah, S., Martionson, D., & Elkadi, H. (2016, July). The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years. Presented at 32th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture., Los Angeles

Post occupancy evaluations (POEs) are regularly carried out in various types of building to assess whether the building is meeting the demand of its users and to collect information that may be useful for design of similar buildings in the future. Th... Read More about The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years.

The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Maiyah, S., Elkadi, H., & Martinson, B. (2016, July). The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years. Presented at Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2016, Los Angeles

Post occupancy evaluations (POEs) are regularly carried out in various types of building to assess whether the building is meeting the demand of its users and to collect information that may be useful for design of similar buildings in the future. Th... Read More about The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years.

Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Maiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2015). Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering History and Heritage, 168(4), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenhh.15.00004

Historic buildings have their own cultural identity, which is often related to their aesthetic qualities such as period characteristics (geometry, size, colour, form and shape), materials and construction. Daylight is one of the primary elements co... Read More about Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight.

Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes (2015)
Journal Article
Izadpanahi, P., Elkadi, H., & Tucker, R. (2017). Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes. Environmental Education Research, 23(7), 901-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1072137

This study aims to determine if primary school children’s environmental attitudes can be predicted by whether their school had been designed or adapted for sustainability. A New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale for children was adopted to measure atti... Read More about Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes.

The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Izadpanahi, P., & Elkadi, H. (2014, December). The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior. Presented at 30th International Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Ahmedabad, India

The interrelationships between school design and children learning are well established. Less evident is the relationship between sustainable school design and the level of environmental behaviour of the children in attendance. Newly erected prim... Read More about The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior.

Turkish D-Light : accentuating heritage values with daylight (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Almaiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2014, November). Turkish D-Light : accentuating heritage values with daylight. Presented at International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS ) 18th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Florence, Italy

Assessing the use of advanced daylight simulation modelling tools in enhancing students’ learning experience (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Almaiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2014, March). Assessing the use of advanced daylight simulation modelling tools in enhancing students’ learning experience. Presented at The Seventh International Conference of the Arab Society of Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

In architecture schools, where the ‘studio culture’ lies at the heart of students’ learning, taught courses, particularly technology ones, are often seen as secondary or supplementary units. Successful delivery of such courses, where students can act... Read More about Assessing the use of advanced daylight simulation modelling tools in enhancing students’ learning experience.