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Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelrahman, M., Coates, P., & Poppelreuter, T. (2023). Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings. Journal of Building Engineering, 80, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108049

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognized by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings.

Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelrahman, M., Coates, P., & Poppelreuter, T. (in press). Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings. Journal of Building Engineering, 80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108049

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognized by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings.

Development of a methodology for the performance improvement of Nigerian office buildings considering bioclimatic design perspectives (2023)
Thesis
Omoragbon, O. M. (2023). Development of a methodology for the performance improvement of Nigerian office buildings considering bioclimatic design perspectives. (Thesis). The University of Salford

There is a need to improve the environmental performance of Nigeria’s office buildings due to new expectations, and the current challenges including energy shortage, increasing population, changing user needs, and climate change. While several Nige... Read More about Development of a methodology for the performance improvement of Nigerian office buildings considering bioclimatic design perspectives.

Assessment Of Daylighting View And Air Quality Requirements An Integrated Approach For Healthy Buildings (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ogbonda, U., Mansour Abdelrahman1, M. S., & Coates, P. (2023, July). Assessment Of Daylighting View And Air Quality Requirements An Integrated Approach For Healthy Buildings. Paper presented at Healthy Buildings 2023 Asia and Pacific Rim, Tianjin, China

The improvement of wellbeing, ensuring healthy lives for all ages, is enshrined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 & 11 as a focus to help transform our world and general human and environmental wellbeing. Factors affecting occupan... Read More about Assessment Of Daylighting View And Air Quality Requirements An Integrated Approach For Healthy Buildings.

Special Issue “BIM Implementation to Meet the Changing Demands of the Construction Industry” (2023)
Journal Article
Coates, S. P. (2023). Special Issue “BIM Implementation to Meet the Changing Demands of the Construction Industry”. Applied Sciences, 13(10), 6089. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13106089

Effective Building Information Modelling implementation continues to evolve, aligning itself to the changing needs of the construction industry. These activities can be considered from a range of perspectives. We can adopt a people-centric, process c... Read More about Special Issue “BIM Implementation to Meet the Changing Demands of the Construction Industry”.

A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context (2023)
Journal Article
Nigerian context. Buildings, 13(2), 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020452

Abstract: The need to improve the performance of Nigeria’s office buildings is due to, energy challenges, increasing population, changing user needs, and climate change. With the expansion of several Nigerian cities, existing buildings constitute a... Read More about A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context.