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View article: Sustainable Concrete with Zero Carbon Footprint
Sustainable Concrete with Zero Carbon Footprint Open
This paper describes a method to use solely recycled and by-product materials as constituents to form concrete that can be used in buildings structural applications. As concrete is one of the most important materials in human civilization,…
View article: Development of Concrete Façade Sandwich Panels Incorporating Phase Change Materials
Development of Concrete Façade Sandwich Panels Incorporating Phase Change Materials Open
Using the mass of a building to store or dissipate heat can reduce the demand on auxiliary heating and/or cooling systems. There is a scarcity of full-scale and full-year studies in the literature, which this study seeks to address, as it …
View article: Achieving sustainable built-environment using bamboo composite frame system with cow-dung masonry infills
Achieving sustainable built-environment using bamboo composite frame system with cow-dung masonry infills Open
In today's rapidly urbanizing world, there is dire need for adopting the principles of green/ sustainable built-environment so as to mitigate the ill effects of environmental degradation and climate change. However, demand for housing is o…
View article: An Approach to Investigating the Behavior of RCC Coupling Beams
An Approach to Investigating the Behavior of RCC Coupling Beams Open
The use of coupled shear walls has been one of the potential options as an earthquake resistant system in reinforced concrete composite high-rise buildings in recent times. Coupled shear walls consist of two shear walls connected intermitt…
View article: Thermoelectric energy conversion in buildings
Thermoelectric energy conversion in buildings Open
Buildings consume almost one-third of the total global energy and emit nearly 15% of the direct CO2 generated on the planet. However, intelligent buildings taking advantage of modern energy efficient technologies have attracted large inter…
View article: Characterization and Performance Enhancement of Cement-Based Thermoelectric Materials
Characterization and Performance Enhancement of Cement-Based Thermoelectric Materials Open
Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion of thermal to electrical energy. One application of this is ambient heat energy harvesting where relatively stable temperature gradients existing between the inside and outside of a bui…
View article: Characterization and Performance of Cement-based Thermoelectric Materials
Characterization and Performance of Cement-based Thermoelectric Materials Open
Thermoelectric materials enable direct conversion of thermal energy to electricity. Ambient heat energy harvesting could be an effective route to convert buildings from being energy consumers to energy harvesters, thus making them more sus…
View article: BIM Innovation Capability Programme: an Irish BIM Study
BIM Innovation Capability Programme: an Irish BIM Study Open
In 2011 the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland (RIAI) conducted a survey which found that BIM adoption within Ireland was quite low at 16%. Over the last five years these figures have risen significantly, with the 2016 Irish Digital Tra…
View article: A Proposal for Re-engineering the Procurement of Building Materials by Effective use of ICT
A Proposal for Re-engineering the Procurement of Building Materials by Effective use of ICT Open
This paper seeks to establish the case for re-engineering the procurement of materials in the Irish construction industry. The authors make their observations from witnessing, first-hand, the operation of a purchasing function in a large c…
View article: Enabling the Re-engineering of Material Purchasing in the Construction industry by the Effective Use of Information Technology
Enabling the Re-engineering of Material Purchasing in the Construction industry by the Effective Use of Information Technology Open
The current methods of ordering, delivering and invoicing of materials in the construction industry is enormously inefficient, with vast quantities of paperwork, duplication of effort, scanning, re-keying and resolving mismatches between i…
View article: The Benefits of Deploying IT in the Material Procurement in Ready Mix Concrete in the Irish Construction Industry
The Benefits of Deploying IT in the Material Procurement in Ready Mix Concrete in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The current methods of processing orders, deliveries and invoices of concrete products in the construction industry is enormously inefficient, with vast quantities of paperwork, duplication of effort, scanning, re-keying and resolving mism…
View article: The Economic Case for Early Adoption of Facilities Management
The Economic Case for Early Adoption of Facilities Management Open
The construction industry in Ireland has been the sector hit the hardest during the recession with a potential return to output volumes of the mid-1990s. In order to compete within this struggling construction sector the traditional way of…
View article: Use of Building Information Modelling in Responding to Low Carbon Construction Innovations: an Irish Perspective
Use of Building Information Modelling in Responding to Low Carbon Construction Innovations: an Irish Perspective Open
At present the Irish construction industry is facing one of its most uncertain and challenging periods and will see major cuts in all areas of the economy in 2012. Despite this, Ireland pushes forward in sustainability initiatives with the…
View article: Realising Electronic Purchasing in the Irish Construction Industry
Realising Electronic Purchasing in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in construction purchasing has been sporadic and piecemeal. Very significant inefficiencies and problems still exist in both paper transactions and non-integrated electronic solutions…
View article: CITAX: Defining XML Standards for Data Exchange in the Construction Industry Supply Chain
CITAX: Defining XML Standards for Data Exchange in the Construction Industry Supply Chain Open
The current methods of ordering, delivering and invoicing of products in the construction industry is enormously inefficient, with vast quantities of paperwork, duplication of effort, scanning, re-keying and resolving mis-matches between i…
View article: A Survey of Electronic Purchasing Practice in Ireland: a Perspective for the Irish Construction Industry
A Survey of Electronic Purchasing Practice in Ireland: a Perspective for the Irish Construction Industry Open
There are many millions of trading documents (such as purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices) currently exchanged on paper in business to business (B2B) transactions, each having to be rekeyed as they pass between different locations…
View article: Attitudes Towards Electronic Purchasing in the Irish Construction Industry
Attitudes Towards Electronic Purchasing in the Irish Construction Industry Open
It is well known that the adoption of information technology in materials procurement in the construction industry has been sporadic and piecemeal. Very significant inefficiencies and problems still exist in both paper transactions and non…
View article: Creating a Digital SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry
Creating a Digital SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The Construction Industry is a sector where ICT and e-business are used to a lesser extent than in most other sectors. The high concentration of SMEs in the construction industry and the typical nature of the service provided in constructi…
View article: Cloud Computing and its Application in the Irish Construction Industry
Cloud Computing and its Application in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The significance of Irish Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) being more effective and efficient with eBusiness solutions in the construction industry has never been more evident than in today’s global economy. Through the development …
View article: Finding a Middleware ICT Solution for the Irish Construction SME Sector
Finding a Middleware ICT Solution for the Irish Construction SME Sector Open
A key feature of the Irish construction industry is its fragmented structure. Some 16,000 businesses list their main activity as construction, yet no company has more than 3% of the total Irish output. The top 20 companies have less than 1…
View article: CITAX: a Collaborative ICT Standards Model for the Irish Construction Industry
CITAX: a Collaborative ICT Standards Model for the Irish Construction Industry Open
The Irish construction industry is facing a series of fundamental challenges that is affecting every player in the AEC lifecycle, from architects to engineers to quantity surveyors to owners to tenants. Despite technological advances in re…
View article: Building Support for Coud Computing in the Irish Construction Industry
Building Support for Coud Computing in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The construction industry has been traditionally recognised as a fragmented sector associated with a poor level of implementation and penetration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) by Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs). Clo…
View article: The Future Scenario of Creating a Digital SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry
The Future Scenario of Creating a Digital SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The problems associated with the Construction Industry not being able to manage and com-municate electronically product and project data between collaborating firms and within individual companies is compounded by the large number of small…
View article: Development of a Cloud Solution for SMEs in the Irish Construction Industry
Development of a Cloud Solution for SMEs in the Irish Construction Industry Open
There is a strong emerging trend within the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector for replacing traditional packaged desktop applications with Web based, outsourced products and services. The drive for this innovative solution …
View article: Creating a Software Marketplace for the SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry
Creating a Software Marketplace for the SME Community in the Irish Construction Industry Open
The Construction Industry is a sector where Information Communication Technology (ICT) and e-Business are used to a lesser extent than in most other sectors. The high concentration of Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the industr…
View article: Efficiency Gains to be Won Through the Introduction of Electronic Tendering in the Construction Industry
Efficiency Gains to be Won Through the Introduction of Electronic Tendering in the Construction Industry Open
The tendering process predominantly adopted in the Irish construction industry is largely paper-dependent. However, the increase in the availability of high speed Information Communications Technology (ICT) has meant that construction cons…