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  • Durability properties of earth buildings 
    Arandara, KP [Thesis-Abstract]
    Soil was a popular building material in Sri Lanka with many indigenous construction techniques. Although there were many houses constructed with soil based materials in the ancient times, burnt clay bricks and cement blocks ...
  • Evaporative Cooling for Occupational Health in Tropical Climates 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, C; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Full-text]
    Occupational health is a cross disciplinary area concerned with protecting the health of people engaged in work or employment. If is increasingly becoming a serious concern for industries and companies to safeguard the ...
  • Evaporative cooling for occupational health in tropical climates 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, C; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Full-text]
    Occupational health is a cross disciplinary area concerned with protecting the health of people engaged in work or employment. If is increasingly becoming a serious concern for industries and companies to safeguard the ...
  • Performance of evaporative cooling systems with chilled water 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Full-text]
    Many climatic records indicate that the average temperature of many countries have increased at least by one degree and also have changed the rainfall pattern to a certain extent. These have made the conditions in warm ...
  • A review on utilization of c & dwaste for road and pavement construction in the international context and applicability of the findings to Sri Lanka 
    Arandara, KP; Priyadarshana, ST; Paranavithana, GN; Dissanayake, R [Conference-Full-text]
    In this paper, the utilization ofC&D(Construction and Demolition)waste for roads and pavements construction is reviewed in the international context. Further, the results are assessed to see the relevance to Sri Lanka. ...
  • Surface Coatings for Stabilized Earth Walls 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, C [Article-Full-text]
    Wall construction with stabilized earth in houses and low-rise buildings in becoming popular with the promotion of sustainable concepts in the construction industry. Many studies conducted on strength properties of stabilized ...
  • Sustainable road construction with compressed stabilized Earth 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, C; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Full-text]
    Heat island effect has been given significant recognition in LEED certification process. The idea is to reduce the heat island effect to minimize impacts on micro climates and human and wild life habitats. In this context, ...
  • Sustainable road construction with compressed stabilized earth 
    Arandara, KP; Jayasinghe, C; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Abstract]
    Heat island effect has been given significant recognition in LEED certification process. The idea is to reduce the heat island effect to minimize impacts on micro climates and human and wild life habitats. In this context, ...
  • Thermal comfort with evaporative cooling for tropical climates 
    Arandara, KP; Attalage, RA; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Full-text]
    The tropical climatic conditions that prevail in the countries located close to the equator generally has warm humid climatic conditions. This high humidity generally results due to the relatively high moisture content in ...