Browsing Departmental Conferences by Year "2012"

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  • An Analysis of construction law and disaster management law relating to sustainable development in Sri Lanka 
    Abeynayake, MDTE [Conference-Abstract]
    Construction Law may be defined as the law that regulates built environment in relation to construction activities. This law also deals with physical planning techniques and protection of natural environment. Law governing ...
  • Benefits of adopting green concept for construction of building in Sri Lanka 
    Waidyasekara, KGAS; Fernando, WNJK [Conference-Abstract]
    While moving towards the sustainable development, the concept of green building has become the forefront in the construction industry globally. Simply, green buildings increase the efficiency of resources while sustaining ...
  • Building energy consumption factors : a literature review and future research agenda 
    De Silva, MNK; Sandanayake, YG [Conference-Abstract]
    The Sri Lankan energy supply system faces several major strategic challenges due to high annual electricity demand growth rate and hence it is required to double the electricity generation capacity in every ten years. ...
  • Disturbance rejection analysis of a disturbance observer based velocity controller 
    Senevirathne, HR; Abeykoon, AMHS; Pillai, MB [Conference-Abstract]
    Motion control usually includes the precise control of position/velocity and acceleration control while accurate acceleration control is not useful in many applications. Traditional position/velocity control is derived ...
  • Gait pattern analysis of an Asian elephant 
    Wijesooriya, PN; Abeykoon, AMHS; Udawatta, L; Punchihewa, A; Nanayakkara, T [Conference-Abstract]
    Elephants have to maintain stability of a body weighing 2700 kg - 4500 kg in a wide range of unstructured terrain conditions. To achieve this, the dynamic walking control strategies of an elephant should be able to ...
  • Impact of green concept on business objectives of an organisation 
    Waidyasekara, KGAS; Sandamali, RLN [Conference-Abstract]
    Today, the world is moving towards green concepts which focus on increasing efficiency of resources while reducing impact on human health, productivity and environment. As a result, many companies ...
  • Maintainability approach for lean maintenance 
    De Silva, N; Ranasinghe, KAMK; De Silva, CR [Conference-Abstract]
    The concept of lean maintenance is promoted to eliminate maintenance waste and to maximize efficiency of the manufacturing process for overall cost reduction. The optimum usage of labour,material and technology is thus, ...
  • Sustainability evaluation framework for energy power plants in Sri Lanka 
    Wijesooriya, SD; Sandanayake, YG; Konara, KMGK [Conference-Abstract]
    Energy is essential for economic and social development of a country. Ever increasing energy demand forces public and private sector to install energy power plants without giving much attention to the sustainable issues. ...