Escalating trend in the formation of urban heat island (UHI) in the cities of tropical Asia contributes to warming microclimates and imposes a greater challenge on human health and well-being. Rapid urbanization and declining ...

In the current global context, attention is being paid towards the sustainability. Moreover, there are many energy sector challenges, which are getting more critical day by day. In order to overcome from such critical ...

Design decisions behind colour compositions of a product, play a major role in communicating an identity, purpose and functionality of a product. Also, how this particular product would fit in with what’s around it. When ...

Very significant to the production of architecture is the notion of 'space', which injects a quality that creates meaning and expression to the final product. But an architectural product is also a collection of parts; ...

Huge energy demand can identify in the contemporary world not only in Sri Lanka. Environment cooling is a most considerable aspect in energy consumption. The research discovers the possibility of using ancient techniques ...

Urban vertical luxury living is becoming particularly widespread, and the abundance of luxury apartment buildings in Colombo continues to transform the city. The main objective of the study is to identify the factors that ...

Spare parts (SPs) are set of extra items that are used for emergency replacements of worn out and defective parts. Maintenance and provision of SPs are the two activities which need to be performed together. Maintenance ...

Benapole, the most vibrant land-port city of Bangladesh is divided by a bold line at its geographical level, the historical ‘Jashore Road’ running almost in-between the city bifurcating the community of Benapole. The ...

Students’ hostels are an essential component of higher education campuses where students come from far off places. The design quality of hostel buildings, public spaces and various amenities play an important role in ...

The densification of an urban core forces outward growth of the city to suburbs. The movement towards the suburbs is mostly residential for various reasons including economic, environmental or leisure. The sprawl creates ...