Browsing WCS - 2016 by Author "Karunasena, GI"

3R.6R extended water hierarchy model for sustainable use of water during construction

Waidyasekara, KGAS; De Silva, L; Rameezdeen, R [Conference-Full-text]

There is a broad consensus in literature that effective utilisation of natural resources in any industry greatly influences sustainability of built environment. Hence, better management strategies of water began to emerge ...

Adoptability of green lease in developing countries: the case of Sri Lanka

Hettige, NC; Perera, BAKS; Mallawaarachchi, H [Conference-Full-text]

The concept of Green Buildings is now being promoted as there is an increasing requirement for energy efficient buildings. With the boom of Green Buildings, Green Lease concept has become significant. However in Sri ...

Adopting net zero energy building concept to reduce energy cost of commercial buildings in Sri Lanka

Weerasinghe, I; Mallawaarachchi, H; De Silva, L [Conference-Full-text]

Fulfilling energy demand has become a major challenge faced by most of high rise buildings today as it creates high utility cost to the organization. Hence, most of the organisations, especially in commercial building ...

The adoption of integrated project delivery in public sector projects in New Zealand: the way forward

Naismith, N; Tookey, J; Hoseini, AG; Kekreja, R [Conference-Full-text]

The construction industry in New Zealand is responsible for around 40% natural resources, 30% energy consumption, and 30% greenhouse gases. The increased costs in natural resources, and energy, together with environmental ...

Approaches to foster green building constructions in Sri Lanka

Thalpage, R; Karunasena, G [Conference-Full-text]

With world’s trend, though the Sri Lankan government has taken a substantial effort for local green building movement, still it has not become as a major and pressing concept in Sri Lanka due to several barriers. Those ...

Behaviour change in the sustainable built environment

Horr, YA; Katafygiotou, M; Elsarrag, E; Arif, M; Kaushik, A; Mazroei, A [Conference-Full-text]

Humans are always driven by their sensation for adequate comfort. Occupants’ behaviour is important in the built environment as it affects the building performance and the indoor comfort requirements. The built environment ...

Black swan effects on the real estate environment: a conceptual framework

Perera, T; Higgins, D [Conference-Full-text]

Unpredictable events can have a major impact on real estate, yet they are often overlooked in many property decisions. This research looks at linking property market analysis to Black Swan (BS) Event theory, a term made ...

Capacity of information technology infrastructure in Sri Lanka to support building information modelling systems

Kalhara, GWN; Jayasena, HS [Conference-Full-text]

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a concept, improved with Information Technology (IT) to upgrade construction, maintenance and operation of a building or an infrastructure project. Information Technology Infrastructure ...

Carbon and cost critical elements of office buildings: a case study

Victoria, M; Perera, S; Davies, A; Fernando, N [Conference-Full-text]

Buildings emit two types of carbon (and greenhouse gases) namely Operational Carbon (OC) and Embodied Carbon (EC). Operational carbon is regulated in the UK as it contributed up to 70-80% of total emissions. On the other ...

Coastal zone adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago: a review of literature

Johnson, C; Kulatunga, U [Conference-Full-text]

Empirical evidence supports that anthropogenic activities have brought about significant changes in our climate. In the instance of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) there is a potentially significant impact from the ...

Development of a professional doctoral programme in built environment to enhance societal resilience to disasters

Babatunde, S; Ginige, K; Adeniyi, O; Perera, S; Amaratunga, D [Conference-Full-text]

Integrating disaster resilience into education is a key factor for reducing the adverse impact of future disasters. This paper in this context presents the methodology of developing an innovative professional doctoral ...

Dispute avoidance model for Sri Lankan construction industry

De Alwis, I; Abeynayake, M; Francis, M [Conference-Full-text]

Construction disputes have become a major hindrance for the performance of construction projects. Most of the practices in construction projects have contributed to avoid disputes while serving its own purposes. It is ...

Effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution methods used in the highway construction projects in Sri Lanka

Gammanpila, CM; Abeynayake, M [Conference-Full-text]

Effectiveness of dispute resolution affects immensely for success or failure of construction projects. This document consists of a literature review about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods including negotiation, ...

Emerging competencies within national and local government for societal resilience to disasters in Sri Lanka

Hettiarachchi, SSL; Goonasekera, H; Gunatilake, S; Weeresinghe, S [Conference-Full-text]

Emerging competencies for societal resilience to disaster within the built environment domain of Sri Lanka were analysed in the aim of developing a professional doctoral (DProf) course through the CADRE (EU-FP7) project. ...

Energy from waste: a solution for the garbage crisis at Meethotamulla, Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka

Nawarathna, RAG; Joyce, S [Conference-Full-text]

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation and management is a continually growing problem at global level, and is becoming more complicated day by day. Sri Lanka as a developing country also confronts the issue of increasing ...

Establishment of the most common ground on which local arbitral awards become unenforceable in Sri Lanka

Hemantha, MD; Seneviratne, LDIP [Conference-Full-text]

The parties select more adversarial arbitration process over other alternative dispute resolution methods mainly due to the enforceability of the arbitral award. If the arbitral award becomes unenforceable due to any ...

Factors affecting the indoor environmental quality in Sri Lanka: green vs. conventional hotel buildings

Gayathri, L; Perera, BAKS; Sumanarathna, DMGANM [Conference-Full-text]

The hotel building sector is now using sustainable design and construction practices thereby helping to prevent environmental pollution. Green building practices are capable of promoting a healthy and comfortable indoor ...

Framework for mitigating contractual disputes in the Sri Lankan construction industry

Thusharika, APJN; Abeynayake, M [Conference-Full-text]

Dispute is defined as “any contract question or controversy that must be settled beyond the jobsite management”. Most of the construction disputes related to the contractual matters. The aim of the research was to develop ...

Gaps in public procurement process in Sri Lankan construction industry

Gunawardhane, KAP; Karunasena, G [Conference-Full-text]

Procurement Process is back bone of the country to achieve the economic development. Accordingly, since 2006, government of Sri Lanka has made significant efforts toward to reform and develop the Public Procurement Process ...

Implementation of building information modelling within construction SMEs

Manewa, A; Blake, T; Ross, A; Marsh, D; Siriwardena, M. [Conference-Full-text]

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is promoted as a requisite to improve construction project performance. In the UK, the Government has set the construction industry targets to attain with timescales, such as achieving ...

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