The rising global demand for energy has triggered emphasis on conservation of energy. Buildings are one of the important energy consuming sectors. Passive solar architecture encompasses a wide range of strategies and options resulting in energy efficient building design and increased occupant's...

This paper describes a knowledge-based tool being developed to study the selection of a sequence of transformations that if applied to a sequential program will result in an efficient parallel schedule. This work concentrates on parallelization of scientific programs. We expect that the...

Energy generation by fossil fuel contributes to carbon emission to the atmosphere which is a major threat to global environment. Measuring energy consumption in building, accounting related carbon emission and selecting low embodied energy (EE) material by performing life-cycle analysis gives a...

India is facing the trend of increasing urbanization with a haphazard population growth that affects the environmental quality, economy and human health. Application of sustainable building materials and technology can improve the living conditions. The paper presents the role of creating and...

Better indoor quality leads to improved occupant’s health, comfort, ability to work and in turn the productivity at workplace. There are various gases, particulate matter, water vapour etc, present in air and these particles contaminate the surrounding associated stakeholders. It creates...