Jihad Awad

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the planning elements for sustainable urban regeneration in Dubai and evaluated the weights of the derived elements, and the AHP results had shown that Urban Environment Sector (Weight: 0.254, Rank: 1) was the most important factor in top planning elements, as well as the Economic Sector, Public Transport-Oriented System, Restoration of Historical and Cultural Resources, Policies for Low-Income Families and Social/Cultural Sectors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of improving indoor air quality with indoor plants and found that indoor plants not only provide a visual green effect to improve human comfort but also purify indoor air pollutants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the indoor air quality of the residential unit in an apartment after renovation to evaluate the actual condition and to analyze the influential factors, and the results showed that renovation related to the indoor quality was the replacement of finishing materials.

TL;DR: In this article, a field survey was conducted to investigate the status of indoor air pollution in residential buildings, and the results showed that radon gas was mainly detected in new townhouses and labor camp houses, and its concentration was found to exceed the standard.

TL;DR: In this article, an evaluation of a unique case of heritage conservation in the city of Nablus, Palestine, at both architectural and urban scales is presented, where the authors concluded that traditional passive design solutions have many advantages over modern ones.