Outputs (5)

Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate (2018)
Journal Article
Alwetaishi, M., & Gadi, M. (2018). Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate. Cogent Engineering, 5, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1452665

There is a global concern about energy in buildings generally for two major reasons. The first one is to minimise the energy consumption in buildings, while the other is to provide thermally comfortable buildings with minimum energy usage. Most of th... Read More about Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate.

Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria (2017)
Journal Article
Alwetaishi, M., Gadi, M., & Issa, U. (in press). Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2017.12.002

Selecting a ventilation system for a certain building has always been considered as one of the critical problems for designers. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is characterized by a large area of significant climatic changes. In this research, five cri... Read More about Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria.

Effect of slope angle on energy performance of ground-integrated buildings on slope terrain (2017)
Journal Article
De Castro, M., & Gadi, M. (2017). Effect of slope angle on energy performance of ground-integrated buildings on slope terrain. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 12(2), 283-293. https://doi.org/10.2495/SDP-V12-N2-283-293

The noticeable rise in urban development and topography factors across Europe has resulted in a visible increase in the number of residential buildings being constructed in hillside areas. Several studies about ground-integrated architecture have pro... Read More about Effect of slope angle on energy performance of ground-integrated buildings on slope terrain.

Urban outdoor thermal comfort of the hot-humid region (2016)
Journal Article
Gadi, M. (in press). Urban outdoor thermal comfort of the hot-humid region. MATEC Web of Conferences, 66, Article 00084. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166600084

The study on outdoor comfort is becoming popular due to the fact that the thermoregulatory model is seen as inadequate in explaining outdoor thermal comfort conditions. Hot-humid region can be said as experiencing a critical environmental condition b... Read More about Urban outdoor thermal comfort of the hot-humid region.

Using a new programme (THERCOM) to predict thermal comfort as a base to design energy efficient buildings (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Khatri, H., & Gadi, M. (2014). Using a new programme (THERCOM) to predict thermal comfort as a base to design energy efficient buildings. International Journal of Student's Research in Technology and Management, 2(5),

A strong relationship relates the thermal comfort and the consumption of energy, especially in the hot arid climate where the installation of HVAC systems is unavoidable. In fact, it has been reported that the HVAC systems are responsible for consumi... Read More about Using a new programme (THERCOM) to predict thermal comfort as a base to design energy efficient buildings.