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The Assessment and Enhancement of Thermal Comfort in the Makased Schools, Beirut

Zakharia, Michel (5/18/2022)

Improving the thermal behavior of old buildings’ external envelope to meet current standards is a subject that every country needs to tackle when talking about eco-efficient building design. In cities, buildings constructed ...
Characterization of the Construction Period of Buildings in Beirut from Street-View Photos Using Deep Learning

Wardan, David (2023-09-07)

Multiple efforts have contributed to collecting data on the built environment in Beirut. However, these efforts usually rely on field visits that are time-consuming. Until now no complete dataset that provides the ...
EXPLORING URBAN TRANSITIONAL SPACES AS CONTRIBUTORS TO URBAN GREENING – BEIRUT CASE STUDY

Morkos, Samar (2/8/2022)

Trees are considered as the lungs of the city as they help mitigate air pollution. In dense urban areas, however, trees are non-existent and there is a need to explore the potential contribution of plants in alternative ...
Fragmentation in Wastewater Governance: The Case of the Southern Beirut Wastewater Network

Shokor, Nabeeha (2/8/2022)

This thesis seeks to explore one of the best known failures of the wastewater sector in Lebanon, the network in the area south of Beirut serviced by the Al-Ghadir wastewater treatment plant. Despite the fact that a pipe ...
GREEN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: DETERMINANTS OF THE OWNER'S RECOVERY MECHANISM

Salami, Ghadeer (2/8/2021)

Literature concerned with green buildings show that they provide an array of benefits. Owners of construction projects incur an additional investment in their attempt to achieve a third-party green certification for their ...
METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE STRATEGIES IN MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) EFFECT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BEIRUT CITY: A MODEL BASED APPROACH

Jaafar, Hasan (9/23/2020)

The Urban heat island (UHI) effect is a threatening event expected to be as alarming as global warming. Given the aforementioned, several mitigation strategies were investigated in order to detect which has the most impact ...
Municipalities in Local Climate Governance: The Case Study of Menjez (Lebanon)

El Katerji, Farah (2024-02-07)

Local governments have increasingly become recognized as key players in the climate discourse. Yet, in the context of weak decentralization, their jurisdiction and influence are undermined. In Lebanon, the existing gap ...
Natural Convection in An Open-ended Isothermally-heated Three-dimensional Building Shaft

Ammar, Maram (5/18/2022)

The increased rates of mortality and morbidity in urban areas have been associated with increased levels of pollutant concentration. This study aims at employing natural convection effects to ventilate urban street canyons ...
Reliability-Based Design of Rammed Earth Structures using Machine Learning Models

Mustapha, Anas (2024-05-14)

Rammed earth construction is becoming popular since it successfully integrates eco-friendliness, sustainability, and the possibility of cost-effective construction. Rammed earth is comprised of clay, gravel, sand, silt, ...

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