Purchase behaviour of Indian customers towards environment friendly motor vehicles
At the present time lot of customers in India are buying environment friendly motor vehicles like hybrid and electric vehicles. Therefore, this study was performed to recognize the factors that influence the purchase intention of buying environment friendly motor vehicles among Indian customers. Information is collected from 125 vehicle owners [...]
Gardens on the Arid Climate
Bahrain is located in the climate of the arid zone which rainfall is low and irregular. This paper discusses the approaches which response to the local context that has been implemented by the government of Bahrain to sustain the quality of the public garden in the arid climate, turning to [...]
A general methodology made cleaned PV energy panels for Bahrain and UK
The GCC countries has a good location for the solar energy with high intensity of the solar radiation. This means that renewable energy provides many benefits for our climate, health and our economy. Photovoltaic PV becomes the new competitive energy resources of the planet and it can be engaged in [...]
First smart 8.64 kW BIPV in a building in Awali Town at Kingdom of Bahrain
The performance of 18 months of 86.4 kW smart PV solar panels integrated in a building in Sadeem Building at Awali Town (middle of a desert area) in the kingdom of Bahrain is reported herein. The PV system covers an area of 59 m2 (36 PV panels) and was installed [...]
Investigating the relationships between the built environment, the climate, walkability and physical activity in the Arabic peninsula: The case of Bahrain
Built environments have a profound effect on public health as they provide the background on which individuals make decisions to address their mobility, resulting in the adoption of varying degrees of physical activity. This is a logical adjunct to the natural environment which may or may not be conducive to [...]
Smart assistive system for laborers
A smart assistive system for laborers is designed and built with a novel integrated three-fold objective. First, it provides workers in excessively hot conditions with some head cooling comfort. Second, it monitors the workers’ health state via his/her heart pulse rate. Third, and in case of danger or emergency, it [...]
The relationships between contextual variables and perceived importance and benefits of Environmental management accounting (EMA) techniques
Environmental management accounting (EMA) has emerged over last decades because of increasing awareness of the impacts of companies on their environment. There was a limited attention directed to the importance attached to EMA’s techniques and the importance of benefits derived from EMA’s techniques. Drawing off the contingency theory literature, the [...]
Bahrain intelligent street lighting-A study to retrofit Bahrain street lighting
Currently most of the street lighting systems in Bahrain use non-dimmable High-Pressure Sodium lamps (HPS) along with an on/off control system. This system is not cost-effective, may lead to unnecessary energy use in some regions, and lowers the life spans of lamps. Considering the above problems, it has become increasingly [...]
Framework for route optimization of solid waste collection
Collecting, transport, disposal, and managing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) within urban context is a challenge worldwide. It directly impacts; environmental, health and economic aspects of modern and smart urban cities. MSW transport is the most expensive item in MSW management and in some cases might take up most of the [...]
Cloud platform Bahrain parks: Real-time participatory tool for planning, designing, and managing public parks
The paper introduces an innovative, open source cloud platform for the efficient, knowledge-based, sustainable and inclusive development of urban parks – Bahrain Parks, developed at the University of Bahrain. We describe the local context at the genesis of the initiative, its components, and the rationale for the creation of a [...]