Towards Energy Conservation in Qatar

Energy Conservation in Building

The building sector accumulates approximately a third of the final energy consumption. Consequently, the improvement of the energy efficiency in buildings has become an essential instrument in the energy policies to ensure the energy supply in the mid to long term moreover is the most cost-effective strategy available for reducing carbon dioxide emissions This paper is studying the main objecti...

iParrot: Towards Designing a Persuasive Agent for Energy Conservation

Computational agents can motivate people to change their behaviour towards energy use in a home setting. In this paper, we investigate the design and evaluation of the iParrot, an intelligent agent that helps to persuade family members to conserve energy in their home. The iParrot was designed as a concept in the form of a video prototype with two conditions. The results from the evaluation sho...

Window Design in Ardabil Traditional Houses for Conservation of Energy

Public’s attitudes towards community pharmacy in Qatar: a pilot study

OBJECTIVES To assess the public's attitudes towards the community pharmacist's role in Qatar, to investigate the public's use of community pharmacy, and to determine the public's views of and satisfaction with community pharmacy services currently provided in Qatar. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three community pharmacies in Qatar were randomly selected as study sites. Patients 16 years of age and ov...

A Comparative Analysis of Behavioral Theories towards Farmers’ Water Conservation

According to experts, the inefficient agricultural sector has a dominant role in degrading water resources all over the world. Farmers’ conservational behavior is an important aspect of new integrated water management studies. Relevantly, various behavioral theories have been proposed in the field of environmental psychology. The main objective of the present comparative analysis and review stu...