Arid and hot regions, like Saudi Arabia, utilize up to 60% of the country’s energy regulate buildings’ indoor comfort. Energy efficiency is a long-term sustainability measure that part government’s Vision 2030 strategy. A standard method improving thermal performance buildings through use insulation materials. Considering cooling loads’ requirement Global Warming Potential (GWP), present resear...

Building energy consumption, creating a comfortable indoor environment, and enhancing building thermal performance, from construction until demolition, are the major issues nowadays. Various strategies designs used to obtain environment. These considered as factors of emerging fields intelligent building. Sometimes, they do not require technology. Many old buildings offer features. Also, it is ...

Cities in arid and semi-arid regions have been exploring urban sustainability policies, such as lowering the vegetation coverage to reduce residential outdoor water use. Meanwhile, residents express concerns that policies could potentially impact home prices regardless of reduced costs because studies shown there is a positive correlation between values. On other hand, lower desert increase sur...

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7 Heihe River Basin is located in the arid inland area of northwest China and is facing 8 serious water shortage problems. Since irrigation is the largest water consumer in the 9 middle reaches of the Basin, it is crucial to study the crop yields and water 10 consumption in order to improve the agricultural water productivity and to support 11 sustainable economic development in this region. Ba...

background and purpose: disposing sludge from industrial wastewater treatment plants (iwwtps) is a serious issue because it can affect human and animals health, and also environmental quality. in this study, sludge from an iwwtp was analyzed regarding its physicochemical characteristics and disposal options. materials and methods: grab sampling was used to collect 12 sludge samples biweekly (ma...

Reclamation of Arid LandsIt is our pleasure to inform you that Springer International Publisher (2017) has published a book entitled "Reclamation of Arid Lands" in English.This book is the result of joint collaboration between the University of Tehran, University of Kashan and Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, whose authors are as follows:Mohammad Jafari: Professor, Faculty of Natur...