• A novel Reduced Order Model (ROM) framework is developed to support estimation of energy savings in building retrofits. ROM utilised the International Measurement and Verification Protocol. The improves application EPC accelerates investment cost-effective forecasting consumption demonstrated validated for an operating educational building. Energy Performance Contracting (EPC), as a tool enha...

Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) is an advanced contracting method in which a single party is responsible to complete all the components of the project and further commission it and handover to the client within a predefined cost and agreed timeline. Failure to which, EPC contractor has to pay heavy penalties. There are many risks for both the parties in this arrangement. Proper ...

Most ofthe recent research on business process redesign (BPR) focused on people or management related issues. Completing a successful BPR project however, requires a disciplined liletliod to Inodel the target business processes effectively as well. Currently available process modeling methods fail to meet the specific BPR process characteristics (cross-functional, customer-oriented) and the ide...

The promotion of the EPC model in public construction projects is a priority for reform Chinese industry. This study integrates push–pull–mooring (PPM) with stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework to explore influencing factors and action mechanisms adopting owners China. An online questionnaire was sent project who have participated projects. Partial least squares-structural equation modeli...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic data capture technology that has great potential to improve business. However, RFID projects have significant up-front costs: buying tags and readers, and installing them in business locations. Until now, a physical deployment was required to properly test RFID software and its integration with existing systems. This paper describes EPC Virt...