building construction challenge, in recent years, is the reduction of social, economical and environmentalimpacts along with economical nature and increasing life quality, as here sustainable construction is important. pre-fabrication and industrialization are referred as a solution of sustainable construction due to some of its main characteristics consisting of many sustainability aspects. du...

Article history: Received 26 June 2015 Received in revised form 16 October 2015 Accepted 5 December 2015 Available online 23 December 2015 The overall energy efficiency of existing buildings has to be significantly improved to complywith emerging regulations and to contribute to overcoming current environmental challenges. Many policies aim at accelerating the renovation rate. The effectiveness...

This paper discusses the requirements of having healthy environment in the Jordanian residential buildings, in general, and in Amman particularly, considering the healthy problems and the consequences of deceases, shortage of comfort and difficulty in using the spaces. The study presents a real problematic case in Jordan because of norms and executive instruments which are rarely ensure the min...

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is proposing to amend its regulation concerning the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. This proposed rule will promulgate regulations for a new loan program that will provide both loans and grants for distance learning and telemedicine projects benefiting rural areas. The regulation is necessary to implement a new loan program mandated by the Fed...

As the penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems on building rooftops increases, the accumulated effect of the rooftop PV power outputs on electric network operation is no longer negligible. Energy storage resources (ESRs) have been used to smooth PV power outputs, particularly when building load becomes low. In commercial buildings, the batteries of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) can be regar...