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Organization profile
Organization profile
The municipality of Kuwait since its inception owns the independent personality has its own systems and laws where the municipal council plays the role of planning, guidance and control and the director of the municipality and the executive body to complete and implement the work at the beginning of the inception of the municipality was the administrative apparatus consists of the director general and clerk of the administration and a number of collectors and workers cleaning markets and guards and confined the work of the municipality in cleaning, control and collection of fees and the headquarters of the municipality in a small office inside a shop rented in the market and in 1933 moved the municipality to its headquarters In Safah Square.
Organization profile
The municipality of Kuwait since its inception owns the independent personality has its own systems and laws where the municipal council plays the role of planning, guidance and control and the director of the municipality and the executive body to complete and implement the work at the beginning of the inception of the municipality was the administrative apparatus consists of the director general and clerk of the administration and a number of collectors and workers cleaning markets and guards and confined the work of the municipality in cleaning, control and collection of fees and the headquarters of the municipality in a small office inside a shop rented in the market and in 1933 moved the municipality to its headquarters In Safah Square.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Developing a Novel Copper Nano-Enhanced Hybrid Microencapsulated PCM based Sustainable Building for Kuwait Climatic Conditions - An Approach Towards Energy Savings
Alaifan, B. (PI) & KUMAR, G. N. (CoI)
23/10/23 → …
Project: Applied Research › Applied Research 2023 Cycle 2
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Critical Assessment of Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Communities Potential in Kuwait
Alaifan, B. (PI)
31/03/21 → …
Project: General Research › General Research 2021 Cycle 1
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Critical Assessment of Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Communities Potential in Kuwait
Alaifan, B. (PI)
7/01/22 → 8/08/23
Project: General Research › General Research 2021 Cycle 1
Research output
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Ali, A., Jayaraman, R., Mayyas, A., Alaifan, B., & Azar, E. (2023). Machine learning as a surrogate to building performance simulation: Predicting energy consumption under different operational settings. Energy and Buildings, 286, Article 112940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.11294037 Scopus citations
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Alaifan, B., & Azar, E. (2023). Potential for Net-Zero Energy Communities in Kuwait: An Empirical Techno-Economic Modeling and Optimization Approach. Buildings, 13(8), Article 2096. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13082096Open Access6 Scopus citations
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Azar, E., Alaifan, B., Lin, M., Trepci, E., & El Asmar, M. (2021). Drivers of energy consumption in Kuwaiti buildings: Insights from a hybrid statistical and building performance simulation approach. Energy Policy, 150, Article 112154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.11215420 Scopus citations