In this article we examine the effect of social, political, and economic factors on consumption of housing in China. First, we present income elasticities using time-series and cross-sectional analyses. We then compare the results for China with income elasticities for other countries as...

Behavioral approaches to reduce energy consumption in the built environment are becoming increasingly common. In particular, the application of individual feedback and the use of social norms have shown promise in the short term for improving occupant energy use behavior in the home. However,...

Research in construction innovation highlights construction industry as having many barriers and resistance to innovations and suggests that it needs champions. A hierarchical structural model is presented, to assess the impact of the role of the project manager (PM) on the levels of innovation...

The effective thermal conductivity of six vertical closed-loop ground heat exchangers (GHEXs), which were installed in a test bed located in Wonju, South Korea, has been experimentally evaluated by performing in-situ thermal response tests (TRTs). To compare the thermal efficiency of the GHEXs...

Factors affecting construction project cost include project-specific factors and those reflecting the characteristics of the project team. Multiple regression is often used to estimate a project's cost, but independent variables with a high degree of correlation are likely be left out of such a...