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Construction Management & Sustainability Research Publications

Representative Publications

  • Ries R., Osman A., (2004) "Life Cycle Impact Analysis of Energy Systems for Buildings," Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 87-97.
  • Osman A, Ries R., 2004, Life Cycle Impact Analysis of Energy Systems for Buildings. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 10(3), pp. 87-97.
  • Ries R., Bilec M, Needy K L, Gokhan N M, Rettura B, 2004, A Framework to Examine Benefits of Green Building Construction, 2004 US Green Building Council Proceedings, Portland, OR, November, 2004.
  • Ries R., 2003, Simulation Framework for Life Cycle Assessment Modeling of the Built Environment, Second International Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, June 2003.
  • Ries R., 2003, Uncertainty in Environmental Assessment for the Built Environment, American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Research Congress, March 2003.
  • Ries R., 2002, A Contextual Approach to Environmental Impact Assessment. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 2 Nos. 1/2/3, pp. 8-21.
  • Ries R., Mahdavi A, 2001, Integrated Computational Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 15 (1), pp. 59-66.
  • Ries R., Mahdavi A, 2001, Evaluation of Design Performance through Regional Environmental Simulation. Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2001, B de Vries, L van Leeuwen, and H Achten, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. ISBN 0-7923-7023-6, pp. 629-642.
  • Ries R., Mahdavi A, 2001, Contextual Models in Environmental Simulation. In Building Simulation, Proceedings of the Seventh International Building Performance Simulation Association. ISBN 85-901939-3-4, Vol. 2, pp. 715-722. Rio de Janiero, Brazil, August, 2001.
  • Ries R., Loftness V, Mahdavi A, Steffy G, Nahikian A, 2001, Using Lighting Simulation to Assess the Performance of Direct and Indirect Office Lighting Systems. In Building Simulation, Proceedings of the Seventh International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference. ISBN 85-901939-3-4, Vol. 2, pp. 757-763. Rio de Janiero, Brazil, August, 2001.

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