Environmental assessment for major development projects: A case study “Qattara Depression”

Elsayed, Marwa Adel; Ismaeel, Walaa S.E.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.301

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“…Firstly, it was established as a non-binding framework in "the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)" in 1969, subsequently, it became law in 1971 [10]. It can be considered a part of an environmental planning development tool [11]. Moreover, it provides an early warning process against possible environmental disruption.…”

Section: Environmental Impact Assessmentmentioning

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Challenges for Implementing Environmental Impact Assessment method for construction projects in Egypt

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Ismaeel

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Assessing the environmental impact of buildings is a prime concern for many countries to abide by international agreements. Various studies have shown that the construction industry has significant implications for the consumption of energy, raw material utilization, and carbon dioxide emissions. Recent Law 9/2009 in Egypt necessitates performing an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for major construction projects. There is a rising number of projects doing the EIA every year. Nevertheless, this cannot be considered a common practice till the present time and many projects are still struggling to perform the EIA studies. Hence, this study investigates the common challenges for implementing EIA for major construction projects in Egypt through a comprehensive literature review and survey among local practitioners. The results showed that the dilemma lies in the segregation of the EIA process along with the project’s phases. It also indicates problems associated with the limited availability of data and insufficient practitioners’ competencies and skills to perform the required assessment for certain impact categories.

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessmentmentioning

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Challenges for Implementing Environmental Impact Assessment method for construction projects in Egypt

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Ismaeel

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…The environmental assessment features an important tool for guiding the planning process and screening design alternatives [10]. Several methods have been applied to analyze the sustainability of the production systems from an environmental point of view.…”

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Environmental Assessment of Large Scale Production of Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles via Coprecipitation

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Nanoparticles are materials with special properties that can be applied in different fields, such as medicine, engineering, food industry and cosmetics. The contributions regarding the synthesis of different types of nanoparticles have allowed researchers to determine a special group of nanoparticles with key characteristics for several applications. Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) have attracted a significant amount of attention due to their ability to improve the properties of polymeric materials. For this reason, the development of novel/emerging large scale processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials is a great and important challenge. In this work, an environmental assessment of the large scale production of magnetite via coprecipitation was carried out with the aim to evaluate its potential impact on the environment at a processing capacity of 806.87 t/year of magnetite nanoparticles. The assessment was performed using a computer-aided tool based on the Waste Reduction Algorithm (WAR). This method allows us to quantify the impacts generated and classify them into eight different categories. The process does not generate any negative impacts that could harm the environment. This assessment allowed us to identify the applicability of the large scale production of magnetite nanoparticles from an environmental viewpoint.

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“…This is shown in Fig. (2). In addition, the chosen models had 2 various architectural designs to provide the capability of changing it towards better efficiency in terms of design and to reach higher and better outcomes.…”

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“…Buildings accounted for 39% of end-use energy consumption and 42% of carbon emissions in 2009, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The building sector cause growing environmental impact, particularly in terms of energy consumption, raw material exploitation, and water use, resulting in solid waste and carbon dioxide emissions [2][3][4]. Developments of the green building industry account for the efficiency of materials and resources throughout different project phases and requires adopting an integrated design approach [5][6][7].…”

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Passive measures for energy-efficient economic class housing units in national housing projects

Ismaeel

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This study investigates passive building design measures and how they may differ according to the surrounding context. This particularly stands as an important consideration for economic class housing units which are seen as repetitive cluster units of the same architectural design plan. These units have a typical design that does not respond to their contexts, hence, the study proves with evidence that the building performance varies from one city to another, taking three cities Cairo, Alexandria and Aswan of different climatic zones. This is carried through a series of computer simulations using a validated software program to investigate the effect of adding passive design measures on building performance e.g. thermal walls, double glazing system, and shading devices. The results verified the significant difference in building energy performance in the three studied cities. It also showed that shading devices are a common passive design measure that contributed towards reducing energy consumption in the prototype building in the three cities. This showed the necessity of integrating proper passive design features in economic class housing units because they represent a repeated prototype building.

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Environmental assessment for major development projects: A case study “Qattara Depression”

Cited by 15 publications

References 34 publications

Challenges for Implementing Environmental Impact Assessment method for construction projects in Egypt

Challenges for Implementing Environmental Impact Assessment method for construction projects in Egypt

Environmental Assessment of Large Scale Production of Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles via Coprecipitation

Passive measures for energy-efficient economic class housing units in national housing projects

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