• Construction professionals’ perspectives on drivers and barriers of sustainable construction 

      Tokbolat, Serik; Karaca, Ferhat; Durdyev, Serdar; Calay, Rajnish K (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-05)
      With the associated environmental challenges and unsustainable patterns of construction, there is also notable awareness and willingness among the state bodies to adopt sustainability measures and practices in Kazakhstan. This study explores the drivers of and barriers inhibiting the adoption of sustainability paradigm in the construction context of Kazakhstan. The drivers and barriers were validated ...
    • Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in University Campuses: a Case Study 

      Mustafa, Mohamad; Tokbolat, Serik; Almahadin, Aziz; Khussainova, Diana; Nazipov, Farnush (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-10)
      Renewable energy technologies are becoming widely integrated into energy generation systems around the world. While the majority of such technologies are integrated at a large scale in the form of wind and solar farms, there is a need for their incorporation into the built environment. A university campus is an ideal place for testing and understanding how renewable energy technologies can be ...
    • Residential Construction Sustainability in the UK and Prospects of Knowledge Transfer to Kazakhstan 

      Calay, Rajnish K; Tokbolat, Serik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-22)
      This paper aimed to investigate the up-to-date levels of sustainability in the UK construction with special interest to sustainable housing. It also aims to examine the justification behind construction and housing sustainability, and to look at the practicality of transferring current expertise within the UK as well as to an emerging Central Asian country such as Kazakhstan. A synergy of case ...