Browsing by Author "Gowsiga, M"

Applicability of circular economy for the electronic waste minimization in Sri Lankan office buildings

Mafra, MTF; Gowsiga, M; Asmone, AS; Dilogini, RAA [Conference-Full-text]

Electronic equipment is one of the world’s fastest-growing waste types. Office buildings can be identified as a major contributor to the electronic waste generation of any country, including Sri Lanka. Several electronic ...

Applicability of innovative building materials for wall structures to maximise the energy efficiency of buildings in Sri Lanka

Salgadu, MDRS; Devapriya, KDK; Gowsiga, M [Conference-Full-text]

The CO2 emission is increased globally and the building sector is playing as the major industry with approximately a half percent. The carbon emission of building materials is directly affected by the energy efficiency of ...

Applicability of recycling and resource recovery for solid waste of Sri Lankan supermarkets

Bandara, KGMB; Gowsiga, M; Asmone, AS; Dilogini, RAA [Conference-Full-text]

Every day, supermarkets create municipal solid waste, which makes up about 25% of all solid waste made in urban areas of Sri Lanka. Poor waste management in Sri Lankan supermarkets can have a big effect on greenhouse gas ...

Diffusion of profession in Sri Lanka organisations: facilities management

Gowsiga, M; Jayasena, HS [Conference-Full-text]

Facilities Management (FM) is the integrated management of the workplace to enhance the performance of the organization. It is obvious that competent FM will arouse effective working performance and the value of the ...

Electricity generation through municipal solid waste in Sri Lanka: Drivers and barriers

Karunarathna, TADCD; Sridarran, P; Gowsiga, M [Conference-Full-text]

The rapid increase in population and urbanisation has led to an increase in per capita consumption and the generation of waste. Thus, the need of having improved management strategies for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) has ...

Enhance the collaborative involvement of stakeholders through cloud-based BIM in the Sri Lankan construction industry

Mohanaraj, R; Ganeshu, P; Gowsiga, M [Conference-Full-text]

The construction industry relies on the collaboration of stakeholders for a successful outcome, as most the stakeholders are from multidisciplinary organisation to achieve a particular goal. In addition, information in ...

Facilities management value addition in corporate social responsibility

Nibras, SM; Abeynayake2, M; Gowsiga, M; Dilakshan, R [Conference-Full-text]

Corporate activities have a major impact on society environment, thus the concern and pressure on corporate activities become a recurrent theme. Especially, the operations of corporates in the built environment is highly ...

The impact of COVID-19 on the business continuity of the Sri Lankan apparel industry: Human resource management (HRM)

Gowsiga, M; Kartheepan, T [Conference-Full-text]

The Sri Lankan apparel industry is having a high demand for exports all over the world and is a leading apparel producer in the South Asian region. It has started to fight for its survival due to the pandemic, Covid-19. ...

Impact of space management to core business of sri lankan higher education sector: facilities management perspective

Jayasena, HAEC; Anushanga, BAH; Gowsiga, M [Conference-Full-text]

Education is a basic need of all human beings in the world as it turns a right of humans. Higher Education Institution (HEI) sector in any economy has responsibility to provide high skills professionals who participate to ...

Incorporation of circular economy concept to the apparel industry: literature review

Gowsiga, M; Thayaparan, M [Conference-Full-text]

The apparel industry is one the most foreign exchange earning industries for developing countries. However, it is one of the notable polluting industries in the world too. Additionally, there are numerous factors affecting ...

An investigation into value addition concept correlated to facilities management

Udawatta, CS; Devapriya, KAK; Gowsiga, M; Thatshayini, P. [Conference-Full-text]

The purpose of this research is to enable Facilities Management (FM) decision makers to identify key FM interventions that add value to the organisations and to manage a successful implementation and to measure the ...

Minimising construction and demolition waste using circular economy concept to achieve sustainable urban development

Gowsiga, M; Thayaparan, M [Conference-Full-text]

Urban development significantly increased construction activities, which led to the generation of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) and inefficient resource exploitation. Most of these CDWs end up in landfills, and ...

Principles of circular economy for building sector: a systematic review

Gowsiga, M; Ramachandra, T; Sridarran, P; Thurairajah, N [Conference-Full-text]

Globally, the building sector accounts for almost 40% of resource use and waste production and nearly 33% of greenhouse gas emissions. The Circular Economy (CE) and the adoption of its principles are currently recognised ...

Strategies to enhance the applicability of grid power solar net metering concept in Sri Lanka

Abeywickrama, MGWU; Sridarran, P; Gowsiga, M; Dilogini, RAA [Conference-Full-text]

The whole world is utilizing its all-non-renewable energy sources to power their social, economic, and cultural needs. Hence, the significance of renewable energy is considered all around the world at this moment. ...

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