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It is our purpose in this study to compare and analyze behavioral aspects of residential property valuation in Iran. More specifically, this research aims to explore the attributes that influence the value of residential property from the consumers’ and valuers’ perspective to determine whether valuers account for consumer behavior accurately. Finally, we investigate which variables operate at the lower end of the market, as distinct from those influencing the value of higher priced property. The core methodology underpinning the measurement of buyer and valuer behavior is the use of survey analysis. The identification of variables employing a two stage process forms an initial but critical... 

In this research, the aim is to find the factors that can influence on the utility perception of both private buyers and experts. What's more, the share of each factor on the overall utility is derived by the use of AHP technique. The next step is to derive a model that contain all the factors seen by private and inexpert buyers., and their relative weight. At the next step, the aime is to complete the model by adding the factors not seen by all private buyers, but advised by residential apartment experts and their relative weight. The model should be able to rank different residential apartments, when the value of each factor is given for each ot the apartments.

 

In a macro view point, it can be said that housing demand in recent years is making the construction industry one of the main sectors of Iran’s economy. On the other hand, analysis of seismic risk in the country with regard to the geological conditions, the faults, and the seismic records of mega city of Tehran is depicting the delicate location of the Iranian capital. This city is selected as a case study in this thesis that has a high probability for the event; where this event has also been classified as a devastating earthquake ever. Due to the involvement of private sector in construction industry, the need for establishing a system of strict control on quality of construction of the... 

The impact of opening of the metro station in the city, given the advantages and disadvantages faced by residents adjacent to the station, could have different effects on housing prices. Various studies have been conducted to reveal the impact of urban transport on the value of property, each with different results. In the investigation of this issue, there has been positive, negative or even insignificant effect on the construction of a transport corridor on the value of the property. In this research, the effect of the opening of the metro station as a type of transportation corridor has been investigated on the value of residential properties around the station. Different parts of Tehran,... 

The residential construction projects are an important and extraordinary part of the economy of Iran. Due to their important role and lots of problems that these kinds of projects face, this research was conducted. Delay is one of the main problems in these projects. In order to identify the causes of delay and propose recommendations to minimize it in Mashhad, Iran, a comprehensive literature review and interview with experts were conducted. One hundred and eight factors were identified and categorized into nine main groups. Based on the identified factors, a questionnaire survey was prepared, developed and distributed among the people who were active in the residential construction... 

Today, energy has a great impact on the economy, political relations, prosperity, and lifestyle of human societies. Energy sustainable development has become inevitable because of factors such as increasing population growth and as a result, increasing the energy consumption, consuming more energy from fossil fuels, decreasing in reserves of fossil fuel resources, environmental damage caused by the burning down of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions,high cost of energy from burning fossil fuels.Generally, the sustainable development isall steps in order to comply with economic development and protecting the environment, resources and living standards. Considering that a large part of... 

Type and terms of payment is one of the most important fundamentals of any construction project contract. Suitable contract type is selected based on available financial options, payment systems, project schedule and other uncertainties of project environment. Commonly in Iran; private residential construction projects are executed using cost plus or lump sum contracts. Based on project’s contract type, costs of materials’ waste are to be borne by different parties. For example in cost plus contracts, the costs of materials as well as wastes are paid by owner while in lump sum contract this cost is paid by contractor. Considering limited budget of construction projects, materials’ waste... 

Wasteful approach in utilizing construction materials will result in depletion of resources and sacrificing future generations rights which is against sustainable development per se. As a corollary, presenting a new approach is aimed in this dissertation in order to decline avoidable building materials’ waste to the possible extent. This research focuses on wasted materials or construction waste. In this research, data about wastages of construction materials is gathered by surveying 32 residential buildings in Tehran. Afterwards, using multiple linear regression by IBM SPSS, wastages are quantified in terms of controllable independent variables namely floor area, number of stories, contract... 

Most regions in Iran are located on an active plate boundary. Therefore, many parts of the country face a risk of earthquake damage at some point in time. Therefore, anticipating and addressing the consequences of earthquake events in order to minimize loss of life and damage to property is a national issue.There is concern about the ability of a signification fraction of buildings in Iran to withstand earthquake events. The deficiencies in the design and construction of buildings in Iran result in low-quality buildings vulnerable to earthquakes. It is necessary to identify and investigate the parameters that contribute to these deficiencies.Previous research studies indicate that... 

Due to the vulnerability of urban fabric and residential buildings to earthquakes and considering its destructive social and economic effects on society, the need to adopt appropriate policies to prevent and reduce vulnerability, has been increasingly considered by policy makers. Despite the laws, regulations, incentives and penalties that policymakers have envisioned to prevent unprincipled and unsafe construction, evidence shows that a significant number of new buildings being built in the country are not earthquake resistant and there are many violations in design, implementation and supervision that is done by the stakeholders. To solve this problem, research has been done on the... 

The exit flue gas temperature of conventional gas fired boiler is generally high and considerable energy is lost to environment. Therefore, new methods are needed to recover water and heat from boiler flue gas in order to reduce overall plant water consumption as well as to increase energy efficiency and mitigate detrimental emissions. This project involved design of a heat and water recovery system including condensing heat exchangers to be used in residential buildings. In this project based on simulation of heat and water recovery system the recoverable amount of heat and efficiency improvement potential at various conditions such as different exit flue gas temperatures and different... 

Electricity consumption has increased dramatically in recent decades, and this increase has severely affected electricity distribution. Therefore, forecasting electricity demand can provide a precondition for distributors. Predicting power consumption requires many parameters to be considered.In this research, machine learning, and deep learning methods such as recursive neural networks, long short-term memory networks, etc., as well as the ARIMA model will be used. These models have been tested on the London Smart Measurement Database. In order to evaluate the capability of the models in forecasting electricity consumption, each has been used to predict the electricity consumption of a...