Publications

  • Rener, A., Karatas, A., & Videan, B. (2022). Innovative Design and Execution Model for Improving Productivity of Interior Prefabricated Commercial Wall Assemblies. Buildings, 13(1), 68.
  • Palani, H., & Karatas, A. (2022). Holistic approach for reducing occupants’ energy consumption in hotel buildings. Journal of Cleaner Production, 365, 132679.
  • Palani, H., Karatas, A., Acosta, J., Derrible, S. (2023) “The Role of Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics on Energy-Related Occupant Behavior” J. of Ecological Economics (under review).
  • Palani, H., & Karatas, A. (2023). “Mind the Gap: The Divide Between Computational and Experimental Thermal Performances of Prefab Wall Panels” Journal of Cons. Eng. and Management. (under review).
  • Khaleghi, H and Karatas, A., (2023) “Rising to the Challenge: Unveiling the Dynamic Thermal Resilience of Wall Panels in Extreme Weather Conditions”, (in preparation).
  • Palani, H., & Karatas, A. (2021). “Identifying Energy-Use Behavior and Energy-Use Profiles of Hotel Guests”. Applied Sciences, 11(13), 6093.
  • Li, Da, Carol C. Menassa, and Aslihan Karatas. (2017) “Energy use behaviors in buildings: Towards an integrated conceptual framework.” Energy Research & Social Science23: 97-112.
  • Karatas, A. and El-Rayes, K. (2016) “Optimal Tradeoffs between Housing Cost and Environmental Performance.” Journal of Architectural Engineering,
  • Karatas, A., Stoiko, A., & Menassa, C. C. (2016). Framework for selecting occupancy-focused energy interventions in buildings. Building Research & Information, 44(5-6), 535-551
  • Karatas, A., & El-Rayes, K. (2015) “Evaluating the performance of sustainable development in urban neighborhoods based on the feedback of multiple stakeholders.”Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Karatas, A. and El-Rayes, K. (2015) “Optimizing Tradeoffs among Housing Sustainability Objectives”, Automation in Construction, Elsevier 53: 83-94.
  • Karatas, A., and El-Rayes, K. (2015). “Parallel Computing Framework for Optimizing Environmental and Economic Performances of Housing Units”. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 04015026.
  • Karatas, A., & El-Rayes, K. (2014) “Optimal Trade-Offs between Social Quality of Life and Life-Cycle Cost in Housing Units”. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 12.
  • Alsharif S., Karatas, A., ‘Data-Driven Approach For Improving Schedule and Cost Estimation of Nuclear Power Plant Projects, Nuclear Power Plants: Recent Progress and Future Directions. Nova Science Publiswea, 2022. ISBN: 978-1-68507-686-3
  • Karatas, A., Stoiko, A., & Menassa, C. C.. ‘Framework for selecting occupancy-focused energy interventions in buildings’, Building Governance and Climate Change, 2019. 535-551.
  • Karatas, A., Stoiko, A., & Menassa, C. C.. ‘A Framework to Achieve Large Scale Energy Savings for Building Stocks through Targeted Occupancy Interventions: Foundations, Principles, and Applications.’ Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles, and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. doi: 10.1002/9781119226444.ch17.
  • Palani, H., Acosta J., Karatas, A., and Derrible, S. (2023) “Predicting Energy Use Intensity of US Hotel Buildings Using CBECS Microdata”, ASCE Inspire (Abstract Accepted).
  • Luna H., Palani, H., and Karatas, A., 2023 “Cost-Effective, Scalable and User-Friendly Temperature Control System for Measuring Thermal Performance of Building Envelope Systems in Environmental Chambers”, I3 Computing in Civil Engineering, (Accepted).
  • Palani, H. and Karatas, A., and Tayor T. (2024) “Cost-Effective Hot Box Apparatus to Measure Thermal Performance of Building Envelopes”, CRC 2024 Conference (Abstract Accepted).
  • Khaleghi, H and Karatas, A., (2024) “Experimental Framework to Measure Dynamic Thermal Resilience of Wall Panels under Extreme Weather Conditions”, CRC 2024 Conference (Abstract Accepted).
  • Rener, A., Karatas, A., and Cole, Matt, (2022) “Innovative Model for Forecasting Trailer Usage for Prefabricated Exterior Wall Panels”, ISARC 2022, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Palani, H., Acosta J., Karatas, A., and Derrible, S. (2022) “Understanding the Interrelationship between Energy-Use Behavior and Socio-Demographic Profile”, ITISE-2022, Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Palani, H. and Karatas, A., (2022) “Integrated Energy-Use Model to Identify Energy-Use Profile of Hotel Guests”, Computing in Civil Engineering Orlando, FL, 688-695
  • Palani, H. and Karatas, A., (2021) “Identifying Energy Use Behaviors of Hotel Guests”, CSCE 2021.
  • Karatas, A., & Al-Sharif, S., (2020). Schedule and Cost Forecasting Model for Nuclear Power Plant Projects. In Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts (pp. 721-729). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Palani, H. and Karatas, A., (2020) “Reducing Occupants Energy Consumptions in Hotel Buildings” Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA.
  • Albayati A. and Karatas, A. (2019) “Fall Prevention Supplementary Devices for Bridge Construction Workers: A Life Cycle Cost Analysis”, Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering International Construction Specialty Conference (ICSC’19), Montreal, Canada.
  • Staple N. and Karatas, A. (2019) “A Study of the U.S. RoofingIndustryand its Workforce”, Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering International Construction Specialty Conference (ICSC’19), Montreal, Canada.
  • Alwerfalli, D., Karatas, A., & Alshammari, M. (2017). “Application of quality management systems (QMS) in construction industry”. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (p. 46).
  • Alsharif, S. and Karatas, A. “A Framework for Identifying Causal Factors of Delay in Nuclear Power Plant Projects.”Procedia Engineering145 (2016): 1486-1492.
  • Karatas, A, Carol C. Menassa, and Allisandra Stoiko. (2015)”A Framework for Delivering Targeted Occupancy Interventions to Reduce Energy Usage in Buildings.” Procedia Engineering
  • Karatas, A., and El-Rayes, K. (2014) ‘Optimal Configurations of Design and Construction Decisions for Maximizing Social Quality-of-Life for Housing Residents’. Construction Research Congress (CRC) 2014: pp. 436-443. doi: 10.1061/9780784413517.045.
  • Karatas, A., and El-Rayes, K. (2014) “Maximizing Occupants Comfort in Affordable Housing Units.”Computing in Civil and Building Engineering 2040-2046). ASCE. doi: 10.1061/9780784413616.253.
  • Karatas, A. and El-Rayes, K. (2012) ‘Evaluating and Quantifying Sustainable Development in Urban Neighborhoods’ ICSDEC 2012: pp. 214-221. doi: 10.1061/9780784412688.025.