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Kasun Hewage

University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering

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Scholarly Papers (11)

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1.

An Estimation of Tire and Road Wear Particles Emissions in Surface Water Based on a Conceptual Framework

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Apr 2022
Haroon R. Mian, Gyan Chippi-Shrestha, Kevin McCarty, Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Microplastics, tire and road wear particles, surface water pollution, emissions estimation, fate and transport modelling

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Retrofitting for Humans: An Occupant-Centric Energy Retrofit Planning and Decision-Making Framework for Canadian Residential Buildings

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Retrofitting for Humans: An Occupant-Centric Energy Retrofit Planning and Decision-Making Framework for Canadian Residential Buildings

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Mar 2025
Haonan Zhang, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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energy retrofits, occupancy, occupant behaviors, personas, life cycle assessment, retrofit roadmaps

Retrofitting for Humans: An Occupant-Centric Energy Retrofit Planning and Decision-Making Framework for Canadian Residential Buildings

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Mar 2025
Haonan Zhang, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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energy retrofits, occupancy, occupant behaviors, personas, life cycle assessment, retrofit roadmaps

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Evaluation of Oil Spill Response Waste Management Strategies: A Lifecycle Assessment-Based Framework

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Feb 2022
Saleem Saba, Guangji Hu, Jianbing Li, Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Northern British Columbia, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Oil spill response waste, lifecycle assessment, multi-criteria decision analysis, design of experiment, regression analysis

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Exploring The Opportunities and Challenges of Deep Generative Models for Building Energy Research Applications

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 23 Sep 2025
Haonan Zhang, Kasun Hewage, Ezzeddin Bakhtavar and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, Laurentian University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Deep Generative Models, Energy Data Synthesis, Building Energy Modeling, Load Forecasting, Uncertainty

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Identification of Key Factors that Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption: A Case Study of Okanagan (Canada)

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Apr 2024
Muhammad Zahid, Syed Naveel Hussain, Bhuwan Paudel, Rehan Sadiq and Kasun Hewage
affiliation not provided to SSRN, UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Electric Vehicles (EVs), Machine Learning (ML), multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), Shapley additive exPlanations (SHAP)

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Robust Building Energy Retrofit Evaluation Under Uncertainty: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Jun 2025
Haonan Zhang, Kasun Hewage, Ezzeddin Bakhtavar, Qingqing Sun and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, Laurentian University, Jiangnan University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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energy savings, interpretable machine learning, robust optimization, occupant behaviors, construction uncertainties

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Exergetic, Exergoeconomic and Exergoenvironmental Assessments of Chlorine Family Thermochemical Cycles: A Parametric Study

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Oct 2023
Faran Razi, Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Hydrogen, Sustainability, exergetic, Exergoeconomic, exergoenvironmental, Sensitivity analysis

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Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings Amid COVID-19: A Holistic Comparative Analysis between Old and New Normal Occupancies

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 10 Aug 2022
Anber Rana, Mohammad Kamali, M. Mohammed Riyadh, S. Rubaiya Sultana, Meraj Kamal, M. Shahria Alam, Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Occupancy profile, Energy upgrades, 3E analysis, MCDA, COVID 19 pandemic

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Assessment of emerging onboard wastewater decanting technologies for sustainable marine oil spill response: A life cycle thinking perspective​

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 23 Oct 2025
Xiaowen Wang, Jianliang Mao, Saeed Mohammadiun, Jianbing Li, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq and Guangji Hu
Qingdao University, University of Northern British Columbia, University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of Northern British Columbia, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and Qingdao University
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Life cycle assessment, Marine oil spill response, Recovered fluid management, Micro/nanobubble flotation, Membrane ultrafiltration, Environmental impacts

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Thermal Resiliency of Single-Family Housing Stock Under Extreme Hot and Cold Conditions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Jun 2024
Don Rukmal Liyanage, Kasun Hewage, Mehdi Ghobadi and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering, National Research Council Canada and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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Climate adaptation, thermal resilience, extreme climate events, passive adaptation measures

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A Level of Service Assessment Based Decision Support Model for Drinking Water Systems

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Feb 2026
Ilay Sarilar, Haroon R. Mian, Michael De Coste, Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq
University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering and University of British Columbia (UBC) - School of Engineering
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level of service, drinking water systems, asset management, sustainability assessment, decision support