Building physics and energy-efficient construction

The book demonstrates how new houses can be designed to be more sustainable and ergonomic.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling.

This textbook teaches the fundamentals of building energy modeling and analysis using open source example applications built with the US DOE's OpenStudio modeling platform and EnergyPlus simulation engine.

This book describes exemplary selected projects carried out in the Trentino-Alto Adige region (Italy) exploring numerous building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) systems (i.

This book describes step-by-step the entire building process of a passive, energy-efficient house in a Mediterranean climate.

Readers of this book will be shown how, with the adoption of ubiquituous sensing, extensive data-gathering and forecasting, and building-embedded advanced actuation, intelligent building systems with the ability to respond to occupant preferences in a safe and energy-efficient manner are becoming a reality.

This one of a kind reference gathers numerous new studies examining the design of buildings in seaside locations.

This book is a guide to energy efficiency and environmental impact assessment in high-performance buildings projects.

The text describes the main features of currently available heat pumps, focusing on system operation and interactions with external heat sources.

This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods for building occupant behavior.

Offering readers essential insights into the relationship between ancient buildings, their original and current indoor microclimates, this book details how the (generally) virtuous relationship between buildings and their typical microclimate changed due to the introduction of new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in historic buildings.

This book provides thorough coverage of the most important building physics phenomena: heat transfer, moisture, sound/acoustics, and illumination.

This book addresses key design and computational issues related to radiators in hydronic heating installations.

This book analyses solar-assisted ground-source heat pump systems, a technology meant for producing heating and cooling energy for buildings.

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented during the International conference on Mitigating and Adapting Built Environments for Climate Change in the Tropics, held at Tanri Abeng University (TAU), Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2015.

The thesis has critically examined, both theoretically and experimentally, a novel tri-generation system concept - with encouraging system performance demonstrated.

This book elaborates on different aspects of the decision making process concerning the management of climate risk in museums and historic houses.

This book presents research advances in automotive AC systems using an interdisciplinary approach combining both thermal science, and automotive engineering.

This book focuses on some of the most energy-consuming HVAC systems; illuminating huge opportunities for energy savings in buildings that operate with these systems.

This book highlights scientific achievements in the key areasof sustainable electricity generation and green building technologies, aspresented in the vital bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network s Med Green Forum.

This book provides a practical studyof modern heat pipe engineering, discussing how it can be optimized for use on a wider scale.

This Brief addresses the phenomena of heat transfer enhancement.

This book is a resumption of the work "e;Integrated M/E Design: Building Systems Engineering"e; published by Anil Ahuja in 1997.

This book deals with the design and construction of buildings for nanoscale science and engineering research.

This book discusses the issues relevant to the evaluation of the thermal energy balance of buildings in southern Europe and equips readers to carry out optimal building energy-performance assessments taking into account the peculiarities of the climatic context.

Featuring a detailed analysis and presentation of innovative researches, methods, algorithms and technologies that deal with integrated intelligent systems for the efficient management of energy and indoor environment in buildings, this book encompasses the regulations, directives and standards regarding the energy and the indoor environment of buildings as well as a literature review and discussion on the current state-of-the-art for buildings' energy efficiency classification.

This book analyzes the hygrothermal behaviour of external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS), components that increase the thermal efficiency of buildings.

Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children's perceptions of comfort.

This book reports on the first empirical validation of "e;AccuRate,"e; Australia's national benchmark software tool for house energy ratings.

This book addresses the main challenges faced today in implementing the Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) concept.

This book supports HVAC planners in reducing the cooling energy demand, improving the indoor environment and designing more cost-effective building concepts.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling.

Offering readers essential insights into the relationship between ancient buildings, their original and current indoor microclimates, this book details how the (generally) virtuous relationship between buildings and their typical microclimate changed due to the introduction of new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in historic buildings.

This book addresses key design and computational issues related to radiators in hydronic heating installations.

This book elaborates on different aspects of the decision making process concerning the management of climate risk in museums and historic houses.

This second edition builds on the foundation established by the previous first edition published in 2017.

This book explore how exergy analysis can be an important tool for assessing the sustainability of buildings.

This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods for building occupant behavior.

The integration of sustainability requires a paradigm shift in the lifecycle of buildings.

This book reviews the history and evolution of district heating networks, with a focus on current and future issues of the district heating sector.

This engineering guide provides a methodology to define and quantify the fire development andensuing conditions within the room of fire origin from the fire's incipient stage through its fulldevelopment.

This book offers a unique treatment of building insulating products and the integration of these products with building components.

This book explore how exergy analysis can be an important tool for assessing the sustainability of buildings.

This book presents Internet of Things (IoT) solutions monitoring and assessing a variety of applications areas for indoor air quality (IAQ).

This second edition builds on the foundation established by the previous first edition published in 2017.

This book gathers selected contributions in the field of civil and structural engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Conference on Materials Physics, Building Structures and Technologies in Construction, Industrial and Production Engineering (MPCPE), held in Vladimir, Russia on April 26-28 2021.

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area.

The book presents the theoretical background of building physics, dealing with the evaluation of physical phenomena related to heat transfer and energy use in buildings, water and water vapour transfer in building structures, daylighting and electric lighting of buildings, sound transmission in building structures and protection against noise, the occurrence and spread of fires in buildings and the thermal response of cities.

This book presents the new approach of resource-driven bamboo construction (RDBC), developing a clear assessment framework and operational solution to improve the value of resources and the sustainability of bamboo constructions.

This book includes the most recent outcomes from research and professional practice in the ventilative cooling field, gathered by the selected panel of authors.