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Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Results of the Second International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB’10)

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This volume represents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB’10, held in the City of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom, and organised by KES International.

Organised by the KES International organisation, SEB'10 formed a welcome opportunity for researchers in subjects related to sustainability, renewable energy technology, and applications in the built environment to mix with other scientists, industrialists and stakeholders in the field.

SEB'10 attracted papers on a range of renewable energy and sustainability related topics and in addition the conference explored two innovative themes:-

· The application of intelligent sensing, control, optimisation and modelling techniques to sustainability

and

· The technology of sustainable buildings.

These techniques could ultimately be applied to the intelligent building

SEB’10 attracted about 100 submissions from around the world. These were subjected to a two-stage blind peer-review process. With the objective of producing a high quality conference, the best 30% of these were selected for presentation at the conference and publication in this volume of proceedings.

The papers in this volume are grouped into the five themes under which they were presented: Building Sustainability, Sustainable Power Generation, Sustainable Energy Policy and Strategy, Energy Monitoring and Management and Solar Energy Technology.

These proceedings form an interesting and informative collection of papers, useful as a resource for further research, and a valuable source of information for those interested in the subject.

Author(s): Rusdy Hartungi, Liben Jiang (auth.), Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, Shaun H. Lee (eds.)
Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 7
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 300
Tags: Renewable and Green Energy; Sustainable Development; Civil Engineering; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)

Front Matter....Pages -
Achieving Energy Efficiency in Office Building....Pages 1-13
Energy Analysis of Ventilated Roof....Pages 15-23
An Analytic Hierarchy Process Model for Assessing Occupants’ Adaptations to Thermal Comfort in Offices....Pages 25-34
Advantages of Using Raw Materials in Ancient and Recent Buildings....Pages 35-44
Energy Saving Technologies for Conventional Dwellings – A ‘Whole House’ Concept....Pages 45-55
Modifying Courtyard Wall Geometries to Optimize the Daylight Performance of the Courtyard....Pages 57-64
Research on the Current Condition of Rural Housing and Strategy of Low-Consumption in Northern China....Pages 65-72
The Design Study of Energy-Saving Rural House in Rural Areas in Heilongjiang Province, China....Pages 73-82
Numerical and Experimental Study of the Natural Convection in a Tall Closed Cavity....Pages 83-90
Numerical Study of Heat Transfer by Free and Forced Convection in a Ventilated Cavity....Pages 91-99
Model Predictive Control of Wind Energy Storage System for Frequency Regulation....Pages 101-110
Development of a Simulation Tool to Predict Urban Wind Potential....Pages 111-120
Direction Dependent Power Curves for Wind Power Prediction: A Case Study....Pages 121-127
Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Characterization of Fuels....Pages 129-138
Use of Super-Capacitor to Enhance Charging Performance of Stand-Alone Solar PV System....Pages 139-147
Displacement of Conventional Domestic Energy Demands by Electricity: Implications for the Distribution Network....Pages 149-158
Experimental Investigation of CI Engine Operated Micro-Trigeneration System Fuelled with Karanj Methyl Ester-Diesel Blend....Pages 159-168
Renewable Energies in the EU Energy Policy: Model of Territorial Distribution of Efforts to Meet the Strategic Goal for 2020....Pages 169-178
Future-Proofed Design for Sustainable Communities....Pages 179-188
Enabling Low Carbon Living in New Housing Developments – A Triple Bottom Line Analysis....Pages 189-199
Aspects of Life Cycle Investing for Sustainable Refurbishments in Australia....Pages 201-210
Advent of Climate Change and Resultant Energy Related Obsolescence in the Built Environment....Pages 211-224
Environmental Attitudes and Energy Initiatives within the Greek Hotel Sector....Pages 225-235
The EcoSense Project: An Intelligent Energy Management System with a Wireless Sensor and Actor Network....Pages 237-245
The Use of Intelligent Systems for Monitoring Energy Use and Occupancy in Existing Homes....Pages 247-256
Assessing the Energy Performance of Office Buildings....Pages 257-264
Optimisation of Integrated Low-Carbon Energy Strategies: A Case Study for ‘Zero Carbon’ Social Housing in the UK....Pages 265-276
Characterisation of a Line-Axis Solar Thermal Collector for Building Façade Integration....Pages 277-287
Proposed Model for Design of Photovoltaic Mounted Steep Roof Systems and Case Study: Istanbul, Turkey....Pages 289-298
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