Overview
- Presents leading-edge research in green building, sustainable architecture, and renewable energy
- Covers a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors
- Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies presented
Part of the book series: Innovative Renewable Energy (INREE)
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About this book
- Presents leading-edge research in green building, sustainable architecture, and renewable energy;
- Covers a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors;
- Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies presented.
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Table of contents (47 chapters)
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Historic Buildings and Refurbishment
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Passive Cooling and Daylighting
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Eco-materials and Green Technologies
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Renewable Energy in Buildings and Cities
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Ali Sayigh is Chairman and Founder of the World Renewable Energy Congress and Council; Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN); Chairman and Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society; and Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society. Dr. Sayigh was recently elected to chair the Iraqi Energy Institute, and he actively consults on renewable and sustainable energy issues for a number of international organizations, including UNESCO, ISESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. Dr. Sayigh was Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP Trieste, Italy from 1977-1995; Professor of Solar Energy at King Saud, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire from 1994 to 2004. He was the founding expert in Renewable Energy at AOPEC. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He has published more than 400 papers and has contributed to and editedmore than 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor in Chief of several international journals including Renewable Energy and the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work Comprehensive Renewable Energy. He is fellow of many societies including The Royal Society of Art
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Buildings and Renewable Energy
Book Subtitle: Med Green Forum 2019 - Part of World Renewable Energy Congress and Network
Editors: Ali Sayigh
Series Title: Innovative Renewable Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30841-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30840-7Published: 11 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30843-8Published: 13 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30841-4Published: 30 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2522-8927
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8935
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 663
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations, 494 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Transportation, Energy Storage