Author : Heba Allah Essam E. Khalil
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1482250659
Energy Efficiency in the Urban Environment is a study of energy crisis, urbanisation, and climate change, as well as a discussion of how to combat these global challenges. With a special focus on Egypt, this book addresses the macroscale of urbanism from the perspective of city dwellers' quality of life, and explores the microscale of buildings and
Author : Umberto Desideri
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128128186
Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Life Cycle Approach offers a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the subject with a further focus on the Life Cycle. The editors, renowned academics, invited a diverse group of researchers to develop original chapters for the book and managed to well integrate all contributions in a consistent volume. Sections cover the role of the building sector on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, international technical standards, laws and regulations, building energy efficiency and zero energy consumption buildings, the life cycle assessment of buildings, from construction to decommissioning, and other timely topics. The multidisciplinary approach to the subject makes it valuable for researchers and industry based Civil, Construction, and Architectural Engineers. Researchers in related fields as built environment, energy and sustainability at an urban scale will also benefit from the books integrated perspective. - Presents a complete and thorough coverage of energy efficiency in buildings - Provides an integrated approach to all the different elements that impact energy efficiency - Contains coverage of worldwide regulation
Author : James Keirstead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415529018
This book analyses the technical and social systems that satisfy these needs and asks how methods can be put into practice to achieve this.
Author : Claudia R. Binder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110847179X
Provides guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems including theory, methods and case studies.
Author : Rocco Papa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319311573
This book examines the energy dimension of the smart city from the perspective of urban planning, providing a complete overview that ranges from theoretical aspects to practical considerations and projects. In addition, it aims to illustrate how the concept of the smart city can enhance understanding of the urban system and foster new forms of management of the metropolis, including with respect to energy supply and use. Specifically, the book explores the different dimensions of the relationship between energy and the city, discusses methodological issues with a special focus on ontological approaches to sustainability, and describes practices, tools, and good examples of energy-related urban planning. The authors represent the main Italian research groups working in the field, Italy being an excellent example of a country exposed to energy problems due to, for example, vulnerability to climate change and lack of primary energy resources. This book will be valuable for students of urban planning, town planners, and researchers interested in understanding the changing nature of the city and the challenges posed by energy issues.
Author : Ming Yang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 19,1 MB
Release : 2015-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1447166663
This book discusses how energy efficiency benefits the global environment, national energy security, local pollution mitigation, natural resource conservation, and utility bill reduction. In addition, this book provides many hands-on skills and knowledge to identify and develop energy efficiency projects. The literature review shows that energy efficiency has become the first fuel in the world energy supply. With empirical analyses, this book indicates that without continued investment in energy efficiency, neither China nor the U.S. could achieve their carbon emission reduction targets that were announced on November 13, 2014 during the Beijing 2014 APEC meeting. The authors argue that energy efficiency will become the first tool to mitigate climate change. These include (1) identifying energy efficiency barriers, (2) developing energy policies, (3) investing in energy efficient technologies, (4) undertaking project cost-effectiveness analysis, (5) de-risking and financing energy efficiency projects; (6) developing and managing energy service companies, and (7) promoting urban transport efficiency. Two case studies in energy efficiency improvement in electrical motors and industrial boilers are also presented. This book is written for college and university students, practitioners, researchers, consultants, project developers, and policy makers who want to dedicate their professional careers in global energy efficiency improvement, climate change mitigation, local clean air initiatives, and energy bill reduction.
Author : Michael Southworth
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610911091
The topic of streets and street design is of compelling interest today as public officials, developers, and community activists seek to reshape urban patterns to achieve more sustainable forms of growth and development. Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities traces ideas about street design and layout back to the early industrial era in London suburbs and then on through their institutionalization in housing and transportation planning in the United States. It critiques the situation we are in and suggests some ways out that are less rigidly controlled, more flexible, and responsive to local conditions. Originally published in 1997, this edition includes a new introduction that addresses topics of current interest including revised standards from the Institute of Transportation Engineers; changes in city plans and development standards following New Urbanist, Smart Growth, and sustainability principles; traffic calming; and ecologically oriented street design.
Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521849500
The first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates, suitable for students and researchers alike.
Author : M. Santamouris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 113425797X
Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly. Up to half of the world's population is expected to be living in a city by the end of the century and there are over 170 cities in the world with populations over a million. Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment in turn has a big impact on the performance and needs of buildings. The size, scale and mechanism of these interactions is poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented. This is the first comprehensive book to address these questions. It arises out of a programme of work (POLISTUDIES) carried out for the Save programme of the European Commission. Chapters describe not only the main problems encountered such as the heat island and canyon effects, but also a range of design solutions that can be adopted both to improve the energy performance and indoor air quality of individual buildings and to look at aspects of urban design that can reduce these climatic effects. The book concludes with some examples of innovative urban bioclimatic buildings. The project was co-ordinated by Professor Mat Santamouris from the University of Athens who is also the editor of the book. Other contributions are from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, ENTPE, Lyons, France and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Author : Horace Herring
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Combining empirical and theoretical studies at both the macro and micro levels, this book explores the reasons why improved energy efficiency may not reduce energy consumption.
