Overview
- Contains many photos, designs and tables which inform readers about current worldwide energy issues
- Shows step by step how someone can design and plan a photovoltaic system
- Enables readers to draw up their own energy policy for an industrial building
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Although fossil fuels remain the primary global energy source, developing and expanding economies are creating an ever-widening gap between supply and demand. Efficient energy management offers a cost-effective opportunity for both industrialized and developing nations to limit the enormous financial and environmental costs associated with burning fossil fuels. The implication of photovoltaic systems in particular presents the  potential for clean and sustainable electrical energy to be generated from an unrestricted source. Energy Management in Buildings Using Photovoltaics demonstrates how adopting ‘best practices’ for energy management and harvesting can reduce the need to construct new generating facilities.
 Illustrated with figures, tables and photos, Energy Management in Buildings Using Photovoltaics provides an introduction and step by step instructions on designing and planning photovoltaic systems and energy policies for both residential and industrial buildings. With particular focus on the example of provided by European industry, the creation of energy efficient systems is explored including chapters on:
        Zero Energy Buildings,
        Photovoltaics Technology, and
        Connection of the Network
By presenting this topic from basic introduction to highly technical analysis, Energy Management in Buildings Using Photovoltaics acts a study guide for postgraduate students as well as a key point of reference for researchers and technical consultants in the field of photovoltaic systems.
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Book Title: Energy Management in Buildings Using Photovoltaics
Authors: Elena Papadopoulou
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2383-5
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2382-8Published: 05 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5896-7Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2383-5Published: 04 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 130
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Facility Management, Industrial Pollution Prevention