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Green Buildings and Renewable Energy

Med Green Forum 2019 - Part of World Renewable Energy Congress and Network

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  • 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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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Resilience and Adopting to Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. The Diurnal and Nocturnal Aspects of Urban Heat Island During the four Seasons—Case of Casablanca

      • L. El Ghazouani, M. Mansour, A. Lachir, M. Faouzi Smiej, N. Laaroussi
      Pages 103-111
    3. Urban Grapevine: Visions of Regenerative Multifamily Housing in Washington DC

      • Michael Binder, Marcie Meditch, Lael Taylor, Jenny Wienckowski
      Pages 129-141
  3. Mediterranean Green Architecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Paving the Way Towards Zero Energy Hospitals in the Mediterranean Region

      • Despina Serghides, Stella Dimitriou, Ioanna Kyprianou
      Pages 159-167
    3. Green Sustainable Regional Development and Digital Era

      • Narcisa Roxana Moşteanu
      Pages 181-197
  4. Historic Buildings and Refurbishment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

About this book

This book highlights selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network’s 2019 Med Green Forum. This international forum highlights the importance of growing renewable energy applications in two main sectors: Electricity Generation and Sustainable Building. The papers highlight the most current research and technological breakthroughs illustrating the viability of using renewable energy to satisfy energy needs. Coverage includes a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors – electricity production, heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water desalination, industrial applications, and transport. 

  • 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.



Editors and Affiliations

  • World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, UK

    Ali Sayigh

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

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