Sustainability in Energy and Buildings

1. Front Matter

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2. Session A : Smart Sustainable Systems

   1. Smart Monitoring of Wind Turbines Using Neural Networks

      • Jianping Xiang, Simon Watson, Yongqian Liu

      Pages 1-8

   2. SMART Buildings: Intelligent Software Agents

      • Wim Zeiler, Rinus van Houten, Gert Boxem

      Pages 9-17

   3. Solar Energy Harvesting for ZigBee Electronics

      • Xin Lu, Shuang-Hua Yang

      Pages 19-27

   4. Multi-Agent Systems Technology for Composite Decision Making in Complex Systems

      • Marina V. Sokolova, Antonio Fernández-Caballero

      Pages 29-38

   5. Network-Enabled Intelligent Photovoltaic Arrays

      • Colin Mallett

      Pages 39-47

   6. Design Ontology for Comfort Systems and Energy Infrastructures: Flexergy

      • Wim Zeiler, Rinus van Houten, Gert Boxem, Perica Savanovic, Joep van der Velden, Willem Wortel et al.

      Pages 49-58

3. Session B : Solar and Wind Energy

   1. An Innovative Building-Integrated Solar-Air Collector: Presentation and First Results

      • Jean Louis Canaletti, Gilles Notton, Christian Cristofari

      Pages 59-69

   2. Development and Strategies of Building Integrated Wind Turbines in China

      • Bin Cai, Hong Jin

      Pages 71-78

   3. Missing Data Interpolation of Power Generation for Photovoltaic System

      • Kun-Jung Hsu

      Pages 79-87

   4. Development of Short-Term Prediction System for Wind Power Generation Based on Multiple Observation Points

      • Muhammad Khalid, Andrey V. Savkin

      Pages 89-98

   5. Electricity Supply to a Remote Village Using Grid-Connected Wind Generators

      • Eric Paalman, Roger Morgan

      Pages 99-105

   6. The Role of Photovoltaics in Reducing Carbon Emissions in Domestic Properties

      • F. J. O’Flaherty, J. A. Pinder, C. Jackson

      Pages 107-115

   7. Armature and Field Controlled DC Motor Based Wind Turbine Emulation for Wind Energy Conversion Systems Operating over a Wide Range of Wind Velocity

      • Rahul Patel, Chetan V. Patki, Vivek Agarwal

      Pages 117-125

4. Session C : Technologies for Sustainable Buildings

   1. Utilization of Fly-Ash Products from Biomass Co-combustion and Zeolite 13X for Building Energy Conservations

      • C. W. Kwong, C. Y. H. Chao

      Pages 127-135

   2. The Effect of Metal Ions on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation and Scale Formation

      • Jitka MacAdam, Simon A. Parsons

      Pages 137-146

   3. Lateral Stability of Prefabricated Straw Bale Housing

      • Christopher Gross, Jonathan Fovargue, Peter Homer, Tim Mander, Peter Walker, Craig White

      Pages 147-154

   4. Monitoring of the Moisture Content of Straw Bale Walls

      • Mike Lawrence, Andrew Heath, Pete Walker

      Pages 155-164

   5. An Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Performance of Sustainable Building Technologies for Apartment Houses in Korea

      • Hae Jin Kang, Jin-Chul Park, Eon Ku Rhee

      Pages 165-174

   6. Managing Change in Domestic Renewable Energy Schemes

      • Craig Jackson, Fin O’Flaherty, James Pinder

      Pages 175-186

This volume represents the proceedings of the First International Conference on S- tainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB’09, held in the City of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom, organised by KES International with the assistance of the World Renewable Energy Congress / Network, and hosted by the University of Brighton. KES International is a knowledge transfer organisation providing high-quality c- ference events and publishing opportunities for researchers. The KES association is a community consisting of several thousand research scientists and engineers who p- ticipate in KES activities. For over a decade KES has been a leader in the area of Knowledge Based and Intelligent information and Engineering Systems. Now KES is starting to make a contribution in the area of Sustainability and Renewable Energy with this first conference specifically on renewable energy and its application to - mestic and other buildings. Sustainability in energy and buildings is a topic of - creasing interest and importance on the world agenda. We therefore hope and intend that this first SEB event may grow and evolve into a conference series. KES International is a member of the World Renewable Energy Congress / N- work which is Chaired by Professor Ali Sayigh. We are grateful to Professor Sayigh for the collaboration and assistance of WREC/N in the organisation of SEB’09. We hope to continue to work with WREC/N in the future on projects of common interest.

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