Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings

1. Front Matter

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2. Leading Role of ISESCO in the Field of Renewable Energy and Promotion of the Concept of Green and Sustainable Cities in the Islamic World

   • H. E. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri

   Pages 1-3

3. Energy Policies at Crossroads: Will Europe’s 2030 Targets and Framework be in Line with the Paris Climate Agreement?

   • Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes

   Pages 5-17

4. Field Test, Dynamic Simulation and Fatigue Analysis of a Small Wind Turbine Operating in a Highly Turbulent Environment

   • Tebogo Pooe, Mitsumasa Iino, Abdulrhman Elawady

   Pages 19-28

5. Evaluation of Performance Losses and Degradation of Aged Crystalline Si Photovoltaic Modules Installed in Minas Gerais (Brazil)

   • Antonia Sônia A. C. Diniz, Denio A. Cassini, Michele C. C. de Oliveira, Vanessa F. C. de Lins, Marcelo Machado Viana, Daniel Sena Braga et al.

   Pages 29-46

6. The Bioclimatic Approach in Developing Smart Urban Isles for Sustainable Cities

   • D. K. Serghides, S. Dimitriou, I. Kyprianou, C. Papanicolas

   Pages 47-57

7. Plug&Play: Self-Sufficient Technological Devices for Outdoor Spaces to Mitigate the UHI Effect

   • Alessandra Battisti, Flavia Laureti, Giulia Volpicelli

   Pages 59-67

8. Smart Homes and Regions as Building Blocks for 100% Renewable Energy Globally

   • Winfried Hoffmann

   Pages 69-76

9. Climate Change: An Overview of Potential Health Impacts Associated with Climate Change Environmental Driving Forces

   • Jazla Fadda

   Pages 77-119

10. Simultaneous Clean Water and Power Production from Seawater Using Osmosis: Process Simulation and Techno-economic Analysis

    • Elena Barbera, Luca Zorzetto, Adel O. Sharif, Alberto Bertucco

    Pages 121-137

11. Cooling of PV Panels for Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Systems

    • Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Ali H. A. Alwaeli, Ali Najah Al-Shamani, Mohd Yusof Hj. Othman

    Pages 139-147

12. Plasmonic Coupling Enhanced Absorption and Fluorescence Emission in Thin Film Luminescent Solar Concentrator

    • S. Chandra, S. J. McCormack

    Pages 149-159

13. Addressing the Energy Challenges: Needs and Perspectives

    • Osman Benchikh

    Pages 161-165

14. The Impact of the Rise of Using Solar Energy in GCC Countries

    • W. E. Alnaser, N. W. Alnaser

    Pages 167-183

15. Architectural Education for Sustainability

    • Derya Oktay

    Pages 185-195

16. Dutch Efforts Towards Sustainable Schools

    • Wim Zeiler

    Pages 197-207

17. Demand-Side Energy Flexibility Management of Office Buildings

    • Wim Zeiler

    Pages 209-220

18. Toward Green Building and Eco-cities in the UAE

    • Riadh H. AL-Dabbagh

    Pages 221-233

19. Renewable Energy in Africa: Changing Support Systems

    • Terence Cook, David Elliott

    Pages 235-244

20. Measure the Embodied Energy in Building Materials: An Eco-Sustainable Approach for Construction

    • Francesca Scalisi, Cesare Sposito

    Pages 245-255

This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Network’s 28^thanniversary congress at the University of Kingston in London. The forum highlighted the integration of renewables and sustainable buildings as the best means to combat climate change. In-depth chapters written by the world’s leading experts highlight the most current research and technological breakthroughs and discuss policy, renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors – for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water, desalination, industrial applications and for the transport sectors.

• Presents cutting-edge research in green building and renewable energy from all over the world;
• Covers the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, best practices and innovations;
• Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies.

  

• Sustainable cities
• Green building
• Photovoltaics
• Sustainable architecture
• Electrical grids
• Thermal systems
• Smart energy cities
• Waste-to-Energy
• Geo-climatic design
• Hydroturbines
• Climate change management

• World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, UK

  Ali Sayigh

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 andedited more than 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor-in-Chief of several international journals including Renewable Energyand the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work Comprehensive Renewable Energy.

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