Overview
- Presents actual design projects that have been implemented at various seaside locations
- Covers all aspects of seaside building, design, climate, materials, and sustainability
- Discusses passive modes for heating or cooling in a maritime climate
Part of the book series: Innovative Renewable Energy (INREE)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof Sayigh taught in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Reading University and University of Hertfordshire From 1966 – 2004. He was Head of Energy Department at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and Expert in renewable energy at AOPEC, Kuwait from 1981-1985.
He started working in solar energy in September 1969. In 1972, he established “The Journal of Engineering Sciences” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 1984 he established International Journal for Solar and Wind Technology, as an Editor-in-Chief. This has changed its name in1990 to Journal of Renewable Energy. He was the editor-in-chief from 1990 until 2014. He is editor of several International journal published i
n Morocco, Iran, Bangladesh, Nigeria and India. He established WREN and the World Renewable Energy Congress in 1990. Member of various societies related to climate change and renewable energy.He was consultants to many national and international organizations, among them, the British Council, ISESCO, UNESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. He ran conferences in 51 different countries, published more than 600 papers and associated in 60 books. He supervised more than 80 M.Sc. and 35 Ph.D. students. He is editor-in-chief of famous Renewable Energy Magazine, RE and the year, since 2000.
He is the Editor-in-chief of Comprehensive Renewable Energy coordinating 154 top scientists, Engineers and researchers’ contribution in eight volumes published in 2012 by Elsevier which won 2013 PROSE award in USA. He is the founder of Med Green Forum and in 2016 he set up peer review international open access journal called “Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability” which is published in English on line by EDP publisher in Paris. He was one of the organizers of UN World Energy Forum in Dubai in charge of Renewable Energy section in 2012. He Run Symposium in Trieste Centre for theoretical Physics from 1977-1999 including UNESCO Forum in Energy in 1997. He is Chairman of Iraq Energy Institute since 2010Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice
Book Subtitle: Buildings in Maritime Zones
Editors: Ali Sayigh
Series Title: Innovative Renewable Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67949-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67948-8Published: 07 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88517-9Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67949-5Published: 28 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2522-8927
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8935
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 242
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 175 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Renewable and Green Energy, Building Physics, HVAC