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Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings

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Editors:
  1. John Littlewood

    1. Cardiff School of Art & Design, The Ecological Built Environment group (EBERE), Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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  2. Catalina Spataru

    1. Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resou, University College London Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resou, London, United Kingdom

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  3. Robert J. Howlett

    1. KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom

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  4. Lakhmi C. Jain

    1. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  • Includes new findings on the assessment, design, construction and optimization of smart buildings and energy systems for a sustainable future
  • Based on selected, expanded and enhanced conference papers from key authors at the International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB’14) conference held in Cardiff, UK 25-27th June 2014
  • Interesting for researchers, students, engineers, architects who are active in energy storage, sustainable buildings, housing, construction, and architecture
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST, volume 67)

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Zero-Energy Living Lab

    • Salvatore Carlucci, Francesco Causone, Lorenzo Pagliano, Marco Pietrobon
    Pages 1-35

  3. Assessment of the Green Roofs Thermal Dynamic Behavior for Increasing the Building Energy Efficiencies

    • Antonio Gagliano, Maurizio Detommaso, Francesco Nocera
    Pages 37-59

  4. Understanding Opportunities and Barriers for Social Occupant Learning in Low Carbon Housing

    • Magdalena Baborska-Narozny, Fionn Stevenson, Paul Chatterton
    Pages 61-87

  5. An Archetype Based Building Stock Aggregation Methodology Using a Remote Survey Technique

    • James Pittam, Paul D. O’Sullivan, Garrett O’Sullivan
    Pages 89-115

  6. Renewable Homes—Feasibility Options for UK Traditional Buildings Through Green Deal

    • Charikleia Moschou, Catalina Spataru
    Pages 117-138

  7. Analysing the Contribution of Internal Heat Gains When Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Buildings

    • Rainer Elsland
    Pages 139-158

  8. Smart Home Appliance Control via Hand Gesture Recognition Using a Depth Camera

    • Dong-Luong Dinh, Tae-Seong Kim
    Pages 159-172

  9. Neural Networks Applied to Short Term Load Forecasting: A Case Study

    • Filipe Rodrigues, Carlos Cardeira, J. M. F. Calado
    Pages 173-197

  10. Development of a Holistic Method to Analyse the Consumption of Energy and Technical Services in Manufacturing Facilities

    • John Cosgrove, John Littlewood, Paul Wilgeroth
    Pages 199-224

  11. Two-Stage Optimization for Building Energy Management

    • Jorn K. Gruber, Milan Prodanovic
    Pages 225-243

  12. An Investigation of Indoor Air Quality in UK Passivhaus Dwellings

    • Gráinne McGill, Tim Sharpe, Lukumon Oyedele, Greg Keeffe, Keith McAllister
    Pages 245-268
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About this book

There is widespread interest in the way that smart energy control systems, such as assessment and monitoring techniques for low carbon, nearly-zero energy and net positive buildings can contribute to a Sustainable future, for current and future generations. 

There is a turning point on the horizon for the supply of energy from finite resources such as natural gas and oil become less reliable in economic terms and extraction become more challenging, and more unacceptable socially, such as adverse public reaction to ‘fracking’. Thus, in 2016 these challenges are having a major influence on the design, optimisation, performance measurements, operation and preservation of: buildings, neighbourhoods, cities, regions, countries and continents. The source and nature of energy, the security of supply and the equity of distribution, the environmental impact of its supply and utilization, are all crucial matters to be addressed by suppliers, consumers, governments, industry, academia, and financial institutions.

This book entitled ‘Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings’ contains eleven chapters written by international experts based on enhanced conference papers presented at the Sustainability and Energy in Buildings International conference series.

This book will be of interest to University staff and students; and also industry practioners.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff School of Art & Design, The Ecological Built Environment group (EBERE), Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    John Littlewood

  • Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resou, University College London Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resou, London, United Kingdom

    Catalina Spataru

  • KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Howlett

  • School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings

  • Editors: John Littlewood, Catalina Spataru, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain

  • Series Title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52076-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52074-2Published: 28 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84814-3Published: 28 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52076-6Published: 26 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2190-3018

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-3026

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 98 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy, Civil Engineering

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