Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting: Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9780081011287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 632 str.

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal; Claes Goeran Granqvist; Bjorn Peter Jelle

Opis

Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting: Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies provides essential knowledge for civil engineers, architects, and other professionals working in the field of cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting. The building sector is responsible for high energy consumption and its global demand is expected to grow as each day there are approximately 200,000 new inhabitants on planet Earth. The majority of electric energy will continue to be generated from the combustion of fossil fuels releasing not only carbon dioxide, but also methane and nitrous oxide. Energy efficiency measures are therefore crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the building sector. Energy efficient building retrofitting needs to not only be technically feasible, but also economically viable. New building materials and advanced technologies already exist, but the knowledge to integrate all active components is still scarce and far from being widespread among building industry stakeholders.

• Emphasizes cost-effective methods for the refurbishment of existing buildings, presenting state-of-the-art technologies
• Includes detailed case studies that explain various methods and Net Zero Energy
• Explains optimal analysis and prioritization of cost effective strategies

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Cost-Effective Energy-Efficient Building Retrofitting

Part I: Materials and Technologies 2. Methodologies for Selection of Thermal Insulation Materials for Cost-Effective, Sustainable, and Energy-Efficient Retrofitting 3. Phase Change Materials for Application in Energy-Efficient Buildings 4. Reflective Materials for Cost-Effective Energy-Efficient Retrofitting of Roofs 5. Solar Air Collectors for Cost-Effective Energy-Efficient Retrofitting 6. Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) for Cost-Effective Energy-Efficient Retrofitting

Part II: Optimization 7. Measurement and Verification Models for Cost-Effective Energy-Efficient Retrofitting 8. A Cost-Effective Human-Based Energy-Retrofitting Approach 9. An Overview of the Challenges for Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient Retrofits of the Existing Building Stock 10. Smart Heating Systems for Cost-Effective Retrofitting 11. Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting the Energy Behavior of a Building Category: A Powerful Tool for Cost-Optimal Analysis

Part III: Case Studies 12. Cost-Effectiveness of Retrofitting Swedish Buildings 13. Cost-Efficient Solutions for Finnish Buildings 14. Cost-Effective District-Level Renovation: A Russian Case Study 15. Cost-Effective Energy and Indoor Climate Renovation of Estonian Residential Buildings 16. Cost-Effective Energy Refurbishment of Prefabricated Buildings in Serbia 17. Cost-Effective Refurbishment of Residential Buildings in Austria 18. Cost-Effective Energy Retrofitting of Buildings in Spain: An Office Building of the University of the Basque Country 19. Cost-Effective Refurbishment of Italian Historic Buildings

O autorze

Pacheco-Torgal, FernandoF. Pacheco-Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho, Portugal. He holds the title Counsellor from the Portuguese Engineers Association. He has authored more than 300 publications, 119 in Scopus and 107 in Web of Science-WoS. His publications have been viewed or downloaded almost 500,000 times. He currently holds the record for the highest Platinum SCI h-index and the highest K-index in the field of Civil Engineering in Portugal. He is in the Top 10 Platinum SCI h-index in the world for the field of construction and building materials. He is a member of the editorial board for 9 international journals, 5 referenced on Web of Science and two referenced on Scopus. He currently holds the record for the highest ratio (papers handled as editor/year) in the field of Civil Engineering in Portugal. He has acted as a Foreign Expert in the evaluation of 18 PhD thesis. In the last 10 years he has been a Member of the Scientific Committee for almost 60 conferences most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 13 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Poland and, the EU Commission. He has also been an invited reviewer for 125 international journals and has reviewed almost 1000 papers. His review record places him at the Top 0.1% between 2 million reviewers registered in Publons. He currently ranks second place between more than 10.000 reviewers in civil engineering. He has been leading editor of 22 international books published by Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier and Springer, 10 being on the Master Book List of Web of Science. He currently holds the record for having the highest number of books indexed in WoS in the field of Civil Engineering in Portugal. Two of those books are the Scopus most cited ever in the field of Civil Engineering in Portugal. Granqvist, Claes GoeranClaes Goran Granqvist is a Senior Professor of Solid State Physics at the Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research is focused on optical and electrical properties of materials, especially thin films for energy efficiency and solar energy utilization. Professor Granqvist has been a member of the CEI-Europe Faculty since 2002. Jelle, Bjorn PeterBjørn Petter Jelle is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Norway. He has over 85 publications with research interests including building physics, material science and technology, accelerated climate ageing experimental investigations, solar radiation and solar cells/photovoltaics, among others. Vanoli, Giuseppe PeterGiuseppe Peter Vanoli is an Associate Professor at Universita degli Studi Del Sannio, Italy with research interests that include energy efficiency in buildings, heating and refrigeration. Bianco, NicolaProfessor Nicola Bianco is an Associate Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, in the Facolta' di Ingegneria dell'Universita' degli studi di Napoli Federico II, since 2005. He has been in charge of research projects funded by the Ente Nazionale per l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Ministero dell'Universita', Regione Campania. He has been the author or the co-author of more than 100 scientific papers published in international journals and presented at national and international conferences. Kurnitski, JarekJarek Kurnitski is a Professor in Energy Performance of Buildings and Indoor Climate at Tallinn University of Technology. Since April 2012 Jarek is the leader of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings nZEB research group at TUT. From 2009 to the end of 2012 he was Senior Lead in the Energy Programme for SITRA, the Finnish Innovation Fund.