Advances in Building Energy Research

by Santamouris, Mat

• ISBN13: 9781844073894
• ISBN10: 1844073890
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

** Presents the recent progress and state-of-the-art in the environmental performance of buildings ** Provides a unique forum by bringing together invited contributions from the foremost international experts ** Annually published and peer-reviewed, an invaluable resource for architects, building engineers, environmental engineers, industry professionals, students, teachers and researchers in building science Advances in Building Energy Researchoffers state-of-the-art information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking new technologies and methodologies with the latest research on systems, simulations and standards. As stringently reviewed as a journal but with the breadth of a book, it brings together invited contributions from the foremost international experts on energy efficiency and environment quality of buildings. Spanning a broad range of technical subjects, this is a must-have reference on global developments in the field of building energy research, suitable for architects and building engineers, environmental engineers, industry professionals, students, teachers and researchers in building science, technical libraries and laboratories.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. ix
List of acronyms and abbreviations	p. xi
On the Typology, Costs, Energy Performance, Environmental Quality and Operational Characteristics of Double Skin Facades in European Buildings	p. 1
Artificial Intelligence in Buildings: A Review of the Application of Fuzzy Logic	p. 29
Field Studies of Indoor Thermal Comfort and the Progress of the Adaptive Approach	p. 55
Typical Weather Years and the Effect of Urban Microclimate on the Energy Behaviour of Buildings and HVAC Systems	p. 89
Energy Cost and its Impact on Regulating Building Energy Behaviour	p. 105
Heat Island Research in Europe: The State of the Art	p. 123
Post-occupancy Evaluation and Thermal Comfort: State of the Art and New Approaches	p. 151
High Dynamic Range Imaging and its Application in Building Research	p. 177
Use of Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Urban Heat Island Studies	p. 203
Thermal Behaviour of the Diffusive Building Envelope: State-of-the-Art Review	p. 213
A Review of ESP-r's Flexible Solution Approach and its Application to Prospective Technical Domain Developments	p. 227
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