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

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. F. Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He holds the title of Counsellor at the Portuguese Engineers Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for nine international journals. Over the last 10 years he has participated in the research decision for more than 460 papers and has also acted as a Foreign Expert on the evaluation of 22 PhD thesis. Over the last 10 years he has also been a Member of the Scientific Committees for more than 60 conferences, most of them held in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects.

Claes-Göran 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.

Bjørn Petter Jelle is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Norway. His research interests include building physics, material science and technology, accelerated climate ageing experimental investigations, solar radiation and solar cells and photovoltaics.

Giuseppe 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.

Nicola Bianco has been an Associate Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, in the Facolta’ di Ingegneria dell'Universita’ degli studi di Napoli Federico II, since 2005. He has been coordinator of numerous research projects funded by the Ente Nazionale per l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Ministero dell'Universita’, Regione Campania.

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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 not only to 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.

Part One of this book addresses thermal insulation materials, phase change materials, reflective materials, smart windows, solar collectors and building integrated photovoltaics. Part Two reviews measurement and verification models, smart energy systems and optimization with genetic algorithms and neural networks. The book concludes with several interesting case studies on energy efficient retrofitting for various building types in different climatic zones.

This book provides essential knowledge for civil engineers, architects and other professionals working in the field of cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting.

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal is an investigator in the C-TAC Research Centre at the University of Minho, Portugal. Claes-Göran Granqvist is a Professor of Solid State Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden. Bjørn Petter Jelle is a Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Chief Scientist at SINTEF, Norway. Giuseppe Peter Vanoli is an Associate Professor at University of Sannio, Italy. Nicola Bianco is an Associate Professor at University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Jarek Kurnitski is a Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.