Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy: Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Network's Med Green Forum

"This book highlights scientific achievements in the key areas of sustainable electricity generation and green building technologies, as presented in the vital bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network's Med Green Forum. Renewable energy applications in power generation and sustainable development have particular importance in the Mediterranean region, with its rich natural resources and conducive climate, making it a perfect showcase to illustrate the viability of using renewable energy to satisfy all energy needs. The papers included in this work describe enabling policies and offer pathways to further develop a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors -- for electricity production, heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water desalination, industrial applications and for the transport sector"--Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Energy-Saving Solutions for Five Hospitals in Europe....Pages 1-17 Climate Adapted in NZEB Retrofitting for Residential Buildings....Pages 19-31 Sustainable Strategies for Protecting and Managing Cultural Heritages: The Case Study of Gonfienti in the Tuscany Region of Italy....Pages 33-46 Buildings’ Energy Flexibility: A Bottom-Up, Multiagent, User-Based Approach to System Integration of Energy Infrastructures to Support the Smart Grid....Pages 47-59 Influence Effect of Energy Roof on PV Efficiency: A Case Study....Pages 61-72 Green Buildings and Renewable Energy Application Based on Life Cycle Performance Costing....Pages 73-87 A Comparative Study Between Photovoltaic Pumping Systems Using a Permanent Magnet DC Motor and an Induction Motor....Pages 89-101 Development of a Design of a Drop‐In Hydrogen Fueling Station to Support the Early Market Buildout of Hydrogen Infrastructure: Topic-9....Pages 103-115 Sustainability of Higher Educational Buildings: Retrofitting Measures to Enhance Energy Performance—The Case of AASTMT Business Management School Building, Egypt....Pages 117-150 Effectiveness of Thermal Inertia in South Mediterranean Climate: Residential Houses....Pages 151-164 Thermal Habitability Monitoring in Housing for Low-Income Families in Extreme Warm, Dry Weather....Pages 165-175 Multidisciplinary Energy-Efficiency Think Tank for Supporting a Multilevel Governance Model in Energy Policies and Measures: MEETHINK Energy Project: Topic-6....Pages 177-189 An Integrated Building Energy Management System....Pages 191-199 The Normal: Minimising Energy Use; The Abnormal: Changing Habits....Pages 201-211 Assessing PV Module Degradation and the Potential of Using Greenhouse Roofs for Supplemental PV Power Generation in Malta....Pages 213-221 Revitalization and Refurbishment of Minor Historical Centers in the Mediterranean....Pages 223-233 Building Envelope–Systems Integrated Models: Topic 4....Pages 235-244 Lessons for Future Cities and Architecture: Ecology, Culture, Sustainability....Pages 245-258 Thermal Performance of Vacuum Glazing with Tempered Glass Panes....Pages 259-273 Energy Refurbishment Towards Nearly Zero-Energy Terrace Houses in the Mediterranean Region....Pages 275-291 Geo-Climatic Applicability of Direct Evaporative Cooling in Italy....Pages 293-310 Integrating Deep Offshore Wind with Pumped Hydro Storage in a Central Mediterranean Archipelago’s Electricity Generation System....Pages 311-324 Energy Choice to Support Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Indonesia....Pages 325-340 A Study of Space Syntax and Sustainable Design in Chinese Vocational Education Parks: Three Case Studies....Pages 341-354 Micro-Aeolic in Residential Districts: A Case Study in Sant’Arsenio (South-western Italy)....Pages 355-368 Effect of Shadows on the Performance of Solar Photovoltaic....Pages 369-377 Study of Landform-Reconstruction Method Applied to Architectural Forms in Cold Areas....Pages 379-385 Building-Integrated Renewable Energy Systems, or Rediscovering Forgotten Principles....Pages 387-397 The Possible Shift Between Heating and Cooling Demand of Buildings Under Climate Change Conditions: Are Some Mitigation Policies Wrongly Understood?....Pages 399-415 Robustness of Residential Houses in Ecuador in the Face of Global Warming: Prototyping and Simulation Studies in the Amazon, Coastal and Andes Macroclimatic Regions....Pages 417-422 Performance Analysis and Parametric Studies of a Bi-fluid Type Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Solar Collector in Simultaneous Mode Under Tropical Climate Conditions....Pages 423-428 Bi-fluid Photovoltaic/Thermal PV/T Solar Collector with Three Modes of Operation: Experimental Validation of a Theoretical Model....Pages 429-444 High Quality of Calibration Accuracy for Smart Building Energy-Efficiency Opportunities....Pages 445-464 Liquid and Gas Biofuels from the Catalytic Re-forming of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil in Supercritical Water: Effects of Operating Conditions on the Process....Pages 465-477 Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Upgrading to Renewable Liquid Fuels by Catalytic Hydrocracking: Effect of Operating Conditions on the Process....Pages 479-490 Supporting Electromobility in Smart Cities Using Solar Electric Vehicle Charging Stations....Pages 491-500 Exploitation of Wave Energy Potential in Aegean Sea: Greece....Pages 501-513 Energy Performance of a Renovated Multi-Family Building in Sweden....Pages 515-529 Building Thermal Exergy Analysis....Pages 531-539 Light and Shadow: Mediterranean Visual Scenes....Pages 541-551 Potential of Solar Electricity for Grid-Connected Systems in Algeria....Pages 553-559 Thermal Energy Recovery System for Upgrading Waste Heat by an Absorption Heat Pump....Pages 561-573 Mathematical Model for System Planning on Campus: A Case Study in Harbin Institute of Technology in China....Pages 575-587 Urban Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Area: The Case of Sestri Ponente, Genoa....Pages 589-598 Development of Energy Devices Based on Photovoltaic Panels with Extra Consumer Properties....Pages 599-607 Assessment of Airflows in a School Building with Mechanical Ventilation Using Passive Tracer Gas Method....Pages 609-617 Energetic and Functional Upgrading of School Buildings....Pages 619-631 Evaluation of Thermal Performance, Environmental Impact, and Cost Effectiveness of an XLam Component for Retrofitting in Existing Buildings....Pages 633-642 Renewable Energy in South of Morocco and Prospects....Pages 643-655 Analysis of Energy Performance of a High-Performance Building in a Local Mediterranean Climatic Context....Pages 657-665 Skylight Optimization Design Based on the Interior Ventilation in the Office Building in Cold Region....Pages 667-679 An Environmental Technological Approach to Architectural Programming for School Facilities....Pages 681-690 Green, Smart, Sustainable Building Aspects and Innovations....Pages 691-699 Soilless Urban Temporary Agriculture as a Strategy for Brownfield Site Renewal....Pages 701-715 Solar Building Systems for the Mediterranean Region: Research Outputs Between Italy and France....Pages 717-727 Spectral Variation of Energy-Efficient Room Lighting....Pages 729-740 The Housing Retrofit Market in Italy: Constraints and Barriers to Development....Pages 741-753 Passive Cooling in Mediterranean Area for a Bioclimatic and Zero Energy Architecture....Pages 755-763 First-Year Performance of a PV Plant in Jordan Compared to PV Plants in the Region....Pages 765-772 Gauging the Effectiveness of a Resource Management Awareness Campaign on a Central Mediterranean Island....Pages 773-783 The ‘Reduce and Save’ Project: An Island-Wide Resource Management Awareness Initiative....Pages 785-798 Heat and Light Intensity Influence on (I–V) Characterization of Cu2S Film/p-Si Heterojunction....Pages 799-809 Using Renewable Energy to Process Seaweed....Pages 811-820 New Environmentally Friendly Chlorine-Free Solar-Grade Silicon Production Technologies....Pages 821-834 Some Physical Properties of Pure and Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide Films Used as Transparent Conducting Oxide....Pages 835-843 Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Social Impacts of a Concentrated Solar Power Energy Project in Northern Chile....Pages 845-855 Learning Sustainability from Arab Gulf Vernacular Architecture....Pages 857-864 Transparent Conducting Oxides for Solar Cell Applications....Pages 865-883 Solar-Driven Cold Storage Units to Reduce Food Waste....Pages 885-897 An Adaptive Thermal Comfort Model for the Romanian Climate....Pages 899-907 A Whole-Building, Integrated Approach for Designing a High-Performance, Net-Zero-Energy and Net-Zero-Water Building....Pages 909-919 Dynamic Simulation for Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cooling Systems in Northern Latitudes....Pages 921-930 Investigation of Urban Microclimate Parameters of City Square in Harbin....Pages 931-940 ....Pages 941-948