Toward Energy-Efficient Buildings
Envelope Technologies and Sustainable Energy Systems
- 1st Edition - February 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Vivien Lin Lu, Xi Chen, Jianheng Chen, Kai Jiao
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 6 5 5 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 6 5 5 1 - 8
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Request a sales quoteTowards Energy-Efficient Buildings: Envelope Technologies and Sustainable Energy Systems examines the intersection of building design and energy systems analysis, paving the way to sustainable, efficient buildings and our communal energy future. This book begins by outlining the major energy challenges for buildings and the fundamentals and opportunities in envelope technology for their increasing the efficiency of their energy systems. Close analysis of various technologies is then carried out, including case studies and demonstrations of impact assessment techniques. The ways in which these technologies interact with energy systems within the building are drawn out and clarified for a range of readers. Finally, detailed guidance on energy system assessment and analysis is provided. Bringing together these two essential disciplines for sustainable living, Towards Energy-Efficient Buildings will support energy engineers, researchers, and students of energy systems in developing technologies for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings.
- Breaks down the fundamentals of building envelope design for an energy-engineer readership
- Includes a variety of case studies and practical technologies, with clear real-world impacts on building energy systems and management
- Leads the reader through comprehensive assessment methodologies to analysis energy system outcomes and enable sustainable cities for the future
Energy engineers, students, and researchers, especially in the area of building energy systems
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to carbon-neutral buildings and energy-efficient building envelopes
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Carbon-neutral buildings
- 1.3 Energy-efficient building envelopes
- 1.4 Conclusion
- AI disclosure
- References
- Chapter 2. Fundamentals of building envelope design
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Building envelope components and design consideration
- 2.3 Key metrics for building envelopes
- 2.4 Building envelope design trends and innovations
- 2.5 Summary
- AI disclosure
- References
- Chapter 3. Solar radiation, the energy balance of buildings, and building energy use
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Solar radiation
- 3.3 Energy balance
- 3.4 Building energy use
- 3.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. Advanced thermal regulation strategies for energy-smart building envelopes: thermal insulation materials and building-integrated phase change materials
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Current building insulation materials
- 4.3 Classification of PCMs
- 4.4 Incorporation methods of PCMs
- 4.5 Integration of PCMs in buildings
- 4.6 Summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Energy-efficient windows and facade technologies and energy balance
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Current developments
- 5.3 Principles and methods to enhance the energy efficiency of windows and glazing facades
- 5.4 Application and impact
- 5.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 6. Spectral-selective nanomaterial solutions for low-energy buildings and a cool city
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Current development of spectral-selective radiative cooling materials
- 6.3 Methods and principles of radiative cooling technologies
- 6.4 Application and impacts of cooling materials for buildings and cooler cities
- 6.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 7. Building-integrated renewable energy technologies
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Current development
- 7.3 Integration of renewable energy sources
- 7.4 Application and impact
- 7.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 8. Building energy assessment tools and evaluation integration approaches to energy-efficient buildings
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Current development
- 8.3 Methods and principles of technologies
- 8.4 Application and impact
- 8.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 9. Building energy performance modeling and simulation for energy systems
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Current development
- 9.3 Methods and principles of technologies
- 9.4 Application and impact: case study on stone buildings in Hebei Taihang Mountains
- 9.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 10. Novel passive energy-efficient building envelope technologies and prospects for sustainable energy systems
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Development of novel passive envelope systems
- 10.3 Methods and principles for performance evaluation of passive cooling building envelope technologies
- 10.4 Application and impacts of energy-efficient building envelope technologies for sustainable development
- 10.5 Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 298
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443265501
- eBook ISBN: 9780443265518
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Vivien Lin Lu
Vivien Lin Lu is a Professor in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK). Prof. Lu is a highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics in Engineering (2018) and a World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University in Energy. She has published 5 books/handbook chapters and over 300 SCI-cited journal papers in renewable energy, building sciences and engineering. Her current research interests focus on smart exploitation of solar energy and deep space cooling, engineered nanomaterial development towards energy smart building envelopes, and fundamentals of fluid mechanics and heat/mass transfer to enhance building energy systems. Prof. Lu has been the recipient of prestigious awards including being named one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Energy (Stanford University, USA).
XC
Xi Chen
Dr. Chen is a Research Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK. He has over 10-year experience in sustainable building technology related to the passive architectural designs, renewable application in buildings and built environment modelling, and has led or managed multiple research projects including ARC, MOST, RGC and consultancy projects with the local government and industry. He has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and coauthored a book in green building and renewable application areas.
Dr. Chen has been awarded the DECRA Fellow in the Australian Research Council and Fulbright Scholar in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In addition, he serves as an editorial board member of Buildings, Energies and Advances in Applied Energy.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongJC
Jianheng Chen
Dr. Jianheng Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK, where he also obtained his PhD in building energy in 2011. His research focuses on the fundamental utilization of radiative sky cooling technology and its integration with buildings, with the aim to achieve low-energy buildings and move towards carbon neutrality and improved building thermal environments.
Affiliations and expertise
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongKJ
Kai Jiao
Dr. Kai Jiao is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK, focusing on theoretical research on phase change energy storage of paraffin and participating in the development of paraffin thermal storage units for novel photovoltaic/thermal systems. Dr. Jiao has extensive experience in heat transfer analysis of paraffin and its composites. During his doctoral studies, he established a paraffin phase change heat transfer model based on the mixture theory, which allows for accurate prediction of the phase change process of paraffin and its composites.
Affiliations and expertise
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