Energy Sustainability in Built and Urban Environments

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Sustainable Construction Practices in West African Countries  (Adedayo J. Ogungbile, Ayodeji E. Oke)....Pages 3-15
 Modelling the Influence of Urban Planning on the Financial and Environmental Impact of Neighbourhoods  (Damien Trigaux, Karen Allacker, Frank De Troyer)....Pages 17-37
 Achieving Energy Efficiency in Urban Residential Buildings in Vietnam: High-tech or Low-tech?  (Quang Minh Nguyen)....Pages 39-66
 Recommendations for the Design of an Energy-Efficient and Indoor Comfortable Office Building in Vietnam  (Ngo Hoang Ngoc Dung, Nguyen Trung Kien)....Pages 67-90
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 Linking Neighborhoods into Sustainable Energy Systems  (A. T. D. Perera, Silvia Coccolo, Pietro Florio, Vahid M. Nik, Dasaraden Mauree, Jean-Louis Scartezzini)....Pages 93-110
 Future Weather Data for Dynamic Building Energy Simulations: Overview of Available Data and Presentation of Newly Derived Data for Belgium  (Delphine Ramon, Karen Allacker, Nicole P. M. van Lipzig, Frank De Troyer, Hendrik Wouters)....Pages 111-138
 Evaluation of a Simplified Calculation Approach for Final Heating Energy Use in Non-residential Buildings  (Barbara Wauman, Wout Parys, Hilde Breesch, Dirk Saelens)....Pages 139-164
 A Review of Fuzzy-Based Residential Grid-Connected Microgrid Energy Management Strategies for Grid Power Profile Smoothing  (Diego Arcos-Aviles, Francesc Guinjoan, Julio Pascual, Luis Marroyo, Pablo Sanchis, Rodolfo Gordillo et al.)....Pages 165-199
 Analyzing Alternative Energy Mutual Fund Performance in the Spanish Market  (Carmen-Pilar Martí-Ballester)....Pages 201-213
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 Wind Energy  (J. Peuteman)....Pages 217-236
 Energy Sustainability Through the Use of Thermoelectric Materials in Waste Heat Recovery Systems Recent Developments and Challenges  (Emilia Motoasca)....Pages 237-254
 Optimization Strategy of Sustainable Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal (CPVT) System for Cooling  (Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Kim Choon Ng)....Pages 255-275
 Novel Method and Molten Salt Electrolytic Cell for Implementing a Hydrogen Fuel, Sustainable, Closed Clean Energy Cycle on a Large Scale  (Alvin G. Stern)....Pages 277-312
 Renewable Energy Storage and Its Application for Desalination  (Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Muhammad Burhan, Kim Choon Ng)....Pages 313-329