Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Proceedings of the International Conference in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB’09)

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Smart Monitoring of Wind Turbines Using Neural Networks....Pages 1-8
SMART Buildings: Intelligent Software Agents....Pages 9-17
Solar Energy Harvesting for ZigBee Electronics....Pages 19-27
Multi-Agent Systems Technology for Composite Decision Making in Complex Systems....Pages 29-38
Network-Enabled Intelligent Photovoltaic Arrays....Pages 39-47
Design Ontology for Comfort Systems and Energy Infrastructures: Flexergy....Pages 49-58
An Innovative Building-Integrated Solar-Air Collector: Presentation and First Results....Pages 59-69
Development and Strategies of Building Integrated Wind Turbines in China....Pages 71-78
Missing Data Interpolation of Power Generation for Photovoltaic System....Pages 79-87
Development of Short-Term Prediction System for Wind Power Generation Based on Multiple Observation Points....Pages 89-98
Electricity Supply to a Remote Village Using Grid-Connected Wind Generators....Pages 99-105
The Role of Photovoltaics in Reducing Carbon Emissions in Domestic Properties....Pages 107-115
Armature and Field Controlled DC Motor Based Wind Turbine Emulation for Wind Energy Conversion Systems Operating over a Wide Range of Wind Velocity....Pages 117-125
Utilization of Fly-Ash Products from Biomass Co-combustion and Zeolite 13X for Building Energy Conservations....Pages 127-135
The Effect of Metal Ions on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation and Scale Formation....Pages 137-146
Lateral Stability of Prefabricated Straw Bale Housing....Pages 147-154
Monitoring of the Moisture Content of Straw Bale Walls....Pages 155-164
An Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Performance of Sustainable Building Technologies for Apartment Houses in Korea....Pages 165-174
Managing Change in Domestic Renewable Energy Schemes....Pages 175-186
Optimum Energy Management of a Photovoltaic Water Pumping System....Pages 187-197
Diagnosis by Fault Signature Analysis Applied to Wind Energy....Pages 199-207
A Novel Self-organizing Neural Technique for Wind Speed Mapping....Pages 209-217
Integral Fuzzy Control for Photovoltaic Power Systems....Pages 219-228
MACSyME: Modelling, Analysis and Control for Systems with Multiple Energy Sources....Pages 229-238
Structural Analysis for Fault Detection and Isolation in Fuel Cell Stack System....Pages 239-254
Efficiency Analysis of Cross-Flow Plate Heat Exchanger for Indirect Evaporative Cooling....Pages 255-264
Thermal Work Condition Analysis of Teaching Building Heating Network in Winter Vacation with User Regulation....Pages 265-273
Integrated Building Management Systems for Sustainable Technologies: Design Aspiration and Operational Shortcoming....Pages 275-280
Smart Use of Knowledge: A Case Study of Constructing Decisional DNA on Renewable Energy....Pages 281-289
A Study of Photo physical Properties of End Polymeric Material....Pages 291-295
Renewable Energy Source Emulator....Pages 297-304
Geothermal Active Building Concept....Pages 305-314
Heating Supply in Kazakhstan: Concept - Simulation - Comparison....Pages 315-324
Towards a More Holistic and Complementary Approach to Modelling Energy Consumption in Buildings....Pages 325-337
Energy Consumption in the Greek Hotel Sector: The Influence of Various Factors on Hotels’ Carbon Footprints under the Implementation of the EU and Greek Legislative Framework....Pages 339-345
Investigating the Applicability of Different Thermal Comfort Models in Kuwait Classrooms Operated in Hybrid Air-Conditioning Mode....Pages 347-355
Water and Energy Efficient Showers....Pages 357-368
Research of Solar-Kang Heating Systems Design for Rural House in Cold Areas of China....Pages 369-377
Research on Energy-Efficient Exterior Walls of Rural Housing in Northern China....Pages 379-385
Family Thermal Performance Analysis Based on Household Metering....Pages 387-393
The Investigation and Analysis of Indoor Temperature Desire of Building Users in Harbin....Pages 395-402
Simulated Performance of Earthtube for Cooling of Office Buildings in the Southeast of UK....Pages 403-411
Study on a Novel Hybrid Desiccant Dehumidification and Air Conditioning System....Pages 413-421
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