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Thermal Comfort and Climatic Potential of Ventilative Cooling in Italian Climates
The chapter describes several climate-correlated variables and suitable key performance indicators (KPIs) to define the local ventilative cooling...
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How cost-efficient is energy efficiency in buildings? A comparison of building shell efficiency and heating system change in the European building stock
Mitigating CO 2 emissions for space heating (SH) and hot water (HW) preparation in buildings is key to reaching climate protection targets. In this...
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Occupant Thermal Perception of a Cooling System Based on Ceiling-Mounted Radiant Panels Coupled to a Roof Pond
Roof ponds can provide modest structural cooling and stabilization of surface and indoor air temperatures in hot-dry climates, with special relevance...
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Durability of Rubber Concrete: Resistance to Heating and Cooling Cycles
In this paper, an investigation of the durability of rubber concrete mainly the effects of temperature and its reaction to heating and cooling cycles...
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Cooling technologies for enhancing photovoltaic–thermal (PVT) performance: a state of the art
Although photovoltaic cells are good technology that converts sunlight into electricity, it suffers from low efficiency in hot weather conditions....
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Using Renewable Energies in Buildings Heating and Cooling Supply, Automation, Executed Examples
This textbook helps use regenerative systems for heating and cooling effectively. Integration and automation schemes provide a quick overview....
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Exploring sustainable heating solutions for buildings at the neighbourhood level
Space heating in buildings represents nearly half of the final heat demand in Europe. The potential to save emissions from existing fossil-based...
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Automation of Systems for Heat and Cold Supply from Renewable Energy Sources
This central book chapter now details the implementation of automation of solar domestic hot water systems, solar assisted building heating, rooms,...
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Identifying the Feasibility of Implementing of Heat Pump for Heating a Factory Aquaponics Greenhouse in Bei**g
The heating system for the aquaponics greenhouse is crucial to realize economical and efficient hydroponics and aquaculture in cold climate zone....
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Climate Change, Cities, and the Importance of Cooling Strategies, Practices, and Policies
Cities, the prominent place of human settlements, face various mega challenges. Among them, extreme heat challenge, the combined effect of heat waves...
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A Study on Climate Change Impact on Cooling Energy Demand Patterns for an Existing Office Building
Energy demand for building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning account for a significant fraction of the global electricity demand. With...
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Sizing of a Solar-Powered Adsorption Cooling System for Comfort Cooling
Solar-powered adsorption cooling technologies have been demonstrated by various researchers worldwide to be feasible for small-scale applications and...
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Data-Driven Methods for Efficient Operation of District Heating Systems
In this chapter, data-driven methods for the efficient operation of DHSs are described. DHSs are inherently non-linear and time-varying systems as...
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Desiccant Dehumidification Cooling System for Poultry Houses in Multan (Pakistan)
Poultry industries play a major role in Pakistan’s economy as well as develo** countries. Poultry birds are sensitive to slight variation in...
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Thermal Management of Electronics Systems—Current Trends and Future Applications
All the electronics systems generate heat due to Joule heating effect during its operation, thus the case and junction temperature of the electronics...
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Investigation of (3E) energy, exergy, and environmental analysis of syngas production for combined power and cooling plant by testing six different biomasses
Six significant biomasses were examined in this communication to determine their respective thermodynamic performances. To recover the waste heat...
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Modelling, Optimisation and Modernisation of Heating Systems
This chapter provides an extensive survey on the modelling and optimisation of district heating systems (DHSs) focused on the heat distribution...
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Implementing large-scale heating infrastructures: experiences from successful planning of district heating and natural gas grids in Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands
Large-scale heating infrastructures in the form of district heating have significant potentials to increase energy efficiency and integrate...
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Present State of Cooling, Energy Consumption and Sustainability
The rise in temperature is an on-going issue due to global warming. The air-conditioning demand is expected to be triple by 2050 to provide...
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Techno-economic and thermodynamic analyses of a novel CCHP system driven by a solid oxide fuel cell integrated with a biomass gasification unit and a double-effect LiBr-water absorption chiller or heat cycle and carbon capture
A new energy system that utilizes solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and biomass gasification for integrated cooling, heating, and power with carbon...
