Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings: Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2018 2020 ed. [Minkštas viršelis]

Part I.
Chapter
1. Leading Role of ISESCO in the field of Renewable
Energy and Promotion of the Concept of Green and Sustainable Cities in the
Islamic World.
Chapter
2. Energy Policies at Crossroads Will Europes 2030
targets and framework be in line with the Paris Climate Agreement?.
Chapter
3. Field Test, Dynamic Simulation and Fatigue Analysis of a Small Wind
Turbine Operating in a Highly Turbulent Environment.
Chapter
4. Evaluation
of Performance Losses and Degradation of Aged Crystalline-Si Photovoltaic
Modules Installed in Minas Gerais (Brasil).
Chapter
5. Plug&Play:
self-sufficient technological devices for outdoor spaces to mitigate the UHI
effect.
Chapter
6. Smart houses and regions as building blocks for 100%
renewable energy globally.
Chapter 7.Climate Change: An Overview of
Potential Health Imapcts Associated With Climate Change Environmental Driving
Forces.
Chapter
8. Simultaneous clean water and power production from
seawater using osmosis: process simulation andtechno-economic analysis.-
Chapter 9.  Cooling of PV Panels for Performance Enhancement of
Grid-Connected Systems.
Chapter
10. Plasmonic Coupling Enhanced Absorption
and Fluorescence Emission in Thin Film Luminescent Solar Concentrator .-
Chapter
11. Addressing the Energy Challenges: Needs and Perspectives.-
Chapter
12. Architectural Education for Sustainability.
Chapter
13. Dutch
efforts towards sustainable schools.
Chapter
14. Demand side energy
flexibility management of office buildings.
Chapter
15. Toward Green
Building and Eco - Cities in UAE.
Chapter
18. Optimizing building form for
integration of solar photovoltaic in the design of a textile industry in
Katsina, Nigeria.
Chapter
19. Storage for Community Electricity: a
comparison between batteries and mini Pumped Hydro.
Chapter
20. Urban
microclimate and thermal comfort in the modernist social housing districts of
Rome: the combined effect of built form and urban materials.
Chapter
21.
Performance Improvement of Contra-Rotating Small Hydroturbine.
Chapter
22.
Performance Improvement of Contra-Rotating Small Hydroturbine.
Chapter
23.
Solar Power Satellites: Reconsideration as Renewable Energy Source Based on
Novel Approaches.
Chapter
24. Effects of mirror geometry on the optical
efficiency of a Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR).
Chapter
25. The energy
transition in Morocco.
Chapter
26. Energetic performance optimization of a
H2O-LiBr absorption chiller powered by evacuated tube solar collector.-
Chapter
27. Design and construction of a small Standalone Wind Turbine using
Scrap Materials.
Chapter
28. Evolution of photovoltaic-thermal hybrid solar
technology for the tropics: a case study of Malaysia.
Chapter
29.
Feasibility Study into Design, Development and Testing of an Indirect
Multi-Rack Solar Dryer for Agricultural Products.
Chapter
30. Production of
hydrogen using solar powered electrolysis.
Chapter
31. City of Sydney
decentralized renewable energy master plan.
Chapter
32. WorkShop "Smart
Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities within the WREC 2018.-
Chatper
33. A pricing method for the electricity from renewables to be used
after feed-in tariffs.
Chapter
34. Disclosing the immaterial resilience of
sustainable architecture for a new renovation processes of the inland
Mediterranean areas.
Chapter
35. Disclosing the immaterial resilience of
sustainable architecture for a new renovation processes of the inland
Mediterranean areas.
Chapter
35. Application of DC-DC Boost Converter to
Photovoltaic Pumping System.
Chapter
36. The impact of dust's physical
properties on photovoltaic modules outcomes.
Chapter
37. Waste-to-energy
solutions in Uppsala, Sweden.
Chapter
38. Geo-climatic early-design tools
and indicators.
Chapter
39. New horizons for renewable energies in Morocco
and Africa.
Chapter
40. Developing energy control and optimisation
methodology for built environment of the future.- PArt II.
Chapter
41.
Performance Optimization of Concentrated Photovoltaic-Thermal (CPV-T) System
Employing Phase Change Material (PCM) in hot Climate.
Chapter
42. Assessment
of habitants thermal comfort through different treatments of flat rooftops
in residential buildings.
Chapter
43. Integrating Sustainability and
Renewable Energy Systems with Architecture Form and Urban Design; Greening
the Central District of Irbid, Jordan.
Chapter
44. Abu Dhabi Schools:
Optimization of Building Form for Energy Efficiency.
Chapter
45. Efficiency
of Micro-Structured Sunlighting Systems in Different Climatic Zones.
Chapter
46. Tabu Search and Simplex Based Algorithm to Solve a Two-Stage Stochastic
Hub-and-Spoke Network Problem.
Chapter
47. Tabu Search and Simplex Based
Algorithm to Solve a Two-Stage Stochastic Hub-and-Spoke Network Problem.-
Chapter
47. The Conflict between Aesthetics and Sustainability: Empowering
Sustainable Architecture with Aesthetics to Enhance People's Lifestyle and
Sustainable Behavior.
Chapter
48. The influence of roof fenestrationon
daylight distribution in an atrium space under tropical sky conditions.-
Chapter
49. Techno-economic study of a biogas based Polygeneration plant for
small dairy farms in central Bolivia.
Chapter
50. How can reflected light
modify solar gains in a compact urban district?.
Chapter
51. Study of
Corrosion effect of Micronal® Phase Change Materials (PCM) with different
metal samples.
Chapter
52. Metal Coordination Complexes: A Bottom-Up
Approach Tailored TowardsSolar Energy Applications.
Chapter 53.  External
quantum efficiency measurements and outdoor characterisation for PV
Luminescent down shifting devices.
Chapter 54.  External quantum efficiency
measurements and outdoor characterisation for PV Luminescent down shifting
devices.
Chapter
55. Gas fired heat pumps as a replacement for the
condensing boiler.
Chapter
56. Cross-border education in the field of
renewable energies - using a dynamic simulation software.
Chapter
57. A
bi-fluid PV/T solar collector and its potential application in solar drying.-
Chapter 58.Utilization of biomass energy in cement production: a pathway
towards sustainable infrastructure.
Chapter
59. Blade Optimization of a
Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine using the Response Surface Method.
Chapter
60. Enhancing energy utilisation in building with combining building
integarted pv and air source heat pump for underfloor heating using phase
change materials.
Chapter
61. Climate Change Adaptation: Prioritising
Districts for Urban Green Coverage to Mitigate High Temperatures and UHIE in
Developing Countries.
Chapter
62. Operational strategies for a large-scale
horizontal-axis wind turbine during icing conditions.
Chapter
63. Use of
Phase Change Materials for Solar Systems Applications.
Chapter
64. Quantum
Dots Solar Cells in solar system to convert light into electricity.
Chapter
65. Utilization of biomass energy in cement production: a pathway towards
sustainable infrastructure.
Chapter
66. Gender and Energy Challengesand
Opportunities at the Grassroots.
Chapter
68. Titanium Oxide Film Deposition
by Low Power APS Equipment Using Air Working Gas and Rechargeable Lead
Battery.
Chapter
69. Economic and ecologic assessment of a biomass-based CHP
system for a hotel resort on the Andaman Islands, India.
Chapter
70.
Renovabio opportunities and biofuels outlook in Brazil.
Chapter 71.Improving
the Performance of Cogeneration System in Sugar Factory by the Integration of
Superheated Steam Dryer and Parabolic Trough Solar Collector.
Chapter
72.
Fermentable liquid energy carriers by microwave-assisted hydrothermal
depolymerisation of several biomass carbohydrates.
Chapter
73. Balancing
Act: Transitioning to Renewables While Meeting Short-Term Resource Needs.-
Chapter
74. PV module temperature prediction at any environmental conditions
and mounting configurations.
Chapter
75. Potential of adsorption
refrigeration system for off-grid cooling applications.
Chapter
76. A
Technical Evaluation of PerformanceCharacteristics for Pump as Turbine
Application.
Chapter
77. Deposition of Porous Photo-catalytic TiO2 film for
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Low Powered Atmospheric Plasma Spray
Equipment.
Chapter
78. Achievement of low energy buildings in high latitude
countries through passive solar systems.
Chapter
79. Advancements and
Challenges Affecting Wind Turbine Implementation in the GCC Countries.

Dr. Ali Sayigh is Chairman and Founder of the World Renewable Energy Congress and Council; Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN); Chairman and Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society; and Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society. Dr. Sayigh was recently elected to chair the Iraqi Energy Institute, and he actively consults on renewable and sustainable energy issues for a number of international organizations, including UNESCO, ISESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. Dr. Sayigh was Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP Trieste, Italy from 1977-1995; Professor of Solar Energy at King Saud, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire from 1994 to 2004. He was the founding expert in Renewable Energy at AOPEC. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He has published more than 400 papers and has contributed to andedited more than 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor-in-Chief of several international journals including Renewable Energyand the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work Comprehensive Renewable Energy.