Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications Options for a Greener Future

• Other Authors: Mardiana Idayu Ahmad (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016
• Subjects: Sustainable buildings > Design and construction; Sustainable construction; (Produktform)Paperback / softback; (BISAC Subject Heading)SCI024000; (BISAC Subject Heading)THX; Clean energy industries
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This diverse resource on renewable energy and sustainable technologies highlights the status, state of the art, challenges, advancements and options in areas such as energy recovery systems,turbine ventilators, green composites, biofuels and bio-resources for energy production, wind energy, integrat...

Table of Contents:

• Inverse problem for phase change materials and preparation in building envelope / Xin Wang, Rui Yang and Saffa Riffat
• Natural composite membranes for water remediation : towards a sustainable tomorrow / Noor Hana Hanif Abu Bakar and Wei Leng Tan
• Polymeric heat exchangers : effect of chemistry and chemical composition to their performance / Mohd Firdaus Yhaya
• Solar induced ventilation strategies in contemporary tropical buildings : a review / Mazran Ismail and Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman
• Insights to current lighting technologies and low environmental impact artificial lighting / Xiaofeng Zheng
• Applications of air-to-air energy recovery system in various climatic conditions : towards reducing energy consumption in buildings / Mardiana Idayu Ahmad, Fatin Zafirah Mansur and Saffa Riffat
• Toplighting systems for improving indoor environment : a review / Karam M. Al-Obaidi and Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman
• Polychaetes as ecosystem engineers : agents of sustainable technologies / Widad Fadhulla and Muhammad Izzuddin Siyakir
• The cooling effects of plants on the built environment / Nooriati Taib and Aldrin Abdullah
• Turbine ventilator as low carbon technology / Yih Chia Tan, Mazran Ismail and Mardiana Idayu Ahmad
• Green binderless board from oil palm biomass / Rokiah Hashim, Wan Noor Aidawati Wan Nadhari and Othman Sulaiman
• Life cycle analysis of building materials / Muna Hanim Abdul Samad and Hafedh Abed Yahya
• A review on biofuel and bio-resources for environmental applications / Jeremiah David Bala, Japareng Lalung, Adel A.S. Al-Gheethi and Ismail Norli
• Energy recovery by biological process / Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Mohd Redzwan Tamat, Mohd Firdaus Othman, Noor Aziah Serri and Nastain Qamarul Zaman.