Energy Generation and Efficiency Technologies for Green Residential Buildings

Written by international experts from academia and industry who describe several key technologies available to reduce a residential building's energy consumption. Key themes include local energy generation, such as the use of sunlight to reduce heating needs, and photovoltaics for electricity.

List of contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction and motivation


• Chapter 2: Clean energy generation in residential green buildings


• Chapter 3: Performance monitoring of a 60 kW photovoltaic array in Alberta


• Chapter 4: Environmental and economic evaluation of PV solar system for remote communities using building information modeling: A case study


• Chapter 5: Solar energy generation technology for small homes


• Chapter 6: Numerical analysis of phase change materials for use in energy-efficient buildings


• Chapter 7: Insulation materials


• Chapter 8: Latent relationships between construction cost and energy efficiency in multifamily green buildings


• Chapter 9: Secondary battery technologies: a static potential for power


• Chapter 10: A critical review with solar radiation analysis model on inclined and horizontal surfaces


• Chapter 11: Nature-based building solutions: circular utilization of photosynthetic organisms

Product details

• Assisted by: Rupp Carriveau (Editor), David S. Ting (Editor), David S-K Ting (Editor)
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781785619472
• ISBN: 978-1-78561-947-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Energy Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable, Technology & Industrial Arts