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Title Cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting : materials, technologies, optimization and case studies / edited by Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Claes-Göran Granqvist, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Nicola Bianco, and Jarek Kurnitski
Published Duxford, United Kingdom : Woodhead Publishing, 2017
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Description 1 online resource
Series Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering
Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering.
Contents 1. Introduction to cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting PART ONE Materials and Technologies -- 2. Selection of thermal insulation materials for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 3. Phase change materials for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 4. Reflective materials for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 5. Solar collectors for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 6. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting. PART TWO Optimization -- 7. Measuring and verification models for cost-effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 8. A cost-effective human based energy retrofitting approach -- 9. Smart energy systems for cost effective energy efficient retrofitting -- 10. Smart heating systems for cost-effective retrofitting -- 11. Artificial neural networks for predicting the energy behavior of a building category: a powerful tool for cost-optimal analysis. PART THREE Case Studies -- 12. Cost-effective retrofitting of Swedish buildings -- 13. Cost-effective solutions for retrofitting of Finish buildings -- 14. Cost-effectiveness retrofitting of Russian districts -- 15. Cost-effectiveness of energy building performance in Estonian Buildings -- 16. Cost-effective energy retrofitting of prefabricated buildings in Serbia -- 17. Cost-effective renovation of school buildings in the Alps -- 18. Cost-effective energy retrofitting of buildings in Spain -- 19. Cost-effective refurbishment of Italian historic buildings
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Buildings -- Retrofitting.
Architecture and energy conservation.
retrofitting.
energy efficient buildings.
HOUSE & HOME -- Remodeling & Renovation.
Architecture and energy conservation
Buildings -- Retrofitting
Form Electronic book
Author Torgal, Fernando Pacheco, editor
Granqvist, Claes Goeran, editor
Jelle, Bjr̜n Peter, editor
Vanoli, Giuseppe Peter, editor
ISBN 9780081012277
0081012276