Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings: Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2018

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This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Network’s 28thanniversary congress at the University of Kingston in London. The forum highlighted the integration of renewables and sustainable buildings as the best means to combat climate change. In-depth chapters written by the world’s leading experts highlight the most current research and technological breakthroughs and discuss policy, renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors – for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water, desalination, industrial applications and for the transport sectors. Presents cutting-edge research in green building and renewable energy from all over the world;Covers the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, best practices and innovations;Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Leading Role of ISESCO in the Field of Renewable Energy and Promotion of the Concept of Green and Sustainable Cities in the Islamic World (H. E. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri)....Pages 1-3 Energy Policies at Crossroads: Will Europe’s 2030 Targets and Framework be in Line with the Paris Climate Agreement? (Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes)....Pages 5-17 Field Test, Dynamic Simulation and Fatigue Analysis of a Small Wind Turbine Operating in a Highly Turbulent Environment (Tebogo Pooe, Mitsumasa Iino, Abdulrhman Elawady)....Pages 19-28 Evaluation of Performance Losses and Degradation of Aged Crystalline Si Photovoltaic Modules Installed in Minas Gerais (Brazil) (Antonia Sônia A. C. Diniz, Denio A. Cassini, Michele C. C. de Oliveira, Vanessa F. C. de Lins, Marcelo Machado Viana, Daniel Sena Braga et al.)....Pages 29-46 The Bioclimatic Approach in Developing Smart Urban Isles for Sustainable Cities (D. K. Serghides, S. Dimitriou, I. Kyprianou, C. Papanicolas)....Pages 47-57 Plug&Play: Self-Sufficient Technological Devices for Outdoor Spaces to Mitigate the UHI Effect (Alessandra Battisti, Flavia Laureti, Giulia Volpicelli)....Pages 59-67 Smart Homes and Regions as Building Blocks for 100% Renewable Energy Globally (Winfried Hoffmann)....Pages 69-76 Climate Change: An Overview of Potential Health Impacts Associated with Climate Change Environmental Driving Forces (Jazla Fadda)....Pages 77-119 Simultaneous Clean Water and Power Production from Seawater Using Osmosis: Process Simulation and Techno-economic Analysis (Elena Barbera, Luca Zorzetto, Adel O. Sharif, Alberto Bertucco)....Pages 121-137 Cooling of PV Panels for Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Systems (Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Ali H. A. Alwaeli, Ali Najah Al-Shamani, Mohd Yusof Hj. Othman)....Pages 139-147 Plasmonic Coupling Enhanced Absorption and Fluorescence Emission in Thin Film Luminescent Solar Concentrator (S. Chandra, S. J. McCormack)....Pages 149-159 Addressing the Energy Challenges: Needs and Perspectives (Osman Benchikh)....Pages 161-165 The Impact of the Rise of Using Solar Energy in GCC Countries (W. E. Alnaser, N. W. Alnaser)....Pages 167-183 Architectural Education for Sustainability (Derya Oktay)....Pages 185-195 Dutch Efforts Towards Sustainable Schools (Wim Zeiler)....Pages 197-207 Demand-Side Energy Flexibility Management of Office Buildings (Wim Zeiler)....Pages 209-220 Toward Green Building and Eco-cities in the UAE (Riadh H. AL-Dabbagh)....Pages 221-233 Renewable Energy in Africa: Changing Support Systems (Terence Cook, David Elliott)....Pages 235-244 Measure the Embodied Energy in Building Materials: An Eco-Sustainable Approach for Construction (Francesca Scalisi, Cesare Sposito)....Pages 245-255 Optimizing Building Form for Integration of Solar Photovoltaic in the Design of a Textile Industry in Katsina, Nigeria (Amina Batagarawa, Yusuf Ahmed Abdulkarim, Musa Lawal Sagada)....Pages 257-279 Storage for Community Electricity: A Comparison Between Batteries and Mini Pumped Hydro (Gülce Onbaşılı, Arthur Williams, Sandeep Dhundhara)....Pages 281-292 Urban Microclimate and Thermal Comfort in the Social Housing Districts of Rome: The Combined Effect of Built Form and Urban Materials (Michele Morganti, Federica Rosso)....Pages 293-302 A Technical Evaluation of Performance Characteristics for Pump as Turbine Application (Ombeni J. Mdee, Cuthbert Z. M. Kimambo, Torbjorn K. Nielsen, Joseph Kihedu)....Pages 303-311 Performance Improvement of Contra-Rotating Small Hydroturbine (Toru Shigemitsu, Tomofumi Ikebuchi, Ding Nan, Takuji Hosotani)....Pages 313-325 Low-Cost Solar Selective Absorbers by Electrodepositing Technique (Kamil M. Yousif, Sayran A. Abdulgafar)....Pages 327-335 Effects of Mirror Geometry on the Optical Efficiency of a Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) (M. P. G. Sirimanna, J. D. Nixon)....Pages 337-347 The Energy Transition in Morocco (A. Laaroussi, A. Bouayad)....Pages 349-361 Energetic Performance Optimization of a H2O-LiBr Absorption Chiller Powered by Evacuated Tube Solar Collector (Nasiru I. Ibrahim, Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman, Farid Nasir Ani)....Pages 363-377 Design and Construction of a Small Stand-Alone Wind Turbine Using Scrap Materials (Ali Hamzeh, Sadeq Hamed, Zakaria Al-Omari)....Pages 379-390 RenovaBio Opportunities and Biofuels Outlook in Brazil (Fernando Henriques Salina, Isabela Aroeira de Almeida, Felipe Ribeiro Bittencourt)....Pages 391-399 Evolution of Photovoltaic-Thermal Hybrid Solar Technology for the Tropics: A Case Study of Malaysia (Mohd Yusof Hj. Othman, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Mohd Hafidz Ruslan, Sohif Mat, Suhaila Abdul Hamid)....Pages 401-409 Feasibility Study into Design, Development and Testing of an Indirect Multi-Rack Solar Dryer for Agricultural Products (Hossein Mirzaii, Juan Pablo Nojek Barbieri)....Pages 411-429 Production of Hydrogen Using Solar-Powered Electrolysis (D. A. Udousoro, Cliff Dansoh)....Pages 431-447 City of Sydney Decentralised Renewable Energy Master Plan (Allan Jones)....Pages 449-459 Workshop “Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC Cooperation Opportunities” Within the WREC 2018 (Haris Doukas)....Pages 461-464 A Pricing Method for the Electricity from Renewables to Be Used After Feed-In Tariffs (Yoshihiro Yamamoto)....Pages 465-469 Disclosing the Immaterial Resilience of Sustainable Architecture for a New Renovation Processes of the Inland Mediterranean Areas (Antonella Trombadore)....Pages 471-482 Application of DC–DC Boost Converter to Photovoltaic Pumping System (Sarah Abdourraziq, Mohamed Amine Abdourraziq)....Pages 483-493 The Impact of Dust’s Physical Properties on Photovoltaic Modules Outcomes (Hussein A. Kazem, Miqdam T. Chaichan, Ali H. A. Alwaeli)....Pages 495-506 Performance Simulations of Different Energy Flexibility Sources in a Building with the Electrical Grid (Reino Ruusu, Sunliang Cao, Ala Hasan)....Pages 507-516 Mathematical Modeling of Temperature Effect on Algal Growth for Biodiesel Application (S. M. Zakir Hossain, Nader Al-Bastaki, Abdulla Mohamed A. Alnoaimi, Husny Ezuber, Shaikh A. Razzak, Mohammad M. Hossain)....Pages 517-528 Waste-to-Energy Solutions in Uppsala, Sweden (Mofoluwake Ishola, Cecilia Tilli)....Pages 529-535 Geo-Climatic Early-Design Tools and Indicators (Giacomo Chiesa)....Pages 537-549 New Horizons for Renewable Energies in Morocco and Africa (Hassan Nfaoui, Ali Sayigh)....Pages 551-565 Developing Energy Control and Optimisation Methodology for Built Environment of the Future (Monday Ikhide, Alex Egaji, Abdullahi Ahmed)....Pages 567-577 Performance Optimization of Concentrated Photovoltaic-Thermal (CPV-T) System Employing Phase Change Material (PCM) in Hot Climate (Shaimaa Abdel Baqi, Ahmed Hassan, Ali Hassan Shah)....Pages 579-594 Assessment of Habitants’ Thermal Comfort Through Different Treatments of Flat Rooftops in Residential Buildings (Dana K. Amro, Suheir M. S. Ammar)....Pages 595-608 Integrating Sustainability and Renewable Energy Systems with Architecture Form and Urban Design: Greening the Central District of Irbid, Jordan (Anwar Ibrahim, Hikmat Ali)....Pages 609-621 Abu Dhabi Schools: Optimization of Building Form for Energy Efficiency (Meriem Rahmani, Khaled A. Al-Sallal)....Pages 623-631 Efficiency of Microstructured Sunlighting Systems in Different Climatic Zones (Helmut F. O. Mueller)....Pages 633-639 Hybrid Method to Solve a Two-Stage Stochastic Biofuel Hub-and-Spoke Network Problem (Mario Aboytes-Ojeda, Krystel K. Castillo-Villar)....Pages 641-652 The Conflict Between Aesthetics and Sustainability: Empowering Sustainable Architecture with Aesthetics to Enhance People’s Lifestyle and Sustainable Behavior (Shaden Abusafieh)....Pages 653-664 The Influence of Roof Fenestration on Daylight Distribution in an Atrium Space Under Tropical Sky Conditions (J. Yunus, A. Zain-Ahmed, S. S. Ahmad)....Pages 665-673 Techno-Economic Study of a Biogas-Based Polygeneration Plant for Small Dairy Farms in Central Bolivia (J. Villarroel-Schneider, Brijesh Mainali, J. Martí-Herrero, Anders Malmquist, Andrew Martin, Lucio Alejo)....Pages 675-687 Performance Gap and nZEB Compliance of Monitored Passivhaus in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Italy (S. Colclough, V. Costanzo, K. Fabbri, S. Piraccini, P. Griffiths, Neil J. Hewitt)....Pages 689-697 How Can Reflected Light Modify Solar Gains in a Compact Urban District? (Benoit Beckers, Jairo Acuña Paz y Miño, Claire Lawrence)....Pages 699-707 Study of Corrosion Effect of Micronal® Phase Change Materials (PCM) with Different Metal Samples (Rebeca Salgado, Hoda Akbari, Maria C. Brown, Isobelle Reid, Sarah J. McCormack)....Pages 709-717 Metal Coordination Complexes: A Bottom-Up Approach Tailored Towards Solar Energy Applications (James Walshe, Pauraic Mc Carron, Hind Ahmed, Sarah Mc Cormack, John Doran)....Pages 719-725 External Quantum Efficiency Measurements and Outdoor Characterisation for PV Luminescent Downshifting Devices (H. Ahmed, J. Doran, S. J. McCormack)....Pages 727-733 Domestic Demand-Side Response: The Challenge for Heat Pumps in a Future UK—Decarbonised Heating Market (Neil J. Hewitt, Nik Shah, Donal Cotter, Chris Wilson, Khoa Le, Raymond Byrne et al.)....Pages 735-745 Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Valorisation of Rapeseed Meal for the Co-Production of High Purity Lignin and Saccharide-Rich Aqueous Solutions (Javier Remón, Avtar S. Matharu, James H. Clark)....Pages 747-759 Gas-Fired Heat Pumps as a Replacement for the Condensing Boiler (R. E. Critoph, S. J. Metcalf, A. Rivero Pacho)....Pages 761-770 Cross-Border Education in the Field of Renewable Energies Using a Dynamic Simulation Software (Andreas Wolf, Andreas Witzig, Daniel Moreno)....Pages 771-778 A Bi-fluid PV/T Solar Collector and Its Potential Application in Solar Drying (Hasila Jarimi, Mohd Nazari Abu Bakar, Saffa Riffat)....Pages 779-789 Utilization of Biomass Energy in Cement Production: A Pathway Towards Sustainable Infrastructure (Adeyemi Adesina, Paul Awoyera)....Pages 791-799 Blade Optimization of a Small Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Using the Response Surface Method (Chul-Kyu Kim, Sajid Ali, Sang-Moon Lee, Choon-Man Jang)....Pages 801-812 Enhancing Energy Utilisation in Building with Combining Building Integrated PV and Air Source Heat Pump for Underfloor Heating Using Phase Change Materials (Ming Jun Huang, Neil J. Hewitt)....Pages 813-823 Climate Change Adaptation: Prioritising Districts for Urban Green Coverage to Mitigate High Temperatures and UHIE in Developing Countries (Mohsen Aboulnaga, Mona Mostafa)....Pages 825-837 Operational Strategies for a Large-Scale Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine During Icing Conditions (D. B. Stoyanov, H. Sarlak, J. D. Nixon)....Pages 839-846 Use of Phase Change Materials for Solar Systems Applications (Edward J. Guionneau, Hoda Akbari, Sarah J. McCormack)....Pages 847-858 Quantum Dots Solar Cells in Solar System to Convert Light into Electricity (Amira R. AbouElhamd, Ahmed Hassan, Khaled A. Al-Sallal, Saleh T. Mahmoud)....Pages 859-868 Optical Coupling Sensitivity Study of Luminescent PV Devices Using Monte Carlo Ray-Tracing Model (Mehran Rafiee, Subhash Chandra, Hind Ahmed, Keith Barnham, Sarah J. McCormack)....Pages 869-877 Titanium Oxide Film Deposition by Low-Power APS Equipment Using Air Working Gas and Rechargeable Lead Battery (Zine Elabidine Ettayebi, Yoshimasa Noda, Yasutaka Ando, Mitsumasa Iino)....Pages 879-888 Economic and Ecologic Assessment of a Biomass-Based CHP System for a Hotel Resort on the Andaman Islands, India (Moritz Wegener, Yan Zhang, Antonio Isalgue, Anders Malmquist)....Pages 889-898 Improving the Performance of Cogeneration System in Sugar Factory by the Integration of Superheated Steam Dryer and Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (Somchart Chantasiriwan, Sarocha Charoenvai)....Pages 899-908 Fermentable Liquid Energy Carriers by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Depolymerisation of Several Biomass Carbohydrates (Javier Remón, Fabio Santomauro, Christopher J. Chuck, Avtar S. Matharu, James H. Clark)....Pages 909-920 PV Module Temperature Prediction at Any Environmental Conditions and Mounting Configurations (E. Kaplani, S. Kaplanis)....Pages 921-933 Potential of Adsorption Refrigeration System for Off-Grid Cooling Applications (Michael John, Cuthbert Z. M. Kimambo, Trygve M. Eikevik, Ole J. Nydal, Joseph Kihedu)....Pages 935-944 Deposition of Porous Photocatalytic TiO2 Film for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Low-Powered Atmospheric Plasma Spray Equipment (Alabi Kelvin Oluwafunmilade, Zine Abidine, Yasutaka Ando, Yoshimasa Noda, Mitsumasa Iino)....Pages 945-953 Achievement of Low-Energy Buildings in High-Latitude Countries Through Passive Solar Systems (Dorota Chwieduk)....Pages 955-961 Advancements and Challenges Affecting Wind Turbine Implementation in the GCC Countries (Abdul Salam Darwish)....Pages 963-979 Back Matter ....Pages 981-1006