E-Book, Englisch, 301 Seiten
Khalil Energy Efficiency in the Urban Environment
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-5065-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 301 Seiten
Reihe: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series
ISBN: 978-1-4822-5065-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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Weitere Infos & Material
Energy Efficient Quality of Life
General
Energy Efficiency Concepts, Definitions and Measures
Quality Of Life as an Indicator for Human Progress
Ecological Footprint and HDI
Quality Of Life and Sustainability
Energy Performance
Energy Efficiency Indicators
Energy Efficiency Standards
Energy Labels
Concluding Remarks
References and Endnotes
Energy Efficiency Strategies in Urban Planning of Cities
Introduction
Cities and Energy Consumption: The Macro Level
Cities and Energy Consumption: The micro level
City Consumption and City Impact
Roles of stakeholders in planning for energy efficiency
The Middle East Context
Conclusions
References and Endnotes
Energy Efficient Urban Areas: Theories and Green Rating Systems
Introduction
Quality of Life is a Right
Measuring Sustainable Development
Sustainable Urbanism Theories
Best practices in Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Urbanism principles
Guidelines to Egyptian sustainable cities
Conclusions
References and Endnotes
Energy Efficient Informalization
Introduction: Scarce Resources, Efficient Practices, Urbanization and Sustainability
Western Urbanization and The Call for Sustainable Urban Development
The Developing World Urbanization: Informalization
Do Informal Areas Possess Sustainable Potentials? Is Informalization "Smart"?
Conclusions
References and Endnotes
Energy Generation Plants and Leakages In Energy for Urban Egypt
Conventional Power Plants
Strategic urban planning program: lacking energy component
Building New communities in desert areas
References and Endnotes
Energy in Buildings
Energy Efficient Buildings: A Challenging Era
Indoor Environmental Quality
Rating systems of energy efficient buildings
References and Endnotes
Bibliography
Low Carbon Buildings
Energy Efficient Designs of Low Carbon Buildings.
Energy Efficient Buildings
NEW DESIGN PRACTICES
References and Endnotes
Further Readings
Green Buildings
General
Concepts
Measures and assessments
New Design practices and renewable energy blends
References and Endnotes
Current Energy Leakages in Egyptian Buildings
Examples of Public and residential buildings
Measures and Assessments
Laws, Codes and Standards
Energy Auditing
References and Endnotes
Energy FUTURE PROSPECTS
Continuous urbanization and climate change
Energy efficiency and urban expansion
Integrating renewable energies into urban planning
Energy efficient building envelops
Providing integrated solutions for low income areas which constitute most of urbanization activities
Awareness regarding climate change, energy crisis, resource efficient urbanism
Bottom up approaches vs. top down interventions
New business models of green economy that supports energy efficient urban development.
References and Endnotes
Bibliography
Annexes
Reference Standards
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