With increasing costs of fossil fuels and intensified environmental awareness, low carbon vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), are becoming more popular for car buyers due to their lower running costs. HEVs are sensitive to the driving conditions under which they…
Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a membrane-based separation process applied in several industrial and food processing applications. In this research, performance of RO process is investigated in respect of two applications (a) wastewater treatment (b) concentration fruit juices using mo…
Conventional energy sources are not only finite and depleting rapidly, but are a major source of global warming because they are key contributors of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Renewable energy sources are one important approach to these challenges. Distributed micro-gen…
Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to the use of a group of technologies capable of combining material layer-by-layer to manufacture geometrically complex products in a single digitally controlled process step, entirely without moulds, dies or other tooling. AM is a parallel man…
The UK building stock accounts for about half of all energy consumed in the UK. A large portion of the energy is consumed by nondomestic buildings. Offices and retail are the most energy intensive typologies within the nondomestic building sector, typically accounting for over 5…
This book presents a new approach to building renovation, combining aspects of various professional disciplines, integrating green building design, structural stability, and energy efficiency. It draws attention to several often-overlooked qualities of buildings that should be c…
"This book discusses the numerous reasons why many organizations fail to manage the behavioral aspects of energy consumption, and shows you how you can apply proven management techniques to significantly reduce these unnecessary energy expenses within your own organization. Incl…
"This book discusses the numerous reasons why many organizations fail to manage the behavioral aspects of energy consumption, and shows you how you can apply proven management techniques to significantly reduce these unnecessary energy expenses within your own organization. Incl…
"This book discusses the numerous reasons why many organizations fail to manage the behavioral aspects of energy consumption, and shows you how you can apply proven management techniques to significantly reduce these unnecessary energy expenses within your own organization. Incl…
Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts presents detailed field studies of energy transition in Lille, Riyadh, Fayence, Bokhol, Ouarzazate and the Arabian Desert. It analyzes local actions and good practices - according to the resources and constraints involve…