Towards nearly zero energy : urban settings in the Mediterranean climate / Annarita Ferrante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrante, Annarita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy consumption--Mediterranean Region.

Energy consumption.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Towards Nearly Zero Energy: Urban Settings in the Mediterranean Climate discusses tactics that can be used to effectively reduce energy consumption towards zero energy. With energy usage in buildings accounting for over 40% of primary energy use and 24% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, this remains an unavoidable objective. The book looks at the life of the systems of energy production from renewable sources amidst the exceptionally challenging global economic crisis that the Mediterranean areas and other societies are currently experiencing. By using an innovative and interdisciplinary approach of socio-oriented technological design, the book indicates tools and measures that can be developed at the public, legislative, and market levels to counterbalance the large pay-back times of energy efficiency measures. In particular, the book displays guidelines and best practices to activate new forms of economic incentives in order to attract potential investors that demonstrate that a large set of possible solutions is technically feasible to achieve nearly zero energy, even in high energy consuming circumstances and urban settings. Furthermore, by discussing and comparing the economic and energy impact of different technology options, this work offers guidelines and best practices to activate new cost-effective forms and social incentives in order to attract both potential investors and motivate the urban stakeholders toward nearly zero energy. Strategies and zero energy solutions for practitioners Policy s and economic resolutions to combat legislative barriers Examples and case studies of nearly zero energy urban environments

Contents:

2.3 - Three representative urban environments in the AMA2.3.1 - The Energy Demand in the Selected Urban Environments; 2.3.1.1 - Aghia Varvara; 2.3.1.2 - Peristeri; 2.3.1.3 - Evripidou; 2.3.1.4 - Brief Notes on the Energy Demand in the Different Urban Settings; 2.3.2 - The Energy-Saving Potential of Retrofitting Options; 2.3.2.1 - Aghia Varvara: Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.2 - Peristeri Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.3 - Evripidou: Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.4 - Comparing Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.3 - Energy Generation by Renewable Energy Sources

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 10, 2016).

ISBN:

9780081007402

008100740X

9780081007358

0081007353

OCLC:

992804460