Solar Energy Conversion Systems in the Built Environment

Foreword

1.      The built environment  (70 pg.)

1.1.         Building, built environment, community

1.2.         Energy demand in the built environment

1.3.         Meeting the energy demand in the built environment

1.4.         The building sector. Indicators for buildings efficiency and sustainability

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2.   Renewable energy sources and systems (110 pg)

2.1.         Renewable energy sources: type, potential, assessment

2.1.1. Solar radiation

2.1.2. Geothermal

2.1.3 Biomass

2.2.         Available renewable energy potential in the built environment

2.2.1. Solar radiation

2.2.2. Geothermal

2.2.3. Biomass

2.3.         Renewable energy systems

2.3.1.        Photovoltaic systems

2.3.2.        Solar-thermal systems

2.3.3.        Geothermal systems

2.3.4.        Biomass systems

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3.      Increasing the solar share in electricity production in the built environment  (85 pg.)

3.1.         Building integrated photovoltaic systems

3.2.         Design of photovoltaic systems

3.3.         Increasing the electric output of photovoltaic systems by using solar tracking systems

3.4.         PV integration in communities

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4.      Increasing the solar share for heating, cooling and DHW in the built environment (100 pg.)

4.1.         Thermal energy demand at building level

4.2.         Solar-thermal systems in buildings

4.3.         Design of solar-thermal systems integrated in the built environment

4.4.         Increasing the thermal output and durability of solar-thermal systems

4.5.         Increasing the share of solar energy in meeting the thermal energy demand of a building

4.6.         Renewable energy mixes based on solar energy in nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB)

4.6.1.        Solar-thermal - heat pumps

4.6.2.        Solar-thermal - heat pumps - photovoltaics

4.6.3.        Solar-thermal - biomass

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5.      PVT systems (20 pg.)

5.1.     PVT modules

5.2.     PVT output

5.3.    PVT systems in the built environment

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6.      Sustainable communities (40 pg.)

6.1. Nearly Zero Energy Communities (nZEC): concept, definitions

6.2. Energy for nZEC: Steps in implementing renewable energy systems in nZEB and in nZEC

6.3. Operation and energy management

6.4. Case studies

6.5. Emergent trends in using solar energy at community level

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