 | Minimizing Energy Consumption, Energy Poverty and Global and Local Climate Change in the Built Environment: Innovating to Zero Minimizing Energy Consumption, Energy Poverty and Global and Local Climate Change in the Built Environment: Innovating to Zero analyzes three major issues of the built environment, including the political, economic and technical contexts, the impacts of global and local climate change, and the technical and social characteristics of energy poverty. In addition, the book addresses the causes and reasons for the magnitude and characteristics of the built environment's energy consumption. Users will find a fresh view of energy consumption in the built environment, especially in relation to energy poverty and climate change from the ZERO energy world perspective. Mat Santamouris is Professor of Energy Physics at the University of Athens and visiting professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunnel University and National University of Singapore. He is also Director of the Laboratory of Building Energy Research at the University of Athens. He is Editor in Chief of the Energy and Buildings, Past Editor in Chief of the Journal of Advances Building Energy Research, Associate Editor of the Solar Energy Journal, and actual or past Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Solar Energy, Journal of Buildings and Environment, Journal of Sustainable Energy, Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, Journal of Open Construction and Building Technology, Sustainable Cities and Society and of the Journal of Ventilation. Santamouris is Editor of the book series on Buildings, Energy and Solar Technologies. He is also Editor and author of 12 international books on topics related to heat island, solar energy and energy conservation in buildings. He has been a guest editor of 12 special issues of various scientific journals. He is the coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 210 scientific papers published in peer review international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 14 countries including USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, etc. |
