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This Special Issue includes 20 contributions from across the world with very interesting and current research topics, such as insulation solutions and CO2 emissions; thermal transmittance of LSF walls; statistics for China’s building energy consumption; natural ventilation; thermal behavior of an earthbag building; thermal performance and comfort in a vernacular building; overheating risk under future extreme weather conditions; analytical methods to estimate the thermal transmittance of LSF walls; model simplification on energy and comfort simulation analysis; Trombe wall thermal behavior and energy efficiency of an LSF compartment; new metering hot box for in situ hygrothermal measurement; mechanical and thermal performance of compressed earth blocks; life-cycle assessment of a new house; energy analyses of Serbian buildings with horizontal overhangs; thermal properties of mortar blocks by using recycled glass; prediction of cooling energy consumption building using machine learning techniques; occupants’ behavior, climate change, heating, and cooling energy needs of buildings; a new method for establishing a hygrothermally controlled test room; nonintrusive measurements to incorporate the air renovations in dynamic models; and retrofit of existing buildings with aerogel panels.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- energy demand analysis --- insulation materials --- climate zones --- envelope --- CO2 emissions --- LSF construction --- facade wall --- partition wall --- thermal transmittance --- thermal bridges --- parametric study --- numerical simulations --- building energy statistics --- building energy consumption --- energy balance sheet --- building energy efficiency --- China --- building automation systems --- heating control --- energy savings --- earth building --- thermal comfort --- passive design --- monitoring and simulation --- glazed balcony --- indoor comfort --- passive strategies --- thermal performance --- vernacular architecture --- overheating risk --- evaluation --- cold climates --- lightweight steel frame --- LSF walls --- U-value --- analytical methods --- calculation procedures --- accuracy --- Model simplifications --- Thermal and visual comfort --- Energy performance --- IDA ICE --- Residential building --- passive solar --- Trombe wall --- light steel frame --- thermal behavior --- energy efficiency --- Mediterranean climate --- office use --- residential use --- heating set-points --- metering hot box --- in situ --- hygrothermal measurement --- dynamic conditions --- historic masonries --- HeLLo --- compressed earth blocks (CEBs) --- compressive strength --- durability --- guarded hot box --- LCA --- environmental impact --- house --- building envelope --- building --- overhangs --- energy consumption --- optimization --- GenOpt --- EnergyPlus --- crushed glass --- periodic thermal transmittance --- energy demand --- adaptive comfort --- social housing --- heating and cooling system --- optimization and management --- energy use prediction --- neural network --- support vector machine --- occupant behavior --- climate changes --- energy needs --- ventilation --- residential buildings --- DesignBuilder --- water vapor resistivity --- hygrothermal modeling --- condensation --- mold --- hygrothermal properties --- moisture transport --- inter-laboratory testing --- building energy --- performance assessment --- air renovation --- non-intrusive measurements --- on-board monitoring --- aerogel --- dynamic simulation --- retrofitting --- economic analysis

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This book is aimed at serving researchers, engineers, scientists, and engineering graduate and PhD students of engineering and physical science together with individuals interested in engineering and science. This book focuses on the application of engineering methods to complex systems including transportation, building, and manufacturing, with approaches representing a wide variety of disciplines of engineering and science. Throughout the book, great emphases are placed on engineering applications of complex systems, as well as the methodologies of automation, including artificial intelligence, automated and intelligent control, energy analysis, energy modelling, energy management, and optimised energy efficiency. The significant impact of recent studies that have been selected for presentation are of high interest in engineering complex systems. An attempt has been made to expose the reading audience of engineers and researchers to a broad range of theoretical and practical topics. The topics contained in the present book are of specific interest to engineers who are seeking expertise in transportation, building, and manufacturing technologies as well as mathematical modelling of complex systems, engineering approaches to engineering complex problems, automation via artificial intelligence methods, automated and intelligent control, and energy systems. The primary audience of this book are researchers, graduate students, and engineers in mechanical engineering, control engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and science disciplines. In particular, the book can be used for training graduate and PhD students as well as senior undergraduate students to enhance their knowledge by taking a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in the areas of complex systems, control systems, energy systems, and engineering applications. The covered research topics are also of interest to engineers and academia who are seeking to expand their expertise in these areas.eng

History of engineering & technology --- microstructure --- carbon fibers --- polyacrylonitrile --- thermal stabilization --- recirculation fan frequency --- IR imaging --- extended-range electric bus --- adaptive-equivalent consumption minimum strategy --- Markov chain --- target driving cycles --- SOC reference curve --- energy management system --- building automation systems --- building energy efficiency --- daytime lighting --- lighting control systems --- EN 15232 standard --- four-wheel independent-drive --- electric vehicle --- skid steering --- differential steering --- sliding mode variable structure control --- robustness --- active 4WS system --- hierarchical control --- decoupling --- fractional sliding mode control --- vehicle-to-grid --- EV charging infrastructure --- optimal dispatch --- oil-to-electricity transformation for automobiles --- permanent magnet synchronous motor --- sliding mode control --- motion control --- fractional order --- sliding surface --- composite controller --- intelligent control (IC) --- fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) --- direct expansion air-conditioning (DX A/C) --- nonlinear --- coupling effect --- MIMO --- stability analysis --- Lyapunov function --- fuzzy bidirectional associative memories (FBAMs) --- URT --- multi-train optimization --- steep slope --- electrical network model --- regenerative energy dynamic losses --- Air-Conditioning --- On-Off control --- desert climate --- optimization --- Elman Neural Networks --- event-based consensus --- hierarchical leader–follower network --- hierarchical event-based control --- layer-to-layer delays

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This Special Issue includes 20 contributions from across the world with very interesting and current research topics, such as insulation solutions and CO2 emissions; thermal transmittance of LSF walls; statistics for China’s building energy consumption; natural ventilation; thermal behavior of an earthbag building; thermal performance and comfort in a vernacular building; overheating risk under future extreme weather conditions; analytical methods to estimate the thermal transmittance of LSF walls; model simplification on energy and comfort simulation analysis; Trombe wall thermal behavior and energy efficiency of an LSF compartment; new metering hot box for in situ hygrothermal measurement; mechanical and thermal performance of compressed earth blocks; life-cycle assessment of a new house; energy analyses of Serbian buildings with horizontal overhangs; thermal properties of mortar blocks by using recycled glass; prediction of cooling energy consumption building using machine learning techniques; occupants’ behavior, climate change, heating, and cooling energy needs of buildings; a new method for establishing a hygrothermally controlled test room; nonintrusive measurements to incorporate the air renovations in dynamic models; and retrofit of existing buildings with aerogel panels.

energy demand analysis --- insulation materials --- climate zones --- envelope --- CO2 emissions --- LSF construction --- facade wall --- partition wall --- thermal transmittance --- thermal bridges --- parametric study --- numerical simulations --- building energy statistics --- building energy consumption --- energy balance sheet --- building energy efficiency --- China --- building automation systems --- heating control --- energy savings --- earth building --- thermal comfort --- passive design --- monitoring and simulation --- glazed balcony --- indoor comfort --- passive strategies --- thermal performance --- vernacular architecture --- overheating risk --- evaluation --- cold climates --- lightweight steel frame --- LSF walls --- U-value --- analytical methods --- calculation procedures --- accuracy --- Model simplifications --- Thermal and visual comfort --- Energy performance --- IDA ICE --- Residential building --- passive solar --- Trombe wall --- light steel frame --- thermal behavior --- energy efficiency --- Mediterranean climate --- office use --- residential use --- heating set-points --- metering hot box --- in situ --- hygrothermal measurement --- dynamic conditions --- historic masonries --- HeLLo --- compressed earth blocks (CEBs) --- compressive strength --- durability --- guarded hot box --- LCA --- environmental impact --- house --- building envelope --- building --- overhangs --- energy consumption --- optimization --- GenOpt --- EnergyPlus --- crushed glass --- periodic thermal transmittance --- energy demand --- adaptive comfort --- social housing --- heating and cooling system --- optimization and management --- energy use prediction --- neural network --- support vector machine --- occupant behavior --- climate changes --- energy needs --- ventilation --- residential buildings --- DesignBuilder --- water vapor resistivity --- hygrothermal modeling --- condensation --- mold --- hygrothermal properties --- moisture transport --- inter-laboratory testing --- building energy --- performance assessment --- air renovation --- non-intrusive measurements --- on-board monitoring --- aerogel --- dynamic simulation --- retrofitting --- economic analysis