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Nature-Based Solutions for Restoration of Ecosystems and Sustainable Urban Development
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This volume examines the applicability of nature-based solutions in ecological restoration practice and in contemporary landscape architecture by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Green infrastructure is used to address urban challenges such as climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and stormwater management. In addition, thermal comfort nature-based solutions reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in sustainable urban development, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. The ten contributions to this book examine a wide range of successful cases of designing healthier, greener and more resilient landscapes in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America and Brazil, through various European regions, to Singapore and China. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Therefore, this volume provides a rich body of work and acts as a starting point for further studies on restoration of ecosystems and integrative policies such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.


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Procedures and Methodologies for the Control and Improvement of Energy-Environmental Quality in Construction
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on procedures and methodologies developed to improve energy and environmental performance through building renovation. We are greatly thankful to our colleagues building physics experts, building technology researchers, and urban environment scholars who contributed to this Special Issue, for sharing their original works in the field.

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Technology: general issues --- CFD --- enclosed building --- wind environment --- group layout --- Hangzhou --- China --- indoor air quality --- IAQ --- enthalpy --- humidity --- thermal comfort --- TC --- dissatisfaction --- panel tests --- nearly zero energy building --- NZEB --- indoor environmental quality --- IEQ --- indoor air quality models --- sustainable building --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- MCDM --- MADM --- user dissatisfaction --- weights system --- building comfort --- PD --- Residential users --- Demand Response --- Flexible loads --- Dwellings clustering --- building-integrated photovoltaics—BIPV --- building heritage --- energy efficiency --- traditional materials --- resilience --- urban regeneration --- adapting to change --- climate performance --- innovative technologies --- smoke --- natural exhaust --- mechanical exhaust --- smoke curtain --- fire dynamics simulator --- drying --- heat and moisture transfer --- hygro-thermal behavior --- masonry walls --- wet wall --- in situ monitoring --- energy benchmarking --- university campus --- energy performance certificate --- CIBSE TM46 --- thermal energy efficiency --- dynamic model --- energy performance of buildings --- low temperature district heating --- indoor comfort --- renovation --- urban scale --- energy requalification --- building envelope --- sustainable development and planning --- standardized interventions of requalification --- Geographic Information System --- biometric data --- biosignals --- non-intrusive sensing --- physiological metrics --- environmental stimuli --- stress detection --- health --- comfort --- human thermal perception --- multi-domain interactions --- noise sensation --- cross-modal perception --- n/a --- building-integrated photovoltaics-BIPV --- Lake Mungo / Walls of China (Willandra SW NSW SI54-08)


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Procedures and Methodologies for the Control and Improvement of Energy-Environmental Quality in Construction
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on procedures and methodologies developed to improve energy and environmental performance through building renovation. We are greatly thankful to our colleagues building physics experts, building technology researchers, and urban environment scholars who contributed to this Special Issue, for sharing their original works in the field.

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CFD --- enclosed building --- wind environment --- group layout --- Hangzhou --- China --- indoor air quality --- IAQ --- enthalpy --- humidity --- thermal comfort --- TC --- dissatisfaction --- panel tests --- nearly zero energy building --- NZEB --- indoor environmental quality --- IEQ --- indoor air quality models --- sustainable building --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- MCDM --- MADM --- user dissatisfaction --- weights system --- building comfort --- PD --- Residential users --- Demand Response --- Flexible loads --- Dwellings clustering --- building-integrated photovoltaics—BIPV --- building heritage --- energy efficiency --- traditional materials --- resilience --- urban regeneration --- adapting to change --- climate performance --- innovative technologies --- smoke --- natural exhaust --- mechanical exhaust --- smoke curtain --- fire dynamics simulator --- drying --- heat and moisture transfer --- hygro-thermal behavior --- masonry walls --- wet wall --- in situ monitoring --- energy benchmarking --- university campus --- energy performance certificate --- CIBSE TM46 --- thermal energy efficiency --- dynamic model --- energy performance of buildings --- low temperature district heating --- indoor comfort --- renovation --- urban scale --- energy requalification --- building envelope --- sustainable development and planning --- standardized interventions of requalification --- Geographic Information System --- biometric data --- biosignals --- non-intrusive sensing --- physiological metrics --- environmental stimuli --- stress detection --- health --- comfort --- human thermal perception --- multi-domain interactions --- noise sensation --- cross-modal perception --- n/a --- building-integrated photovoltaics-BIPV --- Lake Mungo / Walls of China (Willandra SW NSW SI54-08)


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Innovative Technologies and Services for Smart Cities
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ISBN: 303921182X 3039211811 9783039211821 Year: 2019 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI,

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A smart city is a modern technology-driven urban area which uses sensing devices, information, and communication technology connected to the internet of things (IoTs) for the optimum and efficient utilization of infrastructures and services with the goal of improving the living conditions of citizens. Increasing populations, lower budgets, limited resources, and compatibility of the upgraded technologies are some of the few problems affecting the implementation of smart cities. Hence, there is continuous advancement regarding technologies for the implementation of smart cities. The aim of this Special Issue is to report on the design and development of integrated/smart sensors, a universal interfacing platform, along with the IoT framework, extending it to next-generation communication networks for monitoring parameters of interest with the goal of achieving smart cities. The proposed universal interfacing platform with the IoT framework will solve many challenging issues and significantly boost the growth of IoT-related applications, not just in the environmental monitoring domain but in the other key areas, such as smart home, assistive technology for the elderly care, smart city with smart waste management, smart E-metering, smart water supply, intelligent traffic control, smart grid, remote healthcare applications, etc., signifying benefits for all countries.


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Nature-Based Solutions for Restoration of Ecosystems and Sustainable Urban Development
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This volume examines the applicability of nature-based solutions in ecological restoration practice and in contemporary landscape architecture by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Green infrastructure is used to address urban challenges such as climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and stormwater management. In addition, thermal comfort nature-based solutions reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in sustainable urban development, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. The ten contributions to this book examine a wide range of successful cases of designing healthier, greener and more resilient landscapes in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America and Brazil, through various European regions, to Singapore and China. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Therefore, this volume provides a rich body of work and acts as a starting point for further studies on restoration of ecosystems and integrative policies such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.


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Photovoltaics and Electrification in Agriculture
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Integration of photovoltaics and electrification in agriculture. Works on the integration of photovoltaics in agriculture, as well as electrification and microgrids in agriculture. In addition, some works on sustainability in agriculture are added.

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transpiration --- PV heat conversion --- plant heat stress --- agrivoltaic system --- sustainable integration --- thermal analysis --- sustainable agriculture --- nexus approach --- rural development --- solar micro-grid --- techno-economic impact --- agrivoltaics --- solar energy --- agriculture --- energy innovation --- technology adoption --- photovoltaics --- extraterrestrial solar irradiation --- global, beam and diffuse solar components --- ground-reflected solar radiation --- horizontal, tilted and oriented solar irradiation --- solar photovoltaics --- agricultural robots --- Agri 4.0 --- battery-based farm machinery --- mobile irrigation system --- smart water sprinklers --- smart pesticide sprayers --- multi-purpose farming robots --- agrophotovoltaic --- agrivoltaic --- dual-land use --- solar sharing --- solar photovoltaic energy --- water–food–energy nexus --- fuses coordination --- protection device --- distributed generation --- distribution network --- photovoltaic --- DIgSILENT --- Agri-PV --- shading --- crop performance --- yields --- product quality --- organic agriculture --- biodynamic agriculture --- land productivity --- localization --- link budget --- spreading factor --- range --- LoRa --- node sensitivity --- SNR --- sustainable greenhouse --- semi-transparent photovoltaic panels --- amorphous silicon --- building-integrated photovoltaics --- microgrid --- organic photovoltaics --- greenhouses --- tomato --- arid region --- food-energy nexus --- solar-powered irrigation --- benefit-cost ratio --- land equivalent ratio --- n/a --- water-food-energy nexus


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Photovoltaics and Electrification in Agriculture
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Integration of photovoltaics and electrification in agriculture. Works on the integration of photovoltaics in agriculture, as well as electrification and microgrids in agriculture. In addition, some works on sustainability in agriculture are added.

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Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- transpiration --- PV heat conversion --- plant heat stress --- agrivoltaic system --- sustainable integration --- thermal analysis --- sustainable agriculture --- nexus approach --- rural development --- solar micro-grid --- techno-economic impact --- agrivoltaics --- solar energy --- agriculture --- energy innovation --- technology adoption --- photovoltaics --- extraterrestrial solar irradiation --- global, beam and diffuse solar components --- ground-reflected solar radiation --- horizontal, tilted and oriented solar irradiation --- solar photovoltaics --- agricultural robots --- Agri 4.0 --- battery-based farm machinery --- mobile irrigation system --- smart water sprinklers --- smart pesticide sprayers --- multi-purpose farming robots --- agrophotovoltaic --- agrivoltaic --- dual-land use --- solar sharing --- solar photovoltaic energy --- water-food-energy nexus --- fuses coordination --- protection device --- distributed generation --- distribution network --- photovoltaic --- DIgSILENT --- Agri-PV --- shading --- crop performance --- yields --- product quality --- organic agriculture --- biodynamic agriculture --- land productivity --- localization --- link budget --- spreading factor --- range --- LoRa --- node sensitivity --- SNR --- sustainable greenhouse --- semi-transparent photovoltaic panels --- amorphous silicon --- building-integrated photovoltaics --- microgrid --- organic photovoltaics --- greenhouses --- tomato --- arid region --- food-energy nexus --- solar-powered irrigation --- benefit-cost ratio --- land equivalent ratio


Book
Nature-Based Solutions for Restoration of Ecosystems and Sustainable Urban Development
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This volume examines the applicability of nature-based solutions in ecological restoration practice and in contemporary landscape architecture by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Green infrastructure is used to address urban challenges such as climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and stormwater management. In addition, thermal comfort nature-based solutions reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in sustainable urban development, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. The ten contributions to this book examine a wide range of successful cases of designing healthier, greener and more resilient landscapes in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America and Brazil, through various European regions, to Singapore and China. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Therefore, this volume provides a rich body of work and acts as a starting point for further studies on restoration of ecosystems and integrative policies such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.


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Photovoltaics and Electrification in Agriculture
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Integration of photovoltaics and electrification in agriculture. Works on the integration of photovoltaics in agriculture, as well as electrification and microgrids in agriculture. In addition, some works on sustainability in agriculture are added.

Keywords

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- transpiration --- PV heat conversion --- plant heat stress --- agrivoltaic system --- sustainable integration --- thermal analysis --- sustainable agriculture --- nexus approach --- rural development --- solar micro-grid --- techno-economic impact --- agrivoltaics --- solar energy --- agriculture --- energy innovation --- technology adoption --- photovoltaics --- extraterrestrial solar irradiation --- global, beam and diffuse solar components --- ground-reflected solar radiation --- horizontal, tilted and oriented solar irradiation --- solar photovoltaics --- agricultural robots --- Agri 4.0 --- battery-based farm machinery --- mobile irrigation system --- smart water sprinklers --- smart pesticide sprayers --- multi-purpose farming robots --- agrophotovoltaic --- agrivoltaic --- dual-land use --- solar sharing --- solar photovoltaic energy --- water–food–energy nexus --- fuses coordination --- protection device --- distributed generation --- distribution network --- photovoltaic --- DIgSILENT --- Agri-PV --- shading --- crop performance --- yields --- product quality --- organic agriculture --- biodynamic agriculture --- land productivity --- localization --- link budget --- spreading factor --- range --- LoRa --- node sensitivity --- SNR --- sustainable greenhouse --- semi-transparent photovoltaic panels --- amorphous silicon --- building-integrated photovoltaics --- microgrid --- organic photovoltaics --- greenhouses --- tomato --- arid region --- food-energy nexus --- solar-powered irrigation --- benefit-cost ratio --- land equivalent ratio --- n/a --- water-food-energy nexus


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Procedures and Methodologies for the Control and Improvement of Energy-Environmental Quality in Construction
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on procedures and methodologies developed to improve energy and environmental performance through building renovation. We are greatly thankful to our colleagues building physics experts, building technology researchers, and urban environment scholars who contributed to this Special Issue, for sharing their original works in the field.

Keywords

Technology: general issues --- CFD --- enclosed building --- wind environment --- group layout --- Hangzhou --- China --- indoor air quality --- IAQ --- enthalpy --- humidity --- thermal comfort --- TC --- dissatisfaction --- panel tests --- nearly zero energy building --- NZEB --- indoor environmental quality --- IEQ --- indoor air quality models --- sustainable building --- multi-criteria decision analysis --- MCDM --- MADM --- user dissatisfaction --- weights system --- building comfort --- PD --- Residential users --- Demand Response --- Flexible loads --- Dwellings clustering --- building-integrated photovoltaics-BIPV --- building heritage --- energy efficiency --- traditional materials --- resilience --- urban regeneration --- adapting to change --- climate performance --- innovative technologies --- smoke --- natural exhaust --- mechanical exhaust --- smoke curtain --- fire dynamics simulator --- drying --- heat and moisture transfer --- hygro-thermal behavior --- masonry walls --- wet wall --- in situ monitoring --- energy benchmarking --- university campus --- energy performance certificate --- CIBSE TM46 --- thermal energy efficiency --- dynamic model --- energy performance of buildings --- low temperature district heating --- indoor comfort --- renovation --- urban scale --- energy requalification --- building envelope --- sustainable development and planning --- standardized interventions of requalification --- Geographic Information System --- biometric data --- biosignals --- non-intrusive sensing --- physiological metrics --- environmental stimuli --- stress detection --- health --- comfort --- human thermal perception --- multi-domain interactions --- noise sensation --- cross-modal perception --- Lake Mungo / Walls of China (Willandra SW NSW SI54-08)

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