Scientists all over the world are in search of new and renewable energy sources. One of the options is to develop energy storage devices, which are as important as developing new sources of energy. Thermal energy storage systems provide the potential to attain energy savings, which in turn reduce the environment impact related to energy use. Infact, these systems provide a valuable solution for...

reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have become a worldwide necessity. iran has the sixteenth ranking position of global greenhouse gas emissions and its rate of growth is above global average. built environments are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and it is generally approved that the greatest portion of built environment is dedicated to residential land us...

Energy conservation issues and environmental problems in recent years have increased interest in traditional architecture which is well known for its energy saving designs. This paper thoroughly investigates vernacular housing designs and evaluates on the aspect of building physics. A new research methodology which is adapted to the natural and social context of Vietnam was proposed and applied...

Solar energy, as a clean and renewable resource is becoming increasingly important in the global context of climate change and energy crisis. Utilization of solar energy in urban areas is of great importance in urban energy planning, environmental conservation, and sustainable development. However, available spaces for solar panel installation in cities are quite limited except for building roo...

Although the diffusion of policy innovations can promote sustainability, how this process be accelerated remains unclear. I address gap by conceptualizing transfer and using multiple streams framework (MSF) developing hypotheses to connect them. apply theorization explain limited spread energy conservation building code (ECBC) in India combining a trace adoption embedded case Andhra Pradesh wit...

the municipality of tehran is intending to construct a permanent international flower exhibition. the activities for construction began in the year 2006. the exhibition has three distinct areas namely “northern area”,”southern area” and “central area”. in northern and southern area the flowers are supposed to be preserved and in central area, they will be sold out. in the present st...

1 EURAC research, Italy, [email protected] 2 Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, [email protected] 3 EURAC research, Italy, [email protected] 4 IDK – Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierung von Denkmalen, Germany, [email protected] ABSTRACT Through implementation of high quality energy efficiency solutions a remarkable reduction in the energy demand of historic b...