Changing Priorities. 3rd VIBRArch

In order to warrant a good present and future for people around the planet and to safe the care of the planet itself, research in architecture has to release all its potential. Therefore, the aims of the 3rd Valencia International Biennial of Research in Architecture are: - To focus on the most relevant needs of humanity and the planet and what architectural research can do for solving them. - To assess the evolution of architectural research in traditionally matters of interest and the current state of these popular and widespread topics. - To deepen in the current state and findings of architectural research on subjects akin to post-capitalism and frequently related to equal opportunities and the universal right to personal development and happiness. - To showcase all kinds of research related to the new and holistic concept of sustainability and to climate emergency. - To place in the spotlight those ongoing works or available proposals developed by architectural researchers in order to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. - To underline the capacity of architectural research to develop resiliency and abilities to adapt itself to changing priorities. - To highlight architecture's multidisciplinarity as a melting pot of multiple approaches, points of view and expertise. - To open new perspectives for architectural research by promoting the development of multidisciplinary and inter-university networks and research groups. For all that, the 3rd Valencia International Biennial of Research in Architecture is open not only to architects, but also for any academic, practitioner, professional or student with a determination to develop research in architecture or neighboring fields.Cabrera Fausto, I. (2023). Changing Priorities. 3rd VIBRArch. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/VIBRArch2022.2022.1686

World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering- Architecture- Urban Planning symposium

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all 900+ submissions by 600+ participants of WMCAUS 2018 from 60+ different countries all over the world for their interests and contributions in WMCAUS 2018. We wish you enjoy the World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium – WMCAUS 2018 and have a pleasant stay in the city of romance Prague. We hope to see you again during next event WMCAUS 2019 which will be held in Prague (Czech Republic) approximately in the similar period

Proceedings of 8th International Conference Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings (IEECB’14)

This book contains the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings which took place in Frankfurt, Germany 1-3 April 2014. The IEECB conference brings together all the key players from this sector, including commercial buildings’ investors and property managers, energy efficiency experts and building technologies researchers, equipment manufacturers, service providers (ESCOs, utilities, facilities management companies) and policy makers, with a view to exchange information, to learn from each other and to network. The wide scope of topics covered during the IEECB’14 conference includes: smart building and low energy buildings, (Nearly) Net Zero Energy Buildings, equipment and systems (lighting, HVAC auxiliary equipment, ICT & office equipment, miscellaneous equipment, BEMS, electricity on-site production, renewable energies, etc.) and the latest advances in energy efficiency programmes, regulation & policies for public and private sector commercial buildings. Potential readers who may benefit from this book include researchers, engineers, policymakers, energy agencies, electric utilities, and all those who can influence the design, selection, application, and operation of electrical motor driven systems.JRC.F.7-Renewables and Energy Efficienc

Optimal design and regulation of residential distributed energy systems

Central power systems predominantly consist of large generators that provide electricity to a broad consumer base through extensive networks. This conventional top-down supply is, however, being challenged by peak demand, energy losses, ageing infrastructure and climate change. Localised distributed energy systems (DES), consisting of clusters of small-scale technologies and various energy services and interactions at the consumer level, are increasingly presented as solutions to these challenges. However, for DES to become viable, a novel cross-disciplinary design approach is still required that encompasses multiple stakeholder interests. This thesis aims to address this need through developing a flexible multi-objective decision-making framework for DES design, from an engineering and regulatory perspective, using mathematical programming techniques. A superstructure mixed-integer linear programming approach is hereto developed to optimise residential energy system designs framed by location-specific parameters and required electricity, heating and cooling demands. Engineering design is optimised in terms of selection, siting and sizing of energy supply alternatives and interactions from a considered pool of options. Multiple stakeholder-driven minimisation objectives are included through Pareto trade-offs, ensuring a system design that is not only competitive (total annualised energy cost) but also introduces security of supply (electrical system unavailability) and environmental benefits (annual CO2 emissions) to the neighbourhood as compared with conventional configurations. DES, furthermore, require an adequate regulatory framework to fit in with conventional systems. Nevertheless, regulation is still lagging behind their technological development. The developed design approach is therefore extended to enable analysis of DES regulatory framework aspects by identifying quantifiable relations, such as type, scale and ownership, between engineering design, organisation and regulation. The framework is applied to a small South Australian neighbourhood to illustrate its capability for DES design analyses and decision-making within conventional power systems generally. The developed approach ensures DES applicability within conventional power systems and their relevance to governing energy regulation