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Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency

Volodymyr Ivanov editor F Pacheco-Torgal editor Cinzia Buratti editor S Kalaiselvam editor Claes-Göran Granqvist editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:9th Jun '18

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This book presents the current state of knowledge on nanomaterials and their use in buildings, ranging from glazing and vacuum insulation to PCM composites. It also discusses recent applications in organic photovoltaics, photo-bioreactors, bioplastics and foams, making it an exciting read while also providing copious references to current research and applications for those wanting to pursue possible future research directions.
Derek Clements-Croome, Emeritus Professor in Architectural Engineering, University of Reading (From the Foreword)
Demonstrating how higher energy efficiency in new and existing buildings can help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, this book details the way in which new technologies, manufacturing processes and products can serve to abate emissions from the energy sector and offer a cost-effective means of improving competitiveness and drive employment.
Maximizing reader insights into how nano and biotech materials – such as aerogel based plasters, thermochromic glazings and thermal energy adsorbing glass, amongst others – can provide high energy efficiency performance in buildings, it provides practitioners in the field with an important high-tech tool to tackle key challenges and is essential reading for civil engineers, architects, materials scientists and researchers in the  area of the sustainability of the built environment.

ISBN: 9783319801551

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 7431g

484 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016