Viorel Badescu Editor & Author

Viorel Badescu is affiliated with Candida Oancea Institute at Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Main fields of research are physics of radiation, solar radiation availability, photovoltaic and photothermal conversion of solar energy, optimal control of thermal engineering processes, passive buildings, macroengineering, statistical physics and thermodynamics, with results reported in more than 250 papers and 30 books. He is corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.

George Lazaroiu, PhD, is Associate Professor at Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, NY Spiru Haret University, Bucharest.

Linda Barelli is Associate Professor at Department of Engineering, University if Perugia.