Cities for smart environmental and energy futures : Impacts on architecture and technology /

Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields. Due to the ever-increasing focus on sustainable technologies, alternative energy sources, and global social...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pardalos, Panos M., Rassia, Stamatina Th
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
Series:Energy Systems
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Summary:Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields. Due to the ever-increasing focus on sustainable technologies, alternative energy sources, and global social and urban issues, interest in the energy systems for cities of the future has grown in a wealth of disciplines. Some of the special features of this book include new findings on the city of the future from the macro to the micro level. These range from urban sustainability to indoor urbanism, and from strategies for cities and global climate change to material properties. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers active in architecture, engineering, the social and computational sciences, building physics and related fields.  
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 301 pages) 101 illustration.
ISBN:9783642376610
ISSN:1867-8998