Exergy Theory and Applications in the Built Environment /

• Main Author: Shukuya, Masanori (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Architecture.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Facility management.; Sustainable development.; Facility Management.; Sustainable Development.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Architecture, general.

Many people, professionals and non-professionals alike, recognize that it is of critical importance to solve global energy and environmental issues. For this purpose, it is essential to have a scientific understanding of what is meant by the “energy” issue and the “environmental” issue. The concept...

Table of Contents:

• CHAPTER 1 Renewing Our View with the Concept of Exergy
• CHAPTER 2 Exergy-Entropy Process of Global Environmental System
• CHAPTER 3 Built-Environmental Systems
• CHAPTER 4 Theory for Closed Systems
• CHAPTER 5 Theory for Open Systems.