Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pacheco Torgal, F. (Editor), Buratti, Cinzia (Editor), Kalaiselvam, Siva (Editor), Granqvist, Claes-Göran (Editor), Ivanov, Volodymyr (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy efficiency.; Civil engineering.; Engineering > Materials.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Civil Engineering.; Materials Engineering.

 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. 

 Introduction to nano and biotech materials for energy building efficiency -- Nanogel windows for energy building efficiency -- Aerogel thermal insulation for energy building efficiency -- Thermocromics for energy building efficiency -- Nano tech based vacuum insulation panels -- Nano PCMs composites for thermal energy building storage -- High performance façade materials with nanoparticles -- Nano tech super-hydrophilic based materials for reducing energy cooling needs -- Nano tech based photovoltaic materials -- Nanocellulose aerogel thermal insulation materials -- Performance of bioplastics as low embodied energy building materials -- Cyanobacteria based energy sources -- Photobioreactors energy sources -- Design of photobioreactors for buildings -- Architectural integration of photobioreactors in buildings -- Organic photovoltaic technology.