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ewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications Options for a Greener Future

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications

Mardiana Idayu Ahmad Mazran Ismail Saffa Riffat •

Editors

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications Options for a Greener Future

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Editors Mardiana Idayu Ahmad School of Industrial Technology Universiti Sains Malaysia George Town, Penang Malaysia

Saffa Riffat Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham Nottingham UK

Mazran Ismail School of Housing, Building and Planning Universiti Sains Malaysia George Town, Penang Malaysia

ISBN 978-3-319-31838-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31840-0

ISBN 978-3-319-31840-0

(eBook)

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Preface

This book highlights state of the art, advancements, challenges, and options in the areas of renewable energy and sustainable technologies for building environmental applications. It aims to provide insight into existing knowledge about renewable energy and sustainable technologies while demonstrating their significance to greener environmental approaches. This book contributes to significant expansions in the energy technologies’ research horizons; while highlighting a paradigm shift in the research and discusses substantial improvements to renewable energy and sustainable technologies for building environmental applications. It consists of various relevant articles from world-leading experts which are chosen exclusively to illustrate the main areas of renewable energy and sustainable technologies, arranged in 14 different chapters. Chapter 1 presents