Overview

The world’s economy is fuelled by energy. Depletion of resources and severe environmental effects resulting from the continuous use of fossil fuels has motivated an increasing amount of interest in renewable energy resources and the search for sustainable energy policies.  The changes required to progress from an economy mainly focussed on hydrocarbons to one taking advantage of sustainable renewable energy resources require considerable scientific research, as well as the development of new engineering systems. Energy policies and management are of primary importance to achieve the development of sustainability and need to be consistent with recent advances in energy production and distribution. In many cases, the challenges lie as much in the conversion from renewable energies (wind, solar, etc.) to useful forms (electricity, heat, fuel) at an acceptable cost including damage to the environment as in the integration of these resources into the existing infrastructure. The diverse topics covered by the papers in this volume involve collaboration between different disciplines in order to arrive at optimum solutions; they include studies on sustainable energy production, energy efficiency and energy access, renewable energy resources, sustainable buildings, environmental impact and several others.

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Author:   Giorgio Passerini ,  Stavros Syngellakis
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Volume:   265
ISBN:  

9781784665036

ISBN 10:   1784665037
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Prigogine lecture – 2023 award Formulating a sustainable management by learning from nature Section 2: Energy efficiency Sustainable, nearly zero-emission retrofit for a pre-1919 house in Scotland; Measuring the impact of AI data-driven services for the built environment Section 3: Sustainable buildings Modelling and analysis of RT-42-based thermal energy storage integration with chilled water systems for energy efficiency enhancement in hot climates; Performance assessment of residential heat pump systems with and without buffer tank integration: A simulation-based study; Energy retrofit policies in Italy: A regional perspective on past trends and future scenarios; A five-step methodological framework for living labs seeking low-carbon buildings: Insights from international best practices Section 4: Energy and transport The darker side of electric cars: How to source the lithium to produce EV batteries in a less unsustainable way; Involvement and participation of local actors through the living lab approach to co-create the sustainable mobility of the future Section 5: Energy and circular economy Conversion of solid waste from electricity cogeneration into slow-release fertilizer;  Practices of the utilisation of post-agricultural waste in the construction industry: The case of Greece – A comparative analysis; Comparative study of waste management and recycling in the context of circular economy: Insights from Romania Section 6: Sustainable energy production Management competencies in the energy sector within the framework of sustainable management; Management systems and their impact on the development of the  petroleum industry: A bibliometric analysis Section 7: Renewable energy resources Agrivoltaics for regional energy transition: A case study within the Marche Region, Italy;  Development and field validation of a MATLAB-based simulation model for a renewable hydrogen production plant via electrolysis; Strategies for harnessing surplus energy from small-scale hydropower in local energy communities: Evidence from northern Italy;  Combined heating, cooling and power driven by renewable thermal energy; Resilience of anaerobic digesters for discarded biomass; The political economy of critical minerals: Mapping global power asymmetries in mineral supply chains; Public attitudes and concerns about renewable electricity production over the last 40 years in Idaho, USA Section 8: Energy access Fuel use in Chile: Regional patterns and socioeconomic inequalities; Technological and social perspective on local energy communities development: A case study in the Basque Country, Spain Section 9: Environmental impact Energy and environmental assessment of a chilli processing plant in southern New Mexico; Evaluating Tier 1 SOx emission estimates for a petroleum refinery: A case study Efficiency and environmental impacts of biogas vs. biomethane in combined heat and power applications; Unintended consequences of energy innovation: Integrating emotional health determinants into policy and design Section 10: Greenhouse gas emissions Assessing residential biomass combustion emissions in the Marche Region, Italy, through a high-resolution bottom-up methodology; Sustainable growth, renewable energy and carbon emissions: Evidence from a TVP-VAR approach

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