Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering

Feasibility Study of Liquid Based Spectral Beam Splitting Technique for Solar Panel Cooling.- Estimation of Daily Global Solar Radiation (DGSR) in Different Cities of Tamil Nadu.- Solar Fed Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter for Motor Drives.- Pine Needles Biomass Gasification Based Electricity Generation in the Indian Himalayan Region: Drivers and Barriers.- Enhancement of Biofuel Quality through Sustainable In-Bed Additives.- Development of a Systematic Design Procedure for Circulating Fluidized Bed Gasifier.- Analysis of Dynamic Behavior of Fluidized Bed Gasifier Using CFD.- Efficiency Improvement of Canal Top Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant with Reflectors.- Load Frequency Control of Microgrid: A Technical Review.- ICT as A Tool for the Structured Management of Urban Sprawl.- Modelling and Simulating the Thermal Comfort Aspects of Natural Ventilated Classrooms in Hot-Humid Climates.- Green Building Rating Systems and Energy Efficiency of a Building from the Building Life Cycle Perspective.- Recent Trends in Phase Change Materials for Sustainable Thermal Management of Buildings: A Review.- Energy Analysis, Simulation and Comparison of a Commercial Building Using Standard Approach and Aecosim.

Dr.-Ing. Harald Drück is a Mechanical Engineer who has been working at the Institute for Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering (ITW), today Institute for Building Energetics Thermotechnology and Energy Storage (IGTE), University of Stuttgart for more than 20 years. Since 1999 he has been the Head of the Research and Testing Centre for Solar Thermal Systems (TZS). His main research interests lie in the field of solar thermal technology, focusing on advanced heating and cooling systems, thermal energy storage and the development of performance testing methods as well as energy efficient solar buildings. Harald Drück has authored or co-authored around 300 publications in the field of solar thermal energy and heat storage. He is convenor of several German and European working groups related to the standardisation and testing of solar thermal systems and components, such as the Solar Keymark Network, the Global Solar Certification Network and the Solar Certification Fund. He acts as an advisor to several high-level international organisations, is chairman or member of the scientific board of several conferences and workshops and teaches a highly successful postgraduate course on solar thermal energy at the University of Stuttgart. Furthermore he was one of the initiators of the German and European Solar Thermal Technology Platforms and is currently a member of the steering committees of both platforms. In addition to his activities at the University, he is the Director of SWT - Solar- und Wärmetechnik Stuttgart. SWT is a spin-off company of ITW and is a service provider in the field of solar thermal energy.
Dr. Jyotirmay Mathur is working as Professor in Mechanical Engineering, and Centre for Energy and Environment in Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (India). Dr. Mathur works in the field of energy planning and modeling, building energy simulation, energy conservation in buildings, and life cycle assessmentof renewable energy