Sustainability in Energy and Buildings

Utilization of Smart Meter Technology to Increase Energy Awareness for Residential Buildings in Queensland, Australia.- Solar Home System with Peak-Shaving Function and Smart Control in Hot Water Supply.- Using Evidence Accumulation-Based Clustering and Symbolic Transformation to Group Multiple Buildings Based on Electricity Usage Patterns.- Passivhaus Design for Housing Projects in Colombia.- LCA Integration in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of a Sustainable Building in Aveiro University.- Electrical Devices Identification Driven by Features and Based on Machine Learning.- Use of an Object-Oriented System for Optimizing Life Cycle Embodied Energy and Life Cycle Material Cost of Shopping Centres.- Combining Conservation and Users' Behaviors-Oriented Approaches for Sustainable Building Heritage Use: Application to a Historic Underground Built Environment.- Building Energy Simulation of Traditional Listed Dwellings in the UK: Data Sourcing for a Base-Case Model.- Towards a User-Centered and Condition-Based Approach in Building Operation and Maintenance.- Internal Insulation of Historic Buildings: A Stochastic Approach to Life-Cycle Costing within RIBuild EU Project.- Assessment of the Efficiency and Reliability of the District Heating Systems within Different Development Scenarios.- Steps Towards an Optimal Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Value Chain in the Netherlands.- Active Buildings in Practice.- Sustainability Issues in Context of Indian Hill Towns.- A Working Methodology for Deep Energy Retrofit of Residential Multi-Property Buildings.- Holistic Dwelling Energy Assessment Protocol for Mine-water District Heat Network.

John Littlewood graduated in Building Surveying and holds a PhD in Building Performance Assessment. He is Head of the Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment group in Cardiff School of Art & Design at Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK). He Coordinates three Professional Doctorates in Art & Design, Engineering and Sustainable Built Environment; plus contributing to teaching in Architectural Design & Technology. John's research is industry focused, identifying and improving fire and thermal performance in existing and new dwellings, using innovative materials and construction, and also improving quality of life. He has authored and co-authored 120 peer-reviewed papers, and was also co-editor for the 'Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings' book published in June 2017.

Dr. Robert Howlett is the Executive Chair of KES International, a non-profit organization that facilitates knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results in areasincluding Intelligent Systems, Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer.  He is a Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University in the UK. His technical expertise is in the use of intelligent systems to solve industrial problems. He has been successful in applying artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies to sustainability and renewable energy systems; condition monitoring, diagnostic tools and systems; and automotive electronics and engine management systems.  His current research work is focussed on the use of smart microgrids to achieve reduced energy costs and lower carbon emissions in areas such as housing and protected horticulture.

Alfonso Capozzoli graduated in Mechanical Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Engineering of Mechanical Systems. He works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He teaches HVAC systems and building physics at the Faculty of Engineering and