Solar energy at urban scale
By: edited by Benoit Beckers
Publisher: ISTE Ltd.; John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9781848213562
Subjects: Solar energy; Environmental engineering; Urban climatology; City planning
Description: Increasing urbanization throughout the world, the depletion of fossil fuels and concerns about global warming have transformed the city into a physical problem of prime importance. This book proposes a multi-disciplinary and systematic approach concerning specialities as different as meteorology, geography, architecture and urban engineering systems, all surrounding the essential problem of solar radiation. It collects the points of view of 18 specialists from around the world on the interaction between solar energy and constructions, combining territorial, urban and architectural scal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.