Minimizing energy consumption, energy poverty and global and local climate change in the built environment : innovating to zero: Causalities and impacts in a zero concept world / Matthaios Santamouris.

Includes index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 05, 2019).

Front Cover -- Minimizing Energy Consumption, Energy Poverty and Global and Local Climate Change in the Built Environment: Innovating to Zero -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The Built Environment: Characteristics, Problems, Prospects and Future Needs -- Analyzing the Three Main Problems of the Built Environment: Energy Consumption and Environmental Quality, Energy Poverty an... -- Energy Consumption in the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunities -- Climate Change in the Urban Built Environment: Our New Big Problem -- Energy Poverty: Status and Prospects -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 Energy Consumption and Environmental Quality of the Building Sector -- Evolution of Energy Consumption in the World: Trends and Progress -- Energy Consumption in Developed and Developing Countries -- Energy Consumption in Developed Countries -- Energy Consumption in Europe -- Energy Consumption in The United States of America -- Energy Consumption in the Rest of the World -- The Impact of Global Economy on the Energy Consumption of the Building Sector -- Standards and Regulations on the Energy Consumption of the Building Sector -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Urban Heat Island and Local Climate Change -- Definition of Local Climatic Change and Urban Overheating -- Synergies Between Local and Global Climate Change -- On the Magnitude of the Urban Heat Island in the World -- Analysis of the Main Parameters Defining the Magnitude and the Characteristics of Local Climate Change -- Impact of Local Climate Change on Electricity Power Demand -- Impact of Local and Global Climate Change on the Energy Consumption of Buildings -- Studies Aiming to Analyze the Energy Impact of the Heat Island on Various Types of Buildings, Using Urban and Rural Climati...

Studies Investigating the Energy Impact of UHIs and Global Climate Change on the Total Energy Consumption of the Building S... -- Studies Analyzing the Multi-Annual Impact of the Urban Warming on the Energy Consumption of Various Types of Buildings -- Expected Future Increase in the Cooling Energy Demand of Buildings Caused by Global Climate Change -- Impact of Local Climate Change on the Environmental Quality of Cities -- Impact of Local Climate Change on Health, Mortality and Morbidity -- Impact of Local Climate Change on the Global Economy -- Impact of Local Climate Change on Indoor and Outdoor Comfort Conditions -- Targets for Urban Climatic Resilience -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Energy Poverty and Urban Vulnerability -- Definitions of Energy Poverty and Actual Status in the World -- Energy Poverty in the Developed World -- Facts and Statistics -- Energy Poverty Characteristics in the Developing World -- Analysis of Indoor Climatic Conditions in Low Income Households: Energy Consumption, Environmental Quality and Vulnerability -- Indoor Thermal Comfort During the Summer Period -- Discomfort Problems of Low Income Households in Winter -- Lighting and Visual Problems in Low Income Houses -- Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Problems in Low Income Houses -- Exposure to Noise Pollution -- Analysis of the Urban Environmental Conditions in Low Income Urban Districts: Problems and Characteristics -- Building Quality and its Role in Energy Poverty -- Levels of Energy Consumption of Low Income Households -- Social and Health Status of Low Income Households -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Defining the Synergies Between Energy Consumption-Local Climate Change and Energy Poverty -- Explaining the Synergies Between Energy Consumption, Energy Poverty and Local Climate Change.

Analysis of the Synergies Between the Energy Consumption of Buildings and Local Climate Change -- Link 1: Low Energy Consumption Decreases Heat Emissions from the HVAC Systems and Power Plants, and Reduces the Total Anthr... -- Link 2: An Increase in the Energy Efficiency of Buildings will Decrease the Cost of Energy Services and may Result in an In... -- Link 3: Fuel Shift From Conventional to Renewable Energy Sources Will Result in Decreased Gas Emissions -- Link 4: Higher Ambient Temperatures Increase Energy Consumption for Cooling and Decrease Energy Consumption for Heating -- Link 5: Higher Ambient Temperatures and Heat Waves Increase Peak Electricity Demand and Oblige Utilities to Build Additiona... -- Link 6: Climate Change Creates Increased Energy and Environmental Needs for Dwellings Belonging to the Elderly and Vulnerab... -- Link 7: UHI Increases the Size of HVAC Systems and Raises Capital Investment Cost -- Link 8: UHI Increases the Concentration of Ozone in the Atmosphere and Obliges for the Installation of Additional Mechanica... -- Link 9: Higher Ambient Temperatures Decrease the Potential of Passive Cooling Techniques Such as Night Ventilation -- Synergies and Impacts Between Low Energy Consumption Buildings and Energy Poverty -- Link 10: Improvement of the Thermal Quality of Buildings Achieved Through Strict Regulations and Technological Developments... -- Link 11: Improvement in the Thermal Quality of Low Income Buildings will Deliver Important Economic, Social and Labour Benefits -- Link 12: Improvement in the Housing Quality will Help to Ameliorate Health Problems Among the Vulnerable Population -- 5Link 13: An Increase in Rehabilitation Cost Induced by Severe Energy Regulations may Decrease Adaptation Potential and Mar...

Link 14: Energy Poverty Brings Additional Financial Pressure to the Built Environment and Increases the Total Cost of Build... -- Link 15: Energy Poverty Creates Additional Research and Industrial Needs to Develop High Efficiency-low Cost Energy Technol... -- Impacts and Synergies Between Climate Change and Energy Poverty -- Link 16: An Increase in the Ambient Temperature has a Global Negative Effect on Indoor Thermal Comfort, Health and Energy C... -- Link 17: An Increase in the Ambient Temperature Deteriorates Outdoor Climatic Conditions in Deprived Urban Areas Where the ... -- Link 18: Higher Ambient Temperatures Increase the Cost of Peak and Regular Electricity and put Stress on Energy Poor Popula... -- Link 19: Higher Ambient Temperatures Decrease the Cooling Potential of Environmental Heat Sinks. They Oblige the Energy Poo... -- Link 20: Economic Disadvantage in Poor Urban Areas Decreases the Potential for the Application of Mitigation and Adaptation... -- Link 21: The use of Improper and Polluting Fuels by the Energy Poor Increases Emissions and Intensifies Local Climate Change -- Link 22: The Increased Energy Consumption per Square Meter of low Income Households Increases Emissions and Intensifies Cli... -- Integrating the Global Synergies in a Common Frame -- References -- 6 Defining Future Targets -- The Idea of 'Minimizing to Zero': Analysis of the Concept, Advantages and Drawbacks -- Objectives, Expected Outcomes, Policies and Tools -- References -- 7 Technological-Economic and Social Measures to Decrease Energy Consumption by the Building Sector -- State of the Art Technologies to Decrease the Energy Consumption of Buildings and Improve their Environmental Quality -- Zero Energy Buildings and Zero Energy Settlements: An Evaluation of Existing Progress and Future Trends and Prospects.

Future Energy Consumption of the Building Sector, The Role of Overpopulation, Technology Development, Economic Development ... -- Policy and Regulatory Issues to Control and Minimize Energy Consumption in the Building Sector -- Analysis of the Potential Impact of the Minimization of Energy Consumption in the Building Sector on Labor, Economy, Enviro... -- References -- 8 Mitigating the Local Climatic Change and Fighting Urban Vulnerability -- Introduction -- Description and Performance of Mitigation Technologies to Fight Local Climate Change -- General -- Reflective Technologies -- Increasing the Albedo of Cities -- White Materials -- Colored Infrared Reflective Materials -- Infrared Reflective Materials Doped with Phase Change Materials -- Color Changing Reflective Technologies -- Thermochromic Coatings for the Urban Built Environment -- Fluorescent Cooling for Urban Materials -- Greenery Technologies -- Urban Parks -- Green Roofs -- Heat Dissipation Techniques -- Water-Based Mitigation Technologies -- Ground Mitigation Technologies -- Presentation and Evaluation of Existing Large-Scale Mitigation Projects Globally -- Performance of Evaporative Mitigation Technologies -- Mitigation Potential of Urban Greenery Systems -- Projects Using Reflecting Materials to Mitigate UHI -- Combined Projects Involving the Use of Reflective Pavements with Greenery, Shading and Evaporative Technologies -- Mitigation Projects Using Earth to Air Heat Exchangers Combined with Other Technologies -- Concluding Remarks About the Real Cooling Potential of the Considered Mitigation Technologies -- Existing and Future Policies to Fight Local Climatic Change and Urban Vulnerability -- Analysis of the Potential Impact of a... -- References -- Further Reading -- 9 Eradicating Energy Poverty in the Developed World.