Friday, November 26, 2021

Present and Future Energy Consumption of Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities towards Decarbonisation


Abstract


The present article aims to present and discuss the energy and environmental reality in the building sector and critically investigate the future pathways towards its decarbonisation. The current economic and employment characteristics as well as the energy, environmental, climate and social impact of the building sector are analysed. The main current and future challenges related to overpopulation, climate change, urbanisation, energy consumption, material use and poverty are explored and evaluated.

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Urban overheating is affecting our life. Some thoughts.






Link:

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-sydney-homes-uninhabitable-15-years-013149489.html

The cool tech Mat Santamouris is working on now

Mat Santamouris will detail at Moonshot 2030 how his building coating product can slash ambient heat from 40 degrees to 25 degrees on materials with his coating. See him speak on Tuesday during the pitch fest.

It is now widely accepted that unsuitable roofing material contributes to the high ambient summer heat of our big cities.

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Top 2% researchers by Stanford and Elsevier

Stanford University and Elsevier have published the ranking of the 2% of the most influential researchers in the world in all scientific disciplines for 2021. The list includes 190000 researchers. Very proud to be in the list in a good position, No 539.

List :   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16LFgWv5Cl2Z_TQ-eMD084r3Oug5avmAR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116281795471312124273&rtpof=true&sd=true