Sustainable environment and transportation : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd international conference on civil engineering, architecture and building materials (CEABM 2012), May 25-27, 2012, Yantai, China / edited by Mingjin Chu [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Sustainable Environment and Transportation; Preface and Organizing Committees; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Renewable Energy and Building Energy Saving; A Comparison of Detailed and Simple Building Energy Analysis Tools for Eco-Friendly Office Building Design; A Hybrid System Based on Heat Sink Form with Solar Energy and Ground Source Heat Pump; Analysis of Factors Affecting Green Residential Building Costs Based on Fuzzy Factor Analysis Model; Energy Consumption Level of Low-Energy Buildings among Different Climate Zones in China: Case Studies.

Energy Saving Benefit Analysis of Green Construction Using Energy-Efficient Lighting EquipmentExperimental Study on Performance of Top Lighting Solar Light Pipes in the Meeting Room in Winter in Beijing; Optimization Design of Courtyard Sunspace Passive Solar House; Optimization of Operating Parameters of a Solar Ejector Refrigeration System on Exergy Analysis; Potential Retrofitting of Existing Campus Buildings to Green Buildings; Progress on Vacuum Insulation Panels in Building Application.

Construct the Residential Building Energy Saving Comprehensive Evaluation Index System of Inner MongoliaEvaluation Based on Interval Number Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for Solar Water Heating System of Civil Buildings; Calculation and Optimization of Molten Salt for Solar High Temperature Heat Storage; Analysis of Energy Consumption and Energy-Efficient Renovation for the Rural Existing House in Shihezi of Xinjiang; Statistical Analysis of Influence Factors on Building Energy Consumption in China by Literature Overview.

Comparative Studies on Solar Combisystem by Different Auxiliary Heat SourcesRole of Temperature and Flow in Biomass Transporting in Porous Media; Improved Passive Solar Hot-Air Heating of Residential Design and Research; Energy-Saving and Economic Study of Natural Ventilation in City Tunnel; Status and Prospects Analysis of Coal Briquette Technology; Study on Residential Building Energy-Saving Comprehensive Evaluation System in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone Based on AHP; Development Overview and Direction of Energy-Saving Technology on Plastic Injection Molding Machine.

Energy-Saving Effect Evaluation Research of the Existing Residential Building in North China Area Based on Unascertained Measure TheoryResearch on Wind Energy Exploitation in Buildings Environment; Measures Analysis of Energy Saving Reconstruction for Existing Building Windows; The Cascaded Utilization of Geothermal Resources; Analysis on Sewage Source Heat Pump Applications in the Building Energy Saving; Operation Conditions Analysis on Solar Energy Compression-Injection Secondary Refrigeration System; Large-Scale Intelligent Building Energy-Saving Measures Based on BA System.

These selected papers offer an overview of current knowledge in the fields of Renewable Energy and Building Energy Saving; Indoor Environments; City Ecological Environments; Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment; Air Environment Control and Architectural Environment Improvement Techniques; Road and Railway Engineering; Transportation Planning, Construction and Operation Organization; Bridge Engineering; Traffic Control and Information Technology; Carrier Operation Engineering. The volumes provide a comprehensive picture of the situation world wide. Review from Book News Inc.: Selected pe.

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