1st Edition
Thermal Evaluation of Indoor Climate and Energy Storage in Buildings
Chapter 1. Advanced Building Materials
Shailendra Kumar Shukla and Sanjay Kaul
Chapter 2. Advances in Thermal Energy Storage in Buildings
Abhishek Gautam, C. Suresh, R. P. Saini, and Yongseok Jeon
Chapter 3. Progress in Ventilated Walls and Double-Skin Facades for Sustainability
Abhishek Mishra, Shubheksh Mishra, Sunil Kumar Tripathi, Biswajit Roy, Rajgourab Ghosh, Chanakya Upadhyay, Sonika Pandey, Prabhanshu Kumar, Amit Kaushik, Akhilesh Chaube, Rajeev Singh, P. P. Singh, and Anshuman Mishra
Chapter 4. Building-Integrated Greenery System
Bhartendu Mani Tripathi, Samakshi Verma, and Sonu Kumar
Chapter 5. Bioclimatic Building Technology
Ankush Banyal, D. K. Singh, and Rajan Kumar
Chapter 6. Responsive Building Components and Systems
Bhartendu Mani Tripathi and Shailendra Kumar Shukla
Chapter 7. Energy Storage in Building Components
Vikash Kumar Chauhan and Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia
Chapter 8. Passive and Active Exploitation of Renewable Energy
Vikash Kumar Chauhan and Ali A. AL-Hamadani
Chapter 9. Emerging Technologies for HVAC System Efficiency
D. B. Jani, Manish Mishra, and P. K. Sahoo
Chapter 10. Resource-Efficient Urban Systems Aimed at Facing Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) and Local Climate Change
Ajay Tripathi and Govind Sahu
Chapter 11. Well-Being, Thermal Comfort, and Environmental Liveability: Adaptation Studies
Saurabh Pathak, Ashish Panat, and R. K. Khandal
Biography
Shailendra Kumar Shukla is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). He is also Founder Coordinator of the Centre for Energy and Resources Development (CERD), IIT (BHU), and Coordinator of the CST UP Incubation Centre for Grass-Root Innovators at the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT (BHU), Varanasi. He has developed research collaborations with different institutes in the UK and Japan in the field of thermal engineering and renewable energy technology. He has published more than 100 research papers in high-impact SCI/Scopus journals, five books, and many book chapters in books published by reputed publishers. He has been placed on the boards of editors and reviewers of highly reputed journals. As a writer and researcher, he is best known for his ability to put theoretical things in a practical way.
Recently he has been conferred FRSC, fellow of the Royal Society UK. He has been awarded a Japanese Society for Promotion of Sciences JSPS Fellow Award 2014–15 for Visiting GIFU University, Japan. A recipient of the UGC-TEC Consortium Agreement Award 2010 in Sustainable Energy by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, he is also former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University.
