This book discusses nocturnal cooling technologies for building applications. Exploiting the natural environment as a renewable and sustainable resource has become a significant strategy for passive energy saving in buildings, and has led to growing interest in the use of passive radiative cooling based on nighttime (nocturnal) and daytime (diurnal) operating periods. Of these, nocturnal cooling is more promising since diurnal cooling is hard to achieve due to the solar radiation effect. As such, this book provides a comprehensive overview of nocturnal cooling for building applications, including a definition, concepts and principles; materials and devices; and cooling systems and configurations.
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Hasila Jarimi obtained her BSc in Physics from the University Manchester, United Kingdom in 2008 and Ph.D in Applied Sciences specialising in Solar Energy Technology, at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Perlis, Malaysia in 2016. As a passionate Physicist, she is always interested to see how Physics is connected with the real world. Her deep interest in Renewable Energy has been her main motivation in applying Physics in the study of renewable energy. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham United Kingdom.
Professor Riffat is one of the world's leading experts in sustainable technologies/eco-buildings He holds the posts of Chair of Sustainable Energy and Head of Architecture, Climate and Environment Research Group at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is is also the President of the World Society of Sustainable Energy (WSSET). He has a wide range of experience of renewable energy/sustainable technologies, eco-cities/sustainable buildings, heat pumps/ cooling systems, energy storage and heat powered power cycles. He has published over 650 refereed papers. He has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of Oxford for his research contribution in the field of heat pumps and ventilation technology. He is named as the inventor on 30 International Patents.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Definition, Concepts and Principles
Chapter 3 Materials and Devices
Chapter 4 Cooling System and Configuration
Chapter 5 Performance Studies: The State-of-The-Art
Chapter 6 Potential of nocturnal cooling in various locations/countries and climatic conditions
Chapter 7 Conclusions