Advances in Energy and Built Environment: Select Proceedings of Trace 2018
暫譯: 能源與建築環境的進展：2018年TRACE會議選輯論文集

本書包含在2018年國際土木工程趨勢與最新進展會議（TRACE 2018）上發表的選定論文。本書展示了針對與能源及建築環境相關的最新主題進行的實驗研究結果。所涵蓋的主題包括綠色與清潔技術、零能耗建築、太陽能、能源保存與熱回收，以及太陽能建築。本書的內容將對從事能源及建築環境工程的學生、研究人員和專業人士有所裨益。

Dr. Guoqiang Zhang is a professor at Hunan University, China, where he is currently the dean of Institute for Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Innovation. He is also the director of the National Center for International Research Collaboration in Building Safety and Environment of Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and the deputy director of Key Lab of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency of Ministry of Education of China. He is also a member of the academic committee of Hunan University, and an editorial member of the Journal of Hunan University. Due to his contribution to Sustainable Built Environment Education, Research and Practice, Dr. Zhang received special government allowance from the State Council in China. He has made valuable contributions towards sustainable education and science communication, research, social service and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.

Dr. N. D. Kaushika, formerly professor, Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and subsequently director of reputed engineering institutions in Delhi and National Capital Region, is a specialist in renewable energy and environment. He is a recipient of the Hariom Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar Research Endowment Award for research in energy conservation in 1987. Currently, he is a visiting research professor at the Institute of Technological Engineering and Research of SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He is an author of five books and has contributed articles in several reputed journals and books chapters in several books by international publishers.

Dr. S. C. Kaushik received his Ph.D. in Plasma Science from IIT Delhi after his distinguished First Position in Master's degree in science (electronics) from Meerut University. His fields of research include plasma science, thermal science and engineering, energy conservation and heat recovery, solar refrigeration and air conditioning, solar architecture, and thermal storage and power generation. He has made
significant contributions in these fields as evident by his about 500 research articles in journals of repute at the national and international level. He is a pioneer researcher on exergy analysis and finite time thermodynamics of energy systems, and a leading expert on alternative refrigeration and air conditioning technologies. Dr. Kaushik has co-authored ten books and also edited two volumes. His specific contributions to energy systems have been recognized by several awards to his credit viz. Young Scientist UNESCO Award, Hariom Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar Award, Divyajyoti Science and Technology Award, Top Academic Research Performer in Energy, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam GOLD Medal Research
Award and outstanding Research Faculty Award in India. He is Member of ISES (Australia) and IIR (France), and a Life Member of various other professional societies like SESI, PSSI, ISTE, ISHRAE and ISME. He has been former Head, Centre for Energy Studies 2007-2010 and at present Emeritus Professor at CES, IIT DELHI.

Dr. R.K. Tomar received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and is currently, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, India. His research interests include artificial intelligence applications in buildings and sustainable built environment. He has a combined experience of 27 years in industry and academia in various capacities. He has published several research articles of good citation index in international peer-reviewed journals.

張國強博士是中國湖南大學的教授，目前擔任可持續城市化與建設創新研究所所長。他同時也是中國科技部國家建築安全與環境國際研究合作中心的主任，以及中國教育部建築安全與能源效率重點實驗室的副主任。他還是湖南大學學術委員會的成員，以及《湖南大學學報》的編輯成員。由於他對可持續建築環境教育、研究和實踐的貢獻，張博士獲得了中國國務院的特別政府津貼。他在可持續教育、科學傳播、研究、社會服務和科學技術成果商業化方面做出了寶貴的貢獻。

N. D. Kaushika博士曾任印度德里印度理工學院能源研究中心教授，隨後擔任德里及國家首都區知名工程機構的主任，是可再生能源和環境的專家。他於1987年獲得Hariom Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar研究基金獎，以表彰其在能源節約方面的研究。目前，他是印度布巴內斯瓦爾SOA大學技術工程與研究所的訪問研究教授。他是五本書的作者，並在多本國際出版社的知名期刊和書籍中發表了多篇文章。

S. C. Kaushik博士在德里印度理工學院獲得等離子體科學博士學位，並在梅魯特大學的碩士學位（電子學）中獲得優異的第一名。他的研究領域包括等離子體科學、熱科學與工程、能源節約與熱回收、太陽能製冷與空調、太陽能建築以及熱儲存與發電。他在這些領域做出了顯著的貢獻，發表了約500篇在國內外知名期刊上的研究文章。他是能源系統的可用能分析和有限時間熱力學的先驅研究者，也是替代製冷和空調技術的領先專家。Kaushik博士共同編著了十本書，並編輯了兩卷。他在能源系統方面的具體貢獻獲得了多項獎項的認可，包括聯合國教科文組織青年科學家獎、Hariom Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar獎、Divyajyoti科學與技術獎、能源領域的頂尖學術研究表現者、APJ Abdul Kalam金獎研究獎以及印度的傑出研究教師獎。他是ISES（澳大利亞）和IIR（法國）的成員，並且是SESI、PSSI、ISTE、ISHRAE和ISME等多個專業協會的終身會員。他曾擔任能源研究中心主任（2007-2010），目前是德里印度理工學院CES的名譽教授。

R.K. Tomar博士在印度理工學院（IIT）德里獲得博士學位，目前是印度阿米提大學阿米提工程與技術學院土木工程系的系主任。他的研究興趣包括人工智慧在建築和可持續建築環境中的應用。他在行業和學術界擁有27年的綜合經驗，擔任過多個職位。他在國際同行評審期刊上發表了多篇引用指數良好的研究文章。