Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2023

本書收錄了2023年9月18日至20日在意大利巴里舉行的第15屆KES國際可持續發展與建築能源會議（SEB2023）的論文集，由KES國際組織。SEB23邀請了關於可持續建築的各種主題的貢獻，並探討了可持續能源系統的創新主題。該會議為展示、互動和了解該主題的最新研究和實踐發展提供了一個令人興奮的機會。該會議吸引了來自世界各地的投稿。全文論文軌道的投稿經過盲審過程。只有最優秀的論文被選中在會議上發表並刊登在這些論文集中。本書旨在提供有關能源和建築可持續性這一重要且充滿活力領域的最新研究發展的有用和信息豐富的快照。

John R. Littlewood is Professor of Sustainable and Resilient Buildings and Lead for the Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment research group in Cardiff School of Art and Design at Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK). He has been General Chair for the Sustainability in Energy and Buildings International Conference in 2014, 2017, and since 2019 to date and Chair of the Sustainable and Resilient Buildings General Track since 2016. His research is conducted in collaboration with industry to optimize the design, offsite manufacturing, construction, and operation of existing and new buildings to maximize their performance and user comfort and quality of life, yet reduce embodied and operational carbon emissions. He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited 179 peer-reviewed articles, papers, conference proceedings, and book volumes. His current research includes developing building insulation from natural and waste food crops; benchmarking organizational carbon emissions for decarbonization; and exploring pathways to net-zero carbon for existing dwellings through retrofit.

Lakhmi Jain, Ph.D., Dr. H.C., M.E., B.E. (Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia), is with the University of Arad. He was formerly with the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Canberra, Liverpool Hope University, and Bournemouth University. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation, and teaming. Involving around 5,000 researchers drawn from universities and companies worldwide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of KES.

Robert J. Howlett is Academic Chair of KES International, a non-profit organization, which facilitates knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results in areas including Intelligent Systems, Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer. He is Visiting Professor at "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Romania, and has also been Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University, UK. His technical expertise is in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the solution of industrial problems. His current interests center on the application of intelligent systems to sustainability, particularly renewable energy, smart/microgrids, and its applications in housing and glasshouse horticulture. He previously developed a national profile in knowledge and technology transfer and the commercialization of research. He works with a number of universities and international research groups on the supervision teams of Ph.D. students and the provision of technical support for projects.

約翰·R·利特伍德（John R. Littlewood）是卡迪夫都會大學（英國）藝術與設計學院可持續和抗災建築教授，也是可持續和抗災建築研究小組的負責人。他曾擔任2014年、2017年以及2019年至今的能源和建築可持續性國際會議的主席，並自2016年以來擔任可持續和抗災建築的主要軌道主席。他的研究與工業界合作，旨在優化現有和新建築的設計、離場製造、施工和運營，以最大程度地提高其性能、使用者舒適度和生活質量，同時減少建築的碳排放。他已經撰寫、合著和編輯了179篇同行評審的文章、論文、會議論文和專書。他目前的研究包括開發利用天然和廢棄食物作物的建築隔熱材料；對組織碳排放進行基準評估以實現脫碳；以及通過改造實現現有住宅的零碳路徑。

拉克米·賈因（Lakhmi Jain）博士，榮譽博士，碩士，學士（榮譽），澳大利亞工程師學會會士，現任阿拉德大學教授。他曾在悉尼科技大學、坎培拉大學、利物浦希望大學和伯恩茅斯大學任職。賈因教授創辦了KES國際組織，為專業社區提供出版、知識交流、合作和團隊合作的機會。KES國際組織匯集了來自世界各地的大約5,000名研究人員，促進國際合作並在教學和研究方面產生協同效應。KES定期通過該領域最大的會議之一為專業社區提供網絡交流的機會。

羅伯特·J·豪利特（Robert J. Howlett）是KES國際組織的學術主席，該組織是一個非營利組織，促進智能系統、可持續性和知識轉移等領域的知識傳輸和研究成果的傳播。他是羅馬尼亞阿拉德“奧雷爾·弗萊庫”大學的客座教授，也曾任英國伯恩茅斯大學的客座教授。他在人工智能和機器學習在解決工業問題方面具有技術專長。他目前的興趣集中在將智能系統應用於可持續性，特別是可再生能源、智能/微型電網以及其在住房和溫室園藝中的應用。他以前在知識和技術轉移以及研究商業化方面建立了國家知名度。他與多所大學和國際研究團隊合作，指導博士生並提供項目的技術支持。