Energy and Sustainability V: Special Contributions

Contents Section 1: Green buildings Cost-benefit analysis of living wall systems on school building skins in a hot climate; Sustainable housing maintenance management model; Outdoor thermal performance investigations: towards a sustainable tropical environment; Towards achieving green buildings in developing countries based on a traditional approach with reference to the hot-arid climate Section 2: Energy assessment Sustainability of bioenergy in Malaysia with reference to palm oil biomass: adopting principles governing bioenergy policy in the UK; Rationale for the use of DC microgrids:feasibility, efficiency and protection analysis; Technical assessment of LED and induction street lighting for a power utility in Malaysia; Analysis of the chemical constitutions of Yaojie shale oil in China by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC - MS) Section 3: Energy and transportation Biofuels: their emergence and implications for sustainability in aviation; Blends of surfactants and EVA as cold flow improvers for diesel fuels Section 4: Environmental risk Disaster and restoration governance of the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosion; Fugitive methane emissions from the natural gas distribution network of Titas Gas and the environmental risks; Comparison of the effect of two support materials on copper removal from aqueous solution in the activated sludge process; Can scenic indicators help sustain Fraser Hill's healthy ecosystems? Section 5: CO2 capturing and management Thickening carbon dioxide with amphiphilic block copolymer; Optimising Isochrysis sp. carbon fixation: a step towards the greening of fossil fuel; Sorption equilibria of CO2 on synthesized CaO in the presence of water Section 6: Renewable energy resources Theoretical analysis of a small-scale solar power system using an R-245fa Rankine cycle with a scroll and twin screw expander; Modelling the thermal impact of ground source heat pump systems as a function of hydraulic conductivity; Screening of hydrogen bond acceptor for the synthesis of low transition temperature mixtures with malic acid Section 7: Sustainable energy production The impact of climate change on wind power production in Scotland; Preparation of TEG material based on conducting polymer PEDOT: PSS through treatment by nitric acid Section 8: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) Swarm intelligence based State-of-Charge optimization for charging Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles; Experimental study of using a PEM fuel cell/battery hybrid system to power small UAVs Section 9: Waste to energy Waste to energy in Hungary: new trends in the North-Balaton Regional Waste Management System of Hungary; Estimation of landfill gas production and the energy potential of municipal solid wastes from the Upper Dagong dumpsite using the Philippine Landfill Gas Model v.1; Diverting Municipal Solid Waste from landfill: new methods in Hungarian waste management; Development process for tar filtering from biomass pyrolysis; Development of newly designed combined grinding equipment; Development of a briquetting facility with the integration of a hydraulic system for biomass densification; Features of biogas technology application in severe climatic conditions