Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development (eBook)

This book presents readers with an integrated modeling approach for analyzing and understanding the interconnection of water, energy, and food resources and discusses the relationship between resilience and sustainability of the food- energy -water (FEW) system. Authors provide novel frameworks, models, and algorithms designed to balance the theoretical and applicative aspects of each chapter. The book covers an integrated modeling approach for FEW systems along with developed methods, codes, and planning tools for designing interdependent energy, water and food systems. In-depth chapters discuss the impact of renewable energy resources in FEW systems, sustainable design and operation, net zero energy buildings, and challenges and opportunities of the FEW nexus in the sustainable development of different countries. This book is useful for graduate students, researchers, and engineers seeking to understand how sustainable FEW systems contribute to the resilience of these systems and help policy and design makers allocate and prioritize resources in an integrated manner across the food, energy, and water sectors.

Dr. Somayeh Asadi is an assistant professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests focus on Building Design Optimization, Design of High Performance Buildings, and Demand Response Management Systems. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Advanced Materials Research and the Journal of Environmental Conservation Research, and has published 46 journal articles in journals such as the Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy and Buildings. She has obtained funding from diverse sources, including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Energy, the Qatar National Research Fund, and the National Science Foundation. She is also a member of a number of scientific societies, including the American Society of Civil engineers, the Construction Research Congress, and the Society of Women Engineers. Additionally, Dr. Asadi teaches courses in construction management, building energy efficiency, and integrated building design.

Behnam Mohammadi-ivatloo received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2006, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in power engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the University of Tabriz. His main research interests cuts across the following themes: energy efficiency, smart grids, and optimization techniques.