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Scientific and technological progress has generated a fast pace increase of energy consumption at the world level. Fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas are the energy sources used in thermal plants. The world supply still depends upon these fuels. However, non-renewable energy sources are being depleted. Within this scope several technologies taking advantage of nature’s energy have emerged.
However, renewable energy sources are not used enough due to installation costs, the inexistence of technologies and tested and proven distribution networks and, in general, the lack of knowledge and awareness among consumers and local powers.
The integration of renewable energies in buildings is a challenge. The purpose is to build an efficient building enabling the integration of a system capturing energy and transforming it into an energy source which is useful for the building. Our country is, at the European level, one of the countries with more hours of sun exposure per year: ranging from 2 200 to 3 000 hours. Taking this scenario into account, it would be natural, for example, that we were also the largest consumers of solar energy.
Thus, this meeting aims at approaching topics such as:
- Energy sources, examples of energy sources;
- Non-renewable energies (nuclear and fossil);
- Renewable energies (hydro, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, hydrogen power);
- Advantages and disadvantages;
- Landscape integration.
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