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Fluid Mechanics for Green Buildings

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Decarbonisation of buildings is one of the main challenges for the energy transition. In particular, the provision of heating, cooling, and ventilation to maintain a comfortable and healthy interior environment can be very energy intensive. Three approaches to help with the decarbonisation of buildings are: (a) upgrading the building envelope, especially the insulation, to reduce

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Energy Efficiency / Past Seminars

Large-scale energy storage in salt caverns

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Large-scale storage technologies are crucial to balance consumption and intermittent production of renewable energy. At times of excess production, some renewable energy might be converted into compressed air or hydrogen, which is then stored in underground salt caverns. The energy is recovered later, when renewable production becomes insufficient.  Herminio Tasinafo Honorio, from Delft University of

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