Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Access to Drinking Water, Food Security and Adequate Housing: Challenges for Engineering, Past, Present and Future
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 What Are the Challenges?
1.1.2 Shelter as a Population Growth Exemplar
1.2 Drinking Water
1.3 Food
1.4 Shelter
1.5 Concluding Remarks
References
2 Realizing Clean Combustion with Ether Fuels
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Clean Combustion
2.3 Ether Fuels
2.4 Methodology
2.5 Engine Platform
2.6 DME Fuelling System
2.7 OME Fuelling Systems
2.8 Results

2.8.1 Dimethyl Ether (DME)
2.8.2 Oxymethylene Ether (OME)
2.9 Conclusions
References
3 Wind Turbine Wake Redirection via External Vanes
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Proposed Concept
3.2.1 The Need for New Solutions
3.2.2 Redirecting the Wake via External Vanes
3.2.3 Some Immediate Advantages and Challenges
3.2.4 The Scope of the Current Article
3.3 Methodology
3.3.1 Numerical Solution
3.3.2 Setup
3.4 Results and Discussion
3.5 Conclusion
References
4 Energy Generation and Economic Efficiencies of Renewable Energy Technologies in EU-27
4.1 Introduction

4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Data Envelopment Analysis
4.3 Data Analysis
4.3.1 Data and Variables
4.3.2 Descriptive Statistics
4.3.3 Selection of the Groups
4.4 Empirical Analysis and Discussions
4.4.1 Super Efficiency Values in Terms of Energy Generation
4.4.2 Super Efficiency Rankings in Economic Terms
4.5 Conclusions
Appendix
References
5 Solar Rooftop Test Cell-Experimental Methodology and Results of Multivariable Sensitivity Analysis
5.1 Background
5.1.1 Infrared Emissivity
5.1.2 Air Leakage
5.1.3 Solar and IR Transmissivity of the Glazing

5.1.4 Radiant Sky Temperature
5.1.5 Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients
5.2 Methodology
5.2.1 Experimental Set-Up
5.2.2 Model Analysis
5.2.3 Response Test
5.2.4 Multivariable Sensitivity Analysis Initialization
5.3 Results and Discussion
5.3.1 Thermal Properties of Sand
5.4 Conclusions
Appendix
References
6 Methodology and Validation of a New Climate Prediction Model for Commercial and Small-Scale Greenhouses
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methodology
6.2.1 Baseline Model Methodology
6.2.2 Expanded Model Capabilities
6.2.3 Validation Test Sites

6.3 Results and Discussion
6.3.1 Greenhouse #1 and #2
6.3.2 Greenhouse #3
6.3.3 Greenhouse #4
6.3.4 Greenhouse #5
6.3.5 Greenhouse #6
6.3.6 Comparison of Model Test Results with Existing Literature Models
6.4 Conclusions
Appendix
References
7 Evaluation of Pond Water Performance for Greenhouse Irrigation Cooling: A Case Study in Southwestern Ontario, Canada
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Materials and Method
7.2.1 System Description and Data Collection
7.2.2 Irrigation System Modelling
7.3 Model Validation
7.3.1 Irrigation Water