Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific Revolution
This is an overview of a Key Note lecture; the quote for this lecture is from T.S. Eliot: “We must not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive, where we began, and, to know the place for the first time”. This quote highlights that the process...
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| description | This is an overview of a Key Note lecture; the quote for this lecture is from T.S. Eliot: “We must not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive, where we began, and, to know the place for the first time”. This quote highlights that the process of scientific development goes in circles, yet each of them goes above the previous circle, building up the ladder of knowledge. Closing one circle and opening the next may be either be a quiet, unnoticeable event or a roaring loud, scientific revolution. Building science (physics) was started about 100 years ago, but only now are we closing its second circle. Perhaps, because of building physics’ role in the fourth industrial revolution, this discipline itself is undergoing a scientific revolution The first industrial revolution was based on steam generated by burning coal, the second was based on petroleum, and the third on electricity and concentrated electricity production. The current one, i.e., the fourth, is based on distributed energy sources combined with information technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24b02de75f07493b876a8b93546ea9482022-12-22T04:03:45ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-02-01135102710.3390/en13051027en13051027Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific RevolutionMark Bomberg0Anna Romanska-Zapala1David Yarbrough2Mechanical and Aeronautical Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, NY 13699, USADepartment of Automatic Control and Information Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 30048 Cracow, PolandR&D Services, Cookeville, TN 38501, USAThis is an overview of a Key Note lecture; the quote for this lecture is from T.S. Eliot: “We must not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive, where we began, and, to know the place for the first time”. This quote highlights that the process of scientific development goes in circles, yet each of them goes above the previous circle, building up the ladder of knowledge. Closing one circle and opening the next may be either be a quiet, unnoticeable event or a roaring loud, scientific revolution. Building science (physics) was started about 100 years ago, but only now are we closing its second circle. Perhaps, because of building physics’ role in the fourth industrial revolution, this discipline itself is undergoing a scientific revolution The first industrial revolution was based on steam generated by burning coal, the second was based on petroleum, and the third on electricity and concentrated electricity production. The current one, i.e., the fourth, is based on distributed energy sources combined with information technology.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/5/1027energy efficiencybuilding automatic controlenergy use under field conditionstwo-stage construction processcost-benefit evaluationdeep retrofit of residential buildings |
| spellingShingle | Mark Bomberg Anna Romanska-Zapala David Yarbrough Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific Revolution Energies energy efficiency building automatic control energy use under field conditions two-stage construction process cost-benefit evaluation deep retrofit of residential buildings |
| title | Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific Revolution |
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| title_short | Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific Revolution |
| title_sort | journey of american building physics steps leading to the current scientific revolution |
| topic | energy efficiency building automatic control energy use under field conditions two-stage construction process cost-benefit evaluation deep retrofit of residential buildings |
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