Journey of American Building Physics: Steps Leading to the Current Scientific Revolution

Mark Bomberg, Anna Romanska-Zapala and David Yarbrough
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Mark Bomberg: Mechanical and Aeronautical Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, NY 13699, USA
Anna Romanska-Zapala: Department of Automatic Control and Information Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 30048 Cracow, Poland
David Yarbrough: R&D Services, Cookeville, TN 38501, USA

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: energy efficiency; building automatic control; energy use under field conditions; two-stage construction process; cost-benefit evaluation; deep retrofit of residential buildings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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