Editor: Dr Tom Houghton
Dr Tom Houghton is Director of the MBA (Oil & Gas) at Curtin Graduate School of Business, Australia, and was previously a Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, UK. His principal field of research is sustainable energy economics and he has a keen interest in energy for development, having established a training program in Renewable Energy for Developing Countries with UNITAR. Dr Houghton is a Visiting Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan, where he provides courses in sustainable energy to MBA students. Before joining Strathclyde he spent more than five years in the power industry and a further eight in the banking sector, latterly as director at the Japanese bank Nomura. With colleagues in Asia and the United States, he established a consulting company in the renewable energy sector in 2011. Dr Houghton holds an MEng from Imperial College, an MBA from London Business School and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde.
Founding Editor: Dr Alexandru I. Petrisor
Dr Alexandru Petrisor is Associate Professor of Statistics and Ecology at the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest, Romania.
Associate Editor: Dr George J. Besseris
George J. Besseris is an independent consultant on quality & environmental improvement. He is an Academic Council Member and Department Head of Technology Management with City Unity College (City University of Seattle-Athens campus). He also lectures on quality courses at five postgraduate programs affiliated with Technological Education Institute of Piraeus (Greece), the University of the West of Scotland (UK), the Hellenic Open University (Greece), Kingston University (London, UK), The University of Wales (UK) and the City University of Seattle (Seattle, USA). He earned a BSc in applied mathematics and an MSc and a PhD in chemical engineering, all from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has fifteen years of managerial experience in the area of quality & environmental management. He is an Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology and an Associate Editor for International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage. He is a Green Business Angel with the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Associate Editor: Dr Harald Schützeichel
President: Stiftung Solarenergie – Solar Energy Foundation
Chairman/CEO: SunTransfer
President: GOGLA. Global Off-Grid Lighting Association
Editorial Board
Charles Boch
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Rachel Ben-Shlomo
University of Haifa – Oranim, Israel
Carlo Cerrano
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Sorin Cheval
National Meteorological Administration, Romania
Jun Chen
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Francesco De Paola
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Wu Deng
Siemens China, China
Yunus Dogan
Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Dilfuza Egamberdieva
National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
Mario Fargnoli
University of Rome “La Sapienza” & Ministry of Agriculture, Italy
Christopher J. Fettig
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, USA
Jerekias Gandure
University of Botswana, Botswana
Ghislain Geniaux
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
Rodolfo Gentili
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Gilvan R. Guedes
Federal University of Minas Gerais & The Brazilian Research Network on Climate Climate Change, Brazil
Erzsabet (Elisabeth) Hornung
Szent Istvan University, Hungary
Mochamad Indrawan
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Yoh Iwasa
Kyushu University, Japan
Massoomeh Hedayati
University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Chao Liang
University of Wisconsin, USA
Chi-Wen Lin
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi
University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Kozo Mayumi
The University of Tokushima, Japan
Josephine Kaviti Musango
Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa
Romina Rodela
Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Nurettin Sahin
Mugla University, Turkey
Serenella Sala
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy
Harpinder S. Sandhu
Flinders University, Australia
Hitendra R. Sarode
North Maharashtra University, India
Peter Török
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Jamal Uddin
Coppin State University, USA
Ilker Ugulu
Balikesir University, Turkey
Asim Zia
University of Vermont, USA