proposed energy-saving measures; building envelope design is considered to be a typical energy-saving technique. A significant … goal in achieving greener buildings is learning how to reduce a building’s energy consumption by applying an efficient … results indicate that window shading has the most significant impact on a building’s overall energy consumption, followed by …

ventilated Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) walls. The energy-saving potential of the ventilated BIPV walls was …This study integrates photovoltaic (PV) system, building structure, and heat flow mechanism to propose the notion of …

The key factors in the energy-saving design of a building’s exterior in Taiwan are the thermal performance of the roof … glasses and sunshield types affect the energy consumption in residential buildings under common scenarios. The simulation … results showed that the use of an appropriate window glass significantly reduced the annual energy consumption, followed by …

energy and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The building-energy analysis software eQUEST and weather database … optimal green space layout to obtain an acceptable thermal environment at the neighborhood scale through a series of building … TMY2 were adopted to analyze the electric energy consumed by air conditioners and the analysis results were incorporated …

<i>Ex-post</i> evaluations of energy policies in Malaysia between 1970 and 2010 were conducted. The developments of … energy policies in Malaysia were traced from the early 1970s with the introduction of the country’s first energy …-related policy all the way to 2010 with the country’s first endeavour towards a biobased energy system. Analyses revealed that many …

This paper extends prior research on energy inefficiency in China by utilizing a unique shadow price framework … allocation in 30 Chinese provinces. We estimate the shadow price for energy input using the framework of production, and use the … ratio of the shadow price to the market price to describe energy utilization. Using Chinese provincial-level data from 1998 …

This article presents an analysis of the relationship between building energy usage and building control system … operation and performance. A method is presented for estimating the energy saving potential of improvements in building and … subjective assessment of the level of energy efficient design and the energy usage of the building relative to similar buildings …

basic foods is critical. Growing crops for fuel squanders land, water and energy resources vital for the production of food …

Detailed energy outputs and inputs were assessed for the following crops, cultured in the U.S. and developing countries …