subjective assessment of the level of energy efficient design and the energy usage of the building relative to similar buildings … Building Operating Index to evaluate building energy performance versus similar buildings, and uses these indices to estimate …This article presents an analysis of the relationship between building energy usage and building control system …

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 …As an emerging country and one of the most populous countries in the world, Indonesia requires a sufficient energy …

Ground heat is a renewable resource that is readily available for buildings in cool climates, but its relatively low … the outside temperature, therefore eliminating large peak demands and reducing the primary energy demand. Our steady …

significant and necessary for potential future implementation in buildings. In addition, the control system provides new proof of …

<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 …

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 …

More effective energy production requires a greater penetration of storage technologies. This paper takes a looks at … and compares the landscape of energy storage devices. Solutions across four categories of storage, namely: mechanical …, chemical, electromagnetic and thermal storage are compared on the basis of energy/power density, specific energy …