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PV (photovoltaics) performance evaluation and simulation-based energy yield prediction for tropical buildings

Saber, Esmail M.; Lee, Siew Eang; Manthapuri, Sumanth; … - In: Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 588-595

Air pollution and climate change increased the importance of renewable energy resources like solar energy in the last decades. Rack-mounted PhotoVoltaics (PV) and Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) are the most common photovoltaic systems which convert incident solar radiation on façade...

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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests

Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity … the design of local and international policy instruments to prevent further deforestation and encourage forest growth … to slow and reverse deforestation. We cover the most recent work touching on a range of issues related to PES programs …

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Economic Status, Air Quality, and Child Health: Evidence from Inversion Episodes

Jans, Jenny; Johansson, Per; Nilsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

On normal days, the temperature decreases with altitude, allowing air pollutants to rise and disperse. During inversion episodes, a warmer air layer at higher altitude traps pollutants close to the ground. We show how readily available NASA satellite data on vertical temperature profiles can be...

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Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity

Li, Teng; Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

rich world today. We document large reductions in productivity, of the order of 15%, over the first 200 µg/m3 rise in PM2 …

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Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer

Lichter, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly information on the concentration of particulate matter in...

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An inexact optimization modeling approach for supporting energy systems planning and air pollution mitigation in Beijing city

Dong, C.; Huang, G.H.; Cai, Y.P.; Liu, Y. - In: Energy 37 (2012) 1, pp. 673-688

In this study, an inexact optimization modeling approach (IBEM: inexact Beijing energy model) was developed for supporting energy systems planning and air pollution mitigation under uncertainty. This model was based on the integration of multiple inexact optimization techniques, including...

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Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?

Currie, Janet; Neidell, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to...

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Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating

Barreca, Alan I.; Clay, Karen; Tarr, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality rates in the U.S. during the mid-20th century. Coal...

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Keep Your Clunker in the Suburb: Low Emission Zones and Adoption of Green Vehicles

Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Spatial distribution and leakage effects are of great policy concern and increasingly discussed in the economics literature. Here we study Europe's most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: Low Emission Zones are areas in which vehicular access is allowed only to vehicles that emit low...

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Economic and environmental impacts of insulation in district heating pipelines

Başoğul, Yusuf; Keçebaş, Ali - In: Energy 36 (2011) 10, pp. 6156-6164

The determination of optimum thickness of insulation is often applied to energy technologies and building projects. In this study, the energy, economic and environmental evaluations of thermal insulation in district heating pipeline are discussed. The optimum insulation thickness, energy saving...

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