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A review of climate change impacts on commercial buildings and their technical services in the tropics

Yau, Y.H.; Hasbi, S. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 (2013) C, pp. 430-441

and their technical services in the tropics was carried out. This review focuses on the buildings’ contributions towards …

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The climate change impact on air conditioner system and reliability in Malaysia—A review

Yau, Y.H.; Pean, H.L. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4939-4949

performance and reliability in the tropics. Basically, three aspects of impact were focused, which were cooling and heating load … climate change impacts towards the air conditioner in the tropics since last few decades, but most of the researches were … future air conditioning system design in the tropics by taking consideration of possible climate change. …

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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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What makes people adopt improved cookstoves? Empirical evidence from rural northwest Pakistan

Jan, Inayatullah - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 5, pp. 3200-3205

Large dependence of the world population on biomass fuels for domestic energy consumption is one of the major … anthropogenic causes of deforestation worldwide. The use of biomass in inefficient ways in rural areas increases fuelwood demand of …

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Deforested and degraded land available for the expansion of palm oil for biodiesel in the state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon

Monteiro de Carvalho, Carolina; Silveira, Semida; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 44 (2015) C, pp. 867-876

This paper maps the availability of deforested and degraded land in the state of Pará in the eastern Amazon and discusses the feasibility of using this land for the expansion of palm crops for biodiesel production. The ultimate objective is to highlight land that is suitable for palm oil and...

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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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External costs of fossil electricity generation: Health-based assessment in Thailand

Sakulniyomporn, Songsak; Kubaha, Kuskana; Chullabodhi, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 8, pp. 3470-3479

Airborne pollutants from fossil fuel burning in electricity generation potentially contribute a number of consequent environmental impacts. In order to indicate the actual costs of energy, a so-called external cost has become of growing concerns internationally. This study aims to evaluate the...

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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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A roadmap for repowering California for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight

Jacobson, Mark Z.; Delucchi, Mark A.; Ingraffea, Anthony R. - In: Energy 73 (2014) C, pp. 875-889

This study presents a roadmap for converting California's all-purpose (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industry) energy infrastructure to one derived entirely from wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) generating electricity and electrolytic hydrogen. California's available WWS...

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Effect of dust pollutant type on photovoltaic performance

Darwish, Zeki Ahmed; Kazem, Hussein A.; Sopian, K.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41 (2015) C, pp. 735-744

Many environmental parameters affect the production of photovoltaic (PV) systems and dust could be one of the main reasons of degradation of PV panels. PV systems utilized in large and small scales accumulate different types of dust which reduce the efficiency. The dust contents, which represent...

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