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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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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality
Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014
Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …
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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A …
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Unbelievable but True — Improved Cook-stoves are not Helpful in Reducing Firewood Demand in Nepal
Nepal, Mani; Nepal, Apsara; Grimsrud, Kristine - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cook-stoves on firewood demand at the household level. Nationally representative household data from Nepal is used for the study. [SANDEE Working Paper No. 51 - 10].
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Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India
Gupta, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For...
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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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Morbidity Costs of Vehicular Air Pollution: Examining Dhaka City in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Tanzir; Imran, Mohammad - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study estimates the morbidity costs of reduction in air pollution in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, using the Cost-of-Illness (COI) approach. COI is defined as the sum of lost earnings due to workdays lost or restricted activity days and the mitigation expenditure borne due to illness....
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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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Why Do Farmers Burn Rice Residue? Examining Farmers’ Choices in Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmed, Tanvir; Ahmad, Bashir - eSocialSciences - 2013
Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the residue adoption choices of farmers in the...
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