homes also have energy audits and homeowner surveys. The test bed also includes 185 rooftop PV (photovoltaic) installations … monitoring methods, characterizes the study participants, and provides some first results about residential energy use. These … results include a negative correlation between energy use and knowledge about energy as well as a possible positive …

The link between energy consumption and economic growth has been widely studied in the economic literature …. Understanding this relationship is important from both an environmental and a socio-economic point of view, as energy consumption is … energy consumption per unit of output varies through the phases of development, increasing from an agricultural stage to an …

interference that the metabolism of matter and energy flows controlled by human activity induces on the expected pattern of … metabolism of matter and energy flows associated with the self-organization of natural ecosystems. This paper presents three …

This paper analyzes the evolution of real energy efficiency in the European Union and the attribution across countries … of its percent change. Relying on a multiplicative energy intensity approach that is implemented through the Sato …-Vartia Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index method, we decompose the change in aggregate energy intensity in 20 European countries for the …

Global solar energy data is considered as the most important parameter in smart grid applications, particularly for … sizing the photovoltaic system and demand driven supply. However the data of global solar energy is rarely available on … estimation of global solar energy at the earth's surface is an important study in the present scenario to meet the energy …

parts such as distributed energy resources, smart homes and the external grid. As a result, a comprehensive perspective … toward the simultaneous scheduling of combined energy exchange modes should be established. In this paper, advantages of 18 … energy exchange modes are integrated. The presented model facilitates the participation of sub-aggregators in the aggregation …

The continuous spread of DER (Distributed Energy Resource) systems and CHCP (Combined Heat, Cooling and Power …) technologies around the world highlights critical issues concerning the management strategies of such complex energy … Technologies) can determine advantages in terms of operational cost reduction, primary energy saving and CO2 emission decrease. …

limited energy capacity and are therefore not able to provide actual energy deliveries. Second, it is often difficult to make … towards the energy limitations resolving both the baseline issue and the energy limitation issue. …

Utilizing renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emission and minimizing the fuel cost for energy saving in the OPF … energy sources to account for the fast variation of the power generated by renewable energy sources. The proposed DPOPF …