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-fueling technology upon forests: what happens to long-lived energy carriers when a new source of heat and power makes significant inroads …
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With policy directions firmly moving towards net zero energy homes, what do we know about the perceptions and experiences of households who already live in homes at or near that standard? The research sets out to determine whether householders believe these buildings are thermally comfortable,...
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saving and pollution emission reduction in China. The improvement of energy efficiency is essential for energy consumption … efficiency from the lengthways time and investigating the gap between China and foreign countries through a horizontal comparison …. Accordingly, energy efficiency has increased in the Chinese pulp and paper industry with years of efforts, but its transformation …
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manufacturing sector. To improve energy efficiency in Korea, from an EII perspective a new approach has to be taken because … efficiency of Korea, however, is still relatively low due to the large portion of energy intensive industry (EII) in its … of the resulting innovation, energy policies should be enacted to enhance energy efficiency. Thus, the Korean government …
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Energy efficiency levels for the Standards and Labeling (S&L) program in India for frost free (FF) refrigerators are … behind other countries on the consumption level corresponding to highest efficiency rating. Also, the range of consumption … ratings for FF refrigerators in 2014 by 36% across all the bands. This measure will make its highest efficiency rating …
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efficiency in energy policy discussions. Yet its application in real-world policymaking can be surprisingly problematical. This …
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This paper presents a two-fold evaluation method determining whether to renovate an existing building or to demolish it and thereafter erect a new building.
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government plans to adopt a voluntary building energy code, or design standard, for rural homes. The goal is to build on China …'s success with codes in urban areas to improve efficiency and comfort in rural homes. The Chinese government recognizes rural … buildings represent a major opportunity for improving national building energy efficiency. The challenges of rural China are …
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, the needs of energy efficiency (EE) must start in the homes of its inhabitants. Due to a harsh climate most of the year …
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As government and industry plan to reduce energy consumption in building stock, there is a need to forecast the uptake of retrofit packages across building stock over time. To address this challenge a diffusion model was set up and applied to office building stock across New South Wales (NSW) in...
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