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Thirty years of domestic solar hot water systems use in Greece – energy and environmental benefits – future perspectives

Tsilingiridis, G.; Martinopoulos, G. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 490-497

The effort to reduce the dependence on imported crude oil in Greece, after the oil crises in the '70s, has resulted, among others, in a total installed area of 3.57millionm2 solar collectors in 2007, making Greece one of the pioneers in the use of domestic solar hot water system (DSHWS) worldwide.

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Energy policy and standard for built environment in China

Yao, Runming; Li, Baizhan; Steemers, Koen - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 13, pp. 1973-1988

Trends in China's energy future will have considerable consequences for both China and the global environment. Though China's carbon emissions are low on a per capita basis, China is already ranked the world's second largest producer of carbon, behind only America. China's buildings sector...

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Energy in Estonia

Lausmaa, T. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 566-568

The energy situation in Estonia is analyzed and comparisons are made with the energy consumption per capita in … developed countries having similar climatic conditions. It is shown that if Estonia follows the trend of sustainable development … contemporary western standard, it should be possible to avoid introduction of nuclear energy in Estonia. …

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Heating and cooling of a hospital using solar energy coupled with seasonal thermal energy storage in an aquifer

Paksoy, H.O; Andersson, O; Abaci, S; Evliya, H; Turgut, B - In: Renewable Energy 19 (2000) 1, pp. 117-122

A system is being designed, using solar energy in combination with Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES), that will conserve a major part of the oil and electricity used for heating or cooling the Cukurova University, Balcali Hospital in Adana, Turkey. The general objective of the system is to...

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Development of energy efficiency improvement in the Tunisian hotel sector: a case study

Khemiri, Abdelhak; Hassairi, Mohamed - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 6, pp. 903-911

Tunisia expects a very large growth in energy demand but Tunisian' indigenous energy resources are limited. Today Tunisian' energy resources meet the total primary energy demand. In short time Tunisia will become an importer country for primary energy.

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The effect of glazing shape upon the thermal performance of buildings

Klainsek, J.; Bedoya, C.; Neila, J. - In: Renewable Energy 8 (1996) 1, pp. 182-185

The great incidence that glazing has in a building energy conservation makes it one of the most important parameters to be taken into account especially in commercial buildings, where the surface occupied by glass areas is very important. So, different shapes of glass areas and their influence...

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Solar and wind energy potential and utilization in Pakistan

Raja, Iftikhar A.; Abro, Riazuddin S. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 583-586

Pakistan needs substantial amount of energy to develop its industry and to increase the agricultural productivity. The available indigenous energy resources are limited. The only option which the country has to pursue is renewable energy. This paper identifies the potentials of solar and wind...

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Prospects for low energy buildings in Poland

Chwieduk, Dorota - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 1196-1199

Polish economy is characterised by high energy intensity in all sectors. Energy used for heating purposes for municipal and co-operatives buildings is especially high. A lot must be done to reduce energy consumption. This paper presents energy conservation technologies that have started to be...

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Financing aspects of electricity saving's in Brasil

Pacca, S.A.; Sauer, I.L. - In: Renewable Energy 9 (1996) 1, pp. 891-894

Programs regarding to energy saving in Brasil arised by the early 80's, from the concern with oil products consumption. The situation has changed and electricity is growing in importance when energy conservation is discussed.

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Development of feasibility approaches for studying the behavior of passive cooling systems in buildings

Belarbi, R.; Allard, F. - In: Renewable Energy 22 (2001) 4, pp. 507-524

This study is a contribution to European projects Pascool/Joule II and Altener/Sink that deals with feasibility of passive cooling systems in Europe. The first aim of this work was to define a design methodology to evaluate natural cooling potential according to the climatic quantification...

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