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Very powerful simulation softwares are available today. They should allow rational choices from early design stages, among many different alternatives. When using such tools, the bottle neck is no more on computer side but in the modelling. Better and better compromises have always to be found...
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is designed to replace such energy that is used. The recently completed building is now subject of a comprehensive … generate energy. The Solar Office at Doxford International is designed to minimise the use of energy while its external fabric … conditions within the building as a whole. Hour by hour findings are posted on a dedicated web site. Photovoltaics could have the …
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If renewable energy sources are to be successfully utilised within the built environment then accurate simulation tools …
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generation reduces emissions only marginally and that wholesale prices will be higher than the renewable energy option. …
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Sahelian developing countries depend heavily on oil-import for the supply of their increasing energy demand. This setup … than the cost of energy from the grid extension for all these three regions. Thus, decentralized PV technologies are cost … and Fatick. The additional advantage of the proposed methodology is that it allows the environmental valuation of energy …
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Fostering the use of renewable energies for power generation is at the heart of the EU's long term energy policy … energy sources. These aims can only be reached by recurring to support systems that help covering the cost disadvantages …
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Using a panel database for 27 programs in 16 U.S. states over 1998–2009, we assess the impact of 12 state-level policies on the cost and deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies for two sectors defined by system sizes: residential (10 kW) and commercial (10−100 kW). We first...
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&D), incentives for the production of wind energy and access to credit are the three main sources of finance addressed herein … development of wind energy. The econometric analysis suggests that regulatory risks play a key role for the development of wind …
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The European Energy Efficiency Building Directive 2002/91/CE, as well as other acts and funding programs, strongly …
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The paper presents one of the first Italian experiences assessing the effectiveness of sustainable production and consumption strategies.
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