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Energy is the building block of modern civilization and a prerequisite for sustainable development. Global energy …. Bangladesh is a developing country in the Southeast Asia, which is one of the lowest per capital energy consuming nation. The … power crisis has become a major constraint to continued economic growth and energy sector of the country is currently facing …
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A recent study suggested that buildings globally consume up to 40% of energy and responsible for half of world … phase is identified to consume the highest energy and concrete responsible for the highest embodied energy. The findings … also suggested that building material with lower embodied energy does not necessarily have lower life cycle energy …
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Africa (NA) countries cooperation on water and clean energy superhighway as the solution to regional energy challenges, water … shortages, climate change and other environmental problems arising from the current fossil-fuel heavy global energy paradigm … quantitative targets for solutions between the growing water crisis in NA and energy resources (fossil and renewables energies (RE …
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sustainability of green building, especially the social sustainability is largely overlooked. Future research opportunities were …
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analysis shows an impressive transformation of China׳s energy metabolism determined by the joining of the WTO in 2001. Since … industrial sector, boosting economic labor productivity as well as total energy consumption. India, on the contrary, lags behind … when considering these factors. Looking at changes in the household sector (energy metabolism associated with final …
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The water sector in Algeria has to date paid scant attention to the issue of climate change and is often unaware of its impact on future water resources. Studies will be needed to assess the impact and cost of climate change and draw up adaptation solutions.
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The sustainability goals for soy biodiesel are to contribute to energy security by providing a domestically sourced …, and to improve the quality of life. Sustainability is more than just greenhouse gas savings. The main aspects of … sustainability of soy biodiesel are environmental, economic and social effects of production and use. The intent of this paper is to …
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Nanofluid is one of the novel inventions of science. Nanofluid can be used for energy savings by increasing the heat … energy and exergy performances. This paper extant different characteristic of specific heat capacity of nanofluids containing …
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biomass. Despite its small share in the overall energy supply (7%), imported fuel absorbs half of Ethiopia’s foreign currency … earnings. The common justifications behind the development of biofuels such as energy source diversification, foreign currency …
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The nexus between trade openness and energy demand is hot topic of discussion among academicians and researchers, and … numerous studies are available in existing literature while investigating the nexus between trade openness and energy demand …. This paper explores the relationship between energy consumption, trade openness and economic growth in case of Thailand. In …
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