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areas are configured in precincts, which have been identified as an ideal scale for low-carbon technologies that address energy …Australia’s urban built environment contributes significantly to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions; therefore …, encouraging urban development to pursue low-carbon outcomes will aid in reducing carbon in the overall economy. Cities and urban …
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harnessing sustainable energy sources, utilizing sustainable energy carriers, increasing efficiency, reducing environmental …Many factors to be appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability are examined. These include … with the approach put forward, and options for energy sustainability and the broader objective of sustainability. Energy …
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carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. Increasing availability and accessibility of charging stations is predicted to …
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A feasibility analysis is reported of reduction opportunities for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in … pollution prevention methodology is utilized. The purpose is to provide practical options for VOC emissions reductions during …. Baseline VOC emissions for a typical plant are estimated using a mass balance approach. The feasibility analysis expands on a …
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compounds (VOC) emissions. Base VOC emissions for a typical plant are estimated using a mass balance approach. Pollution … a case study, it is demonstrated that several advantageous options are available for reducing VOC emissions in …
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recent study, which claims that the concept of “common but differentiated responsibilities” refers to the emissions of …> emissions are distributed among its citizens and, from that a global CO<sub>2</sub> distribution was constructed. We propose the … sharing of natural resources (human cooperation) is employed to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in two scenarios by 2030. …
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Energy Return on Investment (EROI) refers to how much energy is returned from one unit of energy invested in an energy …
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) energy quality corrections, (3) energy-economic conversions, and (4) alternative EROI statistics. Lastly, we present step …
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Declining energy return on investment (EROI) of a society’s available energy sources can lead to both crisis and … interpretation. There are many reasons why frugal living and an energy diet could be beneficial. A measure of wellbeing or welfare … gained per unit of energy expended (WROEI) is proposed. A threshold is hypothesized for the relation between energy …
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This paper is a synthesis of a series of twenty papers on the topic of EROI, or energy return on investment. EROI is … simply the energy gained from an energy-obtaining effort divided by the energy used to get that energy. For example, one … and often highly technical papers. About half of the papers are reports on empirical analyses of various energy sources …
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