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Status of European appliance standards
Turiel, I.; Lebot, B. - 2008
The European Community (EC) recently commissioned a study of the impact of potential appliance standards on electricity consumption in the twelve EC nations. This study looks at refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers. The impact of minimum efficiency standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435833
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Forecasting urban highway travel for year 2005
Miaou, Shaw-Pin; Rathi, A.K.; Southworth, F.; Greene, D.L. - 2008
As part of a study aimed at estimating suburban highway needs for year 2005, models were developed for forecasting daily vehicle miles of travel (DVMT) for urban areas and its distribution by highway functional class, urban location, and urban area size. A regression model combining both time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435975
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Status of European appliance standards
Turiel, I.; Lebot, B. - 2008
The European Community (EC) recently commissioned a study of the impact of potential appliance standards on electricity consumption in the twelve EC nations. This study looks at refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers. The impact of minimum efficiency standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436199
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Forecasting distributions of large federal-lands fires utilizing satellite and gridded weather information.
Preisler, Haiganoush K.; Burgan, Robert E.; Eidenshink, … - 2009
The current study presents a statistical model for assessing the skill of fire danger indices and for forecasting the distribution of the expected numbers of large fires over a given region and for the upcoming week. The procedure permits development of daily maps that forecast, for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429429
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Dispersion Patterns and Sampling Plans for Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Citrus.
Setamou, Mamoudou; Flores, Daniel; French, J. Victor; … - 2008
The abundance and spatial dispersion of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) were studied in 34 grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macfad.) and six sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] orchards from March to August 2006 when the pest is more abundant in southern Texas. Although flush...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429531
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Check-Testing of Manufacturer Self Reported Labeling Data& Compliance with MEPS
Zhou, Nan; Zhou, Nan; Zheng, Nina; Fridley, David; … - 2008
China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of … domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown … to cover over 40 products including water-saving products. Further, in 2005, China started a mandatory energy information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435536
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A prefeasibility study of energy resource options in Hainan, China
Hill, L.J.; Russell, M.; Barron, W.F.; LaRocco, P.; Shen, Z. - 2008
This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435877
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A prefeasibility study of energy resource options in Hainan, China
Hill, L.J.; Russell, M.; Barron, W.F.; LaRocco, P.; Shen, Z. - 2008
This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436245
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Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets
Zhang, Jingjing - 2006
What are the factors behind the recent development of industrial technology in China? Does China follow the path of … China between 1985 and 2003. Compared with the Chinese patent data used in prior studies, this dataset distinguishes firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476036
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Economic transition and commercial property markets : China and Poland
Wu, Hao; Reed, Richard - 2008
formation and behaviour. Supply and demand for commercial space in China and Poland are also contrasted. As commercial property … a “common ground” that enables similarities between the property markets in China and Poland. The challenge for state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483939