contained in Input-Output tables is desirable, yet without loss of the quantitative dimension. For the case of total energy … requirements an approach is presented, which allows a decomposition of total energy requirements by production layers and (final …) energy consuming sectors. Therefore, a mixed monetary-energetic Input-Output model and a partitioning procedure are used …

built environment of its major cities and towns. However in the context of the climate change agenda which demands reduced … energy consumption and CO2 production, such buildings are recognised to be a particular challenge in terms of both their poor … energy performance, but also the limitations on improvement measures that do not have a detrimental affect on their form and …

This study examines the relationship between consumers’ perceptions of the environmental impact of different energy …‐friendly means). Those developing green power products can choose to include any number of energy resources in their offerings. Given …) premium for green power were found for three of 11 energy resources investigated – namely, nuclear power, large …

sustainable built environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the findings of a comprehensive literature … inadequate performance of BMS vendors were highlighted as barriers when adopting a BMS. Energy efficiency, reduction of operation …, environment and social sustainability pillars. Practical implications – This study increases the awareness on functionality of a …

environment is technological advancement by which the world community can raise the efficiency of the current energy usage and …/or develop feasible alternative sources of energy so that the consumption of fossil fuel can be minimised. Furthermore, this … treaties for protection of the global environment attempted thus far will continue to be incapable of significantly protecting …

to the environment and to emissions, which impact the greater interests of the world. Some burning global issues like … water usage, alternative sources of energy, product safety and innovation have not received adequate attention. Research …, religious environment and highlights the emerging philanthropic attitude. The paper improves an existing model by incorporating …

Consumption of energy in the large computing system is an important issue not only because energy sources are depleting … computing platform which consumes enormous energy in the task execution. Energy-aware job scheduling, in the computational grid … energy concern, it is possible to save the energy consumed by the system in the task execution. The prime objective, in this …

energy consumption stills a critical element with limited-energy batteries, and the most principal cause of energy … conserve a good level of energy consumption and network lifetime. Therefore, it proposes a novel mechanism of locality …

the patient body and are used to monitor medical signs and forward them to medical servers. Proficient energy and Quality … the QoS requirements and the energy consumption. Their approach operates in an efficient computation way, where the sink … device manages the routing paths avoiding the sensors to be involved in computation and consequently on the energy …

The aim of the study was to investigate as to whether piezoelectric energy harvesting could be a viable contributor to … a source of renewable energy for the future. Here, a keyboard usage study was conducted using a data gathering computer … found it was capable of producing 650 µJ of energy per keystroke. The results from this study suggest piezoelectric …