Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess renewable energy‐based cooling technologies using multi‐criteria methodology. Design/methodology/approach – Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methodology is applied to obtain the ranking of renewable energy options for cooling technology...

Zusammenfassung Mobilität und Tourismus hängen zusammen; insofern werden auch die Treibhausgas-Emissionen im Tourismus maßgeblich vom Verkehr verursacht, wobei das Ausmaß der Treibhausgas-Emissionen vom gewählten Verkehrsmittel bei der Anreise abhängt. Für die Anreise der...

Zusammenfassung In dem Beitrag wird das in Deutschland beobachtbare Phänomen der im Vergleich zur Realvermögensbildung überproportionalen Geldvermögensbildung untersucht. Grundlage ist die Finanzierungsrechnung der Deutschen Bundesbank, die eine sektorale Analyse des...

Purpose – The Joint European Torus (JET) is the flagship for European Fusion Research. This study seeks to address the issue of the need for remote handling in the process of recreating nuclear fusion as a limitless source of clean energy. Design/methodology/approach – Describes in detail...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build up a parallel robot for assembling, machining and repairing of the vacuum vessel of the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER). Design/methodology/approach – The process of assembling and machining of the vacuum vessel need a...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe bridge transported servo‐manipulator (BTSM) system, which was developed to overcome the limited workspace of the conventional mechanical master‐slave manipulators in a hot cell. Design/methodology/approach – The BTSM system consists of four...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons behind the apparent reluctance of UK residential developers to embrace microgeneration technology and adopt it large‐scale across their developments despite consumer demand for post‐construction microgeneration technologies....

Purpose – The paper attempts to highlight and discuss the limitations of the current discourse around the role of hydrogen‐based energy in a more sustainable future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon preliminary findings from qualitative fieldwork in three case studies....

Purpose – India aspires for high economic growth of around 8‐9 percent over next few years. Higher economic growth would lead to higher production and consumption, more energy use and more CO 2 emissions. At a time when CO 2 emissions reductions are becoming an important point of debate and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the important product features that are to be included in smart grid devices. This will help the decision makers to prioritize the product feature implementations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a quantitative approach to...