With the improvement of people's living standards all over the world, the demand for cooling (both space cooling and … refrigeration) continues to grow. The increase in cooling-related energy consumption has a growing impact on global climate change …. The importance of improving the energy efficiency of cooling systems is increasing. This paper introduces a series of …

Buildings' heating represents an important share of the total energy consumption in Italy, and to reach the challenging … presents an analysis of different scenarios comparing the penetration of buildings' heating technologies for the residential … natural gas. The analysis compares the potential role of these technologies in reaching a decarbonized residential heating by …

Household consumption of coal and other dirty fuels for heating and cooking greatly contributes to air pollution both … outdoors and indoors. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of household heating choice (dirty versus …). Half of the households (50%) use coal for heating. We find that the energy-poor (who comprise 66% of the population) are …