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 …

program to incorporate energy efficiency and heating/cooling measures could represent an economically attractive way to …. From a wider perspective, residential heating and cooling represent a relatively straightforward way to abate carbon …Electrification of heating, particularly with highly efficient heat pumps, is increasingly viewed as essential for …