"This book explores the development of an integrated methodological framework for the decision support of local and regional authorities towards sustainable energy planning. The scope is to contribute to the scientific "gap" regarding the development, implementation and monitoring of the...

Front Cover -- Application of Smart Grid Technologies: Case Studies in Saving Electricity in Different Parts of the World -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Smart grids-Overview and background information -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition -- 3. Components...

The rational use of energy and energy-efficient environmental public street lighting is an important topic. In the design of new public lighting installations, national regulations containing energy-efficient guidelines are already used. Nevertheless, either in new installations or in...

Eine möglichst energieeffiziente und damit auch kostengünstige Produktion - welches Unternehmen wünscht sich dies nicht? In nahezu allen Bereichen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes wird eine effiziente Energienutzung immer wichtiger und in vielen Fällen sogar zum entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil...

Introduction -- Theoretical consideration of energy audits -- Research on energy balances -- Studies on business aspects of energy eciency measures -- Research on multiple energy audits processing -- Design of an universal data model for energy audits -- Validation of the model with audit data...