In this paper, panel methods are applied in new and innovative ways to predict daily mean internal temperature demand across a heterogeneous domestic building stock over time. This research not only exploits a rich new dataset but presents new methodological insights and offers important...

Switchgrass is a high yielding, low-input intensive, native perennial grass that has been promoted as a major second-generation bioenergy crop. Raw switchgrass is not a readily acceptable feedstock in existing power plants that were built to accommodate coal and peat. The objective of this...

Today, the tuna fishery of the western and central Pacific is one of the world's largest fisheries. Annual catches exceed 2 million mt--approximately 50% of the global tuna catch--with an estimated landed value of USD 3 billion (in 2005). The fishery expanded rapidly from the mid 1980s,...

The South Pacific albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) fishery is one of the region's oldest commercial fisheries. Fleets from major distant-water fishing nations (DWFNs) deploy long-line, troll and drift-net vessels in the fishery. While addressing issues of biology and distribution of stocks, the...

The authors examine competitiveness partnerships, which consist of structured dialogue between the public and private sector to improve the investment climate. The paper is designed to be used as a resource by donors, governments, or businesspeople who are interested in establishing,...

Energy is used in dwellings to provide four services: space heating, hot water, lighting and to power appliances. This paper describes how the usage of energy in a UK home results from a complex interaction between built form, location, energy-using equipment, occupants and the affordability of...