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Determinants of China’s Energy Imports: An Empirical Analysis

Zhao, Xingjun; Wu, Yanrui - Department of Economics, Business School - 2007

Sustained economic growth in China has triggered a surge of energy imports, especially oil imports. This paper investigates the determinants of China’s energy import demand by using cointegraiton and VECM techniques. The findings suggest that, in the long run, growth of industrial production...

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Energy Consumption in China: Past Trends and Future Directions

Crompton, Paul; Wu, Yanrui - Department of Economics, Business School - 2004

In 2003 China’s energy consumption amounted to 1678 million tonnes coal equivalent (MTCE), making China the world’s second largest consumer behind only the United States. China is now also one of the largest oil importers in the world. With an economy which is expected to maintain a rate of...

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Demographic dynamics and per capita environmental impact: using panel regressions and household decompositions to examine population and transport

Liddle, Brantley - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2003

Demographic variables have tended to be ignored in many environment-development analyses. This paper examines how population changes (in aging, households, and urbanization/density) can help explain changes/differences in personal transport using both macro- and micro- level data. First, panel...

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Difficulties in changing existing leases – one explanation of the “energy paradox”?

Bonde, Magnus - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 14 (2012) 1, pp. 63-76

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate if a green lease could eliminate the split incentive problem in two office buildings located in Stockholm, Sweden. It aims to provide a theoretical overview concerning the “energy paradox” and to describe a case study in which a green...

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Green performs better: energy efficiency and financial return on buildings

Cajias, Marcelo; Piazolo, Daniel - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 15 (2013) 1, pp. 53-72

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of energy consumption on the financial performance of German residential buildings in a large panel framework. The authors provide evidence that energy efficiency in the residential sector is a relevant factor affecting both...

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Adapting the Scottish tenement to twenty‐first century standards

Sharpe, Tim; Shearer, Donald - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 3 (2013) 1, pp. 55-67

Purpose – The stone tenement is perhaps the most iconic type of housing in Scotland and to a large extent defines the built environment of its major cities and towns. However in the context of the climate change agenda which demands reduced energy consumption and CO2 production, such buildings...

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High performance preservation: research and funding opportunities

Glick, Scott; Clevenger, Caroline; Watson, Peter - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 3 (2013) 1, pp. 68-81

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the complexities of grant writing to fund sustainable upgrades to historical properties. Highlighted are the complexities of melding grant solicitations, identifying potential partners, defining project scope, securing matching funds,...

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Electricity consumption, income, foreign direct investment, and population in Malaysia

Foon Tang, Chor - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 4, pp. 371-382

causality evidence indicates that electricity consumption, income, and foreign direct investment are of bilateral causality …Purpose – This study attempts to re‐investigate the electricity consumption function for Malaysia through the … cointegration and causality analyses over the period 1970 to 2005. Design/methodology/approach – The study employed the bounds …

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Survey of the international evidence on the causal relationship between energy consumption and growth

Payne, James E. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 37 (2010) 1, pp. 53-95

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey the empirical literature on the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The four major hypotheses (growth, conservation, neutrality, and feedback) are briefly outlined with respect to...

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Optimal time trajectories for industrial robots with torque, power, jerk and energy consumed constraints

Rubio, Francisco; Valero, Francisco; Sunyer, Joseph; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 39 (2012) 1, pp. 92-100

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the torque, power, jerk and energy consumed constraints on the generation of minimum time collision‐free trajectories for industrial robots in a complex environment. Design/methodology/approach – An algorithm is presented in...

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