energy and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The building-energy analysis software eQUEST and weather database … TMY2 were adopted to analyze the electric energy consumed by air conditioners and the analysis results were incorporated …

In this study, the energy utilization and environmental aspects of the rice processing industries in Bangladesh was … analyzed. Rice husk, a milling by-product of rice, is used as a source of thermal energy to produce steam for parboiling of raw … source of primary energy. In Bangladesh, the annual estimated energy used in 2000 for the drying of rice by sunshine was 10 …

industrialization and land urbanization. In the literatures, extensive studies have examined the impact of energy and emissions on the … the energy factors. The basic conclusions obtained are as follows: (1) the land and energy factors do have a statistically … performance in the sample period. The integrated efficiency is dominated by the land factor rather than energy ones; and (2) the …

alternative energy sources, electricity demand and energy saving policies. Moreover, Information and Communication Technologies …

availability and cost of energy is a significant determinant of economic performance. We believe this relation is consistent with … analyses based on the energy return on investment (EROI) concept in that increasingly scarce, and hence expensive, fuels are a … drag on economic growth. The best-fitting linear equation relating the percent of GDP (energy cost share) and year …

This paper presents a tool for the analysis of conversion of organic waste into energy. The tool is a program that uses …, CO2 and H2S produced from anaerobic digestion of organic waste, and hence the energy available. Case studies are also …

the heating loads through the improvement of the thermal performance of house envelopes, and (2) using solar energy … through a residential solar-based thermal storage system. First, this paper presents the life cycle energy and cost analysis … of a typical one-storey detached house, located in Montreal, Canada. Simulation of annual energy use is performed using …

Base station sites (BSSs) powered with renewable energy sources have gained the attention of cellular operators during …) of telecom operators due to the possibility of on-site renewable energy harvesting. In this paper, the green BSSs power ….</i> As an example, yearly sensing results for three different BSS configurations powered by solar and/or wind energy are …

In the last decade, the importance of exploiting Chile’s Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) has increased significantly … economy. However, to date, the advancement of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in the country has been very limited due to … adoption of renewable energy technologies in Chile. Our findings show that the most significant barriers include “grid …