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Muataz Dhaif and André Stephan
In hot and humid climatic conditions, cooling tends to dominate building thermal energy use. Cooling loads can be reduced through the adoption of efficient building envelope materials, such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). This study quantifies the...
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Abdul Rauf, Daniel Efurosibina Attoye and Robert Crawford
Extensive focus on operational energy research has positively impacted both academia and policymakers, facilitating new strategies that reduce the energy consumed by building occupants. Much less emphasis has, however, been given to embodied energy. Cons...
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The development of Li-ion batteries has enabled the re-entry of electric vehicles into the market. As car manufacturers strive to reach higher practical specific energies (550 Wh/kg) than what is achievable for Li-ion batteries, new alternatives for batt...
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Alicia M. Amerson, Tyler M. Harris, Savanna R. Michener, Cailene M. Gunn and Joseph H. Haxel
Recommendations derived from papers documenting the Triton Field Trials (TFiT) study of marine energy environmental monitoring technology and methods under the Triton Initiative (Triton), as reported in this Special Issue, are summarized here. Additional...
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Maria Apolonia and Teresa Simas
So far, very few studies have focused on the quantification of the environmental impacts of a wave energy converter. The current study presents a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the MegaRoller wave energy converter, aiming to contribute to dec...
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Seyed Vahid Vakili, Aykut I. Ölçer and Alessandro Schönborn
Through a systematic literature review and a holistic perspective, the study proposes a conceptual transdisciplinary framework to overcome energy efficiency barriers during the shipbuilding phase. The process of the proposed transdisciplinary framework c...
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Jesús Las-Heras-Casas, Luis M. López-Ochoa, Luis M. López-González and Pablo Olasolo-Alonso
One of the greatest challenges facing the European Union is the conversion of the existing residential building stock into nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) by 2050 through energy renovation, given that the residential sector is one of the largest con...
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Alex Ximenes Naves, Victor Tulus, Elaine Garrido Vazquez, Laureano Jiménez Esteller, Assed Naked Haddad and Dieter Boer
The energy supplied by photovoltaic (PV) panels connected to the grid creates more flexibility for energy management; however, oversizing the PV system may result in an energy surplus, an essential factor to be considered during energy efficiency optimiz...
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Mihail Vinokurov, Kaisa Grönman, Antti Kosonen, Mika Luoranen and Risto Soukka
This paper proposes an extension for feasibility assessment of residential energy (heat and electricity) supply solutions in an operational environment undergoing major changes. In order to improve the life cycle economy of the energy supply, the design ...
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Nadia MIRABELLA, Martin RÖCK, Marcella Ruschi Mendes SAADE, Carolin SPIRINCKX, Marc BOSMANS, Karen ALLACKER and Alexander PASSER
Globally, the building sector is responsible for more than 40% of energy use and it contributes approximately 30% of the global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This high contribution stimulates research and policies to reduce the operational energy use a...
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Vaibhav Satpute,Anand Jawanjal
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Sun provides abundant source of renewable energy that can be integrated with the electrical grid. Climate change issues have compelled policy makers to look into various ways to reduce carbon footprint and use green, renewable energy. Solar power, along ...
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Peng Du, Antony Wood, Brent Stephens and Xiaoyu Song
It is commonly accepted that the concentration of people in high-density urban city centers, which are typically dominated by medium- and high-rise buildings located close to public transit systems, offers greater overall energy efficiency and lower life...
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Paressa Loussos, Thaleia Konstantinou, Andy Van den Dobbelsteen and Regina Bokel
The existing building stock has been in the focus of European Union policies for energy savings. Nevertheless, energy certification schemes refer mostly to operational energy and usually do not consider aspects related to the life cycle of the building. ...
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Usep Surahman, Tetsu Kubota and Osamu Higashi
The objective of this study is to analyze life cycle energy and CO2 emission profiles by employing an input?output analysis method for urban houses in major cities of Indonesia. Two surveys investigating building material inventory and household energy c...
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Alexandre Hugo and Radu Zmeureanu
The reduction of electricity use for heating and domestic hot water in cold climates can be achieved by: (1) reducing the heating loads through the improvement of the thermal performance of house envelopes, and (2) using solar energy through a residentia...
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Philip F. Henshaw, Carey King and Jay Zarnikau
A more objective method for measuring the energy needs of businesses, System Energy Assessment (SEA), measures the combined impacts of material supply chains and service supply chains, to assess businesses as whole self-managing net-energy systems. The m...
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Marc A. Rosen
Many factors to be appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability are examined. These include harnessing sustainable energy sources, utilizing sustainable energy carriers, increasing efficiency, reducing environmental impact and improvin...
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Ji Bian, Changchun Liu, Chunyang Zuo, Jianli Hao, Wenting Ma, Baoyin Duan, Congda Chen and Jixuan Liu
Since decoration is an essential part of buildings, the carbon emissions generated by decoration work should not be ignored. In recent years, prefabricated decoration has attracted much attention as efforts are made to pursue green, low-carbon, and waste...
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Nicole Di Santo, Leidy Guante Henriquez, Giovanni Dotelli and Marco Imperadori
Due to our increasing dependence on resources and energy, climate change is among the most tangible issues we are facing today. The construction industry has been identified as a key sector to intervene in, but mitigation strategies must focus on more th...
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Jie Mao, Yongqiang Zhu, Qiwei Chen and Huayang Yu
A quantitative evaluation was conducted on the energy consumption and carbon emissions during the asphalt pavement regeneration process, and the energy consumption and emission ratios during the construction and raw material production stages of the cold...
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