Energy Efficiency Research Articles & Analysis
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The technology fosters opportunities for employment in various sectors, from plant operations to research and development, bolstering local economies. Versatility and Feasibility Diverse Application of Pyrolysis Pyrolysis technology is remarkably versatile. ...
“Any technology that is a couple of percentage points more energy-efficient is much more likely to be competitive in the long run.” He adds that with CO2 accounting for only 0.04% of the atmosphere, the capacity to cut energy use is limited. “Currently we are operating at low single-digit percentage energy ...
The Passive House Institute in Darmstadt has carried out numerous researches on energy efficient houses and confirms through the data collected over time that the situation is exactly the opposite - high level thermal insulation produces major savings in terms of heating requirements. ...
Energy efficiency is like a long-distance race. The first kilometres are easy and if you train a little bit you will achieve big results. ...
There are plenty of simple changes you can make to create a greener office space. We put together a short list of tips, and also spoke to the folks at the Earth Day Network, who shared a few ways for how to make any office more environmentally conscious. ...
ByMobius
Reducing treatment plants’ energy footprints through energy efficiency and using the currently wasted energy could save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...
ByEnsia
Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2016) as well as a presentation about the new results and a data file are available online: Full technical report: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/66532.pdf Presentation: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/67142.pdf Data file: https://doi.org/10.7799/1325002 This ongoing work is supported by the Energy Department's Office of ...
Moreover, Chegut, Eichholtz, and Kok (2014) suggest that pressure from institutional investors, who more strongly believe in the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency upgrades, may lead developers to invest more heavily in energy efficiency investments. ...
Yet, efficiency is often passed by in favor of more expensive energy solutions. Exactly how much room for improvement there is in this department is the subject of the 2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, published last month by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. To ...
ByEnsia
Over the last ten years there have been significant developments in new devices for energy recovery, new membrane materials, and new sizes and orientations of reverse osmosis (RO) plants, all designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. ...
Energy The final text is likely to contain broad recognition of, and support for, cleaner energy-efficient technologies; energy efficiency; and the promotion of energy technology research and development in developing countries. Some campaigners want explicit commitment to Ban ...
Scientific research has brought us products that offer greater energy efficiency. But is research, itself, energy efficient? Evan Mills, staff scientist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, raises this question and points out what may be a largely untapped market for ...
In order to continuously monitor its targets towards a 'green Europe', the European Commission has set up a project to enhance the availability, completeness and quality of data regarding new energy technologies (NET), energy end-use efficiency (EEE) and energy research and technology development (RTD). ...
INFORSE-Europe comments In its comments to the package, INFORSE-Europe stresses that the directives must more clearly support renewable energy, energy efficiency, and Combined Heat and Power(CHP), the three main solutions solutions that the EU countries have agreed upon to implement climate policy objectives in the electricity sector. ...
The use of solid fuels is projected to decline substantially and of natural gas to increase rapidly. Renewable energy (mainly wind power and biomass use) shows the largest increase of all primary energy sources (42 % higher than in the baseline). ...
In this paper, we explore the reasons for and consequences of the changed funding conditions which now exist for environmental research. We also outline the situation regarding the need for research into two major areas: transport and the environment and energy efficiency. The most important project areas in these domains are ...
The urgent need for the reduction of harmful environmental impact during energy production necessitates research for efficient, economically feasible energy production processes. The wide spreading of energy coming from renewable energy sources with low or zero emission levels, such as wind ...
Various ways out of evaluating the results are discussed. End-use efficiency links the technology to the human needs and lifestyle, and hence energy saving research is interdisciplinary. The "efficiency" of the way people live in the future becomes a decisive factor in energy planning. ...