With institutional pressures from various stakeholders concerned with climate change and efficient energy use in firms' operations, it has formed the belief that energy efficiency is crucial part for sustainable operations and firm competitiveness. While an increasing number of firms have adopted energy-...
KEY WORDS: low energy architecture, higrothermal comfort, thermal simulation, internal gains, feedback. INTRODUCTION ARID AND SEMIARID regions (highly sensitive areas) are characterized by climate extremes: scarce and variable rainfalls, high solar irradiance, high variability in daily temperatures, and...
There are a lot of things that you can do to live an eco-friendlier lifestyle. One of the most important is making your home more energy efficient. This will lower your carbon footprint and help slow the progression of climate change....
Climate change impacts a natural and human system on the entire globe. Climate-related extreme weather such as drought, floods, and heat waves alters the ecosystems that society depends on. Climate, land, energy, and water systems (CLEWS) are a critical aspect of high importance on resource av...
with reduced CO 2 emission to the atmosphere is key to the production of hydrogen-rich fuels for mitigating the CO 2 greenhouse gas climate change ... M Steinberg - 《International Journal of Hydrogen Energy》 被引量: 286发表: 1999年 Mitigating Global Climate Change: Why Are Some Countries ...
Today, reaching energy is the most natural human requirement. Reliable, cheap, and clean energy supply has become the most important problem of recently for economic, social development, and humane living. It is known that 1.3 billion people in the world do not have the opportunity to benefit ...
which in turn will reduce the amount of energy needed to power them.Lower greenhouse gas emissions: By reducing energy consumption, the standard will also help to lower greenhouse gas emissions. This will be beneficial for China"s efforts to combat climate change and meet its emission...
The use of energy efficient appliances is one major way of reducing energy consumption and mitigating climate change. This study focussed on assessing the economic and environmental benefits associated with a transition from incandescent lighting to CFL and LED in different residential building types (...
This monitor will provide you and your family with constant updates on the amount of energy you are using on a day-to-day basis. With just twelve years (now seven years) to go until climate change alters earth forever, now is the time for you to play your part in protecting the ...
Preparation, Thermal Performance, and Application of Shape-stabilized PCM in Energy Efficient Buildings Shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) is a kind of novel PCM. It has the following salient features: large apparent specific heat for phase change t... Y Zhang - International Energy ...