In the new ecosystem for financing the sustainable development goals (SDGs), private actors are no longer passive bystanders in the development process, no
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SimBench - The objective of the research project SimBench is the development of a benchmark dataset to support research in grid planning and operation. Egret - A Python-based package for electrical grid optimization based on the Pyomo optimization modeling language. PyPSA-Eur - An Open ...
While the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index is a widely employed method of measuring progress in the United Nations (UN) SDGs, as it allows comparisons across countries and regions, it does not usually offer any indication as to how to move the SDGs forward. To address this deficit, ...
This work included the development of interactive eLearning. The first example of this was the Computerized Math Instruction (CMI) system at Stanford University, which was sent via email by Ray Tomlinson in 1972. This was a huge step forward in the evolution of eLearning, enabling easier commun...
The Board also wants to promote the publication of articles on, or that are relevant to, energy issues in developing countries and on North–South and South–South cooperation in energy technology development and application. The Board considers the publication of highly specialized work more ...
The repository for the Sustainable Development Goals Interface Ontology (SDGIO). This project aims to clarify the nature of and interlinkages between the entities referenced by the SDGs, their targets, and indicators. SDGIO imports multiple OBO Foundry ontologies to help link data products to the ...
the mobile-estimated occupancy predicted energy consumption that differed by +1 to −15% for residential buildings and was reduced by 4–21% for commercial buildings compared with reference building model. This is highly consequential for urban energy policy development, since policy makers rely on...
Although there has been an uprising in renewable energy sources in developed countries, exploring solar, hydro, and wind sources, as well as through the incorporation and further development of alternative fuel and energy sources such as biofuels and hydrogen, it is still insufficient to offset the...
continues to be seen as a temporary project and does not find a place in the regular national budget, leaving the sub-sector to depend essentially on extra-budgetary resources from NGOs and development partners” (UIL 2017b, p. 19). The report further cautions: “Increased dependence on ...