Multifamily residential (MFR) market barriers to energy efficiency are well documented, particularly the split-incentive barrier between property owners and renters. Utilizing a randomized encouragement design (RED), two Southern California utilities and three water agencies, have embarked on a ...
Modernising a cement plant led to less air pollution as well as significant water and energy savings. It also lowered production costs and improved the company’s standing among neighbouring communities. This success story is based on an actual case study of a cement plant and demonstrates that E...
This book in three volumes contains the papers presented at the ninth international conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting. EEDAL'2017 organised in Irvine, CA, USA by California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug) at the University of California, Irvine on 13-15 Sept...
The European Code of Conduct for Data Centres is a voluntary market transformation programme addressing data centre owners and operators. The Data Centres Code of Conduct has been created in response to increasing energy consumption in data centres and the need to reduce the related environmenta...
The fact that there is an untapped potential for energy savings that could be harnessed by changing energy habits and behaviour inside buildings is widely accepted. Yet, the human dimension of energy use in buildings is often insufficiently considered, and behavioural triggers are not well under...
The electro-galvanizing of steel strip is an energy-intensive process. To reduce the energy input during electro-galvanizing, the electrolyte conductivity of different zinc electrolytes were optimised by varying their composition and bath temperature. Elevated electrolyte temperatures lead to an...
Our society and economy are changing as our lifestyles shift in a world recovering from Covid-19. While the governments are working to face this challenge, new local and regional instances stand out. A sustainable recovery throughout Europe calls for a reduction of the existing gaps between regi...
