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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Heating costs"”.
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Essays in the microeconometric evaluation of public policies
… age with the stated intent of help to deal with heating costs. We exploit the eligibility age cut-off to estimate the causal effect of the WFP on self- reports of chest infection, measured hypertension and biomarkers of infection and inflammation, such as C-reactive protein and fibrinogen. We …
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Essays on Households' Technology Choices and Long-Term Energy Use
… of three essays on households' choice of heating technology at the moment of building a new detached house. The analyses make use of Finnish administrative registry data to study how sensitive these investments are to electricity prices and how socio-demographic characteristics of …
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Conceptual design and performance characteristics of firebrick resistance-heated energy storage for industrial heat supply and variable electricity production
… cost). Cheap electricity transferred to the heating market by FIRES reduces heating costs and carbon emissions by offering industries cheaper energy than that of the competing fossil fuel, while ensuring revenue to the solar, wind and nuclear power plants. FIRES has "unlimited" storage …
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Energy use in buildings and design requirements. The energy costs and financial costs of building materials, structures and space heating, the detailed patterns of use of heating systems in dwellings, and their interactions: their implications for design.
The primary energy costs of building materials and structures are discussed and comparisons are made between typical dwelling types. The economics of alternative wall, roof and floor constructions, providing various levels of insulationy are examined. Costs are assessed for a number of periods from …