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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Residential Energy"”.
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Climatic Influences on Residential Energy Consumption
… climatic index, applicable to the estimation of residential energy consumption, has been developed. The index is based on seasonal frequencies of upper-air (500-mb height) circulation patterns. Upper air circulation patterns are related to surface weather conditions, in that the movement of …
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Feasibility study of fuel cell residential energy stations
… and emergency back-up applications. The residential market is a frontier yet to be tackled. Residential electricity tariffs, in contrast, are the highest among all sectors and household users are responsible for a large proportion of the peak demand and usage growth. For residential …
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Climate change impacts on electricity and residential energy demand
The energy sector is both affected by climate change and a key sector for climate protection measures. Energy security is the backbone of our modern society and guarantees the functioning of most critical infrastructure. Thus, decision makers and energy suppliers of different countries should be …
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Community based outreach strategies in residential energy upgrade programs
Home energy upgrades can reduce residential energy consumption and improve indoor conditions, thereby realizing environmental, economic, health and other social benefits. Utilities, government and other actors have established numerous home upgrade programs, providing incentives, financing, …
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Causes and implications of socio-ecomic differentiation in residential energy efficiency retrofitting.
… any demand reduction brought about by energy efficiency was undetectable against the changes caused by price and temperature variations. This thesis provides evidence of disproportionately low insulation retro-fitting rates in upper quartile income homes and suggests two predominant …
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Investigating the Impact of Urban Tree Planting Strategies for Shade and Residential Energy Conservation
… temperatures. This trend has implications for energy consumption, which strategically placed trees can modify by casting shade upon building and ground surfaces. However, urban densification, a paradigm of modern residential land development, often constrains space for planting shade trees. …
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The residential energy map : catalyzing energy efficiency through remote energy assessments and improved data access
Although energy efficiency has potential to be a significant energy resource in the United States, many energy efficiency projects continue to go unrealized. This is especially true in the residential sector, where efficiency programs, frequently administered by utilities, see very low …
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Residential energy efficiency lighting initiatives : a case of Hlomendlini, Matatiele of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
A thesis is presented on the efficacy of the residential energy efficient lighting initiative, as part of the demand-side management in a rural village of Hlomendlini in the Eastern Cape. The focus of this thesis is to identify barriers of implementing CFLs in the South African context, with the …
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A Framework for Simplified Residential Energy Consumption Assessment towards Developing Performance Prediction Models for Retrofit Decision-Making
This research proposes to simplify the energy consumption assessment for residential homes while building the foundation towards the development of prediction tools that can achieve a credible level of accuracy for confident decision making. The energy consumption assessment is based on simplified …
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Empowering consumers to reduce residential energy waste : designing, implementing, and evaluating the Connecticut neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge
… behavior change strategies to increase CT residential energy efficiency uptake in the context of an action research pilot. Action research includes experimental pilot deployment within a realworld system, continuously analyzing customers participating in their daily lives. The approach …
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A study of the potential impact of smart thermostats on residential energy efficiency and demand response in North America
… the potential impact of smart thermostats on the residential energy efficiency and demand response in North America. Smart thermostats are rapidly gaining popularity, and our estimations indicate that today there are more than nine million units already installed in North America. Electric …
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Determining the impacts of selected energy policies on Gauteng's residential energy consumption and the associated emissions using LEAP as a tool for analysis : implications for sustainable livelihoods for the poor
Energy is a key factor in economic growth and also central to meeting basic socio-economic goals. The use and production of energy in South Africa is associated with greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and pollution problems. Gauteng‘s residential sector is faced with a slowing rate of electrification …
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Achieving real transparency : optimizing building energy ratings and disclosure in the U.S. residential sector
Residential energy efficiency in the U.S. has the potential to generate significant energy, carbon, and financial savings. Nonetheless, the market of home energy upgrades remains fragmented, and the number of homes being retrofitted remains insignificant compared to the volume of inefficient …
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Decarbonising the English residential sector: modelling policies, technologies and behaviour within a heterogeneous building stock
The residential sector in England is often identified as having the largest potential for emissions reduction at some of the lowest costs when compared against other sectors. In spite of this, decarbonisation within the residential sector has not materialised. This thesis explores the complexities …
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Investigation of a Fuel Cell Based Total Energy System for Residential Applications
… appliances, and space cooling and thermal energy for space and domestic water heating. Total energy systems (TES) which provide both electricity and thermal energy can meet these needs more effectively than conventional systems because thermal energy rejected during the on-site production …
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Predicting the potential for energy efficiency retrofits in single-family homes : an exploration of data targeting mechanisms
… of the primary barriers to market penetration of residential energy efficiency retrofits. Without knowledge of the homes and customers to reach, outreach has been untargeted and inefficient. As such, a study was performed to determine whether the potential for residential energy efficiency …
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Growing a green job : essays on social movements and the emergence of a new occupation
… this argument the thesis uses the case of residential energy auditing as an emerging occupation to demonstrate how old and new forms of environmental activism have shaped key processes in the development of the occupation. The first piece of empirical work employs historical field analysis …
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Three Statistical Problems With Imprecisely or Incompletely Observed Data
… variable in a linear model as motivated by a residential energy study. The third study is concerned with an approximate minimum Hellinger distance estimator (AMHDE) under appropriate grouping of data from a continuous variable. The estimator is shown to be asymptotically normal with good …
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