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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"efficiency improvements"”.
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Simulation of energy efficiency improvements on commuter railways
… Council and the Committee on Climate Change. Improvements in the operation of railway networks through the use of energy efficiency regimes can decrease the operational costs and CO\(_2\) emissions. Existing and industry proven methods include regeneration, coasting allowances and driver …
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Design support for eco-efficiency improvements in manufacturing
Eco-efficiency improvements in manufacturing is a controversial subject for researchers, practitioners as well as policy makers. The widely accepted definition of "doing more with less" is not accurate enough to guide the design of improvements that can deliver products in a sustainable way. The …
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Exploring efficiency improvements to distillation of language models for code
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Efficiency improvements to the Groupe Special Mobile (GSM) digital mobile radio system
… Simulation results are presented to show the improvements achieved by the proposed protocol. Cellular mobile radio networks commonly respond to an increase in the service demand by using smaller coverage areas. As a result, the volume of the signalling exchanges increases. In this research, a …
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Potential space-heating energy efficiency improvements in district-heated Russian apartments buildings
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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Turbocharged engine operations using knock resistant fuel blends for engine efficiency improvements
… However, those strategies usually deteriorate efficiency of the engine. Another method to suppress knock without lowering efficiency is to use knock resistant fuels. Among them ethanol has gotten a large attention due to its renewable characteristics. About 13.3 billion gallons of ethanol were …
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Analyzing capital allocation for energy efficiency improvements by commercial real estate investment managers
… that retrofitting an office building with energy efficiency improvements can significantly reduce operating costs, yet many existing office buildings have not been retrofitted. The objective of this paper was to explore the incentives and motivations of various parties throughout the real estate …
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Autonomous energy efficiency improvements : relevance, use, and empirical basis for global climate change policy analysis
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
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Energy efficiency improvements in traditional buildings: exploring the role of user behaviour in the hygrothermal performance of solid walls.
… factors influencing the adoption of energy efficiency measures in traditional buildings were explored by means of semi-structured interviews with private owners and project managers. Subsequently, a multi-case study including interviews with occupants and monitoring of environmental …
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The role of technical improvements in decarbonising passenger transport
… reduce vehicle GHG emissions focus on technical improvements, due to difficulties in reducing travel demand and shifting to alternative modes of travel. However, the rate at which technical improvements can be deployed is highly uncertain. Furthermore, the benefits of technical efficiency …
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Real estate opportunities in energy efficiency and carbon markets
… reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency improvements that are low cost and that create value within the underlying asset. The objective of this research is two-fold: First, to examine the potential value and feasibility of energy efficiency improvements, and second to determine …
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Measuring hospital efficiency using DEA an investigation into the relationship between scale and efficiency within the South African private hospital environment
… investigates the relationship between scale and efficiency through the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to a set of South African private hospitals over the three year period from 2007 to 2009. As part of the investigation, this paper provides a description of the current research …
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Building Energy Efficiency - Policy, learning and technology change
Experience shows that energy efficiency improvements are the most cost-effective path to meeting global energy challenges. To promote energy efficiency, various policy instruments have been in place since the 1970s. Nevertheless, energy efficiency improvements still lag behind their potential in …
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Factors influencing the decision to transition from Multi-Channel to Omni-Channel – A Banking Perspective
… decision responding to internal factors like efficiency improvements, or is it driven by external factors like customer demands, trying to enhance customer experience, gaining competitive advantage over the competitors, expanding the business by introducing new business models, or trying to …
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End-use electrification in the residential sector : a general equilibrium analysis of technology advancements
… energy use (EIA, 2011). Studies estimate that efficiency improvements in this sector can reduce household energy consumption by over 25% by 2020 (McKinsey Global Energy and Materials, 2009). In this thesis, given the increasing amount of attention that both policy-makers and industry are giving …
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Purity matters : enhancing carrier transport properties in tin sulfide for photovoltaic applications by reducing impurity content
… minority-carrier lifetime could lead to device efficiency improvements.
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Establishment of a novel Pichia Pastoris host production platform
… the past 30 years, however, productivity and efficiency improvements are now becoming harder to realize. Alternative hosts offer a unique opportunity to drive significant cost of goods improvements throughout the biologic drug manufacturing process. Microbial hosts benefit from low genomic …
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The joint modular intermodal container, is this the future of naval logistics?
… States Navy conducts logistics. Automation and efficiency improvements inherent to the JMIC program are proposed to drastically lower the manpower requirements and complexity of the US Navy logistics pipeline. JMIC is a program in the very early stages of development. This thesis will examine …
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The impact of thermophysical properties on nanofluid-based solar collector performance
… solar volumetric flow receiver in which great efficiency improvements have been reported. To explain this efficiency increase, researchers have evaluated the impact of enhanced radiative properties of nanofluids while largely neglecting that of enhanced thermophysical properties. This study …
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Thermal and hydraulic analysis of the adsorption bed of the adsorptive thermal battery
… of the design of such a system to suggest efficiency improvements. The thermal insulation and choice of pump required for the optimal function of the adsorptive bed that carries the novel material are analyzed respectively to understand system performance. A thermal resistance analysis was …
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