This report refines the common ground on the interoperability of home appliances and provides insights from the BRIDGE projects on their approaches, challenges and solutions/products related to this topic. In this second report the potential new activities for the Action #5 Interoperability of...

Home appliances like refrigerators, washers, and dryers have grown rapidly worldwide, contributing to significant ecological impacts across their life cycle. Part of the corporate response to ecological concerns has been to better document and report impacts via Sustainability Reporting (SR),...

Global-scale energy use has contributed to worldwide environmental issues, including climate change, global warming, and air and haze pollution. Home appliances are commonly used products that consume a lot of energy. This study aims to empirically assess the factors that lead to...

Natürliche Ressourcen werden zunehmend knapper, unter anderem da weltweit derzeit deutlich mehr natürliche Rohstoffe abgebaut und verarbeitet werden, als die Erde in diesem Zeitraum zur Verfügung stellen kann. Als Nettoimporteur von Rohstoffen ist die deutsche Wirtschaft insbesondere bei...

Rund 28% des jährlichen Endenergieverbrauchs in Deutschland entfällt laut der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen (AGEB) auf den Sektor der privaten Haushalte. Weitere 27% der Endenergie werden vom Verkehrssektor verbraucht. Haushalte verwenden Energie insbesondere für die Erzeugung von...

This initial BRIDGE Report on interoperability of home appliances aims at providing a common view on the issue as well as at showing the first results from investigating the current state of affairs on this aspect within the BRIDGE projects. In the area of energy flexibility in residential...