To achieve a low-carbon economy, China has committed to reducing its carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 40%–45% by 2020 from 2005 levels and increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to approximately 15%. It is necessary to...

Статья посвящена вопросам повышения конкурентоспособности предприятия с помощью сбалансированной системы показателей и использования методов...

This article uses TM images in 1999 and 2006 in Dahua County, selects the driving factors having great impact on urban land use change, and conducts data processing using GIS software. It then uses CLUE-S model to simulate land use change pattern in 2006, and uses land use map in 2006 to test...

This text presents a re-elaboration of the strategic planning of the mexican economy dynamic multisectorial model. The new version of the model involves a redefinition of three aspects. At the empirical level, the new national input output matrix forms the basis of information (INEGI, 2008). At...

Building energy efficiency is strongly linked to the operations and control systems, together with the integrated performance of passive and active systems. In new high quality buildings in particular, where these two latter aspects have been already implemented at the design stage, users’...

Among solar passive systems integrated in buildings, sunspaces or solar greenhouses represent a very interesting solution. A sunspace is a closed, southbound volume, constituted by transparent surfaces, adjacent to a building, which reduces winter energy demand thanks to the use of solar gains....