We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and tax data on total income. The results show that in the last 20 years, the share of top incomes has risen, and the top 0.01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland...

Building envelope design is considered one of the typical energy-saving techniques. Building envelope serves as the physical separator between building’s interior and exterior environment so as to maintain indoor thermal comfort. To achieve building sustainability, this research aims to...

The desiccant wheel is a key component of open desiccant air-conditioning systems. Development of a simplified method of assessing their dynamic performance would assist the growth of the industry. Important errors can occur when constant values of the effectiveness parameters are assumed in the...