The rational use of energy and energy-efficient environmental public street lighting is an important topic. In the design of new public lighting installations, national regulations containing energy-efficient guidelines are already used. Nevertheless, either in new installations or in...

This paper develops an energy management system with integration of smart meters for electricity consumers in a smart grid context. The integration of two types of smart meters (SM) are developed: (i) consumer owned SM and (ii) distributor owned SM. The consumer owned SM runs over a wireless...

Efficient use of energy in agroecosystems will reduce environmental problems, prevent destruction of natural resources and serve to promote sustainable agriculture as an economical production system. The aim of this study was to investigate the energy use efficiency in four double cropping...

Water management has recently become a major concern for many countries. During the last century consumption of water and energy has been increased in the world. This trend is anticipated to continue in the decades to come. One of the greatest reasons is the unplanned industrial activities...

In this study, an isolated microgrid comprising of renewable energy (RE) sources like wind, solar, biogas and battery is considered. Provision of utility grid insertion is also given if total microgrid sources falls short of supplying the total load. To establish an efficient energy management...

Turkey has an adequate amount of water in general, but it is not always in the right place at the right time to meet present and anticipated needs. Turkey has 665.000 ha of inland waters, excluding rivers and small streams. There are 200 natural lakes, with a total area of 500.000 ha, and 775...

This study investigates the influence of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population on residential energy utilization patterns at the ZIP code level in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The City of San Antonio, Texas is the seventh most populous city in the United States and...

Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held its Rio meeting in 1992, where participants discussed the necessity of fighting against the hazardous effects of pollution and climate change, these issues have become even more pressing world-wide. The ever-increasing...

The recognition of forage production methods that maximize energy efficiency and minimize Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions is essential. The aims of this survey were to assess the energy consumption, emissions of GHGs and global warming potential (GWP) of alfalfa production systems in Sistan...

The application of energy efficient Induction Machines (IM) is explained in reference to power consumption savings. In energy efficient IM, losses for various Horse Power (HP) ratings are summarized for bringing effective changes in design. Emphasis is laid on how load factor, speed & power...