A representative sample of South Bombay domestic consumers was surveyed to obtain data regarding their electricity consumption, lighting load patterns, and several social and architectural attributes. We examine the relation between electricity consumption and architectural and social attributes...

Energy consumption for domestic hot water (DHW) is studied for various economic income classes in India and placed in the context of India's energy consumption. The amount of conventional energy being used for DHW that could be replaced by Solar DHW equipment is estimated. The percentage of...

One of the most striking things about forecasters is their lack of historical perspective. They rarely do retrospectives, even though looking back at past work can both illuminate the reasons for its success or failure, and improve the methodologies of current and future forecasts. One of the...

We discuss policies and programs designed to accelerate adoption of alternative fuel vehicles that were implemented in the 1970s and early 1980s in New Zealand, Brazil, and Canada. We describe the evolution of government and industry programs, the degree of market adoption of alternative fuels,...

While in almost every country in the world urbanization has been accompanied by more intensive use of motorized transportation, in the cities of developing Asia these processes have occurred more rapidly and under different conditions. Planners are not prepared to deal with the pace of...

We describe changes in electricity use between 1970 and 1986 for 13 of the largest developing countries. Average annual growth in electricity consumption ranged from 4.4% in Argentina to 13% in South Korea. Combined electricity consumption for the 13 study countries averaged growth of 10.0%/year...

Within the next few years, states will be receiving some of the largest amounts of funds ($3–5 billion) ever released by the U.S. government to be spent on energy conservation and renewable energy programs and projects. The source of these funds is the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account...