A biomass feasibility study has been completed for The Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The aims of this study are to investigate the feasibility of using energy crops as an alternative energy source, replacing the need for fossil-fuelled energy systems whilst providing assistance to the local...

This paper explores the factors affecting the use of alternative energy technologies (AETs) in buildings through the eyes of building project stakeholders. While there are many published lists of incentives and restrictions to using these technologies there are few reports of their impact in...

A lumped-parameter rainfall-runoff model is used to predict the long-term natural variability of runoff from approximately 100 years of daily rainfall temperature data. Two catchments from the Clarence Basin in Australia illustrate the simplicity and accuracy of the approach which can work quite...

In this paper, we develop a conceptual framework to describe an individual's preparations for later life. Situated in the life course perspective, this provides a framework that invites a more comprehensive and systematic study of preparations for later life. It describes a dynamic process that...

A decision maker needs to give his subjective probability for a single event of interest, A. Being aware that he has little substantive knowledge of the factors affecting A, the decision maker asks an expert for advice. The expert gives his subjective probability for A. In the light of this...