Physical Assets play a critical role in infrastructures. Physical Asset governance is the required framework to implement asset management systems, including regulations and procedures that ensure its efficiency and effectiveness. Due to the dominant contribution of thermal power plants in...

The development of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is dogged not only by severe limitations in cycling and rate performances arising from the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) but also severe degradation under harsh evaluation conditions of high sulfur loading, lean-electrolyte, and...

Among various types of ground heat exchangers (GHEXs), a coaxial-type GHEX exhibits outstanding thermal performance owing to the geometric characteristics of the concentric tube-in-tube configuration. In this study, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed and verified using...

The hybrid heating system consisting of loop heat pipe solar collector (LHPSC) and ground source heat pump (GSHP) was proposed to maintain greenhouse temperature in Harbin (the coldest provincial capital of China) in this paper. The thermal model was developed to predict transient greenhouse and...

Auf dem Weg zur treibhausgasneutralen Wärmeversorgung des Gebäudebestands bestehen vielfältige Planungsbedarfe auf kommunaler Ebene. Strategien zur Reduzierung des Endenergiebedarfs der Gebäude und zur Dekarbonisierung der Wärmeversorgung durch Einbindung erneuerbarer Energien und...

Zur Umsetzung des Europäischen Green Deals plant die Europäische Kommission im Juli 2021 eine umfangreiche Erneuerung der europäischen Klimaschutzinstrumente. Im Rahmen des Fit-For-55-Pakets sind 12 regulatorische Einzelmaßnahmen - von einer Erneuerung der Energieeffizienzstandards bis zu...

Solar Chimney Power Plant (SCPP) is a renewable energy system that indirectly converts solar energy to electricity. However, the efficiency of SCPP is not sufficient for practical applications. Integrating SCPPs with Photovoltaic-Thermal systems (PVT) could enhance their performance to levels...

In the UK, the largest proportion of household energy use is for space heating. Popular media make claims of a green hypocrisy: groups which have the strongest attitude towards the environment have the highest emissions. This study examines whether environmental attitudes and behaviors are...

In this paper, a reliable and cost-effective polygeneration system for an existing test building, able to provide electricity, cooling and heating needs is presented, modelled and assessed. The system relies on solar energy as the primary source (PV and solar thermal collectors). Building...

Um langfristige Klimaziele zu erreichen kommt der Bepreisung von Treibhausgasemissionen eine entscheidende Rolle zu. Wir untersuchen die Auswirkungen eines CO2-Preises auf die Inflationsrate am Beispiel des in Deutschland geplanten nationalen Brennstoff-Emissionshandelssystems, welches ab 2021...

Novel renewable energy technologies in the Middle East and North Africa region can be developed through microgeneration systems aiming to supply local energy demands in a sustainable way. In this study, we carried out a sustainability assessment combining two reputable methodologies which have...

Residential heating accounts for almost one-fifth of Germany’s final energy consumption. This report evaluates an extensive database of heating bills for buildings with two or more apartments, representing more than two-thirds of the total housing stock in Germany. Despite commitments to...

Among all the hybrid solar thermal technologies available up to now, the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) is nowadays the most efficient system for converting solar energy into electricity. This power plant is a combination of a parabolic trough solar field with a conventional combined...

Flexibly coupling power and heat sectors may contribute to both renewable energy integration and decarbonization. We present a literature review of modelbased analyses in this field, focusing on residential heating. We compare geographical and temporal research scopes and identify...

Electricity production from renewable sources generally displaces thermal generation, which leads to lower CO2 emissions in the power sector. However, the intermittent nature of many renewable technologies leads to greater inefficiencies in the operation of existing fossil power plants. This...

Electricity production from renewable sources generally displaces thermal generation, which leads to lower CO2 emissions in the power sector. However, the intermittent nature of many renewable technologies leads to greater inefficiencies in the operation of existing fossil power plants. This...

How will a nation's aggregate urban productivity be affected by climate change? The joint distribution of climate conditions and economic activity across a nation's cities will together determine industrial average exposure to climate risk. Air conditioning (AC) can greatly reduce this heat...

How will a nation's aggregate urban productivity be affected by climate change? The joint distribution of climate conditions and economic activity across a nation's cities will together determine industrial average exposure to climate risk. Air conditioning (AC) can greatly reduce this heat...