Innovations In Home Energy Use

Author : BRIAN G. SOUTHWELL, ELIZABETH M. B. DORAN, LAURA S. RICHMAN
Publisher : RTI Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781934831151

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Innovations in Home Energy Use by BRIAN G. SOUTHWELL, ELIZABETH M. B. DORAN, LAURA S. RICHMAN Pdf

As a collection of essays that explore innovations to encourage reduction in homeowner energy use, this volume reflects a confluence of ideas and initiatives rather than a narrow look at what a single, particular line of academic literature suggests might be possible to shape homeowner behavior. Not only do the contributors represent a wide array of institutions and backgrounds, but the very intellectual infrastructure that encouraged and allowed the summit that inspired this book itself represents a conscious effort to facilitate multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration for the purpose of addressing salient societal concerns. With this volume, we hope to provide a source of ideas for behavior change that will appeal to a range of people charged with curbing residential energy use through communication-based intervention.

Author : Hittman Associates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Buildings
ISBN : MINN:31951P009141531

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Technology Assessment of Residential Energy Conservation Innovations by Hittman Associates Pdf

Author : Hittman Associates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Buildings
ISBN : UCR:31210024950972

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Technology Assessment of Residential Energy Conservation Innovations by Hittman Associates Pdf

Author : Henry Kelly
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811217876

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Energy Efficiency: Innovations: Driving Prosperity, Slashing Emissions by Henry Kelly Pdf

Energy efficiency touches all parts of the economy and lies at the heart of all plausible strategies for addressing climate change. A fascinating range of new technologies and new business models have emerged in the past few years and are rapidly reshaping the field and driving efficiency improvements — many of them completely unexpected.This book provides a fresh look at energy efficiency written in a way that can be interesting to experts and serve as an entry point for novices. With chapters written by recognized experts in their fields of expertise, the book provides readers with a clear perspective on the state-of-the art developments of both new technologies and new approaches to system design and operations in buildings, industry, transportation, and urban design. Strategies for electrification and optimization based on data and powerful algorithms are also explored in depth. The discussion includes new mobility systems, smart buildings, reimagined industrial processes, new materials, and smart grid integration.Related Link(s)

Author : Hal Harvey,Robbie Orvis,Jeffrey Rissman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781610919562

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Designing Climate Solutions by Hal Harvey,Robbie Orvis,Jeffrey Rissman Pdf

With the effects of climate change already upon us, the need to cut global greenhouse gas emissions is nothing less than urgent. It’s a daunting challenge, but the technologies and strategies to meet it exist today. A small set of energy policies, designed and implemented well, can put us on the path to a low carbon future. Energy systems are large and complex, so energy policy must be focused and cost-effective. One-size-fits-all approaches simply won’t get the job done. Policymakers need a clear, comprehensive resource that outlines the energy policies that will have the biggest impact on our climate future, and describes how to design these policies well. Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy is the first such guide, bringing together the latest research and analysis around low carbon energy solutions. Written by Hal Harvey, CEO of the policy firm Energy Innovation, with Robbie Orvis and Jeffrey Rissman of Energy Innovation, Designing Climate Solutions is an accessible resource on lowering carbon emissions for policymakers, activists, philanthropists, and others in the climate and energy community. In Part I, the authors deliver a roadmap for understanding which countries, sectors, and sources produce the greatest amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and give readers the tools to select and design efficient policies for each of these sectors. In Part II, they break down each type of policy, from renewable portfolio standards to carbon pricing, offering key design principles and case studies where each policy has been implemented successfully. We don’t need to wait for new technologies or strategies to create a low carbon future—and we can’t afford to. Designing Climate Solutions gives professionals the tools they need to select, design, and implement the policies that can put us on the path to a livable climate future.

Author : Brian Glen Southwell,Elizabeth M. B. Doran (Environmental engineer),Laura S. Richman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Consumer education
ISBN : LCCN:2019666837

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Innovations in Home Energy Use by Brian Glen Southwell,Elizabeth M. B. Doran (Environmental engineer),Laura S. Richman Pdf

Author : Ulrich Steger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 354023103X

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Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector by Ulrich Steger Pdf

Explores how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled; how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. Addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system. Offers and explains a four-point strategy: Energy should according to its importance regain a top priority in the political arena; higly targeted subsidies should be given for a limited amount of time to speed up the market introduction of energy-efficient and regenerative techniques in analogy to the ‚Dutch model‘; Negotiated agreements and unilateral self-commitments can subsequently ensure further market diffusion of sustainable energy innovations.; the basic research in energy should not be diminished but intensified instead

Author : Avi Friedman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031353680

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Fundamentals of Innovative Sustainable Homes Design and Construction by Avi Friedman Pdf

This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples. Current planning and design modes of dwellings and neighborhoods are facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic and social aspects. The depletion of non-renewable natural resources and climate change are a few of the environmental challenges. Increasing costs of material, labor, land and infrastructure have posed economic challenges with affordability being paramount among them. Social challenges are also drawing the attention of designers, builders and homeowners. Walkable communities, aging in place and multigenerational living are some of the concepts considered. In addition, live-work environments have become part of the economic reality for those who wish to work from home—which has become possible through digital advances. The text would be of interest to scholars working in: architecture, urban planning, and construction.

Author : Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780128228838

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Diffusion of Innovative Energy Services by Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska Pdf

Diffusion of Innovative Energy Services: Consumers’ Acceptance and Willingness to Pay consolidates research in the diffusion, adoption and acceptance of Innovative energy services (IES), including dynamic green electricity tariffs, small-scale energy generators, and smart metering information systems among residential electricity consumers. The book addresses consumer awareness, acceptance and engagement towards smart technologies, focusing on the ‘willingness to pay’ for IES. Chapters address findings from field experiments, pilot programs and simulation methods such as agent-based modeling. Case studies involve various countries and continents, with a focus on modern, pro-environmental and sustainable economies, where IES are offered. Policy recommendations, tools and interventions as well as behavioral strategies conclude the work. Consolidates and integrates key findings across economic, behavioral and social elements of IES diffusion Addresses the economic appraisal of IES, covering consumers’ willingness to pay and the intention-behavior gap phenomenon Reviews current literature regarding consumers’ acceptance and engagement towards IES based on filed experiments, pilot programs, modelling and simulation Provides policy recommendations, marketing tools and interventions as well as the behavioral strategies necessary to enhance IES market position alongside climate policy goals

Author : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642191701

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Technological Innovation for Sustainability by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2011, held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, in February 2011. The 67 revised full papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They cover a wide spectrum of topics ranging from collaborative enterprise networks to microelectronics. The papers are organized in topical sections on collaborative networks, service-oriented systems, computational intelligence, robotic systems, Petri nets, sensorial and perceptional systems, sensorial systems and decision, signal processing, fault-tolerant systems, control systems, energy systems, electrical machines, and electronics.

Author : E. Mlecnik,IOS Press
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781614992363

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Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing by E. Mlecnik,IOS Press Pdf

In previous years we have seen a recognition of the significant potential that exists for reducing energy use through innovation in residential buildings. This study investigates innovation challenges and identifies opportunities that could lead to a rapid increase in the adoption of highly energy-efficient housing concepts, particularly that of the passive house. To this end, it exemplifies, interprets and develops the innovation adoption theory through an investigation of views and experiences on the supply side, the demand side and the policy side. It highlights successful innovation trajectories and barriers experienced by businesses. It addresses both problems and positive experiences from the perspective of the end user and investigates different policy approaches. As such, the research reveals important features of innovation-adoption strategies in the building sector. It shows how multi-player enterprise collaboration plays a key role, and the study also recommends the development of quality assurance schemes. It makes a valuable contribution to discussions about how active the role of government policymakers and enterprise networks should be.

Author : Elias G. Carayannis,Stavros Sindakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137378798

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Analytics, Innovation, and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability by Elias G. Carayannis,Stavros Sindakis Pdf

This book offers a unique view of how innovation and competitiveness improve when organizations establish alliances with partners who have strong capabilities and broad social capital, allowing them to create value and growth as well as technological knowledge and legitimacy through new knowledge resources. Organizational intelligence integrates the technology variable into production and business systems, establishing a basis to advance decision-making processes. When strategically integrated, these factors have the power to promote enterprise resilience, robustness, and sustainability. This book provides a unique perspective on how knowledge, information, and data analytics create opportunities and challenges for sustainable enterprise excellence. It also shows how the value of digital technology at both personal and industrial levels leads to new opportunities for creating experiences, processes, and organizational forms that fundamentally reshape organizations.

Author : Arnulf Grubler,Charlie Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107023222

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Energy Technology Innovation by Arnulf Grubler,Charlie Wilson Pdf

An edited volume on factors determining success or failure of energy technology innovation, for researchers and policy makers.

Author : Toshiya Kaihara,Hajime Kita,Shingo Takahashi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811566516

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Innovative Systems Approach for Designing Smarter World by Toshiya Kaihara,Hajime Kita,Shingo Takahashi Pdf

This book presents an innovative systems approach towards the idea of a smarter world, with advanced and sustainable social infrastructures, facilities and services. It develops a novel systems approach for society-wide systems where interdependent systems encompassing transportation, energy, communication, water, sewerage, logistics, education, disaster prevention, medical care and welfare are integrated to form a ‘System of Systems’ (SoS). Written by leading system scientists and technology creators, it introduces state-of-the-art concepts of and methodologies for systems approaches towards SoS as well as their practical applications, discussing the planning, design and management challenges in their implementation and the potential impact on societies and the environment. The volume will be of interest to systems engineers, system integrators, and researchers in related engineering fields, as well as government policymakers.

Author : Saadi Lahlou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351279307

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System Innovation for Sustainability 4 by Saadi Lahlou Pdf

Buildings have a long lifetime, and so they are a major target for any structural changes in consumption patterns. Conversely, long lifetimes come with associated strong inertia. This book examines the opportunities to influence energy consumption in housing and buildings, and provides options for implementation at a macro, meso and micro level.