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Stefania Perrella, Fabio Bisegna, Piero Bevilacqua, Daniela Cirone and Roberto Bruno
In the EU, the building sector is responsible for 40% of the global energy consumption for final uses and 36% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Heat pumps allow for the replacement of conventional systems based on fossil fuels with the perspective o...
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Juliana May Sangoi, Taylana Piccinini Scolaro and Enedir Ghisi
The performance of water heating systems must be evaluated considering energy consumption and efficiency in storing and distributing hot water, together with building and climate characteristics. This work aims to analyse the performance of different wat...
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Charles R. Ortloff and Alan L. Kolata
Raised-field agricultural systems have received attention from scholars involved in the analysis of prehistoric agricultural intensification in the New World. This paper discusses the function of raised fields associated with the Tiwanaku society (500?11...
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Harald Mehling
The availability of food to a growing world population is a matter of concern for decades. Despite that, post-harvest losses are large in many countries, due to insufficient food preservation. And recently rising prices for fossil energies additionally i...
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Dawei Huang, Hongting Ma, Shuo Ma, Mo Chen, Chang Xu, Yongyichuan Zhang and Cong Yan
The solar-assisted electric boiler water heating systems adopted in student apartments at universities have some shortcomings, such as unsuitable system designs, unstable water supply temperature, and excessive power consumption. As discussed in this pap...
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João M. S. Dias and Vítor A. F. Costa
This paper presents an adsorption cooler (AC) driven by the surplus heat of a solar thermal domestic hot water system to provide cooling to residential buildings. A cylindrical tube adsorber using granular silica gel as adsorbent and water as adsorbate w...
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Xiaosheng Ji, Yi-Qi Ye, Bo Wang and Ying-Tien Lin
In this study, by assuming a small bottom slope, asymptotic solutions were developed to discuss natural convection within rooted emergent vegetation in response to different heating and cooling mechanisms. Based upon the maximum water depth in comparison...
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Luciana Debs and Jamie Metzinger
The present research analyzes the impact of nine factors related to household demographics, building equipment, and building characteristics towards a home?s total energy consumption while controlling for climate. To do this, we have surveyed single-fami...
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Alexandru-Mihai Bulmez, Vasile Ciofoaia, Gabriel Nastase, George Dragomir, Alin-Ionu? Brezeanu, Nicolae-Fani Iordan, Sorin-Ionu? Bolocan, Mariana Fratu, Costel Ple?can, Christiana Emilia Cazacu and Ovidiu Deaconu
Human interference with the Earth?s climate cannot be ignored any longer. Renewable energy sources need utmost attention in all energy sectors. For buildings, geothermal energy for heating, cooling, and domestic hot water is a sustainable solution. Horiz...
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Fahad Awjah Almehmadi, Hassan Fawzy Elattar, Ali Fouda, Saeed Alqaed, Mathkar A. Alharthi and Hassanein Abdelmohsen Refaey
In buildings, multi-generation systems are a promising technology that can replace discrete traditional energy production methods. A multi-generation system makes it possible to efficiently produce electricity, cooling, heating, and freshwater simultaneo...
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