Journal articles: 'Non-energy benefits'

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Freed, Michael, and Frank A. Felder. "Non-energy benefits: Workhorse or unicorn of energy efficiency programs?" Electricity Journal 30, no. 1 (January 2017): 43–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.004.

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FUJISAKI, Kota, Toshiharu IKAGA, Shun KAWAKUBO, and Daisuke TOMIKOSHI. "MODELING OF DIFFUSION PROCESS OF WELL INSULATED HOUSE THROUGH PRESENTING ENERGY BENEFITS AND NON-ENERGY BENEFITS." AIJ Journal of Technology and Design 19, no. 41 (2013): 231–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aijt.19.231.

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KUZUKI, Ryota, Toshiharu IKAGA, and Shuzo MURAKAMI. "STUDY ON NON-ENERGY BENEFITS (NEB) BY AREA-WIDE ENERGY UTILIZATION." Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) 75, no. 653 (2010): 645–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aije.75.645.

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Mills, Evan, and Art Rosenfeld. "Consumer non-energy benefits as a motivation for making energy-efficiency improvements." Energy 21, no. 7-8 (July 1996): 707–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-5442(96)00005-9.

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Ouyang, Jianjun, and Houcai Shen. "The choice of energy saving modes for an energy-intensive manufacturer considering non-energy benefits." Journal of Cleaner Production 141 (January 2017): 83–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.142.

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KUZUKI, Ryota, Toshiharu IKAGA, Shuzo MURAKAMI, Yoshio KATO, Tsutsumi TANAKA, and Yuichi IKUTA. "STUDY ON NON-ENERGY BENEFITS (NEB) BY AREA-WIDE ENERGY UTILIZATION (PART 2)." Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) 75, no. 656 (2010): 915–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aije.75.915.

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Pye, Miriam, and Aimee McKane. "Making a stronger case for industrial energy efficiency by quantifying non-energy benefits." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 28, no. 3-4 (February 2000): 171–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0921-3449(99)00042-7.

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Nehler, Therese. "A Systematic Literature Review of Methods for Improved Utilisation of the Non-Energy Benefits of Industrial Energy Efficiency." Energies 11, no. 12 (November 22, 2018): 3241. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11123241.

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Improvements in industrial energy efficiency demonstrated various additional effects beyond pure energy savings and energy cost savings. Observed on many levels, these additional effects, often denoted as non-energy benefits, constitute a diverse collection, for instance, effects related to firms’ production or improvements in the work environment and the external environment. Previous studies showed the potential of including quantified and monetised non-energy benefits in energy efficiency investments. However, there seems to be a lack of methodological overview, including all the steps from observation to monetisation and inclusion in investments. This study systematically reviews the academic literature on non-energy benefits relating to methods for observation, measuring, quantification, and monetisation of the benefits. The most commonly applied research design was a case study approach, in which data on non-energy benefits were collected by conducting interviews. Furthermore, the primary methods used to enable quantification and monetisation of observed non-energy benefits were based on classifications, indexes in relation to the energy savings, or frameworks. Calculation methods, databased tools, classification frameworks, and ranking were applied to evaluate the benefits’ potential in relation to energy efficiency investments. Based on a synthesis of the review findings, this article contributes a novel scheme for improved utilisation of the non-energy benefits of industrial energy efficiency.

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Đukić, Mališa, and Margareta Zidar. "Sustainability of Investment Projects with Energy Efficiency and Non-Energy Efficiency Costs: Case Examples of Public Buildings." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 22, 2021): 5837. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13115837.

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According to the European Commission Energy Union strategy from 2015, some of the main objectives are to improve energy efficiency, reduce dependence on energy imports, cut emissions, and drive jobs and growth. Achieving the objectives of the Energy Union requires significant financing, particularly for investments in energy efficiency. Serbia and Croatia included the objectives of the Energy Union in their national strategies and have implemented various investment projects in this area. This paper focuses on the sustainability of energy efficiency projects for public buildings which include not only energy efficiency investment cost but also non-energy efficiency investments. By applying the European Commission methodology for cost-benefit analysis, we assessed the sustainability of several projects in Serbia and Croatia. The sustainability assessment is done by quantifying energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions and the social and economic benefits that are related to non-energy efficiency project components. The values of economic performance indicators imply that society would be better off with projects that would contribute to achieving not only the targets set in national energy strategies but also to creating broader social benefits.

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Cagno, Enrico, Davide Moschetta, and Andrea Trianni. "Only non-energy benefits from the adoption of energy efficiency measures? A novel framework." Journal of Cleaner Production 212 (March 2019): 1319–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.049.

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Nehler, Therese. "Linking energy efficiency measures in industrial compressed air systems with non-energy benefits – A review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 89 (June 2018): 72–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.02.018.

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Nehler, Therese, Ricardo Parra, and Patrik Thollander. "Implementation of energy efficiency measures in compressed air systems: barriers, drivers and non-energy benefits." Energy Efficiency 11, no. 5 (March 17, 2018): 1281–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9647-3.

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MIZUISHI, Tadashi, Toshiharu IKAGA, Shuzo MURAKAMI, Ryota KUZUKI, and Koya YAMADA. "COST-BENEFITS ANALYSIS OF NON-ENERGY BENEFITS (NEB) FOR EACH STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSIDERATION FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF NEB." Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) 78, no. 684 (2013): 175–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aije.78.175.

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Mihic, Marko, Dejan Petrovic, Aleksandar Vuckovic, Vladimir Obradovic, and Dejan Djurovic. "Application and importance of cost-benefit analysis in energy efficiency projects implemented in public buildings: The case of Serbia." Thermal Science 16, no. 3 (2012): 915–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci110911090m.

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The main objective of this paper is to present the advantages of using Cost-Benefit analysis in energy efficiency projects implemented in public buildings, and to prove the hypothesis that Cost-Benefit analysis boosts the effectiveness and efficiency of the said type of projects. The paper offers theoretical and practical explanation of the implementation of Cost-Benefit analysis in the relevant area. Since energy efficiency projects in public buildings usually represent a part of a broader portfolio of similar projects and their implementation demands allocation of substantial financial resources, communities are often be interested in achieving maximal economic and non-economic benefits. This paper aims to demonstrate that Cost-Benefit analysis can represent an excellent contribution when attempting to select the projects for implementation within a broader portfolio of energy efficiency projects in public buildings. This hypothesis was demonstrated by putting a greater emphasis on non-economic benefits and the costs arising from implementation of the aforementioned types of projects. In addition, a practical test of this hypothesis was performed through the implementation of an energy efficiency portfolio in public buildings, worth several tens of millions of dollars - the Serbian Energy Efficiency Project. The paper concludes that the use of Cost-Benefit analysis can help us to effectively evaluate and manage projects of this type aimed at achieving maximum benefits for the community in question.

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Ramlan, R., M. J. Brennan, B. R. Mace, and I. Kovacic. "Potential benefits of a non-linear stiffness in an energy harvesting device." Nonlinear Dynamics 59, no. 4 (July 28, 2009): 545–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11071-009-9561-5.

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Nehler, Therese, and Josefine Rasmussen. "How do firms consider non-energy benefits? Empirical findings on energy-efficiency investments in Swedish industry." Journal of Cleaner Production 113 (February 2016): 472–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.070.

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Struhala, Karel, Petr Jelínek, Zuzana Stránská, and Jiří Sedlák. "Environmental Benefits of Elementary School’s Renovation." Advanced Materials Research 1041 (October 2014): 217–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1041.217.

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This paper shows partial results of IEA ECBCS Annex 56 which deals with energy-, economically-and environmentally-efficient renovations of buildings. It describes one of the assessed case studies - renovation of elementary school Kamínky 5 in Brno-Nový Lískovec, Czech Republic into low-energy standard. The school was built in 1959 and renovated in 2009 and 2010. The renovation significantly reduced energy consumption of the school. The energy consumption (heat, electricity) as well as environmental performance (represented by CO2 emissions, non-renewable and cumulative energy demand) of the school, both before and after the renovation, is described in detail in the paper. Data about the energy consumption are based on audits and financial reports that has been provided by the Borough Office Brno – Nový Lískovec. Data for the environmental assessment are taken from renovation‘s designs (provided by design office Menhir project s. r. o.) and in-situ inspection.

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Yang, Wenjing, and Patrick T. I. Lam. "Non-market valuation of consumer benefits towards the assessment of energy efficiency gap." Energy and Buildings 184 (February 2019): 264–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.053.

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Akroush, Mamoun N., Majdy I. Zuriekat, Hana I. Al Jabali, and Nermeen A. Asfour. "Determinants of purchasing intentions of energy-efficient products." International Journal of Energy Sector Management 13, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 128–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijesm-05-2018-0009.

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PurposeThis paper aims to identify factors affecting consumers’ purchasing intentions of energy-efficient products (energy awareness, perceived benefits, perceived price and consumers’ attitudes). Also, it examines the effect of consumers’ attitudes on purchasing intentions of energy-efficient products (EEP) from households’ perspectives in Jordan.Design/methodology/approachA self-administered survey was hand-delivered to the targeted sample of households in Amman, Jordan. A total of 516 questionnaires were delivered to households from which 474 were valid for the analysis. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to assess the research constructs dimensions, unidimensionality, validity and composite reliability. Structural path analysis was also used to test the hypothesised relationships of the proposed research model.FindingsEnergy awareness positively and significantly affects purchasing intentions, perceived benefits and consumer attitudes. Energy awareness negatively but non-significantly affects perceived price. Perceived benefits positively and significantly affect consumer attitudes and purchasing intentions. Further, perceived price negatively and significantly affects perceived benefits and consumers attitudes. Also, consumers’ attitudes positively and significantly affect purchasing intentions. Consumers’ attitudes exerted the strongest effect on purchasing intentions of EEP; meanwhile, consumers’ attitudes are a function of perceived benefits and energy awareness. Finally, the results show that 50 per cent of variation in purchasing intentions of EEP was caused by perceived benefits–consumers’ attitudes–energy awareness path.Research limitationsFuture research needs to investigate other factors that may affect households’ intentions of purchasing EEP such as perceived brand and image of EEP, perceived risk, word-of-mouth, subjective norms and households’ cost-saving experience. Investigating and identifying types of perceived benefits of purchasing EEP from households’ perspectives is also important. Comparative studies between Jordanian and non-Jordanian consumers/households are potential areas of future research. Methodologically, future research can conduct comparative analysis between households and energy industry engineers and managers perceptions’ with regard to determinants of perceived benefits and purchasing intentions.Practical implicationsThis paper highlights the crucial role of perceived benefits and energy awareness in formulating households’ attitudes towards EEP and the vital role of such attitudes on purchasing intentions. Marketing directors and CEOs of the energy industry should recognised that perceived benefits, attitudes and energy awareness are vital building blocks in formulating and implementing marketing strategies to operate in this industry. Also, purchase intentions are a function of positive attitudes of household toward EEP and are at the heart of EEP marketing communications campaigns.Originality/valueThis is the first paper in the energy industry of Jordan devoted to develop and test a model of determinants of purchasing intentions of EEP that focuses on energy consumption behaviour. CEOs, international manufacturers and marketing managers of EEP can benefit from the study’s empirical findings concerning the drivers of EEP purchasing intentions and behaviour decisions of households in Jordan as an emerging market in the Middle East.

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Pérez-Neira, David, Marta Soler-Montiel, Rosario Gutiérrez-Peña, and Yolanda Mena-Guerrero. "Energy Assessment of Pastoral Dairy Goat Husbandry from an Agroecological Economics Perspective. A Case Study in Andalusia (Spain)." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 9, 2018): 2838. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082838.

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This paper presents a methodological proposal of new energy sustainability indicators according to a novel accounting that follows agroecological and ecological economics criteria. Energy output is reformulated to include manure and thus consider the contribution to fertilization made by pastoral livestock farming to agroecosystems. Energy inputs calculations include the grazing resources. These new definitions and calculations allow for new formulations of the energy return on investment (EROI) as measures of the energy efficiency of livestock farming systems (final EROI and food/feed EROI). The environmental benefit of manure is estimated from the avoided energy cost of using this alternative to inorganic fertilizers (AECM). The environmental benefit of grazing is measured through the energy cost of avoiding cultivated animal feed (AECP) and its impact in terms of non-utilized agricultural area (ALCP). The comparative analysis of different livestock breeding systems in three pastoral dairy goat farms in the Sierra de Cádiz in Andalusia, southern Spain, reveals the analytical potential of the new energy sustainability indicators proposed, as well as the potential environmental benefits derived from territorial-based stockbreeding and, more specifically, grazing activities. Those benefits include gains in energy efficiency, a reduction of the dependence on non-renewable energy, and environmental costs avoided in terms of energy in extensive pastoral systems.

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Milov, V. "Can Russia Become an Energy Superpower?" Voprosy Ekonomiki, no. 9 (September 20, 2006): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2006-9-21-30.

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Recently the idea of transforming Russia into an "energy superpower" has become quite popular. But is this a definition of economic nature? And if yes, can Russia reach this status and benefit from it from the economic point of view? The article argues that this idea is mostly of a political, non-economic character, and that possible actions associated with proclaiming Russia an "energy superpower" cannot bring economic benefits to the country. Besides, the present policy model in the energy sector chosen by the Russian authorities can lead to negative results.

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Lavidas, George, and Vengatesan Venugopal. "Energy Production Benefits by Wind and Wave Energies for the Autonomous System of Crete." Energies 11, no. 10 (October 12, 2018): 2741. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11102741.

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At autonomous electricity grids Renewable Energy (RE) contributes significantly to energy production. Offshore resources benefit from higher energy density, smaller visual impacts, and higher availability levels. Offshore locations at the West of Crete obtain wind availability ≈80%, combining this with the installation potential for large scale modern wind turbines (rated power) then expected annual benefits are immense. Temporal variability of production is a limiting factor for wider adaptation of large offshore farms. To this end multi-generation with wave energy can alleviate issues of non-generation for wind. Spatio-temporal correlation of wind and wave energy production exhibit that wind and wave hybrid stations can contribute significant amounts of clean energy, while at the same time reducing spatial constrains and public acceptance issues. Offshore technologies can be combined as co-located or not, altering contribution profiles of wave energy to non-operating wind turbine production. In this study a co-located option contributes up to 626 h per annum, while a non co-located solution is found to complement over 4000 h of a non-operative wind turbine. Findings indicate the opportunities associated not only in terms of capital expenditure reduction, but also in the ever important issue of renewable variability and grid stability.

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IKAGA, Toshiharu, Rika EGUCHI, Shuzo MURAKAMI, Atsushi IWAMAE, Tanji HOSHI, Tadashi MIZUISHI, Shun KAWAKUBO, and Kumi OKUMURA. "EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT IN RESIDENTIAL THERMAL INSULATION CONSIDERING NON-ENERGY BENEFITS DELIVERED BY HEALTH." Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) 76, no. 666 (2011): 735–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aije.76.735.

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Gaudreault, Caroline, Barry Malmberg, Brad Upton, and Reid Miner. "Life cycle greenhouse gases and non-renewable energy benefits of kraft black liquor recovery." Biomass and Bioenergy 46 (November 2012): 683–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.06.027.

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Rabbani, M. G., C. T. Sattary, M. R. A. Mamun, M. M. Rahman, and M. N. H. Khan. "Performance Analysis of Non-Renewable Energy in Bangladesh." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 5, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 290. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v5.i2.pp290-298.

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The demand of energy is dramatically increased nowadays and the demand either can renewable or non renewable depends on the drawbacks. Hence, non renewable energies show the better performance where the limitations are comprisable very few and environmental friendly. Already developed countries are being used renewable energies as the main sources of energy to produce electricity where it proved the less easy and more benefits. However, non renewable energies such as natural gas, gas generator and so on still have been producing more and more electricity and this amount is around 10 times more than renewable energies especially developing countries like Bangladesh. This paper is being discussed the importance of renewable energies and non renewable energies to produce electricity, comparing the different countries electricity production and the using sources. Here analysis the data of different power plants in Bangladesh and the types of fuel, CO2 emission and electricity production. In additionally, Gazipur district has been selected to show the power consumption factories with the cost analysis in selected fuel types.

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Steubing, Bernhard. "Die Ökobilanz der energetischen Holzverwertung: Faktoren für einen hohen ökologischen Nutzen." Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 164, no. 12 (December 1, 2013): 408–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3188/szf.2013.0408.

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Life cycle assessment of wood energy: factors for high ecological benefits Wood energy is increasingly used to replace non-renewable energy sources. Energy wood is a limited resource and should therefore be used wisely not only to maximize the economic but also the environmental benefits associated with its use. This article assesses the environmental burdens associated with wood energy (for heat, electricity and transportation) and the benefits that may arise when non-renewable energy technologies are substituted. It is shown that from a global warming perspective the use of wood energy seems almost always beneficial, but this effect may be significantly reduced if biogenic CO2 is taken into account. The method of ecological scarcity on the other hand, which considers several additional environmental dimensions and combines these into a single score, shows significantly lower environmental benefits of wood in comparison with non- renewable energy. One of the principal reasons for this are air emissions associated with wood energy such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic carbon (VOC). Considerable environmental benefits can be achieved in both cases if the following three key factors are respected: 1) a wise choice of the substituted technology and the underlying energy carrier, 2) a high efficiency in the conversion from energy contained in biomass to final energy, and 3) the implementation of measures to reduce air emissions such as particle filters and, if possible, more advanced flue gas cleaning. The article then discusses the limits of the comparison and selected issues within the life cycle assessment methodology that need further development.

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Yechury, Kalpakam. "An experiment in non-conventional energy resource use acceptance and benefits to a village community." Renewable Energy 19, no. 1-2 (January 2000): 299–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0960-1481(99)00044-0.

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Kim, Hyo-Jin, Seul-Ye Lim, and Seung-Hoon Yoo. "The Non-Market Benefits of Expanding Organic Waste-to-Energy Facilities: A Choice Experiment Study." Journal of Environmental Policy and Administration 24, no. 4 (December 31, 2016): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.15301/jepa.2016.24.4.103.

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Bolsen, Toby, James N. Druckman, and Fay Lomax Cook. "Communication and Collective Actions: A Survey Experiment on Motivating Energy Conservation in the U.S." Journal of Experimental Political Science 1, no. 1 (2014): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/xps.2014.2.

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AbstractWhen do citizens take action to benefit the public good, even when individual benefits are scant or non-existent? We address this question with a focus on an area of critical importance when it comes to environmental sustainability—specifically, we examine citizens' actions in the domain of energy conservation. We do so by using a survey experiment to evaluate the impact of exposure to communications posited to shape collective action behavior. We find that communications shape behavior depending on two primary factors not previously studied in concert: to whom responsibility is attributed for collective outcomes; and, what effects, or consequences, are associated with one's actions. We find that communications emphasizing individual responsibility and collective environmental benefits can stimulate collective action.

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Hamer, W., E. H. Mathews, A. G. S. Gous, J. Booysen, and J. C. Vosloo. "Testing concurrent benefits for Section 12L tax incentives in South Africa." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 31, no. 4 (November 30, 2020): 57–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2020/v31i4a8674.

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The South African energy crisis harms the economy. Tax incentives are intended to help, but rules for incentives must be understood by all stakeholders for taxpayers to be encouraged to invest. Section 12L (S12L) is relatively new legislation that allows a tax deduction for verified year-on-year energy efficiency savings in South Africa. Concurrent benefits are excluded from this tax incentive, to prevent a double reward for the same activity. Although the prevention of double benefits is commonly addressed in the field of measurement and verification (M&V), non-technical guidelines are not available. This is a critical shortcoming since multiple professions (tax, audit and legal) need to understand the technical M&V requirements of S12L. This study reviews the current legislation and interpretations of concurrent benefits in terms of S12L. It shows that multiple energy-related incentives are utilised by industries and that, therefore, it must be determined if different programmes overlap, so as to create concurrent benefits with S12L. It is then critical to correctly apply M&V practice to ensure exclusion of concurrent benefits. This study also provides a simplified methodology to evaluate concurrency, based on the S12L regulatory requirements and standard M&V methods. Three case studies show how concurrency can occur and how M&V practice is applied to exclude double benefits. The test for concurrency is shown to reduce to the following question: Is the same energy saving funded twice? The tests must be done to ensure no double benefit occurs.

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Wall, William Philip, Bilal Khalid, Mariusz Urbański, and Michal Kot. "Factors Influencing Consumer’s Adoption of Renewable Energy." Energies 14, no. 17 (August 31, 2021): 5420. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14175420.

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The objective of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the consumer adoption of renewable energy in Thailand. The study adopted an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) by including three additional variables. The study applied a quantitative study methodology, with primary data collected using a survey of consumers in five major cities in Thailand. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings of the study indicated that perception of self-effectiveness, environmental concern, renewable energy awareness, and beliefs about renewable energy benefits have a significant and positive effect on consumers’ intention to adopt renewable energy. The cost of renewable was found to have a negative but non-significant influence on consumers’ adoption of renewable energy, while risk/trust perception was found to have a positive but non-significant influence on consumers’ adoption of renewable energy. The study concluded that stakeholders should take into account the aspects of perception of self-effectiveness, environmental concern, renewable energy awareness, and beliefs about renewable energy benefits when running campaigns to promote the consumer adoption of renewable energy in Thailand

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Marrero, Rosario J., Juan Andrés Hernández-Cabrera, Ascensión Fumero, and Bernardo Hernández. "Social Acceptance of Gas, Wind, and Solar Energies in the Canary Islands." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18 (September 14, 2021): 9672. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189672.

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Background: This study tested a theoretical model including key psychosocial factors that could be involved in the acceptance of different energy sources (gas, wind, and solar); Methods: Participants were 550 adult residents of the Canary Islands. Variables assessed were information and utility (normative motives), perceived risk and perceived benefits (gain motives), and negative and positive emotions (hedonic motives), with acceptance of each of the three energy sources as outcome variables; Results: It was found that renewable energies (wind and solar) had a higher degree of acceptance than non-renewable energy (gas). The proposed model satisfactorily explained the social acceptance of the three energy sources, although the psychosocial factors involved differed by energy source. The gain motives, mainly perceived benefits, were associated to a greater extent with gas energy, whereas normative motives, such as utility, and hedonic motives, such as positive emotions, had greater weight for renewables. Gender differences in gas energy were found. Information about renewable energy increased positive emotions and acceptance, whereas information about fossil fuel-based energy generated more negative emotions and perceived risk, decreasing acceptance; Conclusions: Utility, perceived benefits and positive emotions were involved on the acceptance of both renewables and non-renewables. The theoretical model tested seems to be useful for understanding the psychosocial functioning of the acceptance of the various energy sources as an essential aspect for the transition of non-renewable to renewable energies.

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Leelakulthanit, Orose. "Barriers and Benefits of Changing People’s Behavior Regarding Energy Saving of Air Conditioners at Home." Asian Social Science 13, no. 10 (September 27, 2017): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v13n10p130.

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Energy saving is a desirable behavior in terms of solving the global warming problem. In order to change people’s behavior from the non-saving to the saving use of air conditioners, for example, the barriers to and benefits of changing their behavior should be investigated. This study collected data from four focus groups consisting of eight adults in each group. Two of the focus groups were non-energy savers in terms of their use of air conditioners while the other two focus groups were energy savers in their use of air conditioners. The results indicated that the barriers to energy saving behavior regarding air conditioners were comfort, habit, and privacy. The benefits of energy saving in relation to the use of air conditioners included saving money, alleviating the climate change situation, saving natural resources, behaving as a good role model for family members, gaining better health, and lengthening the life of the air conditioners.

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Schweitzer, Martin, and Bruce Tonn. "Non-energy benefits of the US Weatherization Assistance Program: a summary of their scope and magnitude." Applied Energy 76, no. 4 (December 2003): 321–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0306-2619(03)00003-5.

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Fowlie, Meredith, Michael Greenstone, and Catherine Wolfram. "Are the Non-Monetary Costs of Energy Efficiency Investments Large? Understanding Low Take-up of a Free Energy Efficiency Program." American Economic Review 105, no. 5 (May 1, 2015): 201–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151011.

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We document very low take-up of an energy efficiency program that is widely believed to be privately beneficial. Program participants receive a substantial home “weatherization” retrofit; all installation and equipment costs are covered by the program. Less than 1 percent of presumptively eligible households take up the program in the control group. This rate increased only modestly after we took extraordinary efforts to inform households—via multiple channels–about the sizable benefits and zero monetary costs. These findings are consistent with high non-monetary costs associated with program participation and/or energy efficiency investments.

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Torres, Ariel. "Body contouring using a combination of non-invasive energy-based devices." Journal of Aesthetic Nursing 9, no. 10 (December 2, 2020): 428–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2020.9.10.428.

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In this article, the author will be reviewing fat anatomy and physiology, as well as outlining how fat is distributed. Only after this baseline knowledge is established, can a comprehensive discussion on how to body contour by reducing fat be discussed thoroughly. The way cellulite develops and why females are predisposed to it is also detailed, followed by emphasis on the chronology in a holistic slimming approach (first is fat loss, then toning, followed by firming, anti-cellulite, figure shaping and spot reduction), the proper sequence of treating from the inside going out or from the inner visceral fat to the outer subcutaneous fat, from the deep reserve fat of the subcutaneous fat towards the superficial fat of the subcutaneous fat, and what ‘specific’ parameters should be used for each ‘separate’ energy (for example, infrared, radiofrequency and skin curving) after discussing the vast myriad technologies involved in different non-invasive energy based devices, including those employing lasers, primarily for aesthetic purposes, but consequently with health benefits.

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Torres, Ariel. "Body contouring using a combination of non-invasive energy-based devices." Journal of Aesthetic Nursing 9, no. 5 (June 2, 2020): 195–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2020.9.5.195.

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In this article, the author will be reviewing fat anatomy and physiology, as well as outlining how fat is distributed. Only after this baseline knowledge is established, can a comprehensive discussion on how to body contour by reducing fat be discussed thoroughly. The way cellulite develops and why females are predisposed to it is also detailed, followed by emphasis on the chronology in a holistic slimming approach (first is fat loss, then toning, followed by firming, anti-cellulite, figure shaping and spot reduction), the proper sequence of treating from the inside going out or from the inner visceral fat to the outer subcutaneous fat, from the deep reserve fat of the subcutaneous fat towards the superficial fat of the subcutaneous fat, and what ‘specific’ parameters should be used for each ‘separate’ energy (for example, infrared, radiofrequency and skin curving) after discussing the vast myriad technologies involved in different non-invasive energy based devices, including those employing lasers, primarily for aesthetic purposes, but consequently with health benefits.

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Sántha, Eszter, and Niclas Scott Bentsen. "Ecosystem Service Benefits and Trade-Offs—Selecting Tree Species in Denmark for Bioenergy Production." Forests 11, no. 3 (February 28, 2020): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11030277.

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Research highlights: The study enabled us to quantitatively assess ecosystem benefits and trade-offs, to characterize species as generalists or specialists, and findings suggest that producing biomass for energy is more likely to serve multiple objectives if it is implemented in an integrated production system. Background and Objectives: Biomass is one of the main and largest sources of renewable energy. In Denmark, the production of biomass for energy is mainly based on timber harvest residues from pre-commercial thinning of forest stands. However, there is an increasing demand for bioenergy that require biomass to be grown specifically for energy purposes even though the sustainability and climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy plantations have recently been questioned in terms of food production, land use, land use change and terrestrial carbon cycles. The overall objective of the research is to better understand the opportunities and trade-offs between different woody and non-woody energy crops. Material and Methods: This study assessed the ecosystem services of seven woody species and one perennial along a management intensity continuum with a main focus on bioenergy production. Results: Results of the analysis showed that there are complex interrelations between ecosystem services and significant differences between species in providing those services. Conclusions: Species with a highest energy benefit among assessed species were poplar and grand fir, while beech and oak proved the best in providing biodiversity benefits.

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Lane, Anna-Lena, Magdalena Boork, and Patrik Thollander. "Barriers, Driving Forces and Non-Energy Benefits for Battery Storage in Photovoltaic (PV) Systems in Modern Agriculture." Energies 12, no. 18 (September 18, 2019): 3568. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12183568.

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Battery storage has been highlighted as one way to increase the share of renewables in energy systems. The use of local battery storage is also beneficial when reducing power variations in the grid, thereby contributing to more robust and cost-effective energy systems. The purpose of this paper is to investigate barriers, drivers and non-energy benefits (NEB) for investments in battery storage in photovoltaic systems (PV) in the context of farmers with PV systems in Sweden. The study is based on a questionnaire about barriers, driving forces and NEB for investment in battery storage connected to PV. The questionnaire was sent to farmers in Sweden who already have photovoltaics installed and about 100 persons answered, a response rate of 59%. The major barriers found are related to the technical and economic risks of investing in battery storage. One of the main conclusions is that the highest-ranked driver, i.e., to use a larger part of the produced electricity oneself, turns out to be the highest priority for the grid-owner seeking to reduce the need for extensive investments in the grid. The primary NEBs found were the possibility of becoming independent from grid electricity.

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Min, Seo-Hyeon, So-Yeon Park, and Seung-Hoon Yoo. "Measuring the Non-market Benefits of Expanding Organic Waste-to-energy Facilities using the Contingent Valuation Method." Journal of Korea Society of Waste Management 33, no. 6 (September 30, 2016): 547–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.9786/kswm.2016.33.6.547.

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VERMA, ABHISHEK, SHIVA SHANKAR Y, HARSHIT BAPNA, LAL SURNDER KUSHWAH, and KSHITIJ MUDGAL. "Feasibility Studies for Developing Energy Efficient Building in the Juet Campus Using Solar and Biomass Energy." Current World Environment 13, no. 3 (October 24, 2018): 424–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/cwe.13.3.15.

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Building sector has been one of major contributors to global warming due to the excessive energy consumption during its lifecycle. In this context utilization of alternate energy resources such as solar, wind and biomass; as a replacement for conventional energy resources could be beneficially applied for achieving potential savings in power consumption. Adaptation of non- conventional energy resources combined with use of energy saving fixtures offer a sustainable solution for the increasing energy needs and environmental issues with conventional energy sources. In the present work feasibility studies were carried out for upgrading the existing building i.e. Annapurna bhawan in Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology (JUET), Madhya Pradesh, India; into an energy efficient building. Annapurna bhawan encompasses kitchen and four dining halls, being used for cooking and serving food to the students in the university. Study examines the potential benefits of using biomass energy through continuous anaerobic digestion and solar photovoltaic modules as a replacement to conventional energy sources. Results suggest potential energy savings and economic benefits could be achieved through the installation of these systems.

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Lanas, Fernando J., Francisco J. Martínez-Conde, Diego Alvarado, Rodrigo Moreno, Patricio Mendoza-Araya, and Guillermo Jiménez-Estévez. "Non-Strategic Capacity Withholding from Distributed Energy Storage within Microgrids Providing Energy and Reserve Services." Energies 13, no. 19 (October 8, 2020): 5235. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13195235.

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Microgrids have the potential to provide security and flexibility to power systems through the integration of a wide range of resources, including distributed energy storage, usually in the form of batteries. An aggregation of microgrids can enable the participation of these resources in the main system’s energy and ancillary services market. The traditional minimum-cost operation, however, can undermine microgrid’s ability to hold reserve capacity for operation in islanded mode and can rapidly degrade distributed batteries. This paper studies the impacts of various operational strategies from distributed energy storage plants on their revenues and on market prices, considering an array of microgrids that act in a synchronized fashion. The operational model minimizes the entire electric power system cost, considering transmission-connected and distributed energy resources, and capturing capacity degradation of batteries as part of the cost function. Additionally, microgrid-based, distributed batteries can provide energy arbitrage and both system-level and microgrid-level security services. Through several case studies, we demonstrate the economic impacts of distributed energy storage providing these services, including also capacity degradation. We also demonstrate the benefits of providing reserve services in terms of extra revenue and battery lifespan. Finally, we conclude that limitations in the provision of system-level services from distributed batteries due to degradation considerations and higher microgrid-level security requirements may, counterintuitively, increase system-level revenues for storage owners, if such degradation considerations and microgrid-level security requirements are adopted, at once, by a large number of microgrids, leading to unintended, non-strategic capacity withholding by distributed storage owners.

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He, Wenjun, Hui Liu, Jianing Cheng, Jing Mao, Cong Chen, Qiuyan Hao, Jianling Zhao, Caichi Liu, Ying Li, and Limin Liang. "Designing Zn-doped nickel sulfide catalysts with an optimized electronic structure for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction." Nanoscale 13, no. 22 (2021): 10127–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nr01726h.

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Chen, Hao, Ling He, Jiachuan Chen, Bo Yuan, Teng Huang, and Qi Cui. "Impacts of Clean Energy Substitution for Polluting Fossil-Fuels in Terminal Energy Consumption on the Economy and Environment in China." Sustainability 11, no. 22 (November 15, 2019): 6419. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11226419.

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China has initiated various dedicated policies on clean energy substitution for polluting fossil-fuels since the early 2010s to alleviate severe carbon emissions and environmental pollution and accelerate clean energy transformation. Using the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) regression, we project the potentials of substituting coal and oil with clean energy for different production sectors in China toward the year 2030. Based on the projections, a dynamic multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium model, CHINAGEM, is employed to examine: the impacts of future clean energy substitution on China’s energy production, outputs of non-energy sectors, macro-economy, and CO2 emissions. First, we found that most production sectors are projected to replace polluting fossil-fuels with clean energy in their terminal energy consumption in 2017–2030. Second, clean energy substitution enables producing green co-benefits that would enable improvements in energy production structure, reductions in national CO2 emissions, and better real GDP and employment. Third, technological progress in non-fossil-fuel electricity could further benefit China’s clean and low-carbon energy transformation, accelerating the reduction in CO2 emissions and clean energy substitution. Furthermore, the most beneficiary are energy-intensive and high carbon-emission sectors owing to the drop in coal and oil prices, while the most negatively affected are the downstream sectors of electricity. Through research, various tentative improvement policies are recommended, including financial support, renewable electricity development, clean energy utilization technology, and clean coal technologies.

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Zamora-Camacho, Francisco Javier, Senda Reguera, and Gregorio Moreno-Rueda. "Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard." PeerJ 4 (April 25, 2016): e1972. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972.

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Immunocompetence benefits animal fitness by combating pathogens, but also entails some costs. One of its main components is fever, which in ectotherms involves two main types of costs: energy expenditure and predation risk. Whenever those costs of fever outweigh its benefits, ectotherms are expected not to develop fever, or even to show hypothermia, reducing costs of thermoregulation and diverting the energy saved to other components of the immune system. Environmental thermal quality, and therefore the thermoregulation cost/benefit balance, varies geographically. Hence, we hypothesize that, in alpine habitats, immune-challenged ectotherms should show no thermal response, given that (1) hypothermia would be very costly, as the temporal window for reproduction is extremely small, and (2) fever would have a prohibitive cost, as heat acquisition is limited in such habitat. However, in temperate habitats, immune-challenged ectotherms might show a febrile response, due to lower cost/benefit balance as a consequence of a more suitable thermal environment. We tested this hypothesis inPsammodromus algiruslizards from Sierra Nevada (SE Spain), by testing body temperature preferred by alpine and non-alpine lizards, before and after activating their immune system with a typical innocuous pyrogen. Surprisingly, non-alpine lizards responded to immune challenge by decreasing preferential body-temperature, presumably allowing them to save energy and reduce exposure to predators. On the contrary, as predicted, immune-challenged alpine lizards maintained their body-temperature preferences. These results match with increased costs of no thermoregulation with elevation, due to the reduced window of time for reproduction in alpine environment.

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Rogoža, Artur, Giedrius Šiupšinskas, Juozas Bielskus, and Violeta Misevičiūtė. "ATSINAUJINANČIOS ENERGIJOS ŠALTINIŲ DIEGIMO MODERNIZUOJAMUOSE PASTATUOSE ĮVERTINIMAS GYVAVIMO CIKLO POŽIŪRIU: ATVEJO ANALIZĖ / EVALUATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES INSTALLATION IN REFURBISHED BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF LIFE CYCLE: CASE STUDY." Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis 11 (October 1, 2019): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2019.10579.

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Renewable energy technologies are increasingly integrated into the modernization of multi-apartment buildings, however their benefits are rarely assessed from a complex environmental, energy and economic point of view. The article presents the results of the modernization of a particular apartment building in terms of the production and consumption of energy in a building, from the viewpoint of the life cycle. The benefits of the building’s energy modernization were assessed by introducing active (heat pumps and solar collectors for hot domestic water production) and passive modernization measures. The results show that the integration of heat pumps when electricity is produced from non-renewable energy sources according to the analyzed categories of life cycle analysis is not eco-friendly.

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Bielskus, Jonas, and Violeta Motuzienė. "VARTOTOJŲ ENERGIJOS TAUPYMO IR ŠILUMINIO KOMFORTO SUPRATIMO TYRIMAS DARNIUOSE PASTATUOSE / SURVEY ON OCCUPANTS KNOWLEDGE ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND INDOOR CLIMATE IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS." Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis 11 (October 10, 2019): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2019.10599.

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Renewable energy technologies are increasingly integrated into the modernization of multi-apartment buildings, however their benefits are rarely assessed from a complex environmental, energy and economic point of view. The article presents the results of the modernization of a particular apartment building in terms of the production and consumption of energy in a building, from the viewpoint of the life cycle. The benefits of the building’s energy modernization were assessed by introducing active (heat pumps and solar collectors for hot domestic water production) and passive modernization measures. The results show that the integration of heat pumps when electricity is produced from non-renewable energy sources according to the analyzed categories of life cycle analysis is not eco-friendly.

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Badai, Ali. "Environmental benefits through Storage, Exchange of thermal energy in smart city." Journal of Engineering 27, no. 3 (February 27, 2021): 130–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.31026/j.eng.2021.03.09.

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The aim of this study is to look at the potential of a local sustainable energy network in a pre-existing context to develop a novel design beneficial to the environment. Nowadays, the concept of smart cities is still in the developmental phase/stage andwe are currently residing in a transitional period, therefore it is very important to discover new solutions that show direct benefits the people may get from transforming their city from a traditional to a smart city. Using experience and knowledge of successful projects in various European and non-European smart cities, this study attempts to demonstrate the practical potential of gradually moving existing cities to the level of smart cities by developing the available environmental resources. Data displays that using residual heat in a small neighborhood results in a lower annual gas consumption of at least 732. 200.00 m³, this incidentally leads to a reduction of CO₂ emission by 1,303,316 kg.

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Rakjit, Chutiwan, William Liu, and Jairo A. Gutiérrez. "An Energy Efficient Scheduling Manager for Cloud-Based Mobile Navigation Applications." International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking 10, no. 2 (April 2014): 47–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbdcn.2014040104.

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This paper presents an in-depth study on a navigation application that has cloud-based and non-cloud-based versions running on the Android platform. It discovered that the cloud-based Osmand is less energy efficient than the non-cloud based Osmand. This is because the tail energy in mobile communications causes extra energy consumption for cloud-based Osmand. Thus, it has designed an Energy Efficient Scheduling Manager (EESManager), which benefits from its awareness of both tail energy and the complexity of the navigation map. As the evaluation results show, the cloud-based Osmand with EESManager can reduce overall energy consumption in case of a simple map between the source and destination.

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Kim, Ji-Myong, Kiyoung Son, and Seunghyun Son. "GREEN BENEFITS ON EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO THE LEED CERTIFICATION." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 24, no. 2 (January 2, 2020): 83–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2020.11097.

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Countries around the world are making efforts to develop and introduce green building certification systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of these efforts, green certification systems are rapidly spreading. Consistent with this, certification systems are also being developed and research related to various technologies and regulations is ongoing. However, most research focuses on residential and commercial buildings and there is still a lack of scientific research on educational facilities. To fill the gap and support the former studies, this research statistically studies the economic effects of green certification systems on educational facilities. For this purpose, the benefits, i.g., building price and maintenance & repair costs, were examined for universities in Canada that were admitted to the Canadian Educational Institution. As shown by the results of this study, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified buildings cost 49.9% more to build and had 25.6% lower maintenance and repair costs than non-LEED certified buildings.

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