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Scheepmaker, G.M. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author)Energy-efficient train driving is an important topic to railway undertakings (RUs) for sustainability and cost reduction. The timetable affects the possibilities for energy-efficient train driving by the amount of running time supplements, which is the topic of energy-efficient train timetabling (EETT). The scientific literature on EETT...journal article 2021
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Parlevliet, Patricia P. (author), Kanaev, Andrey (author), Hung, Chou P. (author), Schweiger, Andreas (author), Gregory, Frederick D. (author), Benosman, Ryad (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Gutfreund, Yoram (author), Lo, Chung Chuan (author), Moss, Cynthia F. (author)Autonomous flight for large aircraft appears to be within our reach. However, launching autonomous systems for everyday missions still requires an immense interdisciplinary research effort supported by pointed policies and funding. We believe that concerted endeavors in the fields of neuroscience, mathematics, sensor physics, robotics, and...journal article 2021
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Abdelrady, Ahmed (author), Abdelhafez, Mohamed Hssan Hassan (author), Ragab, Ayman (author)Building insulation based on nanomaterials is considered one of the most effective means of reducing energy consumption in the hot desert climate. The application of an energy-efficient insulation system can significantly decrease the energy consumed via a building’s air-conditioning system during the summer. Hence, building insulation has...journal article 2021
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Tan, Zhichao (author), Jiang, H. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Tang, Xiyuan (author), Xin, Haoming (author), Nihtianova, S. (author)Recent years have witnessed an improvement in the energy efficiency of capacitive sensor interfaces by more than three orders of magnitude. This article reviews the architectural and circuit innovations that have contributed to this progress. The fundamental limit on the energy consumption of capacitive sensor interfaces is discussed, as well...journal article 2021
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Altenburg, M.D. (author), Schure, Klara M. (author), Blok, K. (author)There is significant emission reduction potential in the Dutch vegetable oil and fat industry, which consists of seven companies each producing more than 10 kt CO2 per year, emitting a total of 0.36 Mt CO2 in 2018. Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves are constructed to provide an overview of the most cost-effective decarbonisation options. Both...journal article 2021
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), de Vries, G. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)Over half of all residential buildings in the Netherlands are owner-occupied. In this study, the influence of behavioural factors on individual decisions toward energy efficiency renovations (EERs) was investigated. This study focused on contextual (e.g. building characteristics), personal (e.g. awareness of energy consumption), and...journal article 2021
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Huang, Ce (author), Ma, J. (author), Song, Kun (author)In China, energy efficiency retrofit of residential buildings is entering a new stage in which homeowners are the main subject. In order to investigate homeowners’ willingness to invest and to analyze its influencing factors, interviews and a questionnaire survey were conducted in central Tianjin, China. The results show that homeowners have...journal article 2021
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Talaei, Maryam (author), Mahdavinejad, Mohammadjavad (author), Azari, Rahman (author), Prieto Hoces, A.I. (author), Sangin, Hamed (author)As a state-of-the-art green façade technology, building-integrated microalgae bioreactor has the potential to reduce buildings’ carbon footprint and energy consumption. The present study aims to address the knowledge gap in the energy and daylighting performance of algae photobioreactor façade. The paper first studies the effects of algae...journal article 2021
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Tang, Z. (author), Fang, Yun (author), Yu, Xiao Peng (author), Tan, Nick Nianxiong (author), Shi, Zheng (author), Harpe, Pieter (author)This work presents an energy-efficient diode-based CMOS temperature sensor. It is based on the capacitively biased diode (CBD) working principle and can operate with a 1-V supply voltage. Instead of using a separate CBD front-end and ADC, a new architecture is proposed in which the CBD front-end is directly embedded into the 1st stage of a 1...journal article 2021
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Ozden, Adnan (author), Wang, Y. (author), Li, Fengwang (author), Luo, Mingchuan (author), Sisler, Jared (author), Thevenon, Arnaud (author), Rosas-Hernández, Alonso (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author), Lum, Yanwei (author)CO <sub>2</sub> electroreduction offers a route to net-zero-emission production of C <sub>2</sub>H <sub>4</sub>—the most-produced organic compound. However, the formation of carbonate in this process causes loss of CO <sub>2</sub> and a severe energy consumption/production penalty. Dividing the CO <sub>2</sub>-to-C <sub>2</sub>H <sub>4</sub>...journal article 2021
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Mahmoud, A.N.N. (author), Adelmann, Christoph (author), Vanderveken, Frederic (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author), Ciubotaru, Florin (author), Hamdioui, S. (author)Having multi-output logic gates saves much energy because the same structure can be used to feed multiple inputs of next stage gates simultaneously. This paper proposes novel triangle shape fanout of 2 spin wave Majority and XOR gates; the Majority gate is achieved by phase detection, whereas the XOR gate is achieved by threshold detection. The...conference paper 2021
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Gokhale, V. (author), Moyers Barrera, Gerardo (author), Venkatesha Prasad, Ranga Rao (author)Autonomous vehicles have created a sensation in both indoor and outdoor applications. The famous indoor use-case is process automation inside a warehouse using Autonomous Indoor Vehicles (AIV). These vehicles need to locate themselves not only with an accuracy of a few centimeters but also within a few milliseconds in an energy-efficient manner....conference paper 2021
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Homeowners’ Participation in Energy Efficient Renovation Projects in China’s Northern Heating RegionMa, J. (author), Qian, QK (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Song, Kun (author)In China’s government-led energy efficient renovation of residential buildings, homeowners’ participation refers to their involvement and engagement throughout the process. Lacking homeowners’ participation has brought difficulties in the execution and financing of the projects. This paper explores the current situation of homeowners’...journal article 2021
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Çelik, M. (author)Steel is an indispensable material for the sustainable maintenance and progress of modern civilization. Its versatility in terms of mechanical and thermal characteristics, corrosion resistance, raw material availability, energy consumption and recyclability provides a clear advantage in a fast-changing technological landscape. In order to adapt...doctoral thesis 2020
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Zhang, J. (author)In speech processing applications, e.g., speech recognition, hearing aids (HAs), video conferencing, and human-computer interaction, speech enhancement or noise reduction is an essential front-end task, as the recorded speech signals are inevitably corrupted by interference, including coherent/incoherent noise and reverberation. Traditional...doctoral thesis 2020
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Pruyn, J.F.J. (author)The EEDI is one measure to identify the energy efficiency of a vessel. Besides EEDI there are many other aspects relevant when considering the energy efficiency quality of a vessel, most based on design insights. In this paper, a set of ten relevant indicators are identified to establish the performance of the vessel and pinpoint the source of...journal article 2020
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Akgün, O.C. (author), Mei, J. (author)This paper presents the design of an ultra-low energy neural network that uses time-mode signal processing). Handwritten digit classification using a single-layer artificial neural network (ANN) with a Softmin-based activation function is described as an implementation example. To realize time-mode operation, the presented design makes use of...journal article 2020
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Kwon, M. (author), Mlecnik, E. (author)Through the Interreg2Seas Triple-A project, seven Local Authorities (LAs) identified and developed a set of modules for strengthening LA web portals for increasing awareness and easy access for housing retrofit, to encourage homeowners across four European Countries (Belgium, France, Netherlands and UK) to adopt different low-carbon technologies...report 2020
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Graamans, L.J.A. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Stanghellini, Cecilia (author)The increase in global food demand has led to the introduction of new food production systems. One key example is the plant factory. Plant factories face the same challenge as many high-tech building functions: high energy demands resulting from high internal heat loads. In this study we investigate how this energy demand can be reduced...journal article 2020
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Mahmoud, A.N.N. (author), Vanderveken, Frederic (author), Adelmann, Christoph (author), Ciubotaru, Florin (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author), Hamdioui, S. (author)This paper presents a 2-output Spin-Wave Programmable Logic Gate structure able to simultaneously evaluate any pair of AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, and XNOR Boolean functions. Our proposal provides the means for fanout achievement within the Spin Wave computation domain and energy and area savings as two different functions can be simultaneously...conference paper 2020