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Rose, Jørgen (author), Domingo-Irigoyen, Silvia (author), Venus, David (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Mlecnik, E. (author), Almeida, Manuela (author), Teres Zubiaga, J. (author), Johansson, Erik (author), Conci, M. (author), Dalla Mora, Tiziano (author)Renovation at district scale is a key strategy to reduce CO2 emissions by optimising the implementation of renewable energy sources and taking advantage of economy of scale. This paper focuses on analysing good practice examples on energy renovations at district scale. The paper adapts a qualitative research methodology in four phases, including...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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Hamida, M.B. (author), Ahmed, Wahhaj (author), Asif, Muhammad (author), Almaziad, Faris Abdullah (author)The buildings and construction sector accounts for the majority of the energy consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). For a sustainable future, energy consumption in the sector should be reduced and existing buildings need to be energy retrofitted. A number of studies present energy retrofitting of residential buildings in KSA;...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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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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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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Esfandiari, Masoud (author), Zaid, Suzaini Mohamed (author), Ismail, Muhammad Azzam (author), Hafezi, Mohammad Reza (author), Asadi, Iman (author), Mohammadi, S. (author)Energy consumption to cool an indoor environment is a substantial part of total energy end-use, particularly in a tropical climate with high energy demand for cooling. To improve energy efficiency, cooling systems can be optimized using a variety of neutral indoor temperatures to maintain a balance between an occupant’s thermal comfort and...journal article 2021
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Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Bouwmans, I. (author), Deijkers, Emma (author)This paper introduces EMLab-Consumer, an agent-based model developed in the H2020 project Cheetah, on energy efficiency of households. The model builds on the theory of planned behavior, a large European survey and a variety of choice models generated from the same survey. It studies adoption of a number of energy efficient appliances and...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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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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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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Vaisi, Salah (author), Mohammadi, S. (author), Nastasi, B. (author), Javanrodi, Kavan (author)In 2008, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE TM46 UC) presented an annual-fixed thermal energy benchmark of 240 kWh/m2/yr for university campus (UC) buildings as an attempt to reduce energy consumption in public buildings. However, the CIBSE TM46 UC benchmark fails to consider the difference between energy demand in...journal article 2020
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Pan, S. (author), Makinwa, K.A.A. (author)This article describes a highly energy-efficient Wheatstone bridge temperature sensor. To maximize sensitivity, the bridge is made from resistors with positive (silicided diffusion) and negative (poly) temperature coefficients. The bridge is balanced by a resistive (poly) FIR-DAC, which is part of a 2nd-order continuous-time delta-sigma...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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Konstantinou, T. (author), de Jonge, Tim (author), Oorschot, L.M. (author), El Messlaki, S. (author), van Oel, C.J. (author), Asselbergs, M.F. (author)Decarbonizing the housing stock is one of the largest challenges in the built environment today, and is getting attention not only from policymakers, but also from social housing corporations, financial and tenants’ organisations. In line with the international Paris-Climate-Change-Conference 2015, Dutch cities and housing associations have...conference paper 2020
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Manfren, Massimiliano (author), Nastasi, B. (author)High efficiency paradigms and rigorous normative standards for new and existing buildings are fundamental components of sustainability and energy transitions strategies today. However, optimistic assumptions and simplifications are often considered in the design phase and, even when detailed simulation tools are used, the validation of...journal article 2020