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Modeling of hydraulic and energy efficiency indicators for water supply systems
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-08-01)
The present work approaches the necessity of the hydraulic and energetic efficiency indicator development for the management and decision making of water supply systems (WSSs) that can enable the comparison between the ...
Guidelines for efficient and sustainable energy management in hospital buildings
(2021-12-20)
The increasing global consumption of energy and its negative impacts on the environment has been an issue discussed both by academics and practitioners, including in the health sector. Hospitals are major consumers of ...
Utilizing Primary Energy Savings And Exergy Destruction To Compare Centralized Thermal Plants And Cogeneration/trigeneration Systems
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTDOxford, 2017)
Energy efficiency in buildings: analysis of scientific literature and identification of data analysis techniques from a bibliometric study
(2018-03-01)
This study uses bibliometrics methods to analyze the specialized literature of energy efficiency in buildings, including the Scopus database during the period of time ranging from 1980 to 2016, to identify the most relevant ...
Energy use in cropping systems: A regional long-term exploratory analysis of energy allocation and efficiency in the Inland Pampa (Argentina)
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2012-08)
As agricultural system comprises natural processes that are ruled by thermodynamics, the energy utilization is well suited for assessing the sustainability in the management of natural resources. The goals of this paper ...
Energy education: Reflections over the last fifteen years
(2021-05-01)
Fifteen years after the publication of the article entitled “Energy Education: breaking up the rational energy use barriers” in 2004, what were the paths taken and scientific contributions made towards a rational energy ...
Barriers to the adoption of energy-efficient technologies in the building sector: A survey of Brazil
(2021-12-01)
The building sector is responsible for 51% of the electricity consumed in Brazil, and about 10% of the total greenhouse gas emissions. These numbers continue to grow, despite significant efforts made by the government to ...
NILM-based approach for energy efficiency assessment of household appliances
(2020-12-01)
This paper presents a novel Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) approach focusing on the Energy Efficiency (EE) assessment of residential appliances. This approach (NILMEE) is able to identify the individual consumption ...
New Approaches For Improving Energy Efficiency In The Brazilian Industry
(Elsevier Science BVAmsterdam, 2016)