Urban Energy Articles
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Article `Supporting the lifecycle of energy infrastructures with Smart O&M` published in APUEA Magazine
The magazine of the Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association (APUEA) published an article: "Supporting the lifecycle of energy infrastructures with Smart O&M" by Siveco China. In this article, Siveco China shares insights on Smart O&M in the Energy industry, explaining why the earlier maintenance is taken into account, the better the results in terms of lifecycle cost. The paper also looks ...
By Siveco China
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Analysis of the Situation of Water Park Equipment in Fourth and Fifth-tier Cities
1. Urban Development Opportunities Water park equipment can integrate with surrounding hotels, shopping centers, high-end residential areas and other tourism resources, and can greatly promote the development of tourism in a region. Therefore, it is valued and supported by government departments. Under the guidance of the global tourism policy, experiential tourism projects can better ...
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University Onsite Bioenergy and Associated Performance Research Proposal - Case study
We recently delivered a proposed solution for the University of British Columbia Living Laboratory. The public standard for organics recycling includes full organics weekly collection plus bi-weekly garbage collection. This is now the norm in the BC lower mainland. But, half of the greater Vancouver population resides in multifamily buildings which have yet to be included in organics diversion. ...
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Interaction relationship between urban domestic energy consumption and water use – a case study of Beijing and Shanghai
Energy consumption and water use are inextricably linked. Combining research on energy consumption and water use in an urban context provides a scientific basis for the integrated planning of energy and water supply systems. Domestic energy and water are among the most consumed resources in urban environments. Furthermore, domestic resources represent an increasing proportion of the total ...
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Development and integration of a subgrid urban surface scheme in a limited area model
The sub-grid model, sub-grid town energy budget (STEB), is developed in order to reproduce the surface energy budget over large urban areas. The STEB evaluates the energy budget of each building belonging to a built area by employing an accurate description of the canyon geometry. The STEB is coupled with the limited area model RAMS to simulate the urban heat island over the city of Rome, Italy. ...
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Carbon footprint of the households' consumption in China
This paper studies the direct and embodied carbon footprint of households' consumption in China. The study results show that the embodied carbon footprint of Chinese households is far higher than direct carbon footprint. The direct carbon footprint of urban households is resulted from consumption of power, heat and petroleum products, while the rural households are mostly due to consumption of ...
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In profile: Chris Zegras
MIT urban planner builds tools that help designers make cities cleaner and greener. Written by Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office. You can read the original story in MIT News Christopher Zegras Photo: Dominick Reuter When Chris Zegras started studying the way cities work, in the early 1990s, it wasn’t in a classroom, and he wasn’t pursuing a formal academic project. Instead, ...
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Application of analytic hierarchy process to prioritise urban transport options – comparative analysis of group aggregation methods
This paper presents a comparative analysis of different group aggregation methods adopted in analytic hierarchy process by testing them against social choice axioms with a case study of Delhi transport system. The group aggregation methods and their correctness were tested while prioritising the alternative options for energy efficient and less polluting transport system in Delhi. It was observed ...
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Valuation of urban sustainability and building energy efficiency: a case study
The general objective of the research is to set up a strategy of sustainable conservation at two levels: at city level, to conceive and plan interventions at block, street, neighbourhood scale; at building level to propose and design specific conservation and enhancement interventions that pay particular attention to the ecological and energy dimensions. Specific objective of the research is to ...
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Environment risk and cogeneration in China: the case of Zibo Huantai district
With the economic development, the environment protection problems become more and more serious and the environment protection deterioration risk has been exacerbated in Zibo City, China. Many small heating boilers are used to supply heat in Huantai district of Zibo, which have low efficiency of energy consumption and cause serious pollution. With the analysis of the thermal power demand and ...
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A possible solution: Biodiesel made with garbage `the fuel of the future`
A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock.Here is a translated description of the tecnology:ECOFA is a new fuel, which due to its origin, its production, and its solution to the inherent problems in any ...
By Ecofa
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Analysis of energy and exergy use in the Jordanian urban residential sector
This study presents an analysis of the energy and exergy utilisation of the Jordanian urban residential sector by considering the flows of energy and exergy through the main end uses and applications in Jordanian households. To achieve this purpose, a survey covering 200 households was conducted and energy consumption data were gathered. Exergy analysis of Jordanian urban residential sector ...
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District Energy Comes of Age
Three milestones in 2006 signal new energy for an old idea. When Thomas Edison wrote, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent persperation,” he could have been describing how hard-working district energy executives feel about their accomplishments in 2006. How else to account for the sense of momentum in a previously-obscure sector of the energy industry that marked its commercial ...
By Actual Media
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A study on integrated programming model of urban energy supplying based on sustainable development
According to the demand of exchanging texts between Chinese and German government, Chinese experts commenced the demonstration study of "urban energy supplying project based on the environmental demand and sustainable development" with the technology support of the experts of German technology cooperative company (GTZ). The demonstration city is in north of China, in the city of Hohhot. During ...
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