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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin +1 more
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Establishing energy benchmarks for commercial buildings in the City of Cape Town
, 2011 The South African Government has ambitious aspirations relating to energy efficiency in their commercial building stock, but no clear strategy for tackling existing buildings.
Martin, Caroline
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Influencing Factors of the Energy Consumption Behaviour of Civil Buildings in Hubei Province, China [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2019 Civil buildings are among the structures that consume the most energy in society. Reducing the energy consumption of civil buildings has become an important component of China’s energy policy.
Wei Xian Zhong
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, 2015 Many contemporary building codes are written based on building occupancy classifications. However, with the abundance of multiplexes and highly efficient communication through advanced technology today, this principle of classification of buildings through specific use in building code-writing may cause problems in building controls. This is especially
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang +2 more
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Integrating active thermal mass strategies in responsive buildings
, 2010 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Engineering Doctorate and awarded by Brunel University.Thermal mass can be used in buildings to reduce the need for and dependence on mechanical heating and cooling systems whilst maintaining environmental ...
Warwick, David James
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, 2013 Trigeneration has long been proposed as a means to improve energy-efficiency for large and medium sized buildings. To curb increasing energy demand in the residential sector, researchers are now focusing their attention on adapting trigeneration to ...
Kelly, N.J., Borg, S.P.
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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, 2012 In the past 20 years, ‘passive downdraught evaporative cooling’ (PDEC) has been proven as a viable alternative to conventional mechanical cooling in buildings.
Schiano-Phan, R.
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Key dating features for timber-framed dwellings in Surrey [PDF]
, 2013 This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ The Vernacular Architecture Group 2013. MORE OpenChoice articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 ...
Moir, A
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