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Study of embodied energy in healthcare center construction
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2021 The tendency to build Net-Zero Energy Buildings increases the need to know and control the energy used in them. This research aims to identify and quantify the energy used in the construction of healthcare centres and propose indicators based on ...
Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo +2 more
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Life cycle energy and carbon analysis of domestic combined heat and power generators [PDF]
, 2011 Micro Combined Heat and Power (micro-CHP) generators combine the benefits of the high-efficiency cogeneration technology and microgeneration and is being promoted as a means of lowering greenhouse gas emissions by decentralizing the power network.
Gazis, E, Harrison, G
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Embodied Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector: A Case Study of Affordable Housing
Sustainability, 2022 Embodied energy has a significant effect on the total environmental impact of a project. However, emphasis is often placed primarily on operational energy, resulting in a knowledge gap about the current state of embodied energy use in affordable housing.
N. Anderson +4 more
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Evolution and Drivers of Energy Embodied in Intermediate and Final Trade Between China and the World
Earth's Future, 2022 The increasing fragmentation of global supply chains has led to a new phase of international trade with intermediate products comprising a remarkable share.
Quanzhi Xia, Mengyao Han, Xiaofang Wu
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Energies, 2021 China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will inevitably affect global energy cooperation. Along the Belt and Road, there are many developing countries.
Jinghan Chen +3 more
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Organizational energy: A behavioral analysis of human and organizational factors in manufacturing [PDF]
, 2015 This paper seeks to explore the behavior and embodied energy involved in the decision-making of information technology/information systems (IT/IS) investments using a case within a small- to medium-sized manufacturing firm.
Irani, Z, Papadopoulos, T, Sharif, AM
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A Prefatory Sustainability Assessment of One-Part Geopolymers [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and MaterialsThis study investigated the sustainability aspect of the fly ash (FA)-based one-part geopolymers (OPGs) with various combinations and amount of alkali activators (AA).
Ooi Wan-En +6 more
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Improving uncertainty analysis of embodied energy and embodied carbon in wind turbine design [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper, a method for improving uncertainty estimates of embodied carbon and embodied energy is presented and discussed. Embodied energy and embodied carbon results are the focus of this analysis due to the fact that, at the conceptual design stage,
Cheung, Wai Ming +2 more
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The effect of embodied energy on energetic effectiveness of biodiesel production is studied. Embodied energy, i.e. energy consumed for production of a technical device, is gradually consumed during the life time of that device.
Orynycz Olga, Wasiak Andrzej
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Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies, 2021 Based on the multi-regional input-output framework, this paper analyzed the labor and energy transfer embodied in interregional trade in China. Meanwhile, through estimating the energy intensity per unit of labor embodied in final products in each region,
Bingqian YAN, Zhenxia WANG
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