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Causal heuristics for predicting co-benefits from decarbonization and sufficiency: presenting a multi-staged methodology based on Theories-of-Change and causal diagrams

Energy, Sustainability and Society
Background Sufficiency is a critical but often overlooked decarbonization strategy. A significant challenge in promoting sufficiency is the difficulty in assessing its social co-benefits, such as improved health outcomes.
Jens Teubler, Malte Neumann
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Decreasing Ore Grades in Global Metallic Mining: A Theoretical Issue or a Global Reality?

Resources, 2016
Mining industry requires high amounts of energy to extract and process resources, including a variety of concentration and refining processes.
Guiomar Calvo, Gavin Mudd, Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero   +3 more
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Three-dimensional numerical simulation of heat transfer and flow of waxy crude oil in inclined pipe

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022
The purpose of this study is to obtain the heat transfer and flow law of waxy crude oil in the inclined pipeline and to provide theoretical guidance for the safe operation of the pipeline.
Lianjie Zhang, Changshun Du, Hongtao Wang, Jian Zhao   +3 more
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Simulation of Iran's Energy Balance and Designing Supply and Demand Management Scenarios for 2042 Using LEAP [PDF]

Pizhūhishnāmah-i Iqtiṣād-i Inirzhī-i Īrān, 2018
Importance of long-term planning in the energy sector and employing policy design tools are focal and strategic issues of the country. The main objective of this paper is to measure the supply (Energy Transformation) and demand of energy during the ...
Shaker Mohammadi, Ali Emami Meibodi, Afshin Javan, Amir Hossein Fakehi   +3 more
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SOFIAS – Herramienta para el análisis de ciclo de vida y la calificación ambiental de edificios

Informes de la Construccion, 2016
Este artículo describe el proceso de desarrollo de la nueva herramienta informática SOFIAS (Software de Funciones Integradas para una Arquitectura Sostenible), financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad del Gobierno de España.
X. Oregi Isasi, J. A. Tenorio, C. Gazulla, I. Zabalza, D. Cambra, S. O. Leao, L. Mabe, S. Otero, J. Raigosa   +8 more
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Fossil Fuel and Biofuel Boilers in Ukraine: Trends of Changes in Levelized Cost of Heat

Energies, 2022
An increase in the share of renewables in heat supply systems is a promising direction to reach sustainable development goals and decarbonization. Decision makers should consider various factors, including energy market prices, the availability of ...
Valentyna Stanytsina, Volodymyr Artemchuk, Olga Bogoslavska, Artur Zaporozhets, Antonina Kalinichenko, Jan Stebila, Valerii Havrysh, Dariusz Suszanowicz   +7 more
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Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis and characterisation of phase change materials for waste heat recovery at high temperature for sustainable energy-intensive industry

Materials & Design, 2020
A latent heat storage system based on Phase Change Materials (PCMs) is proposed to increase the energy and environmental efficiency by recovering and storing waste heat from combustion gases or other surplus sources at in the energy-intensive industries (
Patricia Royo, Victor J. Ferreira, Zafer Ure, Sam Gledhill, Ana M. López-Sabirón, Germán Ferreira   +5 more
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Environmental and Economic Benefits of Waste Heat Recovery as a Symbiotic Scenario in Sweden

Energies
This study pioneers a combined Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) evaluation of an industrial symbiosis (IS) case involving waste heat recovery from a pulp and paper mill to a tomato greenhouse in Sweden.
María Dolores Mainar-Toledo, Irene González García, Hector Leiva, Jack Fraser, Danna Persson, Thomas Parker   +5 more
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Physical Assessment of the Mineral Capital of a Nation: The Case of an Importing and an Exporting Country

Resources, 2015
Intensified mineral consumption and reserve depletion means that it is becoming increasingly important for policymakers to account for and manage national mineral capital.
Guiomar Calvo, Alicia Valero, Luis Gabriel Carmona, Kai Whiting   +3 more
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Thermodynamic carbon pump: an account paper of CO2 adsorption in low and medium-temperature

Carbon Capture Science & Technology
As carbon capture and storage (CCS) emerges as a critical technological pathway for achieving global climate targets, the field faces pressing challenges in advancing systematic frameworks for cross-system evaluation and optimization.
Chunfeng Li, Ruikai Zhao, Shuangjun Li, Zhixin Huang, Junyao Wang, Shuai Deng   +5 more
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