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Assessing the impact of individual nutrition on biodiversity: A conceptual framework for the selection of indicators targeted at the out-of-home catering sector

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Agriculture is an economic sector with massive impact on biodiversity and agrobiodiversity. Sustainable diets represent a critical policy leverage and a realistic opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of the agro-food sector while improving ...
Silvia Monetti, Michael Pregernig, Melanie Speck, Nina Langen, Katrin Bienge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Assessment of Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant based on Exergy Allocation Factors for Heat and Electricity Production

Energies, 2023
The Hellisheidi geothermal power plant, located in Iceland, is a combined heat and power double-flash geothermal plant with an installed capacity of 303.3 MW of electricity and 133 MW of hot water.
Maryori Díaz-Ramírez, Snorri Jokull, Claudio Zuffi, María Dolores Mainar-Toledo, Giampaolo Manfrida   +4 more
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Territorial Inequalities, Ecological and Material Footprints of the Energy Transition: Case Study of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion

Land, 2022
This study develops a methodology to assess the energy transition’s territorial, ecological and material impacts on regions. As a case study, the methodology is applied to the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion, a geographical area constituting eight ...
Javier Felipe-Andreu, Antonio Valero, Alicia Valero   +2 more
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Visualizing Energy Consumption of Radiators [PDF]

, 2006
Heating is a significant expenditure of many households today but the actual power consumption of the heating devices are seldom recognized. To help people understand and reflect upon their domestic energy consumption, we have designed an electrical ...
Bång, Magnus, Gustafsson, Anton, Gyllenswärd, Magnus   +2 more
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“Norm-Oriented Interpretation Learning” and Resource Use: The Concept of “Open-Didactic Exploration” as a Contribution to Raising Awareness of a Responsible Resource Use

Resources, 2014
It is widely accepted that environmental awareness is essential, yet does not inevitably lead to responsible use of resources. Additional factors on the individual level include the meaning constructed by the term “resources” and the individual and ...
Anna Bliesner, Christa Liedtke, Maria Jolanta Welfens, Carolin Baedeker, Marco Hasselkuß, Holger Rohn   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel Protection Strategy for Single Pole-to-Ground Fault in Multi-Terminal DC Distribution Network

Energies, 2023
The single pole-to-ground (SPG) fault is one of critical failures which will have a serious impact on the stable operation of the multi-terminal DC distribution network based on the modular multilevel converter (MMC).
Ruixiong Yang, Ke Fang, Jianfu Chen, Yong Chen, Min Liu, Qingxu Meng   +5 more
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Energy consumption and cooperation for optimal sensing [PDF]

, 2020
The reliable detection of environmental molecules in the presence of noise is an important cellular function, yet the underlying computational mechanisms are not well understood.
Ngampruetikorn, Vudtiwat, Schwab, David J., Stephens, Greg J.   +2 more
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A low-complexity turbo decoder architecture for energy-efficient wireless sensor networks [PDF]

, 2013
Turbo codes have recently been considered for energy-constrained wireless communication applications, since they facilitate a low transmission energy consumption.
Al-Hashimi, Bashir, Hanzo, Lajos, Li, Liang, Maunder, Robert G.   +3 more
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Sustainable Energy Consumption [PDF]

Energies, 2021
Energy use in homes and buildings represents an important part of the load of electrical systems [...]
Carlos Ramos, Zita Vale, Peter Palensky, Hiroaki Nishi   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Effect of tubular heater structures on the thermal behaviors of waxy crude oil

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023
In this paper, we research the temperature field, flow field and melting law of gelled crude oil with different diameters, locations and inclination angles of heating tube by numerical simulation method.
Hang Dong, Nan Guo, Lianjie Zhang, Jian Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source