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Energy efficiency of superoscillation

Optics Express
Through superoscillation arbitrarily small optical spots can be generated in the far field without evanescent fields. This can potentially revolutionize many photonic technologies, such as superresolution imaging, lithography, data storage, and optical trapping.
Guanting Hou, Baoteng Xu, Wei Zhou, Jialin Liu, Linbo Wang, Yao Tan, Fumin Huang, Xibin Yang   +7 more
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Energy efficiency with an application container

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCES, 2018
Efficient use of energy is an issue that the information technology (IT) world gives prominence to both in academia and industry. Cloud computing and the Internet of things, today's most popular subjects, make the efficient use of resources and energy even more important.
Sakarya Üniversitesi/Mühendislik Fakültesi/Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü, Ozmen Emre Demirkol, Demirkol, Aşkın, Demirkol, Aşkın   +3 more
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Spatial features of CO2 for occupancy detection in a naturally ventilated school building

Indoor Environments
Accurate occupancy information helps to improve building energy efficiency and occupant comfort. Occupancy detection methods based on CO2 sensors have received attention due to their low cost and low intrusiveness.
Qirui Huang, Marc Syndicus, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck   +3 more
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Energy Performance of Existing Italian Residential Buildings: Retrofitting Scenarios with Hybrid Solutions

Buildings
The decarbonization of existing buildings remains a major challenge, particularly in contexts characterized by high energy demand and heating systems based on fossil fuels.
Domenico Palladino, Silvia Di Turi, Iole Nardi, Nicolandrea Calabrese   +3 more
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Comparison of Different Numerical Models for Solidification of Paraffin-Based PCMs and Evaluation of the Effect of Variable Mushy Zone Constant

Energies
The impact of the mushy zone parameter (Amushy) and the chosen numerical model during the solidification of a commercial paraffin-type phase change material (PCM) in a vertical cylinder under T-history conditions was examined through numerical ...
Milad Tajik Jamalabad, Cristobal Cortes, Javier Pallarés, Antonia Gil, Inmaculada Arauzo   +4 more
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Analysis of Energy Efficiency Measures in Integrating Light-Duty Electric Vehicles in NZEB Buildings: A Case Study in an Educational Facility in the Brazilian Amazon

Energies
The increasing reliance on electric vehicle (EV) charging in buildings requires balancing the load from other building systems to support the new demand.
Ana Carolina Dias Barreto de Souza, Filipe Menezes de Vasconcelos, Jackquelline C. do N. Azevedo, Larissa Paredes Muse, Gabriel Abel Massunanga Moreira, João Victor dos. Reis Alves, Maria Emília de Lima Tostes, Carminda Célia Moura de Moura Carvalho, Andréia Antloga do Nascimento   +8 more
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Rapid Machine Learning–Driven Modeling for Large-Scale Validation and Optimization of Control Variables in Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
Validating wireless power transfer (WPT) systems for electric vehicles (EVs) is a challenge due to efficiency variations caused by coil misalignments and height differences arising from various vehicle designs.
Oscar García-Izquierdo, J. F. Sanz-Osorio, Juan Luis Villa, María Paz Comech, Julio J. Melero   +4 more
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Optimization of the water conservation standard system based on the PS-PDCA method

Water Cycle
In response to severe water shortages in China, we proposed an optimized water conservation standard system based on the model, which integrated political, economic, social, and technological (PEST) and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats ...
Lan Zhang, Xue Bai, Yan Bai, Jialin Liu, Rong Cai, Yubo Zhang   +5 more
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Effectiveness of energy efficiency certificates as drivers for industrial energy efficiency projects

, 2020
Policies for steering energy efficiency projects have multiple implications. Among others: economic opportunity, decrease of greenhouse gas emissions, security of supply, technological development. One of the key new instruments foreseen to support energy efficiency improvements is the energy efficiency certificate (EEC).
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The impact of specialized and diversified agglomeration in China's manufacturing sector on energy efficiency. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Man Q, Zhang W, Shi Q, Guo L.
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