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The cost-effectiveness of energy savings through water conservation: a utility-scale assessment

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
It is well-established that water infrastructure systems require energy to treat and deliver water to end-users. This fundamental relationship presents an opportunity to secure energy savings through water conservation.
Edward S Spang, Soraya Manzor, Frank J Loge   +2 more
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Adjustment of Multiple Variables for Optimal Control of Building Energy Performance via a Genetic Algorithm

Buildings, 2020
Optimizing the operating conditions and control set points of the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system in a building is one of the most effective ways to save energy and improve the building’s energy performance.
Nam-Chul Seong, Jee-Heon Kim, Wonchang Choi   +2 more
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M&V in ESPC: The U.S. Federal Experience and Implications for Developing ESPC Markets [PDF]

, 2020
The United States Federal Government has been conducting guaranteed savings energy savings performance contracts for over 20 years and now relies on ESPC for the majority of its energy efficiency work.
Coleman, Philip, Earni, Shankar, Slattery, Bob, Walker, Christine   +3 more
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Assessing the implications of submetering with energy analytics to building energy savings

Energy and Built Environment, 2020
This paper analyzes the effect of the depth of submetering (i.e., from whole-building level to system level to equipment level and further to sensor level) on the energy savings that can be achieved in energy analytics or energy information system (EIS ...
Zhiqiang (John) Zhai, Andrea Salazar
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Evaluation tool for the thermal performance of retrofitted buildings using an integrated approach of deep learning artificial neural networks and infrared thermography

Energy and Built Environment, 2021
In most countries, buildings are responsible for significant energy consumption where space heating and air conditioning is responsible for the majority of this energy use.
Amin Al-Habaibeh, Arijit Sen, John Chilton   +2 more
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An assessment of the potential returns of energy certificates for the UK household sector [PDF]

, 2008
Purpose – This article seeks to investigate the interconnections between the expectations of the impact of energy certificates issued within the UK domestic building sector through the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the actual ...
De Wilde, P, Goodhew, S, McGilligan, C
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TRIAD AND MODUS MODEL REALIZATION OF POTENTIAL ENERGY AND RESOURCE SAVINGS ON THE ENTERPRISES

Aktualʹnì Problemi Rozvitku Ekonomìki Regìonu, 2017
The article studied categories of the resource, energy and potential energy savings that resulted in the development of triad and modus model of potential energy and resource savings enterprises based on the concept of “environmental economics”.
Maryna Klimchuk
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Energy Savings Results from Small Commercial Building Retrofits in the US

Energies, 2021
Small commercial buildings, or those comprising less than 50,000 square feet of floor area, represent 94% of U.S commercial buildings by count and consume approximately 8% of the nation’s primary energy; as such, they represent a largely unexploited ...
Rachael Sherman, Hariharan Naganathan, Kristen Parrish   +2 more
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Comparison of software models for energy savings from cool roofs [PDF]

, 2016
A web-based Roof Savings Calculator (RSC) has been deployed for the United States Department of Energy as an industry-consensus tool to help building owners, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and researchers easily run complex roof and attic ...
Huang, Y, Levinson, R, Miller, WA, New, J   +3 more
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Energy-Saving Optimization Method of Urban Rail Transit Based on Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm

Sensors, 2022
The transformation of railway infrastructure and traction equipment is an ideal way to realize energy savings of urban rail transit trains. However, upgrading railway infrastructure and traction equipment is a high investment and difficult process.
Guancheng Lu, Deqiang He, Jinlai Zhang
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