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Method of calculating the payback period of investment for renovation of building facades [PDF]
The paper presents a method of calculating the payback period of energy-saving measures. The described measures are aimed at improving the thermal protection of the external walling maintained buildings with thermal insulation products (stone wool ...
Aleksandr Sergeevich Gorshkov +3 more
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ABSTRACT Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical inputs for low‐carbon technologies, yet their supply chains remain highly concentrated and vulnerable. Although diversification is widely promoted as a strategy to enhance supply chain resilience, its feasibility in strategic material systems remains limited.
Klavdij Logožar
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As the use of fossil fuel has increased, not only in construction, but also in agriculture due to the drastic industrial development in recent times, the problems of heating costs and global warming are getting worse.
Jae Ho Lee +4 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines how geopolitical risk, high‐technology exports and the Paris Agreement shape investment in renewable energy across developed and developing economies. Drawing on structural contingency theory, we conceptualise renewable energy investment as a country‐level response to external contingencies and analyse a global panel of 100
Tianqi Luo +5 more
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Supply Chain Innovation and Sustainability Performance: A Systematic Literature Review
ABSTRACT Supply chain innovation and sustainable supply chain management have developed as parallel but insufficiently connected research streams. This systematic literature review synthesises 69 peer‐reviewed studies published between 2007 and 2025 to examine how sustainability‐oriented management practices condition supply chain innovation and how ...
Johanne Harrold +4 more
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From Ecological Culture to Green Innovation: The Role of Ethnic Minority Corporate Leaders in China
ABSTRACT Do ecological values embedded in ethnic cultures influence the environmental strategies of corporate leaders and their firms' green innovation? We examine this question in China's multiethnic context, where distinct ecological traditions across ethnic groups create sharp cultural contrasts that can be traced into leadership composition and ...
Yuan Du, Yingxin Di, Wei Cui
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ABSTRACT This study examines how Business Model Innovation (BMI) unfolds in sustainability‐oriented industries, where institutional complexity, technological interdependence, and environmental imperatives generate persistent sustainability‐related paradoxical tensions.
Pietro Rombolà +2 more
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Multi-criteria evaluation and optimization of a thermal energy storage systems
This research focuses on a sub-cooled CAES unit that produces electricity and cooling during peak demand. The study evaluates energy efficiency and payback period under various operating conditions.
Klunko Nataliya Sergeevna +8 more
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In many industrial plants including petrochemicals and refineries, raw hydrocarbons (mostly flammable gas) are released during unplanned operations. These flammable gases (usually called flare gases) are sent to a combustor and the process is called ...
Ehsan Barekat-Rezaei +5 more
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ABSTRACT Additive manufacturing (AM) adoption provides numerous benefits, including decentralised production, design flexibility, mass customisation, reduced material waste and lightweight designs. However, AM investment decisions are complex and challenging for manufacturers, and limited knowledge exists about the holistic assessment of relevant costs
Dilupa Nakandala +5 more
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