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The grape phylloxera plague as a natural experiment: the upkeep of vineyards in Catalonia (Spain), 1858-1935 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We present a comparative analysis of the impact and outcome in Catalonia of the wine rush and crash unleashed by the spread of the Grape Phylloxera plague in Europe (1865-1890).
Badia Miró, Marc   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Challenges for a Positive Energy District Framework

open access: yes, 2022
This paper presents the key technical and non-technical challenges for the development of a Positive Energy District (PED) framework. It draws on literature, expert reviews and surveys. Initial findings reveal that there are seven primary interacting factors that cascade from the strategic to the specific, or from international ambitions to contextual ...
Steemers, Koen   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Ten questions concerning positive energy districts

open access: yesBuilding and Environment, 2022
Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) constitute an emerging energy transition paradigm, with an ambitious timeline for rapid upscaling to match the urgency of climate mitigation and adaptation. Increasingly networked and coordinated actors aim to realise 100 PEDs across Europe by 2025.
Sareen, Siddharth   +13 more
openaire   +5 more sources

The role of local formal and informal institutions in microfirms' development : evidence from Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Microfirms play a significant role in the Central/Eastern European economies, comprising 86% of the total amount of active firms. Development of microfirms is influenced by the local entrepreneurial environment.
Godlewska, Małgorzata   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Energy citizenship. Tools and technologies to enable transition in districts

open access: yesTechne, 2023
Responses to the current energy crisis and to action against climate change have produced a wide variety of experimentations. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) and Energy Communities (EC) are spreading as aggregators of enabling technologies, but the ...
Danila Longo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Closed-Loop Targeted Memory Reactivation during Sleep Improves Spatial Navigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sounds associated with newly learned information that are replayed during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep can improve recall in simple tasks. The mechanism for this improvement is presumed to be reactivation of the newly learned memory during sleep ...
Diana M. Armstrong   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Positive Energy Districts Methodology and Its Replication Potential

open access: yesProceedings, 2019
Positive Energy District (PED) strategy aims at speeding up the urban decarbonization, regarding mainly its scalability potential. For MAKING CITY, PED is defined as “an urban area with clear boundaries, consisting on buildings of different typologies ...
Beril Alpagut   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Possibilities of Upgrading Warsaw Existing Residential Area to Status of Positive Energy Districts

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
This paper analyses possibilities of refurbishment of Warsaw’s residential buildings towards standards of the Positive Energy District. The annual final energy consumption in the city in 2019 for the district heating was 8668 GWh, gas (pipelines) was ...
Hanna Jędrzejuk, Dorota Chwieduk
doaj   +1 more source

Policies and practices to transition towards Renewable Energy Communities in Positive Energy Districts

open access: yesTeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2023
Starting from the relationship between urban planning and mobility management, TeMA has gradually expanded the view of the covered topics, always following a rigorous scientific in-depth analysis.
Federica Gaglione
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of e-Mobility in Positive Energy Districts [PDF]

open access: yesThe 9th Annual Edition of Sustainable Places (SP 2021), 2021
This article presents preliminary results that assess the effect of electromobility in an archetype Positive Energy District (PED). We present a PED modelling approach that represents renewable energy generation, an energy storage system, the consumption of residential and non-residential buildings, smart lighting services, and the inclusion of ...
Tony Castillo-Calzadilla   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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