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Does Residential Dissonance Affect Residential Mobility? [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2013
This research identifies the impacts of residential dissonance on residential mobility behavior in transit-oriented developments (TODs) versus non-TODs in Brisbane, Australia. On the basis of the characteristics of living environments (density, diversity, connectivity, and accessibility) and the travel preferences of 4,545 individuals, respondents in ...
Turrell, Gavin   +3 more
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Energy Management through Cost Forecasting for Residential Buildings in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Over the last two decades, the residential building sector has been one of the largest energy consumption sectors in New Zealand. The relationship between that sector and household energy consumption should be carefully studied in order to optimize the ...
Liu, Zhansheng   +2 more
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Automated Residential Energy Audits Using a Smart WiFi Thermostat-Enabled Data Mining Approach

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Smart WiFi thermostats, when they first reached the market, were touted as a means for achieving substantial heating and cooling energy cost savings. These savings did not materialize until additional features, such as geofencing, were added.
Abdulrahman Alanezi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detoxification in rehabilitation in England: effective continuity of care or unhappy bedfellows? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
There is evidence that residential detoxification alone does not provide satisfactory treatment outcomes and that outcomes are significantly enhanced when clients completing residential detoxification attend rehabilitation services (Gossop, Marsden ...
Best D.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Windows: a study of residents’ perceptions and uses in Sweden

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2021
What are inhabitants’ perceptions and uses of windows in multi-dwelling buildings? This paper reports on a field study that explores daylight, the visual connection to the outside and the role of windows in the home during the day and night.
Kiran Maini Gerhardsson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrofit at scale: accelerating capabilities for domestic building stocks

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2021
Highlights Retrofitting domestic buildings is essential for meeting targets to mitigate the catastrophic impacts of our changing climate. Current rates of retrofitting are far lower than necessary for achieving global net zero climate targets. To date in
Faye Wade, Henk Visscher
doaj   +1 more source

Electric Vehicle User Behavior: An Analysis of Charging Station Utilization in Canada

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
For a user-centered deployment of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) infrastructure, it is vital to understand electric vehicle user charging behavior.
Tim Jonas, Noah Daniels, Gretchen Macht
doaj   +1 more source

Interior in Residential Premises That Support Ageing in Place for Older Users

open access: yesJournal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 2023
One of the effective factors in enabling individuals to age in place and to spend their old age periods more actively and with better quality is the physical environmental characteristics of the dwelling and its immediate surroundings.
Tülay Zorlu, Hande Eyüboğlu
doaj   +1 more source

User flexibility aware price policy synthesis for smart grids [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In order to optimally manage a modern electricity distribution network, peaks in residential users demand should be avoided, as this can reduce energy and network asset management costs.
Elmegaard, Lars   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Residential preferences and residential choices in a multiethnic context [PDF]

open access: yesDemography, 1992
Abstract A study of the expressed preferences of four different ethnic groups in the Los Angeles metropolitan area shows strong desires for own-race combinations in the ethnicity of neighborhoods that individuals say they would choose when seeking a new residence.
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