With increasing urbanisation in developing countries such as India, designing low-cost and energy-efficient housing is an urgent requirement. Adoption of sustainable construction methods and materi...
{"title":"Design feasibility of load-bearing masonry building for energy-efficient construction","authors":"H. Gavali, Rahul V Ralegaonkar","doi":"10.1680/JENER.18.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.18.00013","url":null,"abstract":"With increasing urbanisation in developing countries such as India, designing low-cost and energy-efficient housing is an urgent requirement. Adoption of sustainable construction methods and materi...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2019-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74414992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper, hydrated salts of disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate and disodium sulfate decahydrate are employed to compose a composite hydrated salt with a ratio of 9·5:0·5. The composite ...
{"title":"Application of phase-change material in solar hot-water system","authors":"H. Jin, J. Liu, M. Zheng, H. Teng, Lianjie Wei","doi":"10.1680/JENER.18.00010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.18.00010","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, hydrated salts of disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate and disodium sulfate decahydrate are employed to compose a composite hydrated salt with a ratio of 9·5:0·5. The composite ...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2019-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86048250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Electricity performs an integral role in the economic development and improvement in the living standard of a nation. Unfortunately, Pakistan is currently experiencing one of its worst periods of p...
{"title":"Diagnosis of electricity crisis and scope of wind power in Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Arshad, B. O’Kelly","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00021","url":null,"abstract":"Electricity performs an integral role in the economic development and improvement in the living standard of a nation. Unfortunately, Pakistan is currently experiencing one of its worst periods of p...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84587371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reducing industrial energy demand and improving resource efficiency could make a substantial contribution towards the UK government's goal of achieving 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by ...
{"title":"‘Decarbonising’ UK industry: towards a cleaner economy","authors":"S. Cooper, G. P. Hammond","doi":"10.1680/JENER.18.00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.18.00007","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing industrial energy demand and improving resource efficiency could make a substantial contribution towards the UK government's goal of achieving 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by ...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82978880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy-efficient buildings assist in conserving energy and are currently prioritised due to increases in the cost of energy and greenhouse gas emissions. In this investigation, a low-thermal-conduc...
{"title":"Assessment of energy efficiency in buildings using synergistic walling material","authors":"S. Ram, H. Gavali, Rahul V Ralegaonkar","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00029","url":null,"abstract":"Energy-efficient buildings assist in conserving energy and are currently prioritised due to increases in the cost of energy and greenhouse gas emissions. In this investigation, a low-thermal-conduc...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76956828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy-efficient retrofitting of buildings is an important topic for the future world. Adding thermal insulation to the building envelope is the most common and well-known measure, but existing str...
建筑节能改造是未来世界的一个重要课题。在建筑围护结构中增加隔热层是最常见和最知名的措施,但现有的…
{"title":"A new approach to determine insulation material and thickness from a life-cycle perspective","authors":"Kemal Ferit Çetintaş, Z. Yılmaz","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00011","url":null,"abstract":"Energy-efficient retrofitting of buildings is an important topic for the future world. Adding thermal insulation to the building envelope is the most common and well-known measure, but existing str...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83537013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Southern Africa is a semi-arid region with limited perennial water courses, an overall rainfall well below the global average and substantial inter-annual and inter-seasonal variability. As a conse...
南部非洲是半干旱地区,常年河道有限,总降雨量远低于全球平均水平,年际和季节间变化很大。总的来说……
{"title":"Some lessons from Southern Africa about the challenges posed by water nexuses","authors":"M. Muller","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00027","url":null,"abstract":"Southern Africa is a semi-arid region with limited perennial water courses, an overall rainfall well below the global average and substantial inter-annual and inter-seasonal variability. As a conse...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73159289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The significance of renewable energy sources, such as generation of viable output from small hydropower (SHP), has been of great concern with several measures being taken to alleviate the serious s...
{"title":"Review of the sub-Saharan African small hydropower situation","authors":"Jinfeng Zhang, D. Adu, Yujian Fang, Tingyun Yin","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00025","url":null,"abstract":"The significance of renewable energy sources, such as generation of viable output from small hydropower (SHP), has been of great concern with several measures being taken to alleviate the serious s...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85321617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has declining natural resources resulting in an unsustainable loss of personal inclusive wealth driven by exporting gas and crude oil for fuel, a lands...
{"title":"Nigerian briefing: how engineers can help secure a sustainable economy","authors":"Jasper J. Tomlinson","doi":"10.1680/JENER.17.00024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.17.00024","url":null,"abstract":"Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has declining natural resources resulting in an unsustainable loss of personal inclusive wealth driven by exporting gas and crude oil for fuel, a lands...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73774465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
An efficient and integrated management of energy, food and water resources could help address several of the biggest global challenges, such as climate change, economic, environmental and social se...
{"title":"Energy, food and water nexus in the European Union: towards a circular economy","authors":"C. Brandoni, B. Bošnjaković","doi":"10.1680/JENER.18.00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENER.18.00005","url":null,"abstract":"An efficient and integrated management of energy, food and water resources could help address several of the biggest global challenges, such as climate change, economic, environmental and social se...","PeriodicalId":48776,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75329385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}