Grid impact of non-residential distributed solar energy and reduced air emissions: Empirical evidence from individual-consumer-level smart meter data

Energy has become a detrimental factor for survival and progress of anthropology. For the past decade, we have become totally dependent on unlimited and continuous supply of electrical energy. However, the generation of such huge amount of electrical energy is done from nonrenewable sources of energy like coal, oil gas etc. This way of producing electricity involves heavy consumption of non-conventional sources of energy and has given rise to the ominous problem of global warming. Thus, energy conservation has become an important concern all over the world. Switching to the use of renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro energy has become a recent trend. This is the reason why our project, aims to maximise the use of solar energy by analyzing the present system such that it can be beneficial for the economy of our country. The analysing process is done using the smart meter, which captures the readings on an hourly basis.

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Perceptions and beliefs influencing intention to use solar energy solutions in Zambian households

Built Environment Project and Asset Management ◽

10.1108/bepam-01-2021-0010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Sambo Lyson Zulu ◽

Mwansa Chabala ◽

Ephraim Zulu

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Perceived Risk ◽

Load Shedding ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Content Type ◽

Perceived Trust ◽

Intention To Adopt ◽

Order Of Magnitude ◽

Household Heads

PurposeThe study examined perceptions and beliefs that influence the intention to adopt solar energy solutions in the Zambian Housing Sector. This is important because empirical evidence for measures aimed at improving the adoption of solar energy solutions with SSA in general or a Zambian context, in particular, are largely missing from the literature.Design/methodology/approachHierarchical multiple linear regression was used to analyse quantitative data collected through an online questionnaire survey. A total of 947 valid responses were obtained from a convenient sample of household heads.FindingsThe results show that attitude towards solar energy solutions, subjective norms, perceived benefits, perceived trust, knowledge about solar energy solutions, load-shedding and social norms, in that order of magnitude, influence the intention to adopt solar energy solutions. Perceived behavioural control, perceived risk and perceived cost did not influence the intention to adopt solar energy solutions.Originality/valueThe results provide empirical evidence of important factors to drive the adoption of solar energy solutions in Zambia. The results further show that knowledge about available solar energy solutions, rather than general knowledge about renewable energy, influence the adoption intention of solar energy solutions.

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Disaggregation of household solar energy generation using censored smart meter data

Energy and Buildings ◽

10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110617 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 231 ◽

pp. 110617

Author(s):

Joe Brown ◽

Alessandro Abate ◽

Alex Rogers

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Energy Generation ◽

Smart Meter

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Challenges to the social motivation theory of autism: The dangers of counteracting an imprecise theory with even more imprecision

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002339 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mirko Uljarević ◽

Giacomo Vivanti ◽

Susan R. Leekam ◽

Antonio Y. Hardan

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Social Motivation ◽

Motivation Theory ◽

The Social

Abstract The arguments offered by Jaswal & Akhtar to counter the social motivation theory (SMT) do not appear to be directly related to the SMT tenets and predictions, seem to not be empirically testable, and are inconsistent with empirical evidence. To evaluate the merits and shortcomings of the SMT and identify scientifically testable alternatives, advances are needed on the conceptualization and operationalization of social motivation across diagnostic boundaries.

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Integrating perspectives: How the development of second-personal competence lays the foundation for a second-personal morality

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x1900236x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

John Corbit ◽

Chris Moore

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Focal Point ◽

Personal Information ◽

Personal Competence ◽

Triadic Interactions ◽

Personal Morality ◽

Integrative Process

Abstract The integration of first-, second-, and third-personal information within joint intentional collaboration provides the foundation for broad-based second-personal morality. We offer two additions to this framework: a description of the developmental process through which second-personal competence emerges from early triadic interactions, and empirical evidence that collaboration with a concrete goal may provide an essential focal point for this integrative process.

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Rendez vous with Saturn's rings

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100101885 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 743-759 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kerry T. Nock

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Electric Propulsion ◽

Power Source ◽

Propulsion System ◽

Low Thrust ◽

Ring Plane ◽

The Earth ◽

Total Impulse ◽

Saturn's Rings

ABSTRACTA mission to rendezvous with the rings of Saturn is studied with regard to science rationale and instrumentation and engineering feasibility and design. Future detailedin situexploration of the rings of Saturn will require spacecraft systems with enormous propulsive capability. NASA is currently studying the critical technologies for just such a system, called Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP). Electric propulsion is the only technology which can effectively provide the required total impulse for this demanding mission. Furthermore, the power source must be nuclear because the solar energy reaching Saturn is only 1% of that at the Earth. An important aspect of this mission is the ability of the low thrust propulsion system to continuously boost the spacecraft above the ring plane as it spirals in toward Saturn, thus enabling scientific measurements of ring particles from only a few kilometers.

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The drop and collect survey among industrial populations: theory and empirical evidence

Industrial Marketing Management ◽

10.1016/s0019-8501(02)00273-0 ◽

2002 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K Ibeh

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence

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Men Are Hierarchical, Women Are Egalitarian: An Implicit Gender Stereotype

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185.63.2.107 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 107-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Marianne Schmid Mast

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Implicit Association Test ◽

Gender Stereotype ◽

Association Test ◽

Implicit Association ◽

Two Samples

The goal of the present study was to provide empirical evidence for the existence of an implicit hierarchy gender stereotype indicating that men are more readily associated with hierarchies and women are more readily associated with egalitarian structures. To measure the implicit hierarchy gender stereotype, the Implicit Association Test (IAT, Greenwald et al., 1998) was used. Two samples of undergraduates (Sample 1: 41 females, 22 males; Sample 2: 35 females, 37 males) completed a newly developed paper-based hierarchy-gender IAT. Results showed that there was an implicit hierarchy gender stereotype: the association between male and hierarchical and between female and egalitarian was stronger than the association between female and hierarchical and between male and egalitarian. Additionally, men had a more pronounced implicit hierarchy gender stereotype than women.

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Socially Shared Regulation of Learning: A Review

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000226 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 190-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Ernesto Panadero ◽

Sanna Järvelä

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Learning Theory ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Social Regulation ◽

Observation Data ◽

Optimal Form ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

The Past ◽

Recorded Observation ◽

Socially Shared Regulation

Abstract. Socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL) has been recognized as a new and growing field in the framework of self-regulated learning theory in the past decade. In the present review, we examine the empirical evidence to support such a phenomenon. A total of 17 articles addressing SSRL were identified, 13 of which presented empirical evidence. Through a narrative review it could be concluded that there is enough data to maintain the existence of SSRL in comparison to other social regulation (e.g., co-regulation). It was found that most of the SSRL research has focused on characterizing phenomena through the use of mixed methods through qualitative data, mostly video-recorded observation data. Also, SSRL seems to contribute to students’ performance. Finally, the article discusses the need for the field to move forward, exploring the best conditions to promote SSRL, clarifying whether SSRL is always the optimal form of collaboration, and identifying more aspects of groups’ characteristics.

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