scholarly journals The IMOSMID project: increasing energy efficiency by identification, assessment and use of eco-friendly technologies and management plans for public and private transport

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Buzzoni
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Management Plans

Towards Self Energy-Management and Sustainable Citizens' Engagement in Local Energy Efficiency Agenda

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Scorza
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Investment Promotion ◽  
Self Energy ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
General Improvement ◽  
Public And Private Sector

EU 2020 targets and global challenges concerning energy efficiency in public and private sectors generated a great number of local and sectorial approaches mainly oriented to investment promotion in energy technologies including buildings renovations. RES diffusion also generated impacts on rural and natural areas, but a comprehensive balance of recent trends still remarks only a partial success. The research hypothesis regards short-term benefits that an inclusive approach in energy management could bring in connection with energy efficiency investments at municipal scale. In fact a lot of energy wastage is linked to ineffective usage model, even in renewed buildings too. If one includes community involvement process oriented to deliver sustainable energy behaviors, one can expect a general improvement of energy saving in public and private sector. In order to be included, citizens need information: the Real time ICT application for energy monitoring represents an advancement proposed in this research. The long term perspective fits with the attitude of informed citizen to deliver self-energy management practice in everyday life. The benefits of the proposed approach regard territorial policies in the framework of EU-2020 strategy, Covenant of Mayors and UN 2030-Agenda.

Analytical, Performance and Prescriptive Measures for Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainability or Energy Efficiency Projects

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Om Taneja
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Analytical Performance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Occupant Comfort ◽  
Lack Of Commitment

Sustainability goals for buildings are highly acclaimed as public and private sector’s contributions to environmental responsibility, resource efficiency, occupant comfort and well-being. All too often a building’s performance does not meet design expectations, particularly a new building’s energy savings projection that overstates achievable performance. Across the high-performing building industry, these unrealistic energy performance goals have come from, among other things, inadequate modeling and benchmarking practices, unreliable monitoring and equipment controls systems, and significant changes in space usage and tenant improvements. There is still lack of commitment to include operations staff in goal setting and provide adequate budgets for periodic benchmarking, commissioning, and tuning of buildings’ mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. This paper provides the analytical, performance & prescriptive measures for life cycle assessment of energy efficiency projects which can help in making adaptive changes to buildings systems to suit changing uses, or other internal and external factors that directly or indirectly affect performance.

Natech Risk Management on Pipelines of Cenit

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Aristizabal Ceballos ◽  
Julian Fernando Chaves Agudelo ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Motta Tierradentro ◽  
Maria Isabel Montoya Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Consequence Analysis ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Colombian Government ◽  
Potential Disaster

Abstract In recent years, the Colombian government has strengthened its legislation moving towards a disaster risk management system (Law 1523 in 2012) and has established guidelines on the role of public and private entities (decree 2157 in 2017) when defining the structure of disaster risk management plans. This paper presents the advancements on Natech risk management implementation in Cenit (major Colombian pipeline operator of hydrocarbons transport), to identify areas of potential disaster based on the application of its geohazards assessment model that considers prevention specific elements and consequence analysis.

scholarly journals Validation of an Instrument Applied in Public Institutions of Ecuador to Know the Use of Intelligent Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Washington Garcia Quilachamin ◽  
Luzmila Pro Concepción ◽  
Evelyn Santana Mantuano ◽  
Richard José Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Lighting Systems

The development of technologies associated with energy efficiency and use in lighting systems, arise as problems in the application of smart devices in different places such as: houses, buildings, industries, companies and public and private institutions. The objective of the study was to validate the instrument and the information obtained on the use of intelligent devices such as automatic control in a lighting system and its improvement in energy efficiency in the public sector. As a research methodology, a field study was conducted, based on a survey applied to 231 employees (bosses and workers) who work in 17 public institutions located in 6 cantons of the province of Manabí, Republic of Ecuador. To validate this instrument, an exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis of the data obtained was carried out. As a result of the principal component analysis, a factor transformation matrix (0.870) was obtained and the reliability analysis was obtained (0.880) in relation to the reagents that describe three dimensions established in knowledge, application and technology management. It is concluded that the factor analysis applied through the KMO test, Bartlett's sphericity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, with a correlation range ≥ 0.5 between reactants was feasible, which allows to certify the reliability and validity applied in this instrument.

scholarly journals Development of a model for energy efficiency management of a ship at different stages of its lifecycle

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Yevgeniy Kalinichenko ◽  
Oleksandr Shumylo ◽  
Mykhaylo Kourov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Operational Phase ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Design Construction

The problem of increasing energy efficiency in commercial shipping has been in the focus of attention of many specialists over the past few decades. The adopted and entered into force resolutions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) require ship-owners to develop and implement energy efficiency management plans. Considerable and increased attention is now being paid to the solution of this problem. However, it has not yet been possible to achieve real practical results – commercial shipping already accounts for more than 3 % of greenhouse gas emissions, and this value is growing from year to year. The reason for this effect is the practically absence of a systematic scientifically grounded approach to the issue. Management of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is mainly in the operational phase of the ship, although the foundations are laid during the design, construction, modernization and refurbishment phases. This study is aimed at developing a comprehensive model for managing the energy efficiency of a ship throughout the entire life cycle. It is proposed to use the cost of a full cycle and the coefficient of energy efficiency as target functions of the model. A method for solving the problem of two-criterion optimization is proposed. The use of this model will be able to significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions

scholarly journals The Assessment of Density Bonus in Building Renovation Interventions. The Case of the City of Florence in Italy

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1391
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Battisti ◽  
Orazio Campo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The City

The European Green Deal indicates the renovation of both public and private buildings as a key element for the improvement of energy efficiency in the building stock, in order to reach the goals of the document itself. New incentives, also including density bonus, can significantly contribute to foster diffuse actions. In Italy, the density bonus is under testing: the current framework has produced profitability for regeneration in some areas and unprofitability in others. This has led to a non-diffuse renewal, widening differences in richness and quality throughout territories subjected to the same reward measure. A territory is characterized by a high degree of typological and qualitative fragmentation and dissimilarity. Thus, the aim of the present work is the construction of a model that allows for identifying the entity of the reward measure in terms of density bonus. Density bonus can determine the feasibility of renovation interventions—in economic-financial terms and in relation to urban impact—taking into account the characteristics of the context (or micro-context) where they are performed. The research model is based on a Balance Sheet Model and is applied to the city of Florence. The model suggests an innovative approach where urban, landscape and environmental impacts produced by the density bonus are evaluated according to the economic amount needed for their mitigation. The expected results in the application of the model consist in the definition of an iso-bonus map organized by areas.

Making shipping more carbon-friendly? Exploring ship energy efficiency management plans in legislation and practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 101459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Kragesand Hansen ◽  
Hanna Barbara Rasmussen ◽  
Marie Lützen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Management Plans

scholarly journals Renovation Strategies for Multi-Residential Buildings from the Record Years in Sweden—Profit-Driven or Socioeconomically Responsible?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Mjörnell ◽  
Paula Femenías ◽  
Kerstin Annadotter
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
The People ◽  
Efficiency Measures

An important part of the multi-family housing stock in Sweden was built during the record years 1961–1975 and is in need of extensive renovation to be modernized. The stock is also at the center of political discussion of how to sustain ‘good housing for all’, especially in the rental sector. These renovation needs coincide with present energy targets and provides an opportunity to combine renovation with energy efficiency measures. Common for many of these buildings are that neglected maintenance has led to technical shortcomings, such as high energy use and low thermal comfort due to bad insulation, unsatisfactory air tightness and leaky windows, inefficient heating systems and insufficient ventilation, and moisture damage due to leaking building envelope and leaking pipes. However, the people living in these buildings are not willing to or cannot afford to pay the higher rents that extensive renovations would entail. Earlier research has highlighted the broader societal problem of energy renovations, but also that of housing companies’ priority of measures with short payback times, and those that give the possibility to raise rents. However, recent observations indicated a tendency towards more holistic approaches to housing renovation, and this study was initiated to investigate how public and private housing companies deal with renovation levels, rent increases and related social problems. The main conclusions are that sustainability and social responsibility are moving up on agendas in the public sector, but also, apparently, in the renovations strategies among the private companies. What is also seen is a trend moving from extensive total renovations to more tenant-adapted and step-by-step renovations. Renovation options which do not entail such large rent increases are increasingly being seen. Implications are that housing owners favor gentle renovation with reasonable rent increases of 10%–20%, which at the same time, may be a drawback for reaching energy efficiency targets.

Energy Efficiency of Investment Projects Public and Private Partnerships

2015 ◽  
Vol 792 ◽  
pp. 422-427
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Tupikina ◽  
Yelena Shablova ◽  
Oganes Arutynyan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
State Government ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
State Investment ◽  
Public And Private Partnerships

In the context of Russian power and transport modernization the problem of new ways searching of energy efficiency increasing based on area has been assuming significance and topicality within last years. The goal of authors’ research is the identification of current problems in the power engineering and transport sectors under modern economic conditions and the development of municipal education tendencies (directions) from the social and energy efficiency prospective. The number of state investment projects have been developed and justified from the economic and energy efficiency point of view. The proposed and justified directions and measures (actions) related to the implementation of state energy efficiency project on the area-based development will be helpful to State Government bodies. The research was carried out at the support of the program for strategic development of Novosibirsk State Technical University, project No C-31.

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