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Analyzing the Potential of Demand Response in Residential Buildings
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Author
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Halbe, Sumedh
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering
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Description
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Due to increasing penetration in renewables in the grid, it has become increasingly necessary to provide a balance between supply and demand. Demand side management, especially in residential buildings, could play a vital role in providing this ba...
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How the Brewing Industry Can Support a Circular Economy in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Author
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Hendren, Heather
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Economics
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Description
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This research investigates beer production in Mecklenburg County and its impact on water demand, and waste production, with a specific focus on how beer production fits into Charlotte’s public strategy of a Circular Economy. Charlotte adopted a Ci...
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Municipal Voluntary Environmental Programs: The case of Swedish Eco-Municipalities
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Author
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Duma, Nathan
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Environmental economics, Geography
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Description
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Over the space of three articles, we attempt to answer two broad questions related to public sector voluntary environmental programs (VEP) through a case study on the National Association of Swedish Eco-municipalities (SEKOM). The first question a...
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Title
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Realizing combined value streams from customer-side resources
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Author
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Abbas, Akintonde
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering
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Description
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The importance of flexible customer-side resources in transitioning to a clean energy future is becoming increasingly apparent. Flexible customer-side resources can resolve most issues associated with intelligent and low-carbon power grids and, in...
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SPATIAL AND SITING ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS BASELOAD POWER GENERATION FOR NIGERIA
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Author
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Akinde, Adedolapo
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Power resources, Environmental management
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Description
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A new dawn in Nigeria’s power generation landscape requires renewable energy development. Episodic power supply, and too frequent outages characterizes the centralized power grid in Nigeria, thus frustrating efforts towards economic development. T...
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Three essays on economic growth and environmental quality in China
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Author
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Yang, Hualiu
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Public administration
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Description
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This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay investigates how the distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) between the g...