Browsing by Subject "energy use"
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An active sunlight redirection system for daylight enhancement beyond the perimeter zone
(2017)Over the past years, extensive research has been carried out in the creation of working environments that utilize natural light as their primary source of illumination. Transferring glare-free daylight into the core of the ... -
Dynamics of productivity taking into consideration the impact of energy consumption and environmental degradation
(2018)This study deals with the nonparametric frontier analysis in the case of the EU 28 countries for a period spanning from 1993 to 2015. It provides statistical inference about the radial output based measure of technical ... -
Economic growth, efficiency and environmental elasticity for the G7 countries
(2019)In this study the non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied to determine the technical efficiency (TE) index of the G7 countries, when variable returns to scale (VRS) hold for the entire period ... -
Effects of Alternative Fertilization and Irrigation Practices on the Energy Use and Carbon Footprint of Canning Peach Orchards
(2022)Throughout peach orchards in Greece, plant protection, fertilization and irrigation are often conducted empirically, negatively affecting energy use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). The aim of this ... -
Estimating the benefits of increasing the recycling rate of lamps from the domestic sector: Methodology, opportunities and case study
(2020)The scope of this paper is to identify the benefits of lamp recycling from the domestic sector. Data related to the recycled lamps was obtained from two recycling companies and were compared to those related to the waste ... -
The impact of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: the case of Greece
(2020)This study empirically investigates the relationship between renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth in Greece, using annual data from 1990 to 2016. The results reveal that there is a significant ... -
Influence of growth and urbanization on CO2 emissions: The moderating effect of foreign direct investment on energy use in BRICS
(2022)This study analyses the relationship between foreign direct investment, economic growth, urbanization, energy use, and carbon emissions in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS countries) between 1990 and ... -
Interrelationships between tourism, energy, environment and economic growth in Greece
(2020)This study empirically investigates the interrelationships between tourism, energy, environment and economic growth in Greece over the period 1989–2018. The results reveal that there is a positive long-run relationship ... -
Lca-based environmental performance of olive cultivation in northwestern greece: from rainfed to irrigated through conventional and smart crop management practices
(2021)Olive cultivation is expanding rapidly in the northwestern part of Greece, under both rainfed and irrigated practices. Irrigation can result in larger yields and economic returns, but trade-offs in the water–energy–pollution ... -
The link between energy consumption and environmental pollution.How effective is renewable energyin reducing CO2 emissions? the case of Greece
(2018)This paper examines the impact of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on environmental pollution, proxied by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in Greece over the period 1990-2016. The empirical findings indicate ... -
Re-estimating the interconnectedness between the demand of energy consumption, income, and sustainability indices
(2019)In this study, we analyze the time-varying causality linkages between energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental degradation in 33 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, spanning the ... -
Re-evaluating the energy consumption-economic growth nexus for the United States: An asymmetric threshold cointegration analysis
(2018)This paper examines the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for the United States both at a country and at a sectoral level (Industry, Residential, Electric Power and Transportation) using an ... -
A review of automatic control strategies based on simulations for adaptive facades
(2020)Adaptive facades (AFs) are building envelopes that can control occupant's visual and thermal comfort along enhancing energy savings. However, to achieve this purpose, an appropriate control strategy is needed, in which ... -
Smart energy for smart irrigation
(2016)This paper investigates the possibility of reducing the cost of irrigation by utilizing techniques, methods and practices that are common to the smart energy systems. A software platform that couples the smartness of the ... -
Time-varying causality between energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and economic growth: evidence from US states
(2018)This study is the first attempt to investigate the relationship between CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and economic growth at a state level, for the 50 US states, through a time-varying causality approach using annual ...