Fuel cells produce heat when generating electricity, thus they are of particular interest for
combined heat and power (CHP) and combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) …

Improving the efficiency and performance of the UK residential sector is now necessary for
meeting future energy and climate change targets. Building performance evaluation and …

Facilities management (FM) encompasses and requires multidisciplinary activities, and thus
has extensive information requirements. While some of these needs are addressed by …

Putting the 'smarts' into the smart grid: a grand challenge for artificial
intelligence Page 1 86 communicationS of the acm | april 2012 | vol. 55 | no. 4 review …

Improved energy efficiency in new residential buildings is typically being sought across the
developed world through changing requirements in building and/or planning regulations …

Smart scheduling of energy consuming devices in the domestic sector should factor in clean
energy generation potential, electricity tariffs, and occupants' behaviour (ie, interactions with …

The building sector is one of the biggest energy consumers and carbon emitters. The
importance of carbon emissions reduction is widely recognised as critical in dealing with …

The motivation of this study is to evaluate the role of environmental innovation, energy
efficiency, and institutional quality in achieving sustainable environmental improvement in …

The need to adapt to climate change impacts, whilst simultaneously limiting greenhouse gas
emissions, requires that the government's efforts are joined by public action. In England and …

The available sustainable building evaluation systems have produced a new environmental
design paradigm. However, there is an increasing need to overcome the buildingcentric …