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Using the “Footprint” Approach to Examine the Potentials and Impacts of Renewable Energy Sources in the European Alps
(2016)The expansion of renewable energies is regarded as a key way to mitigate global climate change and to ensure the provision of energy in the long term. However, conflicts between these goals and local nature conservation ... -
A Framework Process for Regional Variation and Implications for Urban Sustainability
(2018)The goal of this investigation is to understand the factors that influence the continuous evolution of cities. We explore the process leading urban settlements of diverse regions to exhibit different urban features that ... -
Financing Innovations for the Renewable Energy Transition in Europe
(2016)Renewable energy sources are vital to achieving Europe’s 2030 energy transition goals. Technological innovation, driven by public expenditures on research and development, is a major driver for this change. Thus, an extensive ... -
Assessment of the Space Heating and Domestic Hot Water Market in Europe: Open Data and Results
(2019)The paper investigates the European space heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) market in order to close knowledge gaps concerning its size. The stimulus for this research arises from incongruences found in SH and DHW ... -
Analysis of the Space Heating and Cooling Market in Europe
(2016)Purpose of this paper is to provide a state of the art analysis of the space heating and cooling market in Europe. Data regarding energy demand for space heating, space cooling and domestic hot water preparation have been ... -
Europe´s Building Stock and its Energy Demand: a Comparison between Austria and Italy
(2017)The building sector is responsible for approximately 40% of the European Union’s total primary energy demand, which is mainly attributed to space heating, cooling and domestic hot water. In 2010 its value reached 1,800 ... -
Scenarios of public energy research and development expenditures: financing energy innovation in Europe
(WILEY PERIODICALS, INC, 2016)The aim of this study is to examine public expenditures for energy R&D in Europe and the resulting energy knowledge stock. After the first oil shock energy R&D became more and more important in Europe. The energy ... -
Smart City Projects Implementation in Europe: Assessment of Barriers and Drivers
(2016)This investigation has the aim to provide advice and support on the implementation of smart city projects at European Union level. A quantitative feasibility study - strengths, weaknesses, ... -
Forecasting Electricity Market Price for End Users in EU28 until 2020: Main Factors of Influence
(2018)The scope of the present investigation is to provide a description of final electricity prices development in the context of deregulated electricity markets in EU28, up to 2020. We introduce a new methodology to predict ...
