Local Climate Action Plans - Tools to Address Energy Consumption and Improve Environmental Performance of Local Communities

2014 ◽  
pp. 63-91
Author(s):  
Fabio Bignucolo ◽  
Fabio Disconzi ◽  
Arturo Lorenzoni
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Action

scholarly journals Implementation of local climate action plans: Copenhagen – Towards a carbon-neutral capital

2017 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 406-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tue Damsø ◽  
Tyge Kjær ◽  
Thomas Budde Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Action Plans ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Carbon Neutral

Simulation and Comparative Analysis on Environmental Control in Subway

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 1068-1072
Author(s):  
Ming Liu ◽  
Bao Gang Zhang ◽  
Liu Wen ◽  
Zhong Zhi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Field ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Airflow Velocity ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Environment Control

To ensure passengers can have a comfortable thermal environment in the subway waiting room is one of the main targets in subway environment control. By using the CFD software, this paper takes an island platform with double-layer of Shenyang as the object to simulate the thermal environment of platform screen door and ventilation in the open system, then detailed analysis on the variation of the temperature field, airflow velocity field in the typical position. The results indicated that average temperature of no-PSD system platform is 2.5 ~3 °C higher than that of PSD system, standing room is 1.5 °C higher than that of PSD system , but these also meet the requirement of the standards of the environmental control and passengers’ thermal comfort. Meanwhile, through the comparative analysis to the energy consumption of the two systems, we find ventilating condition has superior to PSD system in energy saving, and it is more suitable for the local climate in the northeast.

scholarly journals Environmental Performance Assessment of Energy-Consuming Sectors Through Novel Data Envelopment Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangang Xue ◽  
Muhammad Mohsin ◽  
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary ◽  
Nadeem Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Primary Input ◽  
Decision Making Unit ◽  
Energy Consuming ◽  
The Government

This study evaluates the role of information in the environmental performance index (EPI) in different energy-consuming sectors in Pakistan through a novel slack-based data envelopment analysis (DEA). The index combines energy consumption as the primary input and gross domestic product (GDP) as the desirable output and CO2 emissions as the undesirable output. Yale’s EPI measures the efficiency of the sectoral level environmental performance of primary energy consumption in the country. Performance analysis was conducted from 2009 to 2018. The sectors were assigned scores between one and zero, with zero indicating maximum decision-making unit (DMU) inefficiency and one indicating maximum DMU efficiency. Despite being in the top-performing sector, agriculture scored only 0.51 in 2018, and the electricity sector obtained 0.412. Results also show that even the best-performing sector operates below the efficiency level. The mining and quarrying sector ranked second by obtaining 0.623 EPI and 0.035 SBEPI. Results also show that much of the energy supply of Pakistan (60.17%) is focused on fossil fuels, supplemented by hydropower (33%), while nuclear, wind, biogas, and solar power account for 5.15%, 0.47%, 0.32%, and 0.03%, respectively. Nonetheless, the overall results for both measures remained reasonably consistent. According to the literature and the energy crisis and climate instability dilemma, the authors conclude that changes to a diverse green power network are a possibility and an imminent need. Similarly, the government should penalize companies with poor performance. Furthermore, to ensure the capacity development and stability of environmental management and associated actions in the country, providing access to knowledge and training to groom human resources and achieve the highest performance is crucial.

scholarly journals Local Climate Praxis in Practice: Community Climate Action in Belfast

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Amanda Slevin ◽  
John Barry ◽  
Teresa Hill ◽  
James Orr ◽  
Pauline O’Flynn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peace Building ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Diverse Communities ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Practice Community ◽  
Community Climate

HighlightsExplores local climate praxis as transformative climate action with and in diverse communities across Belfast. Community climate action can tackle injustices, aid peace building and enable a just transition.

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