Energy Efficiency - The Innovative Ways for Smart Energy, the Future Towards Modern Utilities

10.5772/2590 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Energy Use Efficiency Past-to-Future Evaluation: An International Comparison

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Nan Wang ◽  
Thi-Duong Nguyen ◽  
Min-Chun Yu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Total Energy Consumption ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Energy Efficiency Evaluation

Despite the many benefits that energy consumption brings to the economy, consuming energy also leads nations to expend more resources on environmental pollution. Therefore, energy efficiency has been proposed as a solution to improve national economic competitiveness and sustainability. However, the growth in energy demand is accelerating while policy efforts to boost energy efficiency are slowing. To solve this problem, the efficiency gains in countries where energy consumption efficiency is of the greatest concern such as China, India, the United States, and Europe, especially, emerging economies, is central. Additionally, governments must take greater policy actions. Therefore, this paper studied 25 countries from Asia, the Americas, and Europe to develop a method combining the grey method (GM) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) slack-based measure model (SMB) to measure and forecast the energy efficiency, so that detailed energy efficiency evaluation can be made from the past to the future; moreover, this method can be extended to more countries around the world. The results of this study reveal that European countries have a higher energy efficiency than countries in Americas (except the United States) and Asian countries. Our findings also show that an excess of total energy consumption is the main reason causing the energy inefficiency in most countries. This study contributes to policymaking and strategy makers by sharing the understanding of the status of energy efficiency and providing insights for the future.

scholarly journals Erratum to: Energy Efficiency and the Future of Real Estate

2017 ◽  
pp. E1-E1
Author(s):  
N. Edward Coulson ◽  
Yongsheng Wang ◽  
Clifford A. Lipscomb
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
The Future

Traditional Buildings Back to the Future. Adaptive Energy Efficiency in Reuse

2019 ◽  
pp. 409-425
Author(s):  
Michele Morganti ◽  
Emanuele Habib ◽  
Edoardo Currà ◽  
Carlo Cecere
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
The Future

The Future Internet convergence of IMS and ubiquitous smart environments: An IMS-based solution for energy efficiency

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1203-1209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Bellavista ◽  
Giuseppe Cardone ◽  
Antonio Corradi ◽  
Luca Foschini
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Future Internet ◽  
Smart Environments ◽  
The Future
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