Buildings account for nearly one-third of overall energy consumption in today’s world status, which a considerable part is used indoor conditioning. Energy efficiency enhancement buildings components and technologies key priority, given the essential need carbon neutrality climate change mitigation around world. Exterior wall insulation considered as most effective technology protecting against...

We present a generalization of an abstract model of group choice in which the process of collective choice is modeled as a cooperative process of consideration and reconsideration of alternatives. We develop a general framework for studying choice from a finite set of alternatives, using the idea that one alternative may challenge – or displace from consideration – another in the course of a gr...

municipalities in developing countries spend the highest proportion of their annual budget on unsatisfactory solid waste management service. until recently, solid waste management services in ethiopia were mainly the responsibilities of municipalities, which culminated in inadequate service provision. thus, the integration of micro and small enterprises (mses) by the government has recently bei...

Our goal as education researchers is to make a difference. We want to help students learn better, or perhaps we want them to learn just as well but at lower cost to our institutions. Decades of research tell us that it is difficult to make a significant difference with technology. This is especially true if we are trying to do the same things. The true value of new technology comes when it perm...

Central grid extension is the predominant policy taken by governments in developing countries towards increasing access to electricity. While the levels of consumption afforded by access to the central grid have the potential to greatly enhance human development, actual consumption is subject to the reliability of the central grid. Further, due to the institutional complexities of extending the...