Seven companies were studied with the purpose to discuss learning in production with regardto actual potential and course of action to realize the potential. The study shows thatcompanies that focus on learning in production can reach significant improvements despitelow input of resources with a payback time of often less than a year. LowResource consumptionHi hHigh

Fieldwork strategies are showing increasing concern about contributing something of value to the local community, where one has conducted research. This concern for payback has centered on countermanding the obvious, visible benefits to individual researchers, or a research team, than whatever contributions have gone to the community, which are likely to be much less visible. Alternatives to di...

Numerous studies have estimated the optimum thickness of thermal insulation materials used in building walls for different climate conditions. The economic parameters (inflation rate, discount rate, lifetime and energy costs), the heating/cooling loads of the building, the wall structure and the properties of the insulation material all affect the optimum insulation thickness. This study focuse...

0306-2619/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.07.007 * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] ( Waste-to-energy provides a solution to two problems: waste management and energy generation. An integrated anaerobic waste valorization process is an interesting option, but because of investments cost and low energy value in the province o...