A national subsidy program is one of the key elements for translating customer choice into a larger market share for renewable energies. Since solar water heaters (SWHs) are a cost-effective and mature technology, purchase-based subsidy programs have been sponsored by the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs (BEMOEA) in Taiwan. The market of SWHs is associated with economic factors, p...

Deregulation in the power industry drives competition. It also increases the risk of doing business. Therefore it is important to manage and assess the risk. Value at risk (VaR) analysis has been used in financial institutions to evaluate portfolios of assets for some time, but the application of the approach in the power industry has not been established. The VaR of serving customer demand usi...

The Superbonus is an Italian tax relief policy aimed at encouraging residential buildings’ energy and seismic efficiency. Only the part of legislation analyzed here. deductions exceed nominal value project, making interventions convenient even for economically disadvantaged citizens small construction companies. However, measure has only found wide diffusion in single-family housing, while it p...

The object of this research is an economic analysis of trigeneration systems (or Combined Cooling, Heat and Power CCHP) through a calculation model developed for applications in the field of large retail sector. Particular attention has been given to the validation of Third-Party Financing (TPF) projects. The analysis is carried out in comparative form, considering all the existing variants of ...

BACKGROUND Researchers have found that management safety practices may predict occupational injuries and psychological distresses in the workplace. The present study examined the perception of management safety practices related to injuries reporting and its dimensions among workers of Isfahan Steel Company (ESCO). METHODS A self-administered anonymous survey was distributed to 189 workers. T...

BACKGROUND Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are at risk for development of systemic thromboembolic disease. However, the relationship between platelet activation state and cardiovascular parameters associated with HCM is not well described. OBJECTIVES To characterize platelet activation by flow cytometric evaluation of platelet P-selectin and semiquantitative Western blot analysis ...

Introduction: The carbon cap and trade mechanism (CCTM) is forcing companies to reduce emissions. Due financial technical constraints, manufacturers responsible for recycling remanufacturing begin seek embedded services from energy service (ESCOs), marking the emergence of low-carbon supply chains. purpose this paper explore role in chains lowering manufacturer’s emissions maintaining economic ...

Key stakeholders in industry are highly responsible for achieving energy performance targets. Particularly, this paper assesses the attitudes, approaches, and experiences of Finnish construction professionals regarding energy-efficient buildings, or nZEBs. A three-tier investigation was conducted including surveys expert interviews with several stakeholders. The structure approach informed by p...

In today's digital world, there is an increasing focus on soft skills. On the one hand, they facilitate innovation at companies, but other, are unlikely to be automated soon. Researchers struggle with accurately approaching quantitatively study of skills due lack data-driven methods retrieve them. This limits possibility for psychologists and HR managers understand relation between humans digit...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that $24.5 trillion of energy efficiency (EE) investments will be needed through 2040. Debt- and self-financed projects are expected to contribute only one-third this capital due multiple barriers. On the one hand, require upfront from companies’ budgets spent on EE, which most would regard as a noncore activity. other parties face hurdles in debt...