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Warming impact on energy use of HVAC system in buildings of different thermal qualities and in different climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
In order to combat climate change, energy use in the building must be further reduced. Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in residential buildings account for considerable fraction of global energy ...
A sensitivity analysis approach to identify key environmental performance factors
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
, 2014 , Article)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used in design phase to reduce the product's environmental impacts through the whole product life cycle (PLC) during the last two decades. The traditional LCA is restricted to assessing ...
Decomposition rate and stabilization across six tundra vegetation types exposed to >20 years of warming
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors Aims: Litter decomposition is an important driver of soil carbon and nutrient cycling in nutrient-limited Arctic ecosystems. However, climate change is expected to induce changes that directly or indirectly ...
Ground response to global warming
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Owing to the awareness of the impact of global warming, there has been a growing interest in studying the relationship between the climatic changes and human activities. An increased global mean air temperature leads to ...
Photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to useful fuels by nanostructured composite catalysis
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Cu-TiO2 nano-catalysis were successfully prepared using sol-gel method and used for solar photo-reduction of CO2 in gas and liquid phase. Adding Cu to TiO2 matrix modify its crystalline structure, improved its optical ...
Highly effective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst: A process economy & environmental aspects
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
The hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol is one of the promising CO2 utilization routes in the industry that can contribute to emissions mitigation. In this work, improved operating conditions were reported for the sustainable ...