Tianjin is one of the most successful Chinese cities in compliance enforcement of building energy efficiency codes (BEECs). Results of recent annual national inspections organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural…
The study's principal objective was to develop a practical method to measure the benefits of rural electrification. This method involved both formal and informal techniques of data collection; quantitative and qualitative methods of…
In February 2003, London, the capital city of the United Kingdom, introduced a daily congestion fee for vehicles traveling in the city’s central district during weekdays. This fee was meant to ease traffic congestion, improve travel…
Concentrating solar thermal power (CST) has a tremendous potential for scaling up renewable energy at the utility level, diversifying the generation portfolio mix, powering development, and mitigating climate change. A recent surge in…
South Africa faced an acute power crisis beginning January 2008 brought on by a combination of supply-side problems, including coal availability, maintenance needs, and unplanned outages that caused power system reserve margins to fall,…
