Publications related to Consumption (economics)

SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES BY COMMUNICATING BENCHMARKS FOR RESOURCE CONSUMPTION WITH HELP OF A NOVEL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

According to UNEP, household consumption is responsible for 60 % of the total life cycle impacts of final consumption in most countries. Therefore, the transition to a more sustainable society can only be achieved by changing current consumption and produc ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Needed reduction in mobility energy consumption to meet the goal of a 2000-watt society

Michel Bierlaire, Riccardo Scarinci, Frédéric Rast

Greenhouse gas emissions related to energy production is the main cause of climate change. Transportation accounts for 30% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction in the energy used for mobility is necessary. The 2000-watt society is an environmen ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Assessing sustainable limits for meals - first results from the project nahgast: developing, testing and dissemination of concepts for sustainable production and consumption in the food service sector

The food industry belongs to the most significant economic sectors worldwide. Regarding resource use, human nutrition is responsible for about 30 % of global resource consumption. In order to decrease resource consumption to a level in line with planetary ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

HOUSEHOLDS RESOURCE CONSUMPTION: IMPACT AND POTENTIALS OF SOCIAL PRACTICES

The transformation of society to sustainable consumption and production patterns is a future key challenge. Households play a major role in this transformation process. This paper describes results of a resource consumption analysis at household level, con ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

A System and Method for Dispatching an Operation with Heterogeneous Prosumers

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Emil Namor

A method for dispatching an operation of a distribution feeder of electrical power into a grid with heterogeneous prosumers, the method comprising the steps of establishing a dispatch plan on a computer by using forecast data of an aggregated consumption a ...

2017

System and method for dispatching an operation of a distribution feeder with heterogeneous prosumers

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Emil Namor

2017

Substitution of metals in times of potential supply limitations: what are the mitigation options and limitations?

Global production rates of metals vary from iron at 1.4 billion ton per year to platinum with 200 ton per year. Resource scarcity starts to manifest itself in rising prices and supply limitations, and metal substitution has been a major argument among econ ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Lighting control system

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Laurent Deschamps, Ali Motamed

In a control unit (8) for a lighting control system, wherein the control unit (8) is configured to calculate output values based on input values and the output values include control commands for a lighting installation (4, 6, 7.1, 7.2), the input values i ...

2017

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Consumption (economics)

SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES BY COMMUNICATING BENCHMARKS FOR RESOURCE CONSUMPTION WITH HELP OF A NOVEL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

Expectations-driven cycles in the housing market

Needed reduction in mobility energy consumption to meet the goal of a 2000-watt society

The Economics of Sharing Markets

Assessing sustainable limits for meals - first results from the project nahgast: developing, testing and dissemination of concepts for sustainable production and consumption in the food service sector

HOUSEHOLDS RESOURCE CONSUMPTION: IMPACT AND POTENTIALS OF SOCIAL PRACTICES

A System and Method for Dispatching an Operation with Heterogeneous Prosumers

System and method for dispatching an operation of a distribution feeder with heterogeneous prosumers

Substitution of metals in times of potential supply limitations: what are the mitigation options and limitations?

Lighting control system

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Needed reduction in mobility energy consumption to meet the goal of a 2000-watt society

Expectations-driven cycles in the housing market

Assessing sustainable limits for meals - first results from the project nahgast: developing, testing and dissemination of concepts for sustainable production and consumption in the food service sector

The Economics of Sharing Markets

HOUSEHOLDS RESOURCE CONSUMPTION: IMPACT AND POTENTIALS OF SOCIAL PRACTICES

Substitution of metals in times of potential supply limitations: what are the mitigation options and limitations?

A System and Method for Dispatching an Operation with Heterogeneous Prosumers

System and method for dispatching an operation of a distribution feeder with heterogeneous prosumers

Lighting control system