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Systematic Integration of Energy-Optimal Buildings With District Networks

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Paul Michael Stadler, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

The residential sector accounts for a large share of worldwide energy consumption, yet is difficult to characterise, since consumption profiles depend on several factors from geographical location to individual building occupant behaviour. Given this diffi ...

2019

Switzerland is considering implementing a strategic energy reserve, a novel policy instrument that remunerates power plant operators for storing a minimum amount of energy in reservoirs to convert into electricity when called upon. The policy is envisioned ...

2019

The Hydropower Europe forum devoted to the development of hydropower in the next decades

Anton Schleiss

HYDROPOWER-EUROPE is a project selected by European Commission after the call H2020 LC-SC3-CC-4-2018, whose the scope is “bringing together stakeholders of the hydropower sector in a forum” to develop a roadmap of research and innovation for new hydropower ...

2019

Passive diamagnetic contactless suspension rotor with electrostatic glass motor

Hannes Bleuler, Yuanping Xu, Ryosuke Kan, Jin Zhou

In this work, we introduce a newly developed passive and frictionless diamagnetic contactless suspension rotor with electrostatic glass motor. A 20 mm diameter disc-shaped rotor comprised of pyrolytic graphite with glass is fabricated. The rotor is diamagn ...

INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET2019

Norepinephrine stimulates glycogenolysis in astrocytes to fuel neurons with lactate

Pierre Magistretti, Henry Markram, Felix Schürmann, Daniel Keller, Jay Coggan, Corrado Cali

Although efficient compared to computers, the human brain utilizes energy at 10-fold the rate of other organs by mass. How the brain is supplied with sufficient on-demand energy to support its activity in the absence of neuronal storage capacity remains un ...

2018

Highlights of the research conducted at the Chaire Gaz Naturel – Pertrosvibri in the October edition of L’Extension. In the release of the L’Extension magazine the role of natural gas as an alternative source of energy was discussed. In the article, the im ...

2018

Energy Geotechnics

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari

This book collects selected full papers presented at the International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2018 (SEG-2018), held on 25th – 28th September 2018, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). It covers a wide range of topics in ...

Springer, Cham2018

Strategic energy planning under uncertainty

Stefano Moret

Various countries and communities are defining or rethinking their energy strategy driven by concerns for climate change and security of energy supply. Energy models, often based on optimization, can support this decision-making process. In the current ene ...

EPFL2017

Modeling transition paths towards decentralized regional energy autonomy: the role of legislation, technology adoption, and resource availability

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Maria Anna Hecher

Decentralized energy sy stems are increasingly seen as a key factor for a transition towards a low-car- bon, renewable energy based society. Within the transition process, regional demand and supply of renewable energy carriers have to be aligned, while co ...

Walter de Gruyter GmbH2016

Energy diaphragm walls for Turin metro

Chiara Cornelio, Alice Di Donna

Energy diaphragm walls for Turin metro: The increasing need for renewable sources of energy for heating and cooling of buildings and infrastructures makes energy geostructures an innovative and interesting technology, which is rapidly spreading all around ...

2016