In this work of investigation a study is carried out on the impact that the energy rating of the house has in its selling price. This energy rating, which is represented by a letter ranging from "A" to "G", reflects both ...

Losses and heat gains through the facades have a significant influence on annual consumption of heating and cooling of buildings. Moreover, there is a recent trend among some architects considering facades as sophisticated ...

In the energy sector, the Dominican Republic offers an opportunity for domestic and foreign investment for urbanized areas with the introduction of a legal framework where renewable energy producers receive legal benefits ...

LED technology has meant a revolution in the lighting sector where new performance in parameters such as efficiency, reliability or color reproduction index are changing the way installations are designed or renovated The ...

Incorporating renewable energy is a way to obtain sustainability in economic activities. It is possible to generate electricity from renewable resources at the same point of consumption, although it requires specific sizing ...

In response to the paradigm changes in the energetic models a significant improvement in nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) design have been achieved, partially because, as stated by the European directives, it will be ...

The liberalization of the electrical sector with Ley 54/1997, involved a significant change in the organization of the sector. It had a special impact in the generation activity. This activity evolved from having a high ...

Energy-intensive industries - highly sensitive to the increase and volatility of the electricity price- are increasingly exposed to international competition. This fact is one of the main drivers of the ongoing process of ...

The University of Guadalajara is the second largest university in Mexico hosting more than 260 000 students, plus professors, researchers and administrative staff. The monthly electricity consumption amounts to about 4GWh ...

The need for progress in achieving more efficient route management systems, involves the integration of heuristic algorithms with GIS. The result are spatial decision support systems (SDSS). These systems must to be ...