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SCENe Things: IoT-based Monitoring of a Community Energy Scheme SCENe Things:基于物联网的社区能源计划监测

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2019-02-06 DOI: 10.5334/FCE.64

R. Shipman, M. Gillott

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引用次数: 7

Retrofit of Italian School Buildings. The Influence of Thermal Inertia and Solar Gains on Energy Demand and Comfort 意大利学校建筑改造。热惯性和太阳能增益对能源需求和舒适度的影响

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2019-02-05 DOI: 10.5334/FCE.60

A. Carbonari

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引用次数: 3

A System Design for Distributed Energy Generation in Low-Temperature District Heating (LTDH) Networks 低温区域供热网络分布式发电系统设计

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2019-02-04 DOI: 10.5334/FCE.44

S. Jones, M. Gillott, R. Boukhanouf, G. Walker, Michele Tunzi, D. Tetlow, Lucelia Rodrigues, M. Sumner

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引用次数: 12

Coupling Variable Renewable Electricity Production to the Heating Sector through Curtailment and Power-to-heat Strategies for Accelerated Emission Reduction 将可变可再生电力生产与供暖部门耦合，通过削减和电力换热战略加速减排

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2019-01-04 DOI: 10.5334/FCE.58

V. Arabzadeh, Sannamari Pilpola, P. Lund

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引用次数: 25

Future cities and environmental sustainability 未来城市与环境可持续性

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2017-06-12 DOI: 10.1186/s40984-016-0014-2

S. Riffat, Richard J. Powell, Devrim Aydin

引用次数: 100

The application of vernacular Australian environmental design principles in Glenn Murcutt’s architecture 澳大利亚本土环境设计原则在Glenn Murcutt建筑中的应用

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2017-04-04 DOI: 10.1186/S40984-017-0026-6

M. Lecaro, Benson Lau, Lucelia Rodrigues, D. Jarman

引用次数: 3

Comparison of building modelling assumptions and methods for urban scale heat demand forecasting 城市尺度热需求预测的建筑建模假设与方法比较

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2017-01-21 DOI: 10.1186/S40984-017-0025-7

Dirk Monien, A. Strzalka, A. Koukofikis, V. Coors, U. Eicker

引用次数: 29

District cooling network optimization with redundancy constraints in Singapore 具有冗余约束的新加坡区域供冷网络优化

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2017-01-03 DOI: 10.1186/S40984-016-0024-0

J. Dorfner, Patrick Krystallas, Magdalena Durst, Tobias Massier

引用次数: 9

Urban sprawl and growth management – drivers, impacts and responses in selected European and US cities 城市扩张和增长管理——欧洲和美国城市的驱动因素、影响和应对

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2016-11-22 DOI: 10.1186/S40984-016-0022-2

Christian Fertner, G. Jørgensen, T. Nielsen, K. Nilsson

引用次数: 54

Sustainable urbanism: towards a framework for quality and optimal density? 可持续城市主义:迈向质量和最佳密度的框架?

Future Cities and Environment Pub Date : 2016-08-05 DOI: 10.1186/S40984-016-0021-3

Steffen Lehmann

引用次数: 62