Download or read book Renovation Wave and Local and Regional Authorities written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buildings are responsible for 40 % of final energy consumption and 36 % of all CO2 emissions in the EU, and therefore present an enormous potential for contributing to climate neutrality objectives mainly through improvements to their energy efficiency and use of renewable energies for heating and cooling purposes. Given most of the EU building stock was built before 1970, renovation of these buildings is an opportunity to deliver energy savings and further integrate use of renewable energies in the building sector. Furthermore, the benefits of building renovations go beyond the immediate cost savings: they improve living conditions, tackle indoor air quality, create synergies in addressing wider social issues and stimulate local economies by creating jobs. As such, they present a very promising venue of action, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis which pushes Europe to reconcile its transition to climate-neutrality with economic recovery. This study aims to contribute to the on-going discussions by providing an overview of the legal and policy framework in place, existing EU initiatives that can be used by LRAs, barriers to a larger uptake of renovation at local and regional level, examples of good practice at Member State level which have the potential to support the policy work of the LRAs, a selection of case studies from individual projects that successfully tackled the barriers and an assessment of the Renovation Wave Strategy as to what extent it facilitates the efforts at different policy levels. It concludes with recommendations which would help to overcome the barriers.
Download or read book Renovation Wave written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Renovation Wave (COM/2020/662 final) aims at doubling yearly energy-related renovation rates across the European Union. The initiative has three focus areas, namely "tackling energy poverty and worst-performing buildings", "public buildings and social infrastructure", "decarbonising heating and cooling". This study provides an overview of renovation trends and concepts, as well as initiatives and funding programmes at EU-level which support local and regional authorities (LRAs) in their implementation of renovation activities. Furthermore, this study includes Member State-specific factsheets of funding programmes, strategies, and initiatives supporting renovation activities targeted at LRAs and public building stocks.
Download or read book OECD Urban Studies Decarbonising Buildings in Cities and Regions written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting for nearly 40% of global energy-related CO2 emissions and sometimes as much as 70% in large cities, buildings and construction are central to the low-carbon transition. Decarbonising buildings, especially the old stock, through energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy use, not only reduces carbon emissions, but also generates co-benefits in health, energy affordability and the labour market.
Download or read book Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks written by Giorgio Graditi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks Explore emerging technologies that will play a central role in humanity’s transition to a low-carbon future In Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks, a team of distinguished authors delivers a detailed discussion of integrated energy systems and networks, including a comprehensive overview of emerging technologies. The book focuses on the technologies and systems that play a major role in integrated energy systems, like renewable and distributed energy resources, power conversion technologies, hydrogen, storage technologies, electric mobility, zero- and positive-energy buildings, and local energy communities. A one-of-a-kind and holistic treatment of integrated energy systems, this book explores power conversion, including power-to-gas, power-to-liquid, and power- to-heat technologies, as well as other issues of interest to a broad range of students, professionals, and academicians involved in energy transition. It also covers: A thorough introduction to the digitalization of the energy sector and local market development enabling citizen involvement Comprehensive explorations of integrated energy systems as an engine of energy transition Practical discussions of renewable and distributed energy resources for sustainable economic development In-depth examinations of the role of hydrogen in a low-carbon energy future and the storage technologies of different energy carriers Perfect for electrical, construction, power and energy engineers, Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks will also earn a place in the libraries of electrochemists and environmental consultants.
Download or read book Environmental Health Behavior written by Ana Virgolino and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique biological capacities of humankind enabled the emergence of organized societies and sophisticated and globalized cultures. The progressive and universal recognition of science and technology as bulwarks of our species' survival, longevity, and quality of life made individual and organizational behaviors the main drivers of current (and future) human and planetary health standards. Environmental Health Behavior: Concepts, Determinants, and Impacts, integrates two different but intertwined fields, environmental health sciences and human behavior sciences, identifying and systematizing current knowledge about human behaviors and habits, and addressing the challenge of environmental sustainability. The book takes the reader through a conceptual framework for environmental health behavior (EHB) as an emerging field of public and environmental health, positioning behavior change as the main challenge for the success of promoting sustainable human and planetary health. Its reading promotes insight into the environmental impacts of human demands and behavior, and, vice-versa, about the impacts of the environment on human behavior change. Moreover, different evidence-based strategies to promote EHB change are identified as practical tools for stakeholders involved in the challenge of promoting intergenerational well-being in balanced and sustainable human-produced and natural systems. • Provides easily accessible integrated data supported by practical and illustrative examples of environmental health behaviors • Offers a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to EHB by experts from different fields – health sciences, environmental sciences, psychology, sociology, among others • Delivers information on how to promote EHB change in different settings
Download or read book Energy and Sustainability IX written by S. Syngellakis and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s economy is fuelled by energy. Depletion of resources and severe environmental effects resulting from the continuous use of fossil fuels has motivated an increasing amount of interest in renewable energy resources and the search for sustainable energy policies. This volume contains research papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability. The changes required to progress from an economy mainly focussed on hydrocarbons to one taking advantage of sustainable renewable energy resources require considerable scientific research, as well as the development of new engineering systems. Energy policies and management are of primary importance to achieve the development of sustainability and need to be consistent with recent advances in energy production and distribution. In many cases, the challenges lie as much in the conversion from renewable energies (wind, solar, etc.) to useful forms (electricity, heat, fuel) at an acceptable cost including damage to the environment as in the integration of these resources into the existing infrastructure. The diverse topics covered by the papers in this book involve collaboration between different disciplines in order to arrive at optimum solutions, including studies of materials, energy networks, new energy resources, storage solutions, waste to energy systems, smart grids and many others.
Download or read book Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union written by Helena Legido-Quigley and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for travelling, one question they ask is "If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?" This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best available evidence, monitoring the care provided, and taking action where it falls short. Others need to overcome significant obstacles.
Download or read book OECD Territorial Reviews The Metropolitan Region of Melbourne Australia 2003 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OECD's comprehensive territorial review of Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, most important container port, and leading cultural and educational centre.
Download or read book Social Innovation and Territorial Development written by Serena Vicari Haddock and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of social innovation offers an alternative perspective on development and territorial transformation, one which foregrounds innovation in social relations. This volume presents a broad-ranging and insightful exploration of social innovation and how it can affect life, society and economy, especially within local communities. It addresses key questions about the nature of social innovation as a process and a strategy and explores what opportunities may exist, or may be generated, for social innovation to nourish human development. It puts forward alternative development options which variously highlight solidarity, co-operation, cultural-artistic endeavour and diversity. In doing so, this book offers a provocative response to the predominant neoliberal economic vision of spatial, economic and social change.
Download or read book Official report of debates written by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Private Partnerships written by Akintola Akintoye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely new book provides an international perspective on Public Private Partnerships. Through 21 case studies, it investigates the existing and fast developing body of principles and practices from a wide range of countries and is the first book to bring together leading international academics and practitioners under a common framework that enables convenient cross-country comparisons. The authors focus on the impact of the financial crisis has had on how governments have reviewed and overhauled their PPP policies as they have examined or tested new ways of partnering more effectively, efficiently and sustainably with the private sector. Readers will be able to gauge the level of maturity of PPP development in the book’s case studies, understand similarities and differences in their practices, and gain useful insights into the regulatory framework and institutional infrastructure in place to support implementation of PPP. Finally, the book offers insights into the future challenges and opportunities that PPP offers stakeholders.
Download or read book 4th Forum of Cities and Regions of South East Europe written by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLRAE = Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe. On title page: To promote partnerships between cities and regions of South-East Europe. Forum organised in the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in co-operation with the city of Prijedor and the Foundation for the Economy and Sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe (FEDRE)
Download or read book Energy Poverty Alleviation written by Carlos Rubio-Bellido and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research on energy poverty alleviation, approaching the complex phenomenon topic holistically and with heterogeneity. It includes contributions from research teams studying the topic at a national, regional and local levels worldwide. The book is divided in two main blocks. The first part, New Approaches, involves novel assessments and concepts from a global and multidisciplinary point of view. The second part, Contexts, offers new theoretical diagnoses focused on case studies of different scales from around the world, and concepts for future trends. Energy Poverty Alleviation will be of interest to policy makers, stakeholders, academics and researchers with knowledge in the energy poverty field.
Download or read book OECD Urban Studies Housing Affordability in Cities in the Czech Republic written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the full effects of the COVID-19 crisis on housing affordability in cities in the Czech Republic remain to be seen, the pandemic has reinforced the urgency of tackling pre-existing challenges, such as a consistent shortage of housing supply in cities and structural obstacles for urban households to access affordable housing.
Download or read book State Local Government Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights in Tibet written by and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1988 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movement of chinese into Tibet
Download or read book Evolutionary Urban Development written by Katarzyna Sadowy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, this text explores the drivers of urban development. Through an evolutionary lens, cities are shown to find a development path amidst an ever-changing landscape, sometimes facing extreme externalities such as wars and economic crises. Key themes covered include urban growth, decentralisation, path dependence, institutional change, governance, entrepreneurship and culture. Detailed case studies of the history-rich metropolises of Berlin, Budapest and Warsaw allow the author to examine the adaptive abilities of cities in flux and draw conclusions with broader international relevance. This text will be valuable reading for advanced students and researchers in urban economics, evolutionary economics, institutional economics and Central European studies.
