Abstract: Usage context-based design (UCBD) is an emerging design paradigm where usage context is considered as a critical part of driving factors behind customers’ choices. Here, usage context is defined ...

Abstract: Rural households are mainly heated using kangs in northern China. In this study, elevated kangs (EK) were constructed in six rural houses in Zhuanglang County. Indoor and outdoor temperatures were monitored hourly in houses ...

Abstract: A significant potential exists to lower energy consumption and reduce sludge production by incorporating anaerobic processes into wastewater treatment trains. The specific treatment arrangement studied in this case is the ...

Abstract: Estimation of water table and recharge is a key component in the control of groundwater level in arid and semiarid regions such as northwestern China. This study compared groundwater recharge in land subject to flood-irrigation ...

Abstract: Demand-side energy management systems consist of communication links between consumer homes and a centralized scheduler, whose main responsibility is to make decisions regarding curtailment, shifting, or modification of ...