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Continued greenhouse gas emissions will lead to increasing global warming. Effective adaptation and mitigation policies depend on accurately estimating climate sensitivity, the Earth's surface temperature response to increasing CO2 emissions. Global Climat ...

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Achieving dispatchability in data centers: carbon and cost-aware sizing of energy storage and local photovoltaic generation

Enea Figini, Mario Paolone

Data centers are large electricity consumers due to the high consumption needs of servers and their cooling systems. With the rapid growth of crypto-currency and artificial intelligence, their electricity consumption is expected to increase substantially. ...

Elsevier BV2025

Modeling the Effect of Trees on Energy Demand for Indoor Cooling and Dehumidification Across Cities and Climates

Gabriele Manoli

Increasing urban tree cover is a common strategy to lower urban temperatures and indirectly the building energy demand for air-conditioning (AC). However, urban vegetation leads to increasing humidity with potential negative effects on the AC dehumidificat ...

AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2025

Efficient, affordable, carbon-neutral power: Advanced solid oxide fuel cell-electrolyzer system

François Maréchal, Jan Van Herle, Shivom Sharma, Xinyi Wei

The alarming increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, primarily attributed to human-induced fossil fuel combustion for power generation, underscores the urgency for sustainable solutions. The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a promising candidate for ...

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A holistic approach to refinery decarbonization based on atomic, energy and exergy flow analysis

Yi Zhao, François Maréchal

As one of the largest industrial emitters, today's refineries must take action to reduce emissions in response to global climate change and net -zero targets. However, the decarbonization of refineries is complex due to the diverse range of processes invol ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

A multipurpose alpine lake -Modelling supplies and withdrawals in view of climate change

Giovanni De Cesare, Evanice Rüegg

LNEC2024

Intraday solar irradiance forecasting using public cameras

Demetri Psaltis, Mario Paolone, Christophe Moser, Luisa Lambertini, Ilker Oguz, Roy Sarkis

With the significant increase in photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation, more attention has been given to PV power forecasting. Indeed, accurate forecasting allows power grid operators to better schedule and dispatch their assets, such as energy storage ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Closing the balance - on the role of integrating biorefineries in the future energy system

François Maréchal, Julia Granacher, Jonas Schnidrig, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

Fuels from bio-based resources hold the potential to supply fossil fuel alternatives at reasonable economic and environmental expenses that can assist emission reduction in the transportation sector. However, apart from a general need to reduce fossil-base ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

Investigating toothbrushing behavior and its aerosol emissions from using electric toothbrushes

Bowen Du

Respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) are generally spread through person-to-person contact. The human oral cavity, in particular, is a significant source of particles that can cause RIDs. Electric toothbrushes, popular for oral cleaning in recent years, ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2023

Balancing DSO interests and PV system economics with alternative tariffs

Robin Junod, Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Alejandro Pena Bello

Distributed rooftop photovoltaics (PV) is one of the pillars of the energy transition yet their widespread integration strains grids, leading to over-voltage, reverse power flow, and infrastructure strain. Furthermore, increased PV self-consumption reduces ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2023

Combining computational fluid dynamics and neural networks to characterize microclimate extremes: Learning the complex interactions between meso-climate and urban morphology

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Kavan Javanroodi

The urban form and extreme microclimate events can have an important impact on the energy performance of buildings, urban comfort and human health. State-of-the-art building energy simulations require information on the urban microclimate, but typically re ...

ELSEVIER2022