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The use of renewable energy sources is growing rapidly as an alternative to conventional sources and it has been argued that community-based renewable and non-renewable energy projects found on public participation are more likely to be accepted by the public than top-down large schemes and may bring additional benefits, such as increased cooperation on sustainable energy issues. Consultations on coastal zones, energy and transport - 2019 Environmental awareness in the Baltic Sea region - 2019 Mapping of institutional vulnerability to climate change - 2019 Natural hazard awareness - 2019 13 years with the Lennart Meri Conference The data set contains raw data. Survey questionnaire is included. {"references": ["Troon, Marko et al; (2019). Survey Results associated to http://datadoi.ee/handle/33/165"]}

The objective of sustainable development will require active participation from the citizens, and from this perspective the private consumption has come into focus. The experience of consumption and sustainable development has this far been a disappointment. The individual’s consumption habits and preferences are difficult to change, as well as localizing shopping malls in the outskirts of cities and increasing the reliance of cars. There are a lot of different barriers which could be an obstacle for the principles of a sustainable development to have an impact on the private consumption behaviour. The study “Sustainable Citizenship 2009” focuses on how the Swedish citizens of today consider their own role as consumers in the context of the principles of sustainable development. This makes it possible to analyse which role knowledge and value has on the consumptions possibilities and obstacles to contribute to a sustainable development. “Sustainable Citizenship” deals specifically about how citizens use and value information, and about personal responsibility for sustainable development. Purpose: To contribute with new knowledge about the obstacles and possibilities which affect how Swedish citizens could act in a sustainable way. Målet om en hållbar utveckling kräver medborgarens aktiva medverkan och detta har gjort att inte minst den privata konsumtionen har kommit i blickfånget. Erfarenheterna kring konsumtion och hållbar utveckling har hittills varit mycket nedslående. Individers konsumtionsvanor är svårföränderliga samt att lokaliseringen av köpcentrum i utkanten av tätorter som leder till mer biltrafik. Det finns många olika slags barriärer som hindrar principerna om en hållbar utveckling att få genomslag i de privata konsumtionsmönstren. Studien "Hållbart medborgarskap 2009" fokuserar på hur dagens svenska medborgare uppfattar sig själva i sin roll som konsumenter i ljuset av principerna för hållbar utveckling. Detta gör det möjligt att granska vilken roll kunskap och värdering spelar för konsumtionens möjligheter och hinder för att bidra till en hållbar utveckling. Specifikt handlar det om hur medborgaren använder och värderar information, personligt ansvar för hållbar utveckling samt hur individens värdesystem påverkar dess praktiska handlande. Syfte: Att bidra med ny kunskap om de hinder och möjligheter som påverkar hur svenska medborgare kan agera på ett hållbart sätt.

Using a 33-year-long dataset spanning a 1267-meter semi-arid elevational gradient in the southwestern United States, we test whether flowering phenology diverged among subpopulations within species and among five communities comprising 590 species. Applying circular statistics to test for changes in year-round flowering, we show flowering has become earlier for all communities except at the highest elevations. However, flowering times shifted at different rates across elevations likely due to elevation-specific changes in temperature and precipitation, indicating diverging phenologies of neighboring communities. Subpopulations of individual species also diverged at mid-elevation but converged in phenology at high elevation. phenology_data: Data on flowering phenology of 590 taxa collected by C. David Bertelsen over 33 years (1984-2016). A total 169,030 observations were recorded during 1,639 surveys. Data were collected along an 8.05-km trail in Finger Rock Canyon ascending from 945-2212 m, to Mt. Kimball in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona, USA. The trail was partitioned into five elevation bands with distinct flowering assemblages (communities) during the growing seasons: 1) 945-1079 m, 2) 1079-1372 m, 3) 1372-1671 m, 4) 1671-1939 m, and 5) 1939-2212 m. Every species seen in anthesis (angiosperms) or releasing pollen (gymnosperms), together referred to as “flowering,” was recorded for each community along each 1.6-km-long trail segment on every survey. temperature_precipitation_data: Temperature and precipitation data for three locations within Finger Rock Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona, USA. The 1930-2016 Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) data was downloaded from the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, (http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/), created October 25, 2017. The gauge data was collected by C. David Bertelsen.

Solar radiation data for the selected cities as well as LCCA and DPP calculation for BIPV system.

Dataset of soil, plant, forage, agronomical and eddy flux data from two years of commercial bioenergy feedstock production in Arkansas funded under the DOE ARPA-E SMARTFARM program in Phase I. Data set is provided to restricted users only. Data sets include 2 years of all 30 minute interval data. Full data sets will be published through Ameriflux at https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/ starting August 12, 2022, with annual updates thereafter. Some data, such as methane and nitrous oxide are embargoed. This work was funded through the U.S. Department of Energy, ARPA-E, under Cooperative Agreement DE-AR0001228 led by ARVA Intelligence Corp. (https://www.arvaintelligence.com) in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

Artículos en revistas Islands are facing considerable challenges in meeting their energy needs in a sustainable, affordable and reliable way. The present paper develops an integrated approach to economically assess initiatives that can transform island power systems into smart ones. Single and multi-action initiatives fostering the deployment of renewable energy sources (RES), energy storage systems (ESS), demand-side management (DSM), and electric vehicle (EV) are considered. An hourly unit commitment on a weekly basis is proposed to assess the impact of the initiatives on the system operation costs of five prototype island power systems, which have been identified by applying clustering techniques to a set of sixty islands power systems. The different investment costs of the initiatives are accounted for determining their corresponding internal rate of return (IRR) through their lifetime. The economic assessment of single and multi-action initiatives for five prototype islands representing sixty island power systems quantifies which initiatives are most suitable for which type of island power system. The assessment shows that islands of different sizes and features require different initiatives. Larger islands tend to DSM initiatives, whereas smaller islands tend to RES initiatives. Multi-action initiatives achieve highest system operation cost reduction, whereas single action initiatives yield to highest IRR. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

GDI injection systems have become dominant in passenger cars due to their flexibility in managing and advantages in the fuel economy. With the increasingly stringent emissions regulations and concurrent requirements for enhanced engine thermal efficiency, a comprehensive characterization of the fuel spray behavior has become essential. Different engine loads produce in a variety of fuel supplying conditions that affect the air/fuel mixture preparation and influence the efficiency and pollutant production. The flash boiling is a particular state that occurs for peculiar thermodynamic conditions of the engine. It could strongly influence the mixture in subatmospheric environments with detrimental effects on emissions. In order to obtain an in-depth understanding of the flash boiling phenomena, it is necessary to study the parameters influencing the mixture formation and their appearance in diverse engine conditions. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the ambient pressure and temperature on the morphology of a multi-jet spray operating in flash boiling status using a Gasoline Direct Injection setup. An eight-hole, GDI injector from the Engine Combustion Network (ECN), was investigated under flashing and non-flashing conditions. The experiments were performed in an opticallyaccessible, constant-volume vessel at engine-like conditions. A hybrid optical setup, Z-type schlieren and Mie scattering, using a high-speed C-Mos camera allowed the quasi-simultaneous acquisition of both the vapor and the liquid phases. A customized image-processing procedure, developed in Matlab environment, was used to outline the contours of both the fuel phases. Different morphologies of the fuel spray were studied as function of the injection pressure, the fuel temperature, and the backpressure in the vessel, through the measurement of the axial penetration and cone angle

These files have the raw data and GenStat analysis outputs for final biomass and percentages, allometric analyses, LAI data and analyses and RUE data and analyses