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Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development (2019)
Journal Article
Weigend Rodríguez, R., Pomponi, F., & D’Amico, B. (2019). Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development. Economia Creativa, 11, 38-60. https://doi.org/10.46840/ec.2019.11.03

While the Circular Economy (CE) is gaining traction as a new economic paradigm to overcome the linear economy, it has not yet developed an understanding on how to transition from the present into the future. What if the future is different from what... Read More about Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development.

Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, J., Adams, K., Giesekam, J., Densley Tingley, D., & Pomponi, F. (2019, May). Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment. Presented at 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

The circular economy has moved quickly from niche conversations to mainstream attention. Reports, white papers, academic articles, and guidance are produced in rapid succession, and the world’s first standard on circular economy for organisations has... Read More about Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment.

Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems (2018)
Journal Article
Tan, W. C., Saw, L. H., Thiam, H. S., Xuan, J., Cai, Z., & Yew, M. C. (2018). Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 96, 181-197

Fuel cells and solar energy are promising candidates for electricity generation. It is forecast that fuel cells and solar power systems will play an important role in reducing the greenhouse gas footprint and replacing fossil fuels. Therefore, the li... Read More about Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems.

Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators (2017)
Journal Article
Vedreño Santos, F., Odavic, M., Guan, Y., Azar, Z., Thomas, A., Li, G.-J., & Zhu, Z. (2017). Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators. IET Power Electronics, 10(12), 1461-1467. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0512

The design of power electronic converters for the integration of wind generated power into the grid is more and more important due to a new class of Superconducting Generators (SG) with power ratings of up to 20 MW. High efficiency of power converter... Read More about Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators.

Fife Local Energy Masterplan (2017)
Report
Payne, C., Bell, C., Steen, P., Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., & Muschamp, H. (2017). Fife Local Energy Masterplan. Burntisland: Fife Council

The way we generate and use energy has constantly changed. In recent decades it has become the role of the National Grid, gas network, and multinational energy companies to deliver nearly all the energy: heat, electricity and transport fuels. We inte... Read More about Fife Local Energy Masterplan.

Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones (2016)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018). Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones. Journal of Cleaner Production, 173, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.054

This paper reviews the literature on smart cities. Offering a critical synthesis of the material, it advances a Triple Helix inspired account of smart cities as future internet-based developments. In particular, as future internet-based developments... Read More about Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones.

Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., Piroozfar, P., & Moncaster, A. (2016, May). Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values. Presented at ISIE Americas 2016 - Industrial Ecology and Green Transformation, Bogota

Industrial ecology can potentially become the science of the circular economy as a recent call for papers of the Journal of Industrial Ecology demonstrates. Well known tools in industrial ecology can be employed to analyse different dimensions of the... Read More about Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values.

An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK (2014)
Thesis
Jadevicius, A. An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7558

In light of the financial and property crisis of 2007-2013 it is difficult to ignore the existence of cycles in the general business sector, as well as in building and property. Moreover, this issue has grown to have significant importance in the UK,... Read More about An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK.

Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition (2014)
Journal Article
Creutzig, F., Goldschmidt, J. C., Lehmann, P., Schmid, E., von Blücher, F., Breyer, C., Fernandez, B., Jakob, M., Knopf, B., Lohrey, S., Susca, T., & Wiegandt, K. (2014). Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 38, 1015-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.028

The threat of climate change and other risks for ecosystems and human health require a transition of the energy system from fossil fuels towards renewable energies and higher efficiency. The European geographical periphery, and specifically Southern... Read More about Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition.

Energy co-operatives in the UK: current and future prospects. (2013)
Journal Article
Tham, Y. W., & Muneer, T. (2013). Energy co-operatives in the UK: current and future prospects. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 8, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctr048

The UK is implementing different types of policies to encourage the use of renewable energy for electricity generation. Currently, the UK is falling behind other European countries in this respect.Hence, co-operatives play an important role in helpin... Read More about Energy co-operatives in the UK: current and future prospects..

Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Creutzig, F., Christoph Goldschmidt, J., Lehmann, P., Schmid, E., von Blücher, F., Breyer, C., Fernandez, B., Jakob, M., Knopf, B., Lohrey, S., & Susca, T. Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession

The threat of climate change and other risks for ecosystems and human health require a transition of the energy system from fossil fuels towards renewable energies and higher efficiency. The European geographical periphery, and specifically Southern... Read More about Catching Two European Birds With One Renewable Stone Mitigating Climate Change Relieving Recession.

Panelist for the "Infrastructure and Climate Change" session. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Susca, T. (2013, November). Panelist for the "Infrastructure and Climate Change" session. Presented at Dahrendorf Symposium 2013: Changing the European Debate: Focus on Climate Change

No abstract available.

Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria (2012)
Journal Article
Cabras, I., & Mulvey, G. (2012). Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria. European Planning Studies, 20(4), 707-724. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.665031

The aim of this paper is to fill the gap in data relating to local supply chains in the proximity of nuclear sites by investigating the site of Sellafield in West Cumbria, UK. Using information obtained from invoice data provided by Sellafield Ltd, t... Read More about Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria.

Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2012, July). Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making. Presented at 4th Annual Conference of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC)

ARIMA models have been extensively used for property market modelling. Property researchers have used this type of univariate forecasting technique to predict property rents, returns and yields. However, it has been indicated that ARIMA models could... Read More about Development of a Sesma model for short-term investment decision-making..