To smart or not to smart, that is the question! Except, despite what our TV offerings often display, going smart is always the best choice. Like any human-made system, we should…
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Smart grid electricity management & decision analytics
Climate change effects & econometric electricity demand forecasting
Whether you find global warming as an ethereal notion only worthy of banter or, like many scientists, a real phenomenon to be studied, the effects pose difficulty for…
Green decision analysis & preferences from paper towels to cars
You stop by the store to buy some stuff before heading home from work. Cereal, pasta sauce, and pomegranate juice land in your cart, but then you pause to decide on which paper…
Kite energy analysis, planning & location
Let’s go fly a kite- not just for fun but to power the world! However bold and ambitious, this is the subject of a 2009 article published in the Energies section of mdpi.com…
Operations research: electric vehicle charging & station location
The electric vehicle (EV) is back and more beautiful, in the form of the Tesla and Rivian trucks, among others. Both supply and demand in this market are growing, and web …
Green decision analysis on prices & profits
Moral pressure to be eco-friendly is certainly one motivating factor for manufacturers to go green. But if going green can be a factor that boosts product popularity and …
Sustainability analysis: see the forest & the trees
By the end of 2014, the Government of Ontario, Canada, has committed to phasing out the use of coal and phasing in renewable solutions to produce electricity.
Resource use analysis & modeling of recycling, waste prevention, & eco-design
Do we actively poison our environment? Some would say yes – that the substances we artificially produce are positively noxious, pointing to vehicle emissions and sewage as …