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Energy World October 2018

01/10/2018

There are two very different themes in this issue – on the demand side: energy use in buildings while, on the supply side, we cover nuclear power. Although the first article on buildings muddies the water as it describes a new office building that, through solar panels and heat pumps, generates more energy than it uses.

Further articles cover the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) into building energy management, and a new approach to improving the energy performance of homes to close the ‘energy gap’. We also look at sustainable cities and a strategy to make one university campus in Dublin carbon neutral.

Crossing over to nuclear power generation, we visit China, which is by some distance the global powerhouse for atomic energy generation at the moment.

We also turn to the UK, for one view of the potential for contemporary reactors, new small modular reactors and new generation designs. Around the edges of the subject, we include pieces on one university’s incorporation of findings from social science researchers into its nuclear work; and the use of a plutonium-fuelled vehicle on Mars. There are two very different themes in this issue – on the demand side: energy use in buildings while, on the supply side, we cover nuclear power. Although the first article on buildings muddies the water as it describes a new office building that, through solar panels and heat pumps, generates more energy than it uses.

Issue details

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Journal title: Energy World

Publisher: Energy Institute

Organisation: Energy Institute

Content in this issue:

Is there half-life on Mars?

Building performance – minding the gap

From the editor: Interpretation is everything in the nuclear debate

Room for existing and new technology nuclear energy?

How communities can become more sustainable – and inclusive

Towards a carbon neutral campus

China investment is a shot in the arm for the global nuclear energy sector

The energy manager — me, myself and AI

Second active building arrives in Swansea