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Loops, triangles, and transitions

Current policy trajectories integrate energy poverty into decarbonisation policy agendas; the links between energy poverty, building efficiency, and energy prices justify this approach. Energy poverty, however, is a multidimensional condition which intersects several policy sectors. This paper employs a participatory systems mapping method to develop a Causal Loop Diagram depicting the Portuguese energy poverty...

Improving the Energy Performance of Public Buildings in the Mediterranean Clima...

ABSTRACT: Addressing Europe's decarbonisation challenge involves widespread deployment of nearly zero-energy buildings, deep energy renovations and renewable energy integration in the building sector. Enhancing energy efficiency in public buildings necessitates tailored solutions and strategic planning involving Local Public Administration. This work focuses on advancing insights into the application of the Pri...

Exploring energy poverty in urban and rural contexts in the Era of climate chan...

This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and its manifestation at rural and urban scales across selected European countries and Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight countries with diverse geo‐graphical and economic backgrounds: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, North Macedonia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and Is...

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Multidimensional perspectives for energy poverty sustainable mitigation

Energy poverty is a growing societal issue that puts the welfare of many citizens on both sides of the global north-south divide at risk [...]

Study of postural misalignments between sex, school cycle and physical activity

This study aimed to characterize and compare postural behaviour between gender, school cycles and PA levels in 213 students, aged between 10 and 20 years, from Escola Básica e Secundária de Santa Maria. Postural assessment was made through visual scan analysis in a symmetrograph and the Adams test. PA level assessment was made using the IPAQ. Postural behaviour presented high percentages of imbalances in both s...

Cooling degree models and future energy demand in the residential sector. A sev...

The intensity and duration of hot weather and the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, are increasing, leading to a growing need for space cooling energy demand. Together with the building stock’s low energy performance, this phenomenon may also increase households’ energy consumption. On the other hand, the low level of ownership of cooling equipment can cause low energy consumption, leading to...

Improving policy making and strategic planning competencies of public authoriti...

ABSTRACT: Making public buildings smarter and more energy efficient requires tailored solutions to overcome the barriers in implementing suitable technology options in a large variety of building types. The PrioritEE project aimed to strengthen the policy-making and strategic planning competencies of local and regional public authorities in the energy management of Municipal Public Buildings, gaining experience...

Study of the association between postural misalignments in school students

Nowadays, postural misalignments prevalence in students is increasingly evident and its early detection is the best way to prevent complications in adulthood. It is also known that postural problems appear to have association between them. The aim of this study was to characterize and study the association between spine, scapular and pelvic girdles postural misalignments in 213 school students (124 males and 89...

Youth’s physical activity and fitness from a rural environment of an Azores Island

This study aimed to characterize and compare physical activity (PA) and fitness levels by sex in 109 students of a rural environment. The participants were between 15 and 20 years old, from the Santa Maria High School in the Azores’ Santa Maria island. PA levels were assessed by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)-short form. The physical fitness was evaluated by the Fitnessgram battery tests. ...