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ItemDesign Tools and Models, IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Task 65, Subtask C(IEA, 2023-08-22)This is the final report on activity C1, “Design tools and models” of the IEA SHC Task 65 “Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt regions”. The work involved reviewing and adapting tools and models for technical and financial assessment and design for solar cooling and the project phases from pre-feasibility to simulation to monitoring. The main focus is the documentation of the tools and their specific application to provide measured data for validating the tools and the adaptation of selected ones for Sunbelt countries. Three approaches are used to evaluate tools used worldwide and this IEA SHC Task. First, a (i) generic literature research in Web of Science (WoS), (ii) interviews and questionnaires among the IEA SHC Task Expert, and (iii) interactive questionnaires during Task expert meetings. A total of 1,216 documents were identified as a result of the search in WoS. The query search string used is ALL=(“solar cooling” OR “solar refrigeration”), and the index dates covered are 1990/01/01-2021/06/30. A network visualization diagram was generated in VOSviewer. A query search string (“solar cooling”) (“design”) AND (“software”) in the topic field produced 38 documents. The initial data gathered provide a general idea of which components are being used and which software is being implemented. Based on the information provided by the task participants, the following software are currently being implemented in their applications/research: MATLAB, Meteonorm + Excel tool, TRNSYS, EES, and Phyton. This is also reflected in the third evaluation of tools. Conclusion: Modelling and assessing the technical and economic behavior of solar cooling plants is essential in all design phases up to implementation and optimization. Different tools are used, from sophisticated dynamic simulation models to simple spreadsheet calculations. Companies and their experts often develop their own for their specific components and systems. Generic publicly available models can be found for almost all applications, especially simulation tools. The configuration and data sheets for the entire tool depend on the approach and are often difficult to find.
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ItemBenchmarking urban exchanges(University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design, 2020-10-01)This benchmarking report has been developed to compare and assess international observatories, living labs and networks in order to learn from successful approaches to share knowledge.
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ItemCharacterisation of UWA superfine silica sand(Oceans Graduate School, 2019-09-25)
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ItemCommonwealth Environmental Water Office Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project Goulburn River Selected Area Scientific Report 2018–19(University of Melbourne Commercial, 2019)This Scientific Report is a companion volume to the Summary Report for the Goulburn River Long Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) Project Webb et al. 2020). The two documents complement each other and overlap very little.
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ItemCommonwealth Environmental Water Office Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project Goulburn River Selected Area evaluation report 2014-15(Victoria University of Wellington. Stout Research Centre, 2016)
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ItemA land information vision for Victoria( 1996)Objective: To develop a vision and milestones to achieve the vision, for the use and management of land parcel related spatial data (here after termed land information) in Victoria in ten years. While the primary focus of the vision is on land parcel data, the vision recognises that to be useful and effective, land parcel data needs to be integrated with or utilise other appropriate components of the State's digital map base (SDMB), and particularly the topographic data. This vision must complement the other visions being prepared by the Victorian Government as part of the development of a holistic vision for the management of spatial information in Victoria. The other visions include: • Environment and Heritage • Industry Development • Socio-Economic Planning • Intermodal Transport • Emergency Response
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ItemInnovation for infrastructure projects(The University of Melbourne, 2013)Governments seek to achieve better Value for Money (VfM) through their investments in infrastructure projects. This may include social, economic and environmental benefits that can be achieved through these types of projects. Today, governments are trying to utilize a number of different strategies to achieve better outcomes. Promoting innovation and new ideas is one strategy that is gaining popularity in today’s economic environment. There is a significant amount of anecdotal information that suggests that innovation is the underpinning driver that leads to enhanced outcomes across different kinds of projects. The importance of infrastructure in economic development is acknowledged through research and practice. Current thinking often argues that investing early in project modelling and design will bring remarkable outcomes if there is a focus on the whole of life costing and VfM. In this research we discovered how innovation is produced and captured in major projects in Australia and how innovation may arise in design, project management, finance and procurement and other areas.