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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Johanna Pohl, Vivian Frick, Anja Hoefner, Tilman Santarius, Matthias Finkbeiner
Summary: Smart home applications have the potential to reduce household energy consumption by improving energy management. This study in Germany examined the environmental savings of a smart home system with smart heating from a life cycle perspective. Results showed that an SHS with smart heating can achieve savings in Climate Change and Primary Energy Demand, but minimum energy savings over specific periods are needed to outweigh the environmental impacts of production and operation. The study emphasized the importance of considering both the life cycle perspective and user-driven parameters in evaluating the total environmental effects of smart homes for future research.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Huwei Wen, Chien-Chiang Lee, Ziyu Song
Summary: The research shows that industrial digitalization can significantly improve the environmental performance of manufacturing enterprises, mainly through the transmission channels of structural effects and technology effects; and industrial digitalization mainly improves enterprise environmental performance by introducing front-end cleaner production technologies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yihan Wang, Zongguo Wen, Xin Cao, Christian Doh Dinga
Summary: This study reveals the significant potential of ICT in industrial energy conservation and emission reduction, showing that it can increase the potential by 10.7-21.7% in the next 15 years. The research also highlights the differences in technical costs and the cost-effectiveness of ICT, with over 70% of the potential being cost-effective. Uncertainty factors, particularly the popularity of technology, have an impact on the technical potential and cost.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Chun-Mei Chou, Tsu-Chi Shen, Tsu-Chuan Shen, Chien-Hua Shen
Summary: This research examined 1,552 university students to investigate the factors influencing their learning effectiveness in artificial intelligence technology application. The results indicate that ICT self-efficacy and human-computer interaction experience have significant effects on the learning effectiveness of AI-based technology applications. It is recommended that Taiwan education improves the AI learning environment and provides a platform for educational technology use and development to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
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Economics
Chien-Chiang Lee, Zihao Yuan, Qiaoru Wang
Summary: This research investigates the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on energy security using panel data from 66 countries between 1996 and 2019. The findings reveal a negative influence of ICT on energy demand and security, with financial development and technological progress serving as the main channels of impact. While human capital significantly affects energy security, it does not mediate the relationship between ICT and energy security. The study also observes an inverted U-shaped relationship between ICT and energy security with economic risk as a threshold variable, with ICT initially increasing energy security at lower levels of risk but weakening it beyond a certain level. Similarly, the impact of ICT on energy security fluctuates over time.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shujun Sun, Lin Guo
Summary: This paper deeply studies the impact of enterprise digital transformation on green innovation and finds that it can significantly promote green innovation. The paper provides policy suggestions based on theoretical and empirical results.
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Construction & Building Technology
Hengqin Wu, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Xue Lin, Minglei Li, Clyde Zhengdao Li
Summary: This study develops a deep learning model structured based on the Transformer to automatically recognize communication-oriented entities (CEs) from patent documents, outperforming traditional RNN-based models in identifying ambiguous and unknown entities. Experimental results across different document types also demonstrate the model’s satisfactory performance in CE recognition.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2021)
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Economics
Mitali Das, Benjamin Hilgenstock
Summary: The study finds that developing countries have lower exposure to routinization compared to developed countries. Countries with high initial exposure to routinization experience strong polarization dynamics, leading to a decline in subsequent exposure. On the other hand, countries with low initial exposure undergo structural transformation, resulting in an increase in exposure. Although there is limited evidence of polarization in developing countries so far, the increasing exposure to routinization poses risks of future labor market polarization, with potential significant consequences for productivity, growth, and distribution.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Madanjit Singh, Munish Saini, Sulaimon Oyeniyi Adebayo, Jaswinder Singh, Manevpreet Kaur
Summary: National Policies on Education are government laws and guidelines aimed at improving the quality of education. This study performs a comparative analysis on all versions of the Indian National Policies on Education, focusing on their content, evolution, and relationship with technology. The analysis reveals that education is the main theme in all policies and that there has been a paradigm shift influenced by advancements in technology. The research provides valuable insights for future policy drafting and decision-making.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2023)
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Engineering, Industrial
Wonil Lee, Ken-Yu Lin, Peter W. Johnson, Edmund Y. W. Seto
Summary: This study identified the most relevant variables for measuring occupational fatigue among entry-level construction workers by using wearable sensor technologies such as heart rate variability and NN interval standard deviation. The log-transformed LF obtained using AR analysis is preferred for daily fatigue management, while the standard deviation of NN intervals is useful for weekly fatigue management.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chien-Chiang Lee, Zhi-Wen He, Fu Xiao
Summary: This study systematically examines the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on renewable energy technology innovation (RETI) and finds that ICT significantly contributes to RETI. Human capital accumulation, financial development, and information disclosure are identified as important mediating mechanisms. Heterogeneity analysis reveals significant economic organizational and innovation environment heterogeneity in the impact of ICT on RETI.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Abhishek Kumar, Bhavana Srinivasan, Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar, Abdullah AlTameem, Mohammed Alkhathami, Badr Alsamani, Muhammad Badruddin Khan, Zakir Hussain Ahmed, Ankit Kumar, Kamred Udham Singh
Summary: Virtual reality technology has great potential in the field of education, especially in medical education. Research suggests that using VR simulators for teaching can enhance students' learning motivation and outcomes, bridging the gap between traditional learning and practical experience. VR technology is also being researched and developed in India's education sector.
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Environmental Sciences
Yuanhong Liu, Zhihui Yang
Summary: With the expansion of the digital information industry, the size of global data centers is increasing rapidly. Data centers can support sustainable urban development through green transformation. This study examines the impact of China's national green data center pilot policy on green technology innovation in cities using a quasi-natural experiment. The findings show that the policy leads to higher levels of green technology innovation in cities, but the spillover effect on neighboring cities is insignificant.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Mathematics
Mladen Cudanov, Aleksandar Rakicevic, Gheorghe Savoiu
Summary: This paper proposes a tool for objective evaluation of organisations' information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure development level: Composite Indicator of the Organisational Information and Communication Infrastructure-CIOICTI. It consists of six linear and non-linear indicator components, each designed to evaluate one specific aspect of ICT development, based on the weighted sum principle. The proposed composite indicator can be used as an objective tool for researchers and practitioners to assess the level of ICT development for benchmarking with other companies, planning organisational changes or assessing infrastructural requirements for planning and implementation of ICT related projects in a business organisation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Noha A. Mostafa, Mohamed Grida, Jaehyun Park, Haitham S. Ramadan
Summary: Residential buildings, as important energy consumers, need to reduce and schedule their energy usage. Previous research has mainly focused on technological solutions without considering user needs. To address this gap, user involvement is considered crucial. A survey with 410 participants was conducted to identify the factors affecting users' willingness to use a mobile application for managing energy consumption. Statistical analysis and fuzzy AHP were used to analyze user preferences and behaviors, and a mobile application framework was proposed. The study found that 70% of users are willing to use such an application, as it saves money and considers their preferences while also having a positive environmental impact.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2022)