Saving oil and gas in the Gulf / Glada Lahn, Paul Stevens and Felix Preston. London : Chatham House, August 2013, 53 p. http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Energy,%20Environment%20and%20Development/0813r_gulfoilandgas.pdf Presentation (source and copyright © Chatham House) : The systemic waste of oil and gas in the Gulf is eroding economic resilience to shocks and increasing security risks, including to citizens' health. Success or failure in setting and meeting s...

Saving oil and gas in the Gulf

/pdf/a-framework-to-evaluate-the-impact-of-building-legislation-31v4btev20.pdf

A Framework to Evaluate the Impact of Building Legislation on the Performance of the Built Environment: The Case of Kuwait, a Master-Planned City-State

Kuwait Residential Energy Outlook: Modeling the Diffusion of Energy Conservation Measures

Kuwait stands as one of the hottest locations globally, experiencing scorching temperatures that can soar to 50 °C during the summer months. Conversely, in the winter months of December and January, temperatures may plummet to less than 10 °C. Maintaining a comfortable temperature indoors necessitates a substantial amount of energy, particularly during the scorching summer seasons. In Kuwait, most of the electrical energy required for functions such as air conditioning and lighting is derived from fossil fuel resources, contributing to escalating air pollution and global warming. To reduce dependence on conventional energy sources for heating and cooling, this article presents a case study to explore the potential of using geothermal energy for space heating and cooling in Kuwait. The case study involves utilizing a geothermal heat pump (water-sourced heat pump) in conjunction with a vertical-borehole ground heat exchanger (VBGHE). The mentioned system is deployed to regulate the climate in a six-floor apartment block comprising a small two-bedroom apartment on each level, each with a total floor area of 57 m2. Two geothermal heat pumps, each with a cooling capacity of 2.58 kW and a heating capacity of 2.90 kW, connected to two vertical-borehole heat exchangers, were deployed for each apartment to maintain temperatures at 22 °C in summer and 26 °C in winter. The findings indicate that the estimated annual energy loads for cooling and heating for the apartment block are 42,758 kWh and 113 kWh, respectively. The corresponding electrical energy consumption amounted to 9294 kWh for space cooling and 113 kWh for space heating. The observed peak cooling load was approximately 9300 kJ/h (2.58 kW) per apartment, resulting in a power density of 45 W/m2. Moreover, the HP system achieved a 22% reduction in annual electric energy consumption compared to conventional air conditioning systems. This reduction in electric energy usage led to an annual CO2 reduction of 6.6 kg/m2. 

Geothermal Heat Pump for Space Cooling and Heating in Kuwaiti Climate

© 2014 WIT Press. Energy demand and consumption rates in Kuwait are amongst the highest in the world. This is largely due to a substantial amount of waste and overconsumption of energy in the residential building sector which accounts for almost 60% of Kuwait’s national electrical power generated. In spite of the existence of an Energy Conservation Code of Practice for Buildings, homes in Kuwait continue to be designed and built with little consideration to their climate, consuming significant amounts of electricity. There is a universal dependence among households on air conditioning systems, artificial lighting, and electrical appliances. Rapidly rising consumption rates by this sector are presenting an increasingly critical challenge for the Kuwaiti government, which is struggling to satisfy existing power demands. This paper reviews and discusses the key characteristics of Kuwait’s residential sector, and proposes a framework to evaluate the energy efficiency potential of Kuwaiti homes in order to inform policy developments in this field. As there is a significant lack of data about the Kuwaiti housing stock (its building fabric, energy consuming equipment, and occupants’ demand for services), the proposed framework suggests that energy use in a number of Kuwaiti homes is first examined, via an investigative case study strategy, before developing a residential building stock model to evaluate the impact and potential of different efficiency measures.

/pdf/a-framework-to-evaluate-the-energy-efficiency-potential-of-3lj8byeuhe.pdf

A framework to evaluate the energy efficiency potential of Kuwaiti homes

Handle everyday research tasks with reliable, citation-backed results

Your personal Research Agent to handle research tasks with citation-backed results

Popular Tasks used by Researchers

How can I help with your research?

Meet SciSpace

Get more enhanced response by uploading the PDFs you want me to reference.

No relevant PDFs in your library

SciSpace is the AI research assistant for academics. Run systematic literature reviews on 280M+ papers, and write papers with cited sources. Trusted by 1M+ students, PhDs & researchers.

SciSpace | AI for Research

Analyze PDFs

Code & Manuscripts

Funding & Grants

Literature & Patents

Medical & Clinical Data

Systematic Review

Visualize & Present

Web & Data

Build a Google Scholar-like website for your research.

Build a website

Create charts and images for your research

Create a Chart

Write a paper for submission to a journal

Draft a manuscript

Patent Search

Design eye-catching scientific posters in minutes.

Scientific Poster Generation

Systematic Literature Review

One task is running at the moment. Your messages will be shown right after.

Drag and drop or click here to browse

Loved by <highlight>1 million+</highlight> researchers

Extract a list of specific topics and their sources from unstructured text

Topics

Compare and analyze relevant papers that matches with your search

Papers

Get insights from PDFs and bookmarked papers from your library

My library

Recent searches

Try searching for:

Catch AI-generated content in scholarly and non-scholarly content

{ai} Detector

Ai Writer

Get PDF Summaries, highlighted text explanations 

Chat with PDF

Effortlessly create in-text citations and bibliographies in APA and 2,500 other formats

Citation generator

Get explanations, summaries, and answers on academic papers

Ease up your research workflow with {scispace}'s cohort of exciting AI tools

Elevate your academic writing skills and convey your ideas the way you want

Paraphraser

Explore our range of reading and writing tools

Your file is being prepared and should be ready in a few minutes. If it's a large file, it might take a bit longer. You can close this window, and we'll email you the file when it's done.

You have reached a maximum limit of <strong>{limit}</strong> columns in the table. Remove at least <strong>1</strong> column to add or create another one.

B. Jaffar

Author Tools

Chat about Author

Papers

A framework to evaluate the energy efficiency potential of Kuwaiti homes