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Energy poverty and severe material deprivation in Greece: A path to inclusive policy solutions Open
Energy poverty is a complex social issue that severely impacts essential human needs, consumer behavior, social well-being, and equity. This study analyses energy poverty in Greece, aiming to identify the key drivers of its prevalence. The…
Analyzing Energy Poverty and Its Determinants in Greece: Implications for Policy Open
Energy and environmental policies in the sector of buildings aim to achieve climate targets while ensuring affordable energy services for households. This study uses the Greek residential sector as a case study and focuses on energy povert…
A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms in Energy Poverty Prediction Open
Given the limited potential of conventional statistical models, machine learning (ML) techniques in the field of energy poverty have attracted growing interest, especially during the last five years. The present paper adds new insights to …
Short term forecasting of base metals prices using a LightGBM and a LightGBM - ARIMA ensemble Open
Base metals are key materials for various industrial sectors such as electronics, construction, manufacturing, etc. Their selling price is important both for the profitability of the mining and metallurgical companies that produce and trad…
Identifying Energy-Poor Households with Publicly Available Information: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from the Athens Urban Area, Greece Open
Energy poverty (EP) has emerged as a significant and multifaceted social challenge, both in Europe and globally, in recent years. Given the constraints of limited public resources, it is imperative that policies addressing EP focus on the …
Groundwater Ecosystem Services: Redefining and Operationalizing the Concept Open
In the last decade, the publication of research studies in the field of groundwater ecosystem services and their classification has increased dramatically. Several academic and other institutions have developed ecosystem service classifica…
Energy justice intermediaries: Living Labs in the low-carbon transformation Open
This paper foregrounds the use of “Living Labs” as instruments for the delivery of just low carbon transformations. Living Labs are commonly understood as stakeholder-centred, iterative and open-innovation ecosystems that involve multiple …
How Much Are Consumers Willing to Pay for a Greener Hotel Industry? A Systematic Literature Review Open
This work uses the systematic literature review (SLR) method to explore the premium that consumers would be willing to pay to stay at a green hotel. To the best of the author’s knowledge, it is the first review on this topic and, thus, fil…
The Determinants of the Growth of the European Bioplastics Sector—A Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Approach Open
The extensive use of plastics and the environmental burden associated with their disposal have attracted the attention of scientists, politicians and citizens in Europe. In this frame, the EU has adopted a European Strategy for Plastics ai…
The Importance and Challenges of Sustainable Development for the Raw Materials Sector: The Views of Key Stakeholders in Three ESEE Countries Open
The raw materials (RM) sector is linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it impacts their implementation, in a positive or adverse manner, throughout the whole RM value chain (e.g., mining, processing, metallurgy, recycling…
The Significance of SDGs for the Raw Materials Sector: A Stakeholders’ Approach in Three ESEE Countries Open
The Raw Materials (RM) sector is linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), impacting their implementation throughout the whole RM value chain (e.g., mining, processing, metallurgy, recycling, etc.). This study aims to identify and ra…
Assessing Behavior Similarity of Mineral Raw Material Prices through a Feature-Based Clustering Approach Open
Mineral raw materials prices have been shown to be affected by macroeconomic factors such as aggregate demand and commodity-specific factors (e.g., supply shocks). In addition, it has been shown that certain mineral raw material prices co-…
Are Energy-Vulnerable Households More Prone to Informative, Market, and Behavioral Biases? Open
The present paper focuses primarily on investigating whether energy-vulnerable households are more prone to informative, market, and behavioral biases. In this direction, a stated preference approach was used to elicit information about hu…
The factors impacting the incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals into Raw Materials Engineering Curricula Open
It is widely recognised and acknowledged that the mining industry, if properly operating and managed, has the potential to positively contribute to “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. In this direction, the Raw Materials (RM) en…
Model Validity and Transferability Informing Behavioral Energy Policies Open
A number of microeconomic choice models are currently applied to demonstrate systematic biases in energy consumer behavior. The models highlight the hidden potential of energy savings from policies that target the so-called behavioral anom…
Does Energy Poverty Affect Energy Efficiency Investment Decisions? First Evidence from a Stated Choice Experiment Open
Energy poverty is a multidimensional and continuously growing societal problem, with political roots. In pursuit of mitigating the problem, the European Commission has adopted a bundle of policies, such as consumer protection measures, sho…
Fighting Energy Poverty Using User-Driven Approaches in Mountainous Greece: Lessons Learnt from a Living Lab Open
The experience of operating an energy-related Living Lab (LL) in mountainous Greece is presented in this paper in an attempt to explore the dynamics of such initiatives to address energy vulnerability. The LL is situated in Metsovo, which …
A systematic review of the use of environmental economics in the mining industry Open
Environmental economics is increasingly being used in project appraisals, environmental liability estimates and design of market-based instruments. Mining, an actor capable of causing adverse effects on the environment, human health and we…
Exploring the factors influencing energy efficiency in the Greek hotel sector Open
The current paper aims at enhancing the existing literature of studies discussing the parameters, which formulate the phenomenon of the energy efficiency gap in hotels. Specifically, the obtained outcomes, as resulted by the conduction of …
A combined probabilistic framework to support investment appraisal under uncertainty in desalination projects: an application to Kuwait's water/energy nexus Open
Quantifying uncertainty over technologies, costs, and prices that stem from site-specific conditions, technological particularities and future projections is an important element in the investment appraisal of desalination facilities. Yet,…
Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece Open
The views and perceptions of the civil protection community have a central position in any risk management process or initiative, and are crucial to its success. However, knowledge of the views and perceptions of officials, and what affect…
Embedding Preference Uncertainty for Environmental Amenities in Climate Change Economic Assessments: A “Random” Step Forward Open
While there is a considerable debate regarding the choice of proper discount rates for assessing climate change projects and policies, only a tiny body of literature emphasizes “what to discount”. Usually, climate change economic assessmen…
Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Climate Change Multi-Risk Assessment in the Mining Industry Open
Changing climate conditions affect mining operations all over the world, but so far, the mining sector has focused primarily on mitigation actions. Nowadays, there exists increasing recognition of the need for planned adaptation actions. T…
The Relationship between Burden and Depression in Spouses of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Open
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the burden and depression in spouses of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The interrelation between burden and depression in family caregivers has been pointed out by previous r…
Sleep and its relationship to health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with inactive juvenile idiopathic arthritis Open
Aim of the work: To describe and compare sleep disturbance in children and adolescents with inactive juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to study their relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patients and methods: Fifty JIA…
EMPHASIZING THE ROLE OF E-WASTE IN THE FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY OF LANDFILL MINING PROJECTS Open
The Landfill Mining (LFM) concept refers to the process of excavating, and sorting solid waste from operating or closed landfills in order to recycle or produce energy from recovered materials, conserve landfill space, and rehabilitate/red…
Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome: management challenges Open
Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is a commonly underdiagnosed and undertreated chronic state of pain. This syndrome is characterized by the entrapment of the cutaneous branches of the lower thoracoabdominal intercostal …