Walter Ott
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View article: Enemies
Enemies Open
While there is an enormous literature on friendship, next to nothing has been written about enemyship. This neglect may be due to the assumption that enemyship is simply inverted friendship. We reject that assumption and argue that althoug…
View article: Methodology for investigating cost-effective building renovation strategies at district level combining energy efficiency & renewables:Annex 75
Methodology for investigating cost-effective building renovation strategies at district level combining energy efficiency & renewables:Annex 75 Open
This report describes the methodology for identifying and assessing cost-effective strategies for renovating urban districts towards far-reaching objectives regarding reducing carbon emissions and energy use. The report proposes different …
View article: Berkeley’s Best System: An Alternative Approach to Laws of Nature
Berkeley’s Best System: An Alternative Approach to Laws of Nature Open
Contemporary Humeans treat laws of nature as statements of exceptionless regularities that function as the axioms of the best deductive system. Such ‘Best System Accounts’ marry realism about laws with a denial of necessary connections amo…
View article: Methodology for cost-effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation (Annex 56)
Methodology for cost-effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation (Annex 56) Open
"Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme, March 2017"
View article: Common methodological framework to assess energy, climate and economic impacts of BIPV
Common methodological framework to assess energy, climate and economic impacts of BIPV Open
«Active Interfaces» explores holistic operational strategies overcoming obstacles for large-scale advanced PV integration into urban renewal and building renovation processes. To foster widespread deployment of building integrated PV solut…
View article: Locke and the Real Problem of Causation
Locke and the Real Problem of Causation Open
Any number of problems about causation emerge when one puts Locke into contact with other philosophers such as Hume. But Locke’s real problem with causation is internal to his view. It is very simple: Chapter xxvi of Book II of the E…
View article: Finding the Balance between Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Measures in Building Renovation: An Assessment Based on Generic Calculations in 8 European Countries
Finding the Balance between Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Measures in Building Renovation: An Assessment Based on Generic Calculations in 8 European Countries Open
Within the framework of the IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme's Annex 56 (Cost effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation), generic calculations have been carried out to investigate the balanc…
View article: Pitfalls in the Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Energy Related Building Renovation Strategies and Measures
Pitfalls in the Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Energy Related Building Renovation Strategies and Measures Open
The relevance of a correct and comprehensive impact assessment methodology for determining costs, primary energy and carbon emissions reductions of energy related renovation options is demonstrated for the case of a Swiss multi-family buil…