SDG 7:
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

University Impact Ranking for SDG 7
U of Haifa 0/100 

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32.4
45.9
59.5
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92.7

SDG7 Highlights

2 Images. Bat, Wind Turbines.

Research

Preventing Bat Death by Wind Turbines
Solar panel technician with drill installing solar panels, sunny day

Research

Not All about the Money: The Role of Financial Information in Promoting Residential Rooftop Photovoltaics
People press light switch to turn off the light for saving home energy

Operations

7.5% reduction in Electricity Use

Learning & Students

“Renewable Energies” – course by Prof. Ofira Ayalon

Public Engagements

A new report regarding a “net-zero” economy
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Improving buildings energy efficiency by establishing photovoltaic systems

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The University of Haifa places great importance on improving the energy efficiency of its buildings and setting high standards. Therefore, university representatives are looking into establishing photovoltaic systems through a developer. The system will generate electricity and reduce the production of electricity from fossil sources (fuel). (more…)

Energy-efficient renovation and building

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: The university of Haifa is a leader in environmental responsibility, both within
campus and outside. This plan addresses legislative compliance in relation to campus
operations, climate action, and environmental impact. The university of Haifa is subject to all environmental legislation, including but not
limited to, those relating to environmental planning, land and water management. (more…)

Installation of the charging stations for electric vehicles on the campus by the Greenspot company

By: Engineering, Infrastructure and Security Division
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2023 |  Link
Description: The university is pleased to announce that the Greenspot company has installed charging stations for electric vehicles on campus. In order to activate the charging stations, the Greenspot application must be installed on the mobile device. Operating and use instructions are attached to each station. (more…)

Electrical energy consumption

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The University published its Electrical energy consumption report in KWH for the academic year 2021. (more…)

Diesel consumption – 2022-23

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07, SDG 13  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2022-ongoing |  Link
Description: The University updated its Diesel consumption report for the academic year 2022-23. (more…)

Ozonation of tannic acid to model biomass pretreatment for bioethanol production

By: Peretz R., Gerchman Y., Mamane H.
Published in: Bioresource Technology
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising feedstock for ethanol production, but lignin, a polyphenol, hampers the use of en (more…)

Solar-powered desalination of brackish water with nanofiltration membranes for intensive agricultural use in Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel

By: Ghermandi A., Naoum S., Alawneh F., Offenbach R., Tripler E., Safi J., Safi M., Messalem R.
Published in: Desalination and Water Treatment
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Agriculture is a major source of livelihood for rural communities in the Middle East. Lacking freshwater resources, brac (more…)

Hierarchical decision-modeling framework to meet environmental objectives in biofuel development

By: Shafiee-Jood M., Housh M., Cai X.
Published in: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Biofuel development to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would alter conventional crop patterns in agricultu (more…)

Stimulating green construction by influencing the decision-making of main players

By: Ofek S., Akron S., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Green buildings or Environmentally Friendly Buildings (EFBs) take into account conservation needs and use key resources (more…)

Levels of consumers’ agency and capacity as predictors for electricity demand reduction in the residential sector

By: Parag Y., Zur S., Raz N.
Published in: Energy Efficiency
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: A field study of 50 households in a collective community in Israel provides initial support for the hypotheses about the (more…)

An AFPTAS for variable sized bin packing with general activation costs

By: Epstein L., Levin A.
Published in: Journal of Computer and System Sciences
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Motivated by issues of minimizing energy consumption, we study variable sized bin packing with general costs. In this pr (more…)

Maritime navigation, energy security, and peace dividend: Exploring the historic developments of the dead sea conveyance project

By: Willner S.E.
Published in: Journal of the Middle East and Africa
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The Dead Sea has attracted a wide range of interest over the last 160 years. Colonization, political aspirations, mariti (more…)

Enumerating minimum path decompositions to support route choice set generation

By: Hartman I.B.-A., Knapen L., Bellemans T.
Published in: Procedia Computer Science
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: This paper concerns the structure of movements as were recorded by GPS traces and converted to routes by map matching. E (more…)

Environmental challenges

By: Terdiman M.
Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The Jordanian civil society has more say in policy formation and implementation than in the past. This does not mean tha (more…)

Transboundary exchanges of renewable energy and desalinatedwater in the Middle East

By: Katz D., Shafran A.
Published in: Energies
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The Levant area of the Middle East suffers from both chronic water scarcity and high population growth. It is also a reg (more…)

Harnessing households to mitigate renewables intermittency in the smart grid

By: Baum Z., Palatnik R.R., Ayalon O., Elmakis D., Frant S.
Published in: Renewable Energy
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: This paper presents and evaluates a novel demand response method for households, designed for mitigating intermittency i (more…)

The symptoms of illness: Does Israel suffer from “Dutch disease”?

By: Palatnik R.R., Tavor T., Voldman L.
Published in: Energies
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The natural gas revolution in Israel started about two decades ago. Its numerous social impacts include moving to cleane (more…)

Modifying behaviour to save energy at home is harder than we think…

By: Erell E., Portnov B.A., Assif M.
Published in: Energy and Buildings
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: A 2-year study was carried out in a sample of 120 apartments in two cities in Israel, Jerusalem and Nesher, in which dif (more…)

A first-order approximation of microarchitecture energy-efficiency

By: Yasin A., Ben-Asher Y.
Published in: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: With the increasing demand for performance and the slowness in process technology, it is becoming critical to understand (more…)

Hedging for Privacy in Smart Water Meters

By: Salomons E., Sela L., Housh M.
Published in: Water Resources Research
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Smart water meters at household connections are being installed in large numbers throughout the world due to the benefit (more…)