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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Saving energy while maintaining the feeling of safety associated with urban street lighting

By: Saad R., Portnov B.A., Trop T.
Published in: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Abstract: Street lighting (SL) forms a major share of municipal energy consumption and should thus be energy efficient. (more…)

Hoard or exploit? Intergenerational allocation of exhaustible natural resources

By: Abu-Kalla H., Palatnik R.R., Ayalon O., Shechter M.
Published in: Energies
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: In this paper, a “general equilibrium” (GE) model was developed for the allocation of exhaustible natural resources to e (more…)

Practical real-time optimization for energy efficient water distribution systems operation

By: Salomons E., Housh M.
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The production, treatment and delivery systems of drinking water and wastewater is one of the largest energy consumers i (more…)

Energy Sources of the Depth-Generalist Mixotrophic Coral Stylophora pistillata

By: Martinez S., Kolodny Y., Shemesh E., Scucchia F., Nevo R., Levin-Zaidman S., Paltiel Y., Keren N., Tchernov D., Mass T.
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Energy sources of corals, ultimately sunlight and plankton availability, change dramatically from shallow to mesophotic (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…)

A post-haustorial defense mechanism is mediated by the powdery mildew resistance gene, PmG3M, derived from wild emmer wheat

By: Wei Z.-Z., Klymiuk V., Bocharova V., Pozniak C., Fahima T.
Published in: Pathogens
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The destructive wheat powdery mildew disease is caused by the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt). Pm (more…)