FEASIBILITY OF AN OFF-GRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE MERCANTILE SECTOR

作     者：Vaibhav Malhotra JoséL.Fernández Solís 

作者机构：Texas A&M UniversityDepartment of Construction Science 

出 版 物：《Journal of Green Building》 (绿色建筑学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2010年第5卷第1期

页      面：71-87页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：CO_(2)emissions energy consumption mercantile sector net metering renewable energy sustainable development 

摘      要：Increased CO_(2),a Greenhouse Gas(GhG),emission and its accumulation in the atmosphere is a major climatic con­cern,creating an urgent need to control its rate of growth with the goal to reduce or reverse the *** is being attempted at macro scales(large GhG producers but relatively small in number),at mezzo levels(mercantile stores which are large in numbers and relatively large consumers in scale)and at micro scales(individual dwell­ing units which are very large in number but relatively small on a GhG producer scale).This research identifies the strategies and challenges of adopting an off-grid renewable energy source for the mercantile sector(retail)at the mezzo level.A theoretical model for an off-grid renewable energy source considering a parking lot of a retail outlet was *** future work,a proposed physical model should be able to test the assumptions and hypothesis of the theoretical model *** proposed hybrid system uses two or more alternative renewable energy *** the proposed system,solar energy is integrated with a local bio gas plant,which treats waste to produce *** excess energy can be sold to grid using net metering or dual metering or sold to charge plug-in vehicles to earn *** renewable energy produced reduces the grid load on public utilities,thereby reducing the amount of CO_(2)emissions from the grid pro­viders,thus bridging the current grid dependent system and a grid-independent(off grid,or net zero)goal.