This project used a systems approach to improve slim-hole drilling performance. A high power mud motor, having a double …

In order to increase the welfare of society through the implementation of a building energy-performance standard, a …

energy performance. As a result, the industry has been forced to consider alternative incentive structures, particularly ones … that pay based on long-term measured performance. The industry, however, lacks consensus in the debate over the tradeoffs …

managers). The performance of alternative designs and courses of action must be assessed with respect to multiple performance … available that address specific performance issues during various stages of a building's life cycle. Some of these tools support … collaboration by providing means for synchronous and asynchronous communications, performance simulations, and monitoring of a …

Human performance and human decision making is counted upon as a crucial aspect of overall system resilience. Advanced …

This specification establishes the performance requirements and provides references to the requisite codes and … Delivery (WFD). This specification establishes the performance requirements and provides the references to the requisite codes …

Some stakeholders continue to voice concerns about the performance of customer-sited photovoltaic (PV) systems … much remains to be understood about the extent and specific causes of poor PV system performance, several studies of the … markets worldwide, have also revealed some performance problems associated with issues such as shading, equipment and …

-funded incentive programs, has heightened concerns about the long-term performance of these systems. Given the barriers that customers … program design efforts going forward, we examine the approaches to encouraging PV system performance used by 32 prominent PV … used to address performance issues, and highlight important differences in the implementation of these strategies among …

--albeit imprecise--goal in all these activities is to ''optimize performance,'' which is to have maximal success/profit/return with … itself to the overall performance and affordability. This is not unreasonable, since oftentimes major upgrades on some …

practices. The paper discusses design factors that can long lastingly affect cleanroom system performance, and demonstrates … suggests that a high performance cleanroom should not only be effective in contamination control, but also be efficient in … energy and environmental performance. The paper also suggests that energy efficient design practice stands to bring in …