• Advanced scoring method of eco-efficiency in European cities 

      Moutinho, Victor; Madaleno, Mara; Robaina, Margarita; Villar Collado, José (2018-01-01)
      This paper analyzes a set of selected German and French cities’ performance in terms of the relative behavior of their eco-efficiencies, computed as the ratio of their gross domestic product (GDP) over their CO2 emissions. ...
    • Eco-efficiency in European cities 

      Moutinho, Victor; Madaleno, Mara; Robaina, Margarita; Villar Collado, José
      Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2), intensify the greenhouse effect, thus warming Earth’s climate. Cities could be producing about 70 of the anthropogenic GHG emissions, with half of the ...
    • The contribution of renewable energy to European decarbonization 

      Madaleno, Mara; Robaina, Margarita; Villar Collado, José
      The European Union (EU) is adopting proactive strategies toward global decarbonization, proposing ambitious climate objectives to the international community, and adopting by itself ambitious energy and climate change ...