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Open Access Licensing for Energy Research
Energy Conservation publishes all articles under Creative Commons licensing, ensuring maximum dissemination and reuse of sustainability research while maintaining appropriate attribution standards.
Our licensing approach balances open access principles with author recognition, enabling broad educational, commercial, and industrial use of published energy research.
All Energy Conservation articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits sharing, adaptation, and commercial use with proper attribution to original energy research authors.
Sharing Permitted
Readers may copy, distribute, and transmit published energy research through any medium or format for educational, industrial, and commercial applications.
Adaptation Allowed
Others may remix, transform, and build upon published sustainability articles for any purpose, including commercial products and industrial implementation.
Attribution Required
Users must give appropriate credit to original authors, provide license links, and indicate changes made to energy conservation research content.
Energy Conservation authors retain copyright to their work while granting the journal publication rights. This approach allows authors to share, reuse, and build upon their sustainability research without restriction.
- Retain full copyright ownership of published energy efficiency and conservation research articles
- Share articles immediately in repositories and personal websites for engineering education
- Include work in future publications, compilations, and teaching materials for sustainability training
- Grant others permission for reuse without publisher involvement for industry applications
Third-party content: Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for any third-party content included in their energy manuscripts. This includes figures, tables, and data from copyrighted industrial and technical sources.
CC BY licensing satisfies open access requirements from major research funders including DOE, NSF, EU Horizon, and foundations supporting energy and sustainability research. Our licensing terms ensure published articles meet funder accessibility mandates.
The CC BY license permits commercial use of published energy content with proper attribution. This enables incorporation into industrial applications, commercial products, training materials, and consulting services that advance sustainable energy implementation worldwide.
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