Browsing by Subject "Sustainability"
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(2022-06-03)Within the context of increasing global efforts to minimize CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere, attention has been directed toward finding cleaner means of energy generation and feedstock production to sustain global demands ...
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(2021-10-05)The rising energy demands and the burgeoning population combined with concerns about the risks of climate change mandate a cost-conscious transition towards low-carbon or carbon-neutral energy, that will not limit the ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)Sustainability, energy savings, and occupant comfort are not mutually exclusive objectives, as buildings can be designed that incorporate all of these features. Sustainability is often defined as meeting the needs of the ...
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(2022-12-10)System of Systems (SoS) are networked integration of constituent systems that together achieve new capabilities not possible through the operation of any single system. Their resilience (being able to withstand and recover ...
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(2013-12-06)This dissertation investigates the relationships between the scores of the Green Building Certification System for Multifamily Housing (GBCS-MF) and resident perception ratings in South Korea. Sustainability has become ...
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(2020-07-31)Land use and climate change are major anthropogenic threats to biodiversity. In the tropics, over 70% of land is in some form of agricultural matrix. Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class. Colombia, a megadiverse ...
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(2019-11-13)Urban water infrastructure systems are exposed to the impacts of various chronic and acute stressors such as climate change, population growth/decline, aging infrastructure, and extreme events (e.g., natural disasters). ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2010)This paper discusses the environmental attributes to underground building shape and configuration, materials, structures, use, maintenance, lighting, occupancy, and management. These criteria are hypothesized to be of more ...
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(2012-10-19)As natural resources are decreasing and environmental pollution is increasing, the buildings that play an important role in this problem should be constructed sustainably so their affects are kept to a minimum. Hospitals ...
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(2022-12-16)This work focuses on the development of synthetic methodologies by which natural products and C1 feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide or carbonyl sulfide, can be transformed into degradable, sustainable polymer materials, ...
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(2023-05-04)Slide-ring networks are complex topologies comprised of both steady covalent connections and dynamic supramolecular interactions. Due to their mechanically-interlocked polymer topology, slide-ring networks have become an ...
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(2011-08-08)This thesis documents the development of a video game about sustainable energy use that unites fun with learning. Many other educational games do not properly translate knowledge, facts, and lessons into the language of ...
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(2015-12-12)Research shows that greenhouse gases warm the planet by trapping infrared radiation with fossil fuel production being a major source of greenhouse gas production. If the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
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Energy-Water Nexus in Eco-Industrial Park with Thermal Hydrolysis Process for Bio-Waste Utilization (2017-06-30)Because of the cost and environmental issues, what to do with the waste, mainly sludge, from wastewater treatment is a critical issue to make a cleaner and more sustainable world. Thermal hydrolysis process (THP) before ...
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Environmental Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Parametric Modeling and Preliminary Analysis (2010-07-14)Nuclear power has the potential to help reduce rising carbon emissions, but to be considered sustainable, it must also demonstrate the availability of an indefinite fuel supply as well as not produce any significant negative ...
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(2018-01-10)Potential challenges associated with depletion of good aggregate sources and management of excess reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) stockpiles increasingly motivate use of RAP in portland cement concrete (PCC) as a coarse ...
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(2022-07-28)As a result of the rising demand on water resources, many stakeholders are deciding to pursue desalination technology as part of their water portfolio. Due to the size and cost of desalination facilities, these infrastructure ...
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(2020-04-20)The growing popularity of coffee, and recent rise in popularity of bottled cold-brewed coffee, has resulted in increase in the amount of coffee production. In 2018, the world production was more than 57 Gg of green coffee. ...
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(2022-12-10)The energy sector is an imperative for human needs in an industrial society like the present. It is subject to constant change. Nonetheless, more frequent extreme weather events, extreme temperatures and resource scarcity ...