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A study to find the operation conditions to minimize carbon footprint using a simulator(EQPS) (시뮬레이터(EQPS)를 이용한 탄소발자국 최소화 운전 방안에 대한 연구)

  • Jisoo Han;Jeseung Lee;Byonghi Lee
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.37-48
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    • 2024
  • Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are obligated to reduce carbon emissions as a part of public sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. However, Sewage Statistics(2022) shows that CO2 emissions per wastewater treatment volumes have decreased by only 3.03 % compared to 2020, which is far from enough to meet the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. This study aimed to find operational conditions of biological reactors that minimize total carbon footprint (CFP). Total CFP considers both direct emissions from biological processes and indirect emissions from energy consumption. A study was conducted using a computer simulation program which is called as EQPS for a 4-stage BNR WWTP. The results showed that total CFP was reduced by 10.97% compared to the design condition when the mixed liquor recirculation (MLR) was set to 100 % of the influent flow. The N2O emission factor (EF) of the target WWTP was calculated to be 0.138-0.199 %, which is significantly lower than the IPCC default value of 1.6 %. This study proposes a method to minimize total CFP in WWTPs by optimizing biological reactor operation and emphasizes the need for further research on N2O emission reduction.

The Effects of Eco-Friendly Consumer Education on Ecological Footprint (환경 친화적 소비자 교육이 생태 발자국에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoon, Yeo-Chan;Choi, Don-Hyung
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the change in ecological footprint made by the eco-friendly consumer education program, and ultimately, to help the high school students, future consumers, have eco-friendly attitude. This study will be contributed to helping them to understand the importance of the eco-friendly consumption and the seriousness of the environmental problems arising from their bad consumption habit, to get interested in the environmental problems in daily lives, and to reduce the ecological footprint through the eco-friendly habit acquired when young. This study is designed to have 60 high school students experience the eco-friendly consumer education program for 10 months and compare the levels of each ecological footprint though two different Questionnaires in five sections: housing, food, transportation, purchase, and waste. The program used in this research consists of three parts: eco-friendly attitude education for consumers, eco-friendly citizen education for consumers, and eco-friendly resource management education for consumers. The data are analyzed by SPSS Window 10.0 program. The findings are as follows: First. The eco-friendly consumer education is more likely to help the students develop critical thought and eco-friendly attitude, unlike the economy-related consumer education. Second. The level of ecological footprint is significantly decreased in the group with the eco-friendly consumer education program. compared to the group without it. Third. Experiencing the eco-friendly consumer education program helps the students have the positive attitude on ecology and lead an environmentally sustainable consumer life. The results show that eco-friendly consumer education can make a contribution to raising the good citizens who have eco-friendly attitude and behavior, lead sustainable consumer life, and try to reduce the level of ecological footprint.

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Developing a Program for Measuring Ecological Footprint on the Base of Middle School Students' Consumption Lifestyle (중학생의 소비생활양식 조사를 통한 생태 발자국 측정 프로그램 개발)

  • Hong, Jin-Hee;Choi, Don-Hyung;Son, Yeon-A
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.18 no.3 s.28
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    • pp.75-90
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze middle school students' consumption lifestyle and develop a program for measuring Ecological Footprint (EF) for them. For this study, 200 male and female middle school students in large cities, medium & small cities were selected to analyze their consumption lifestyle. It was also that the existing programs for measuring EF were studied and basic rules of setting up new EF indicators were established based on the results of survey and literature study. 15 indexes was selected by dividing the life areas into food, housing, traffic, goods and services areas and than the delpi computer programming tools was used to develop program for measuring EF in this study. The program for measuring EF can be used as educational materials for consumers' environment education in the areas of social environment education and school environment education. The followings are suggestions coming out of this study. First, it is required to revise and complement program for measuring EF analyzing the problems that occur when applying it to middle school students actually. Second, some data that used during normalization of EF ate originally from the USA. So it is necessary to change the data to meet the Korean situation. Third, it is necessary to have design work that can invite interests of students with consumers' environmental education materials through cooperation between environmental education experts and computer programmers. Fourth, it is necessary to have practical research with consumers' environmental education adding educational contents into EF measurement program. Fifth, it is necessary to develop a method for distribution an expansion of the program for measuring EF to make it usable in different types of environmental education materials.

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An Assessment of Environmental Carrying Capacity and Ecosystem Service Value in the Daegu Metropolitan Area (대구광역권의 환경용량 및 생태계용역가치 평가)

  • Jung, Sung-Gwan;Lee, Woo-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.18-33
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect that consumption patterns of human affect the ecosystem using analysis of ecological footprint(EF) and assessment of ecosystem service value in Daegu Metropolitan Area. The data for analysis were constructed from statistical yearbook of each city and average of public land price on land category. According to the EF analysis on city, total EF of Goryeong was showed the highest by 3.3052gha in 2007. However, total EF of Daegu was assessed the lowest by 2.0134gha among 8 cities. In the results of ecological deficit, 7 cities except Gunwi were assessed by condition of ecological deficit and had exceeded environmental capacity until 2007. Specially, it was analyzed that Daegu may need additional area more than about 30 times to maintain the present consumption patterns. On the one side, the results of analysis of ecosystem service value in Daegu were assessed that citizens of Daegu have borrowed about 1,078.6 million wons to ecosystem per year and one person.

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Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment for CO2 Emitted from Sailing Ship (선박의 운항에 의해 배출되는 이산화탄소에 대한 포괄적 환경영향평가)

  • Lee, Hee-Su;Park, Jong-Chun;Cho, Yong-Jin;Jeong, Se-Min;Yu, Jeoung-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.181-188
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    • 2013
  • The increase of carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) emission is known as one of the major causes of global warming, and it has a strong influence on the global environment. Therefore many researchers and politicians have tried to regulate the $CO_2$ emission. In regards to the matter, the IMPACT (Inclusive Marine Pressure Assesment and Classification Technology) committee under the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE) has developed an inclusive environmental impact assessment index, so-called "Triple I(III)", in order to assess the environmental impact including economic factors due to the artificial development of marine. In this study, III was applied to compare between the environmental impact of $CO_2$ emitted by container vessels during their life-cycle period and economic benefit due to their operating. Furthermore, III was also applied to assess the comprehensive environmental impact for the cases with various capacities of container vessels and different sailing route. From the results, the case for shortening of the sailing route is more effective to get the advantageous assessment results of III than the case for varying the size of vessels.

Calculation of Virtual Water Trading Between Countries (국가 간 가상수 거래 산정)

  • Park, Sung Je;Kang, In Hye;Park, Jui;Ryu, Si Saeng
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.210-210
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    • 2018
  • 효과적인 물 사용과 물 관리 정책을 수립하기 위해서는 산업적 차원에서의 물 발자국 연구를 통해 산업 전반적인 수자원 활용 상황을 비교 분석할 필요가 있다. 또한 앞으로 국가 차원의 물 안보 정책을 수립하기 위해서는 기후변화와 국제환경 변화로 인해 우리나라의 물발자국 변화를 예측하는 것이 필수적이다. 국외에서는 일찍이 물과 환경전문 교육기관인 UNESCO-IHE를 중심으로 물발자국 산정방식의 이론적 연구와 함께 가상수 무역에 대한 연구를 진행해왔으며, 국제표준화기구(International Organization for Standardization, 이하 ISO)는 2014년 물발자국에 대한 가이드라인을 국제표준으로 지정하였다. 국내에서는 2009년 가상수와 물발자국에 대한 이론이 소개되어 공공기관의 주도로 가상수 및 물발자국과 관련된 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 데이터베이스를 구축하기도 하였으나 1차 산업 위주로 구성되어 있어 2차, 3차 산업 등 다른 산업에 대한 정보는 부족한 상태이다. 따라서 앞으로는 2차, 3차 산업 등에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 국제 가상수 거래의 도출을 위한 기초자료로서 WIOD의 input-output tables와 environmental accounts 등을 활용하였다. 본 연구에서는 생산량, 물사용량과 관련된 지표를 결합하여 가상수량을 도출하는 과정을 제시하고, 가상수 이동흐름 및 추이를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 주요 16개국(아르헨티나, 호주, 브라질, 캐나다, 중국, 프랑스, 독일, 인도, 일본, 한국, 러시아, 사우디아라비아, 태국, 미국, 베트남)의 농축산물 주요 10개 품목(쌀, 보리, 옥수수, 밀, 콩, 감자, 채소, 소고기, 돼지고기, 계란)을 대상으로 분석을 실시했다. 또한 국가별 가상수 교역량, 국가 간 가상수 교역량에 대한 1989년부터 2014년까지의 데이터셋을 구축하고 이에 대해 분석을 수행하였다. 가상수 교역의 품목별 분석결과 주요 16개국의 주요 가상수 수입 품목은 콩, 옥수수, 밀, 보리 순이며, 주요 가상수 수출 품목은 밀, 콩, 옥수수, 쌀 순으로 파악되었다. 가상수의 종류별로 분석한 결과 가상수 교역량은 지난 25년간 녹색 가상수가 94%의 압도적으로 많은 비중을 차지하고 있었다. 국가별로 가상수 수출입량을 분석한 결과 1989년에서 2013년까지 미국, 브라질, 아르헨티나, 호주 등 주요 농업 국가들이 전 세계 가상수 수출에서 우위를 점하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

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Inclusive Impact Index "Triple I" for Assessing Ocean Utilization Technologies (해양이용기술 평가를 위한 포괄적 영향지수 "트리플 I")

  • Otsuka, Koji
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2012
  • World population has increased rapidly following the industrial revolution, reaching 7 billion in 2012. Several forecasts estimate that this number will rise to about 8 billion in 2025. Improvements of living standards in developing nations have also raised resource and energy demands worldwide. In consequences, human beings have faced many global and urgent problems, such as global warming, water and food shortages, resource and energy crises, and so on. Many ocean utilization technologies for avoiding or reducing such big problems have been developed, for examples $CO_2$ ocean sequestration, seawater desalination, artificial upwelling, deepwater mining, and ocean energies. It is important, however, to assess such technologies from the viewpoints of sustainability and public acceptancy, since the aims of those technologies are to develop sustainable social systems rather than conventional ones based on fossil resources. Inclusive Marine Pressure Assessment and Classification Technology Research Committee (generally called IMPACT Research Committee) of Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, has proposed Inclusive Impact Index "Triple I" as an indicator, which can predict both environmental sustainability and economical feasibility, in order to assess the ocean utilization technologies from the viewpoints of sustainability and public acceptancy. This index was considered by combining Ecological Footprint and Environmental Risk Assessment. The Ecological Footprint and the Environmental Risk Assessment are introduced in the first part of this paper. Then the concept and the structure of the Triple I are explained in the second part of this paper. Finally, the economy-ecology conversion factor in Triple I accounting is considered.

To reduce carbon from residential architecture Research on energy-saving elements (주거건축에서 탄소를 줄이기 위한 에너지 절감 요소에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jae-Hee
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2009
  • Currently, the environmental issue is of great urgency and sensitivity to the future of our planet. Global warming caused by increased CO2 concentration has an alarming impact on the earth's fragile environment. Droughts throughout the world are causing crop failures. Wildfires now burn with far greater rage. Melting ice caps and glaciers are causing floods. Sea levels are rising. Warm unseasonable winters are threatening our fragile eco-systems. Global warming is no longer a theory; it is an obvious fact we are confronted with every day, and the only way we can prevent it is to take action now. The need to reduce CO2 emissions and try to become carbon neutral is of national importance and leadership. We have become so reliant on fossil fuels that nearly everything we do generates CO2 emissions; from our modern farming practices to transport, to the electricity used to turn on a light, boil water in a kettle or cook our meals. A reduction of 50% of CO2 emissions can easily be achieved by decreasing the energy amount used. We tracked the carbon footprint throughout the electricity and heating energy use in homes and confirmed the amount of carbon emissions according to its consumptions. In order to reduce the carbon generation from housing constructions, such as Passive House concept of buildings or low energy buildings, we must adjust its applications best fit to our conditions. And technical elements should be applied to improve our conditions, and the methodology should be actively sought. Most of all, each individual's recongnition who uses these elements is more important than any other solutions.

Feasibility Study for Technology and Policy on Water Footprint Introduction (물발자국 도입의 기술적·정책적 타당성 분석연구)

  • Park, Sung Je;Park, Nu Ree;Ryu, Si Saeng
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.265-265
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    • 2015
  • 기후변화에 대비하여 한정된 수자원을 효율적으로 사용하기 위한 제도적 규제는 앞으로 기업의 제품 생산에서 발생하는 오염까지 확대될 전망이다. 기관투자가 등이 지원하는 영국의 NPO인 탄소정보공개프로젝트(CDP)는 2010년부터 온실가스배출량과 함께 물 사용 상황을 공개할 것을 전 세계 기업에 요구했다. 이에 따라 전 세계에서 탄소발자국과 물발자국에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행 중에 있다. 우선 본 연구는 선진국을 중심으로 진행되고 있는 물발자국 개념의 활용현황을 분석하였다. 호주와 미국을 비롯한 일부 국가에서는 물발자국의 라벨 제도를 도입하여 기업의 제품에 대한 등급을 구분하고 있다. 라벨의 부착은 인증기관의 검토를 통하여 기존 제품보다 물 사용 효율이 높다는 것을 의미하며, 물발자국 라벨제도는 제품 생산의 전 과정 환경성 평가를 통하여 기업이나 제품의 물발자국 관련 영향을 줄이는 것을 목표로 하고 있다. 또한 스페인에서는 물발자국을 물의 효율적인 분배와 사용을 위한 정책적 요소로 도입하였다. 이상의 분석을 바탕으로 물발자국의 기술적 활용 및 효과를 도출하기 위하여 법과 제도적 측면, 기술적 측면에서 살펴보았으며, 우리나라의 현황과 비교를 진행하였다. 이와 관련하여 분야별 기술 사업에 대한 목표와 최종성과물, 활용방안을 정리하여 해당 개념의 주요쟁점사항에 대해 기술적, 정책적으로 타당한지를 지표를 설정하여 분석하였다. 물발자국의 활용에서 기술적 타당성에 대한 지표는 적절성, 성공가능성, 우수성, 경제성 측면에서 제시가 되었으며, 정책적 타당성은 해당계획 및 기업 및 지자체의 추진의지, 위험요인, 특수평가 항목을 통해 개업 및 지자체의 물발자국 활용 타당성을 분석하였다. 이상을 바탕으로 본 연구에서는, 물발자국 도입을 위한 종합평가로서 AHP 분석을 실시하여 물발자국 도입을 위한 중요도와 종합목적 및 위기상황에 따른 대체안을 설정할 수 있도록 우선순위를 도출하였다. 현재 우리나라는 본격적인 정책적 도입에 앞서 개념의 정의, 정책 공감대의 확대, 한국형 데이터베이스를 구축하는 시범단계에 있다. 물 산업의 확대와 우리 기업들의 해외진출은 가상수와 물발자국의 데이터베이스의 구축이 시급하다는 것을 보여준다. 따라서 본 연구는 앞으로 우리나라의 물발자국 도입을 위한 방향을 설정할 수 있는 기초연구로서 큰 의미를 지니며, 기업의 물산업 전략을 수립을 위한 지표 설정에 있어서도 기초자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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Proposal for Research Model of Agricultural and Fishery Farm Tower (수직형 농축수산 팜의 연구 모델 제안)

  • Young-Su Lee;Seung-Jung Shin
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2024
  • This dissertation developed a five-story vertical livestock and fisheries farm (palm tower) model for sustainable food production in cities. It proposes to integrate marine farms, livestock raising, and pesticide-free automated crop farms to efficiently use resources and minimize environmental impact. Based on circular economy principles, the model can recycle the output of each part into resources from the other, increasing the efficiency of the system, utilizing idle space in the city, and promoting job creation and community participation. It can also contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of food production and improving food safety. In addition, the study explores how advanced agricultural technologies can be integrated into urban structures to address global food security challenges. This model presents potential solutions to the food crisis caused by climate change and population growth, and suggests a direction for the development of urban agriculture. Future research should address the technical and policy challenges for practical implementation.