• Title/Summary/Keyword: Evaluation of Sustainability

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A newly-established evaluation methodology of the sustainable performance degree of interior architectural finishes (실내마감재의 친환경성능 판정기법 및 성능등급의 분류체계에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Soon;Yoon, Chung-Sook
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 2013
  • This paper aims to provide pragmatic application guidelines of the interior finish materials for apartment houses with newly-established evaluation methodology of the sustainable degree of interior products. With reference to the standards and criteria of domestic eco-labeling accreditation schemes for sustainable products in the area of architecture which focus on the sustainable elements classified as the health, recyclability, durability, and energy efficiency, in this study, a systematic evaluation method has been established for interior finish products with quantifiable indicators for sustainable performance. Base on the evaluation system introduced here, most interior finish products can be classified into a database and applied effectively to the realities from the perspective of the sustainability. There are the necessities of enforcement issues with the idea of revising or taking remedial measures of the current performance criteria of domestic eco-labeling accreditation to bolster their reliability. As well as already-commercialized products, hereafter, continued efforts are needed to control the whole process of manufacturing new interior finish products from their designing, constructing, consuming, recycling and to dismantling in terms of sustainability, which promises more pragmatic follow-up measures for the detail embodiment of the environment-friendly spaces.

Identifying Spatial Hazard Ranking Using Multicriteria Decision Making Techniques (다기준 의사결정기법을 이용한 공간위험 순위산정)

  • Chung, Eun-Sung;Lee, Kil-Seong
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.40 no.12
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    • pp.969-983
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    • 2007
  • This study developed a ten-step procedure of integrated watershed management (IWM) for sustainability to rehabilitate the distorted hydrologic cycle and identified spatial hazard ranking(step 2). Spatial hazard indices, Potential flood damage (PFD), potential streamflow depletion (PSD), potential water quality deterioration (PWQD), and watershed evaluation index (WEI) were developed using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques and sustainability evaluation concept(pressure-state-response model). The used MCDM techniques are composite programming, compromise programing, Regime method, and EVAMIX approach which are classified by data availability and objectives (prefeasibility and feasibility).

Evaluation of local comprehensive plan for sustainable urban regeneration (지속가능한 도시재생을 위한 도시기본계획 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Hyunjoo;Lee, Jin Hee;Kim, Hyun Woo
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2019
  • The goal of this study is to examine municipality comprehensive plans by recognizing the problem that adverse impacts of urban regeneration impede the sustainability of specific renewal project. 10 major cities in Korea that are experiencing urban decline were chosen for the study area and plan evaluation indexes were adopted based on the sustainable urban regeneration principles in terms of environmental, social, and economic aspects. Plan evaluation was conducted by employing the content analysis method and developed assessment indexes for three sectors (factual basis, goal/objective, and policy/action) of plan. The findings show that policies, such as 'expansion of parks in urban area,' 'pedestrian-oriented street improvement project,' and 'countermeasures for local industry revitalization,' should be fundamentally included in adopting sustainable urban regeneration plans. Plan scores regarding sustainable urban regeneration had an insignificant relationship with the status of administrative district and plan adopted year. This is because metropolitan municipalities, including Ulsan, Daejeon, and Daegu, received relatively low plan score compared to local governments like Goyang and Suwon. Also, Daegu and Suwon, which established their comprehensive plan in 2018 obtained lower score than Seoul and Incheon, where its plans were created before 2015. Evaluation protocol and indexes that were suggested in this study can be used while reorganizing each locality's comprehensive plan, and thus, play as one of major bases in preparing future sustainable urban regeneration projects.

A Study of the Evaluating Factors about the Community for the Planning of the Sustainable Housing Complex (지속가능한 공동주택 계획을 위한 커뮤니티 평가요소에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, In-Sook;Shin, Hwa-Kyoung
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.288-292
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    • 2009
  • In development of housing estates, 'Sustainable development' is indispensable method for the quality in our living environment, and minimize any environment problems which treat our life. And the community elements of sustainable housing complex to make it better life in housing complex. The purpose of study is to suggest the evaluation factors sustainability and community for the planning of housing complex. Within this purpose, this study firstly deducing elements of sustainabilty and community. In the study, literature research method are used for data collection. The results of this study are showed as follows: First, the elements of sustainability are composed of social, economic and environment aspects. Second, the elements of community are composed of hardware, software, humanware aspects.

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A Study on Earnings Management in Companies Achieving Sustainability: Accruals-based and Real Earnings Management

  • JI, Sang-Hyun;OH, Han-Mo;YOON, Ki-Chang;AN, Sang-Bong
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.17 no.9
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    • pp.103-115
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    • 2019
  • Purpose - We attempted to verify the level of ethics of firms achieving sustainable management from the aspect of reliability of accounting information. Specifically, we evaluated the effects of sustainable management on accruals-based earning management (AEM) and real earning management (REM). Research design, data, and methodology - We employed the issuance of sustainability reports in addition to the indices of social responsibility and environmental-management evaluation of the Korea Corporate Governance Service in order to measure sustainability management. AEM was measured using discretionary accruals and calculated using the operant Jones model. Specifically, REM was measured using the methodology suggested by prior studies. The sample of our study consisted of 1,418 years of public listed firms in the Korea Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2017. Results - First, the level of AEM in firms achieving sustainable management was lower than the other. Second, the level of REM in these firms was lower than the other. Nonetheless, another analysis showed that the level of governance control affects the level of earning management and that the levels of AEM and REM were generally lower in firms achieving sustainable management than the others. Conclusions - We expected that firms achieving external ethics tend to have a higher level of internal ethics than others.

The Effect of Meditation Psychological Counselor's Social Support and Life Satisfaction on Sustainability (명상심리상담사의 사회적 지지 및 삶의 만족이 지속성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, JungHyo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2021
  • This study examined the effects of social support and life satisfaction on the sustainability of meditation psychological counselors. The subjects were 124 meditation psychological counselors at K city. As an analysis method, frequency, reliability, and correlation analysis were performed using the SPSS 22.0 program, and multiple regression analysis on the causal relationship between variables was conducted. First, information support, a sub-factor of social support, significantly affected sustainability. On the other hand, emotional, material, and evaluation support did not affect sustainability. Second, in the effect of life satisfaction of meditation psychological counselors on sustainability, the overall satisfaction factor, which is a sub-factor of life satisfaction, positively affected sustainability. This means that the higher the information support factor of social support and the overall satisfaction of life satisfaction perceived by the meditation psychological counselor, the higher the sustainability. This study implies that the meditation psychological counselors as human factors will become more important to future society. Quality and role will be more prominent to enhance healthy continuous activities and sustainability. This study provides basic data to improve the sustainability of meditation psychological counselors.

Thermal Hazard Evaluation on Self-polymerization of MDI

  • Sato, Yoshihiko;Okada, Ken;Akiyoshi, Miyako;Murayama, Satoshi;Matsunaga, Takehiro
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2010
  • Thermal analysis, heating test on gram scale and simulation of exothermic behavior based on kinetic analysis has been conducted in order to evaluate thermal hazards of self-polymerization of MDI. The exothermic reactions of MDI are expected to be the polymerization which forms carbodiimide and carbon dioxide, dimerization and trimerization. When MDI is kept in adiabatic condition during 1 week (10080 hours), the simulated result shows runaway reaction can occur in the case that initial temperature was more than $130^{\circ}C$. The relationship between the initial temperature (T, $^{\circ}C$) and TMR is given in a following equation. TMR=$4.493{\times}10^{-7}$ exp ($9.532{\times}10^3$/(T+273.15)) We propose that the relationship gives important criteria of handling temperature of MDl to prevent a runaway reaction.

Sustainable Fashion Design Module Development for Higher Education: Adaptation of ADDIE Instructional Model

  • Lim, Hye-Won;Burton, Elizabeth
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.25-45
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    • 2021
  • Due to the fashion industry taking responsibility for their garment manufacturing, a significant number of UK universities are focusing on combining sustainability in their curriculum to support future employees' skills and knowledge in sustainable fashion. A proper understanding of educational and instructional theories is needed to develop effective teaching and learning materials and environments. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the Fashion Design module created with consideration of sustainability using ADDIE instructional model. For evaluation, the teaching materials, including the module brief and the PowerPoint slides for each session, were used. Ten students were interviewed and observed along with two tutors, also interviewed to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the module from a variety of viewpoints. With sustainable fashion being embedded into specialized higher education courses, tutors decided to incorporate sustainability into the module as an introduction to this topical subject in order to build a stronger foundation of knowledge and challenge traditional ways of working. Results showed that combining sustainability into the design and technical sessions had a positive influence on students who built upon their existing knowledge. Tutors researched the need for change within the industry in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and aligned the content to inform the students of the current crisis. This study could provide a guideline to create instructional material for sustainable fashion design courses.

Development of the Construction Waste Management Performance Evaluation Tool (WMPET): Quantification of Waste Management Performance Factors and Establishment of Waste Management Performance Evaluation Tool (건설현장의 폐기물 관리 성과 평가 툴 개발 : 2단계 - 폐기물 관리 성과 요인의 전량화 및 평가 툴 구축)

  • Kim, Jee-Hye;Shin, Dong-Woo;Cha, Hee-Sung
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.128-136
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    • 2007
  • As the international-level concern has been focused on the environmental sustainability in recent years, many researches emphasized the needs for methods and techniques that would facilitate sustainability assessment at the various project level interfaces. As part of methods and techniques to facilitate sustainability assessment, this paper provides 'Computerized Waste Management Performance Evaluation Tool' for the purpose of assessing the level of management system in dealing with the onsite construction wastes. This tool applies twenty-three waste management performance factors for the purpose of evaluating the level of waste management performance by scoring those factors which were identified in the previous research. These twenty-three factors are classified into four categories: manpower, material, method, and management based on their characteristics. In order to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of waste management performance, the levels of actions executed in a site by each waste management performance factor were identified and their weight were analyzed throughout the expert interview and survey. Furthermore, an excel-based computerized tool was developed in order to facilitate the evaluation process. If this tool can be developed in more detail and be used as the method to control waste management at a project level for the future, it is expected that this tool can play an important role in the body of knowledge of environmental management in construction industry.

Nutritional Assessement of LOHAS Drink with Organic Products (친환경 유기 농산물로 제조한 LOHAS 음료의 영양 평가)

  • Kim, Ae-Jung;Kim, Mi-Won
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.406-413
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    • 2007
  • LOHAS(Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability) drinks were prepared by the addition of mulberry leaf powder(MLP) at various levels(0%, 5%, 10% and 20%). Their characteristics of the drinks were examined according to antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation. In the sensory evaluation, there was no significant difference between the control group(0% MLP group) and 5% MLP group for overall quality. For the proximate compositions of the LOHAS drinks, moisture, crude ash, crude protein and crude fat were all increased as the ratio of MLP increased. For the mineral contents, the amounts of calcium and magnesium were increased, but sodium, according to adding levels of MLP.