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Development of a sustainable land-based Gracilaria cultivation system

  • Kim, Jang K.;Yarish, Charles
    • ALGAE
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.217-225
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    • 2014
  • Land-based seaweed (Gracilaria) cultivation systems may provide products with high quality and biosafety for human consumption, as well as for other high value applications. However, a limitation for this land based system is high management costs. The objective of this study was to determine if the management costs for Gracilaria cultivation can be reduced without a decrease in productivity by using $CO_2$ injection along with a high stocking density and high photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and commercially available fertilizers. When Gracilaria tikvahiae was cultivated at a high stocking density and high PAR, coupled with $CO_2$ enhancement, the productivity was significantly higher than that at a lower stocking density, low light without $CO_2$ injection. We also found that G. tikvahiae grown in a medium of commercially available fertilizer (Jack's Special, JS) showed a similar growth rate and productivity to that grown in von Stosch's enriched (VSE) seawater, while the cost for JS media is only 2% of the cost for VSE. These results suggest that $CO_2$ injection and commercial fertilizer may be a potential way to provide sustainability in land-based Gracilaria cultivation systems.

Research on cases of furniture design with the idea of sustainability applied - Mainly on Lohas' 3R (Recycle, Reuse, Reduce) - (지속가능성의 개념이 적용된 가구디자인사례 연구 - 로하스의 3R(Recycle, Reuse, Reduce)을 중심으로 -)

  • Baik, Eun;Lee, Min-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.392-402
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    • 2010
  • Although the industrial society gained people with material wealth, they were panic-stricken, felt in lack of everything, not to mention how fast the environment was destroyed. In the midst of this social flow, more and more people who became aware of the problems of the industrial society began to crave happy and beautiful lives through the combination of mental and physical health. This resulted in a new lifestyle called 'well-being'. Lohas, which has become a prominent figure through deep thoughts on social well-being is beyond the persuation of an individual's health and quality of life. Not only does Lohas propose a lifestyle for the mental and physical health of an individual, it also proposes sustainable consumption without hurting the world or the environment. The appearance of the Lohas provided an opportunity not only for people to look in a different aspect on the problems of pollution and ecosystem but to develop and design different products accordingly. Through furniture designs with the idea of lifestyles of health and sustainability applied, this thesis analyses how the main concept of the 3R-Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce is being applied and put to use productively in furniture design.

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Worldwide Trend and Korean Recent Status in the Supply-Demand for Resources -The Current Situation of Recycling Technology for Waste Resources in Korea(1)- (자원수급(資源需給)의 세계적(世界的)인 추세(趨勢)와 우리나라의 동향(動向) -국내자원(國內資源)의 유효이용(有效利用)을 위한 처리(處理) 및 회수기술(回收技術) 동향조사(動向調査)(1)-)

  • Oh, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Mi-Sung;Cho, Sung-Baek
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.15 no.3 s.71
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    • pp.3-19
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    • 2006
  • Sustainable supply of minerals and energy is global problem. Metals and energy consumption in the world has increased with economic growth. Currently more than 40 metals are systematically extracted and used in many different fields in civilized society. Recycling and reuse have become very important because recycling contributes to supplying the materials and protecting the environment of society. It is not realistic that all waste materials are capable of being recycled, because recycling metals have fundamentally been competing with primary production. In this point of view, prior to discuss on current recycling technology of waste resources in Korea, world wide trend and Korean recent activity in the supply-demand far minerals and energy resources are reviewed.

The Analysis of Evaluation Items of Korea Green Building Certification Criteria in Office Building - Focusing on the Case Study of Office Building Certificated by GBCC from 2010 to 2012 - (국내 업무시설 부문의 친환경건축물 인증 평가항목 분석 - 2010년~2012년 국내 친환경 인증 업무시설의 사례 분석을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Chang-Sung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2013
  • Korea Government have carried out various policies to save the Earth environment from global warming and environmental pollution. It has also executed the Green Building Certification Criteria(GBCC) in 2002. The GBCC of office building was executed in 2003 and was revised twice in 2010 and 2011. Concerns about green building construction were quite increasing to keep the building performances sustainable. The aims of this paper is to check the reliability of weighting factors and scoring difficulties in all assessment categories of GBCC and to suggest the amendment direction of the future assessment criteria for green building. For the study, the old and new version of GBCC were examined to present the revision direction of GBCC and the 10 cases certificated by the old and new version, respectively 5 were analysed to compare with the difficulties in obtaining the certification. According to the results of the study, the GBCC requires additional amendments about the assessment categories of the energy consumption monitoring and the building commissioning as required subjects in order to secure the building performances. In addition, the operation mamagement of the building need to be assessed more intensively.

Environmental impact assessment for city logistics distribution systems

  • Guo, Jidong;Ma, Shugang
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 2017
  • The external diseconomy is hampering sustainable development of the city logistics sector. Burdens on urban environment imposed by the city logistics industry have been put in the spotlight. Based on the principle of Life Cycle Analysis, the comprehensive environment impact for city logistics systems is measured. Firstly, with the city logistics service chain as a whole, its business processes and their interactions with environment are analyzed. In total four types of major environment impact categories are determined. Secondly, case study is made on three city logistics operators located in Jing-Jin-Ji region of China with different business modes, respectively self-operation mode, joint distribution mode and the $3^{rd}$ Party Logistics or 3PL mode. Through analysis of energy consumption and emissions for various business processes, their comprehensive environmental impact values are finally obtained. Thirdly, horizontally comparative analysis is carried out to these three modes of the urban logistics distribution systems. Results show the advantages of the 3PL and the joint distribution modes in developing greener urban logistics distribution. Future research avenues and policy suggestions are proposed finally.

Localized Positioning method for Optimal path Hierarchical clustering algorithm in Ad hoc network (에드 혹 네트워크에서 노드의 국부 위치 정보를 이용한 최적 계층적 클러스터링 경로 라우팅 알고리즘)

  • Oh, Young-Jun;Lee, Kang-Whan
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.2550-2556
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    • 2012
  • We proposed the energy-efficient routing algorithm ALPS (Ad hoc network Localized Positioning System) algorithm that is range-free based on the distance information. The routing coordinate method of ALPS algorithm consists of hierarchical cluster routing that provides immediately relative coordinate location using RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indication) information. Existing conventional DV-hop algorithm also to manage based on normalized the range free method, the proposed hierarchical cluster routing algorithm simulation results show more optimized energy consumption sustainable path routing technique to improve the network management.

A Study on Quantity of CO2 Emission about Remodeling Cycle at High-rise Apartment housing (초고층 공동주택 세대내 개보수 주기에 따른 이산화탄소 배출량 연구)

  • Kim, Dayoo;Kang, Seungyi;Je, Haeseong
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2010
  • The goal of this study is to figure out the remodeling cycle at high-rise apartment housing and to analysis on quantity of $CO_2$ emission about remodeling cycle. The process of research is as follow; 1) Estimate the remodeling cycle through survey targeting residents at high-rise apartment building. 2) Simulate conditions on the high-rise apartment housing. 3) Calculate quantity of energy consumption and $CO_2$ emission 4) Derive elements that are on high level of environmental load evaluation. The main results of this study is as follow; 1) The cycle of finishing such as wallpaper is shorter than the cycle of building equipment such as elements in a toilet. 2) According to result of calculating $CO_2$ emission, fabric wallpaper and mortar are main factors that impact on the environment. The results is important to show reference points on quantitative measuring evaluation for the environmental-friendly extent.

Strategies and Policies for Developing ICT Ecosystems (ICT 생태계 구축을 위한 기업 전략 분석 및 정책 제안)

  • Yu, Jieun;Lee, Kibaek;Choi, Munkee;Zo, Hangjung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37B no.11
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    • pp.1058-1071
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    • 2012
  • This paper proposes policies for developing ICT ecosystems so that Korean ICT companies can have a competitive power under the changing ICT industry environment. It analyzes the changes of user characteristics, their consumption trends and ICT industry environment. It also examines problems of domestic ICT industry and overseas ICT policies. In addition, it investigates the ICT ecosystem strategies of Google and Apple based on the theory of business ecosystem. This study suggests government policies for establishing a smart ecosystem, incubating a strategic ecosystem, and maintaining a sustainable ecosystem. The findings of this study provide additional insights and guidelines for policy makers to develop effective ICT ecosystems.

Cruise Look Design Inspired by the Ocean Life Motif (해양 생물 모티브를 응용한 크루즈 룩 디자인)

  • JeKal, Mee;Lee, Youn-Hee
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.634-645
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to develop cruise look design inspired by the ocean life motif using by computer CAD system. Domestic and international brands were selected for this study researching cruise line collection. A variety of literature and online site for concept of cruise look and sustainable design was studied. Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Adobe Photoshop CS2 program were used for cruise look design through analysis of 07/08 S/S trend. The diffusion of cruise look reflects a societal trend to be changed life pattern. The results of this study are as below. First, as this society has become modernized with advancement of technology, people have been increasingly interested in the pursuit of happiness and the concept of 'quality of life', thereby creating a new trend of consumption culture. As a result, fashion market place changed targeting sensible and self-enrichment customers. Second, as combining rapid technological innovation and mass production, industrial design caused environmental pollution and the problems are being worsen. Fashion design has same problems and led to eco-friendly design by the large. Third, as the change of style influenced by economic and social condition, cruise look re-defined and became more common. The change of various fields led to fashion market place should be changed. The cruise look design using computer program will give more benefits to many designers.

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Practical Insights that Designer Can Contribute to Corporate Social Value Management; through Changes in Samsung

  • Park, Junsang;Nam, Wonsuk
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.90-100
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    • 2020
  • Our overall society circulates in line with the economical situations characterized by production and consumption and companies play the role of providing products and services, thus taking very significant responsibilities for the socioeconomical and cultural aspects in society. Therefore, when designers attempt to think of a way to enable companies and society to share their values and propose specific concepts and visualize outcomes, it is very critical to be able to understand economical philosophy and management strategies that interconnect companies with society and seek out proper design approaches. Recently, the world's enterprise and management culture tend to connect products and services provided by companies through chains of social values. Based on the abovementioned shift in the management paradigm, the researcher investigates and analyzes actual cases of attempts by Samsung Electronics to achieve its social impacts and studies actual roles and approaches of in-house designers with creativity and insights of humanity with regard to these attempts. Each case is selected from various fields such as the company's products and service development, business systems, culture, and external strategies and the ultimate goal is to learn about actual insights and approaches of designers to make contributions to the company's management with social impacts. Especially, humanity and creative thinking of many designers working in the manufacturing industry can have significant contributions to achieving its management with social impacts and effects of sustainable management.