• 제목/요약/키워드: Sustainable consumption

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전동차 내장판넬에 대한 전과정평가 연구 (Life Cycle Assessment on the Interior Panel of Electric Motor Unit (EMU))

  • 이재영;최요한;김용기
    • 한국철도학회논문집
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    • 제9권5호
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    • pp.517-523
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    • 2006
  • The sustainable development is a key issue in the whole field of economy, culture and society, which can be accomplished by the improvement of environment. Recently, life cycle assessment(LCA) has been applied to reduce environmental impacts preliminarily by evaluating the environmental performance of a product through its life cycle. In this study, life cycle assessment was performed to analyze quantitatively the environmental impact on the interior panel of electric motor unit(EMU). As a result, the interior panel with aluminum showed the most global warming(GW), while that with phenol and plastic showed high fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity(FAET) and marine water aquatic ecotoxicity(MAET), respectively. Global warming was occurred mainly due to the emission of $CO_2$ by energy consumption. FAET and MAET were caused by the pollutants released from acid-washing and paints coating process. Therefore, an environmental-friendly EMU can be designed considering the environmental impacts of interior panel.

건물 용도별 무선계측 최적 전파강도 산정을 위한 실험적 연구 (An Experimental Study for Optimal RF Output Power Estimation of Wireless Sensor Network)

  • 이정재;최석용;조수
    • 설비공학논문집
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    • 제21권8호
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    • pp.462-467
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    • 2009
  • Researches and developments on BEMS are performed world-widely through sustainable management in various conditions. However, there are many obstacles to adapt the system in existing buildings because it needs highly expensive equipments, which are designed for newly built buildings, to install. Therefore, there are numerous limits exist when applying the BEMS in established buildings. The purpose of this study estimates the optimization of RF output power in WSN(Wireless Sensor Networks), which is the essential technology to develop PEMS. The results of this study is as follows ; 1) Applying WSN technique in buildings was possible. 2) As RF output power increases, the number of relay node reduced, therefore, the WSN showed more stability. 3) When estimating optimal RF output power in school, it should be considered between the number of relay node and RF output power. 4) Considering battery consumption and possibility of reception, the best suited RF output power is -20dbm in apartment house.

Re-Birth Design Analysis for Developing Sustainable Fashion Products

  • Lee, Yoon Kyung;DeLong, Marilyn
    • 한국의류학회지
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    • 제40권3호
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    • pp.566-573
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    • 2016
  • Sustainability in fashion cannot ignore fashion attributes required for the design of rapidly changing and innovative products. This study examines "Re-Birth Design" development and provides a means to apply academic and industry perspectives to the investigation of Re-Birth fashion product development. This study defines "Re-Birth Design" as stock that has been designed and launched through distribution channels, subsequently returned unused, then improved and reborn into a new product for redistribution. This study analyzed specific cases. We selected 100 designs for Re-Birth from 11 brands of "K" fashion company in Korea, to be successfully sold in 2014. These cases are used in the analysis and are categorized into design types. As a result of the analysis, "Re-Birth Design" had five levels: Level 1. Changes in supplementary materials such as adding or removing decoration, Level 2. Changes in patterns or materials (changes within the product), Level 3. Partial changes in design (leading to a new design), Level 4. Complete deconstruction and rebirth of the design, and Level 5. Complete deconstruction followed by the use of the design source for a new product that is not a garment. This study analyzed products owned by brands, as well as successful cases of Re-Birth designs that reused existing resources, reduced energy consumption, and increased environmental and economic efficiency by recreating new products that could be resold.

시스템 다이내믹스를 이용한 폐기물 관리정책에 관한 연구

  • 문태훈;서원석
    • 한국시스템다이내믹스학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국시스템다이내믹스학회 2000년도 하계학술대회발표논문집
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    • pp.65-102
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    • 2000
  • In 1987, The Brundtland Report defined a sustainable development as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This is the concept that we should cling to, to preserve natural resources of the present for the future generation. With this concept in mind, this paper criticized that the current waste management policy has been neglecting resource preservation aspect of waste management policy while giving too much emphasis on reducing waste generation. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze how waste management policy can affect preservation of natural resources, and to investigate policy alternatives that can reduce both the volume of waste generated and the amount of natural resources that need to be consumed in the production process. The study was conducted based on the literature survey and system dynamics simulation. Borrowing Randers and Meadows's solid waste model with some modification of parameter and variables, this paper simulate several policy alternatives to figure out the most effective waste management policy set that can meet the need of the present without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs. Main concern was how to link waste management policy with resource management policy that can lead to minimization of waste generation and resource consumption.

미국의 재제조산업에 관한 연구 (Remanufacturing Industry for Automobile Parts of USA)

  • 목학수;전창수;한창효;;김형주;이규창
    • 한국정밀공학회지
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2010
  • Remanufacturing is a process that restores old products to perform like new, while saving energy, reducing consumption of natural resources, and lowering environmental emissions. By extending the product life cycle, remanufacturing approaches enable closed loop material cycles that are ultimately necessary for a sustainable society. This paper provides some description of the current automotive remanufacturing enterprise, with a particular emphasis on key vehicle components that are currently remanufactured. The analysis yields two major conclusions. First, volume of the USA automotive after sales and remanufacturing industry market is estimated. Second, market price of a remanufactured component in the automotive sector is surprisingly uncorrelated with the number of companies engaged in remanufacturing that component - at least for companies registered with the Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Association (ARPA).

Characterization and Early Age Physical Properties of Ambient Cured Geopolymer Mortar Based on Class C Fly Ash

  • Kotwal, Ashley Russell;Kim, Yoo Jae;Hu, Jiong;Sriraman, Vedaraman
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2015
  • The critical element for sustainable growth in the construction industry is the development of alternative cements. A new technological process called geopolymerization provides an innovative solution, and the presence of aluminum and silicon oxides in fly ash has encouraged its use as a source material. Many previous investigations have involved curing the binder in a heated environment. To reduce energy consumption during the synthesis of geopolymers, the present study investigated the properties of ambient cured geopolymer mortar at early ages. An experimental program was executed to establish a relationship between the activator composition and the properties of geopolymer mortar in fresh and hardened states. Concentrations of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate were ascertained that are advantageous for constructability and mechanical behavior. Scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques were also used to characterize the material. Test results indicate that there is potential for the concrete industry to use fly ash based geopolymer as an alternative to portland cement.

델파이 기법과 AHP를 이용한 국산재 공급 확대를 위한 정책방안 (A Study on the Policy of Sustainable Domestic Timber Supply Using Delphi Technique and AHP)

  • 김기동;최관
    • 한국산림과학회지
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    • 제101권3호
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    • pp.434-442
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 우리나라의 조림성공 이후 산림자원의 증가에 따른 국산재 공급 확대를 위한 정책방안을 제시하기 위하여 수행하였다. 국산재 공급 확대를 위한 효과적인 정책을 도출하기 위하여 델파이 기법과 AHP 분석을 수행하였다. 델파이 기법 분석결과 제시된 정책에 대해 AHP 분석을 수행하여 우선순위를 도출하였다. 설문조사에서는 국산재의 생산, 유통 그리고 소비 부분으로 구분하여 설문하였다. 분석결과, 목재생산을 위한 임도 및 고성능임업기계 도입 등의 목재생산 인프라 구축(.239), 권역별 목재 수집 단지 조성 및 활성화 정책(.202) 그리고 공공건축물에 대한 국산재 의무사용 등의 소비촉진 정책(.126)이 우선순위가 높은 정책으로 도출되었다.

Tourism and CO2 Emissions: A Case Study of Selected South Asian Countries

  • AHMAD, Waheed;MAJEED, Muhammad Tariq;NAZ, Ayesha;ANDLIB, Zubaria;TANVEER, TANVEER
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The present study examines the effects of tourism on carbon dioxide emissions for selected South Asian economies over the time from 1995 to 2016. Research design, data and methodology: The present study is an annual time series analysis of tourism and CO2 emissions. The data is taken from World Development Indicators, an official data bank of World Bank. The study sample covers four South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The empirical analysis is conducted by employing Pedroni panel cointegration, Fully Modified OLS, and Dynamic OLS approaches of estimation. Results: Tourism significantly increases environmental degradation in selected South Asian economies. The empirical estimated results indicate, that 1 % increase in tourism related activities leads to 0.16 % increase in CO2 emissions. In addition energy consumption and GDP are also causing an upsurge in CO2 emissions in the selected panel of South Asian economies. As the empirical results indicate that 1% increase in GDP stimulates carbon dioxide emissions by 0.23%. Conclusion: In order to protect the environment, the study emphasizes that sustainable tourism practices need to be promoted in the selected South Asian countries. Policy implication and provided and discussed.

Innovation and craft in a climate of technological change and diffusion

  • Hann, Michael A.
    • 복식문화연구
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    • 제25권5호
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    • pp.708-717
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    • 2017
  • Industrial innovation in Britain, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, stimulated the introduction of the factory system and the migration of people from rural agricultural communities to urban industrial societies. The factory system brought elevated levels of economic growth to the purveyors of capitalism, but forced people to migrate into cities where working conditions in factories were, in general, harsh and brutal, and living conditions were cramped, overcrowded and unsanitary. Industrial developments, known collectively as the 'Industrial Revolution', were driven initially by the harnessing of water and steam power, and the widespread construction of rail, shipping and road networks. Parallel with these changes, came the development of purchasing 'middle class', consumers. Various technological ripples (or waves of innovative activity) continued (worldwide) up to the early-twenty-first century. Of recent note are innovations in digital technology, with associated developments, for example, in artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D printing, materials technology, computing, energy storage, nano-technology, data storage, biotechnology, 'smart textiles' and the introduction of what has become known as 'e-commerce'. This paper identifies the more important early technological innovations, their influence on textile manufacture, distribution and consumption, and the changed role of the designer and craftsperson over the course of these technological ripples. The implications of non-ethical production, globalisation and so-called 'fast fashion' and non-sustainability of manufacture are examined, and the potential benefits and opportunities offered by new and developing forms of social media are considered. The message is that hand-crafted products are ethical, sustainable and durable.

생태발자국 지수를 통한 제주도 토지자원 활용의 지속가능성 평가 (Evaluation for Sustainability of Land Use in Jeju Island using Ecological Footprint (EF))

  • 김찬우;정찬훈;김유안;김솔희;서교
    • 농촌계획
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.43-54
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    • 2018
  • The residential population of Jeju Island has increased more than 10% for last 10 years. Especially, the tourist population is more than twice comparing to 2005. The population growth of Jeju has brought about large-scale urban development and increased land demands for tourism services. The goal of this study is to analyze the human, social, and environmental status of Jeju Island and to evaluate the environmental capacity of land use using ecological footprint (EF) model. This study shows the changes in ecological deficits of Jeju Island through estimating ecological productive land (EPL) considering EF from 2005 to 2015. The categories of total EF consists of food land, built-up land, forestry, and energy consumption. In order to reflect the characteristics of resort island, we consider not only residential population but also tourist population who can increase land demands. The outputs of this study also provide the potential excess demands of EPL and suggest needs of sustainable management plans for the limited land of Jeju Island.