Passive action strategies in schools: A scientific mapping towards eco-efficiency in educational buildings

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in educational buildings is a key element of the students’ well-being and academic performance. Window-opening behavior and air infiltration, generally used as the sole ventilation sources in existing educational buildings, often lead to unhealthy levels of indoor pollutants and energy waste. This paper evaluates the conditions of natural ventilation in classrooms in order to study how climate conditions affect energy waste. For that purpose, the impact of the air infiltration both on the IAQ and on the efficiency of the ventilation was evaluated in two university classrooms with natural ventilation in the Continental area of Spain. The research methodology was based on site sensors to analyze IAQ parameters such as CO2, Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC), Particulate Matter (PM), and other climate parameters for a week during the cold season. Airtightness was then assessed within the classrooms and the close built environment by means of pressurization tests, and infiltration rates were estimated. The obtained results were used to set up a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model to evaluate the age of the local air and the ventilation efficiency value. The results revealed that ventilation cannot rely only on air infiltration, and, therefore, specific controlled ventilation strategies should be implemented to improve IAQ and to avoid excessive energy loss.

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Spatial-Temporal Analysis of the Forest Fragments Surrounding a Conservation Unit in the Southern Region of Brazil

Environmental Sciences Proceedings ◽

10.3390/environsciproc3010048 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 48

Author(s):

Bianca Fernandes ◽

Ligia Batista

Keyword(s):

Nearest Neighbor ◽

Temporal Analysis ◽

Management Plan ◽

Edge Density ◽

Forest Fragments ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Border Effect ◽

Action Strategies ◽

Landsat Satellite ◽

High Degree

In recent years, anthropogenic actions have intensified forest fragmentation, causing several damages to the landscape’s natural components, propagating the loss of biodiversity. This study aims to present an analysis of the forest fragments in a conservation unit located at southern of Brazil. The evaluation was carried out for the years 1998, 2008, and 2018, by using landscape metrics and classification of remote sensing imagery of the Landsat satellite. The following metrics were analyzed: area and edge, shape, core area, and aggregation. The results indicated an increase of 16.88% in the total area of vegetation, and the percentage of fragments increased from 16.16% to 18.89%. The number of fragments decreased, resulting in an increase of the mean area in 5.4 ha. The percentage of vegetation under border effect changed from 40.2% to 37.1%. In 1998, the average nearest neighbor distance was 155.4 m, and in 2018, 149.7 m. However, this distance is still classified as a high degree of isolation, which hinders the movement of organisms and the dispersion of species. Thus, all the analyzed metrics indicated a decrease in the fragmentation, except for the edge density metric, in which its increase of 1.86 pointed to a lower degree of conservation during the analyzed period. A study of this nature is important as it provides subsidies for future researches and can contribute to action strategies to be adopted in the management plan of the area.

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Cooling/Heating Load Management in Educational Buildings through Course Scheduling

Journal of Building Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102405 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102405

Author(s):

Amirhossein Fathi ◽

Mohammad Salehi ◽

Mohsen Mohammadi ◽

Yasmin Rahimof ◽

Parisa Hajaligol

Keyword(s):

Load Management ◽

Course Scheduling ◽

Educational Buildings ◽

Heating Load

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The Exit of Residential Mobility or the Voice of Political Action? Strategies for Problem Solving in Residential Communities1

Journal of Applied Social Psychology ◽

10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01899.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 321-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Mark Vugt ◽

Peter John ◽

Keith Dowding ◽

Eric Dijk

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Residential Mobility ◽

Political Action ◽

Action Strategies ◽

The Voice

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Preferences for Rape Reduction Strategies

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.1983.tb00845.x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 301-312 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Judith E. Krulewitz ◽

Arnold S. Kahn

Keyword(s):

Sex Role ◽

Aggressive Treatment ◽

Perceived Effectiveness ◽

Sex Role Stereotypes ◽

Passive Behavior ◽

Reduction Strategies ◽

Subject Variables ◽

Action Strategies ◽

Strategy Variables ◽

Feminist Attitudes

The present study examined the effects of two subject variables (sex of subject and feminist attitudes) and two strategy variables (strategy aggressiveness and locus of responsibility for change) on the perceived effectiveness and desirability of four rape reduction strategies. Fifty-three females and 36 males served as subjects in a 24 factorial design. Although women rated all strategies as more effective and desirable than did men, attitude toward sex roles was a more pervasive determinants of patterns of perceived effectiveness and desirability than was subject sex. Generally, aggressive strategies were rated as more effective than nonaggressive strategies, and strategies placing the locus of responsibility for change on women were considered more effective than strategies requiring men and society to take action. Strategies that were consistent with sex-role stereotypes (women avoiding rape by passive behavior and men and society fighting rape by aggressive treatment of rapists) were seen as more effective than nonstereotypic strategies. Profeminists found the nonstereotypic strategies to be more desirable, however, and they also rated as relatively more desirable those strategies that placed responsibility for change on men and society. The results are discussed in terms of the importance of sex-role attitudes rather than subject sex differences in reducing rape.

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Energy saving management system in educational buildings

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms ◽

10.1504/ijaip.2021.119024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (3/4) ◽

pp. 363

Author(s):

G. Sasikala ◽

B. Roopesh ◽

S.V. Charan Sai ◽

Y. Sathish Kumar

Keyword(s):

Energy Saving ◽

Management System ◽

Educational Buildings

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Nurses and care delivery to elderly women: a social phenomenological approach

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692012000500010 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (5) ◽

pp. 888-895 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sebastião Caldeira ◽

Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi ◽

Luz Angelica Muñoz ◽

Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus ◽

Selisvane Ribeiro da Fonseca Domingos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Professional Training ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

The Elderly ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Care Needs ◽

Social Actors ◽

Action Strategies

OBJECTIVE: To understand how nurses see care delivery to elderly women. METHODS: In this phenomenological study, ten nurses working at Primary Health Care Units were interviewed between September 2010 and January 2011. RESULTS: In care delivery, nurses consider the elderly women's knowledge background and biographical situation, and also value the family's participation as a care mediator. These professionals have the acuity to capture these women's specific demands, but face difficulties to deliver care to these clients. Nurses expect to deliver qualified care to these women. CONCLUSION: The theoretical and methodological approach of social phenomenology permitted revealing that the nurse designs qualified care to elderly women, considering the possibilities in the context. This includes the participation of different social actors and health sectors, assuming collective efforts in action strategies and professional training, in line with the particularities and care needs of elderly women nurses identify.

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A Study on Energy-Saving Technologies Optimization towards Nearly Zero Energy Educational Buildings in Four Major Climatic Regions of China

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12244734 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (24) ◽

pp. 4734 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jing Zhao ◽

Yahui Du

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Total Energy ◽

Energy Saving ◽

High Energy ◽

National Standards ◽

Saving Rate ◽

Zero Energy ◽

Cold Regions ◽

Climatic Regions ◽

Educational Buildings

An educational building is a kind of public building with a high density of occupants and high energy consumption. Energy-saving technology utilization is an effective measure to achieve high-performance buildings. However, numerous studies are greatly limited to practical application due to their strong regional pertinence and technical simplicity. This paper aims to further optimize various commonly used technologies on the basis of the current national standards, and to individually establish four recommended technology selection systems corresponding to four major climatic regions for realizing nearly zero energy educational buildings (nZEEBs) in China. An educational building was selected as the case study. An evaluation index of energy-saving contribution rate (ECR) was proposed for measuring the energy efficiency of each technology. Thereafter, high energy efficiency technologies were selected and implemented together in the four basic cases representing different climatic regions. The results showed that the total energy-saving rate in severe cold regions increased by 70.74% compared with current national standards, and about 60% of the total energy-saving rate can be improved in cold regions. However, to realize nZEEBs in hot summer and cold winter regions as well as in hot summer and warm winter regions, photovoltaic (PV) technology needs to be further supplemented.

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