scholarly journals LEED 2009 Recertification of Existing Buildings: Bonus Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10796
Author(s):  
Svetlana Pushkar
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Replication Method ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Space Projects ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to assess the impact of a four-point bonus system on recertification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) 2009 office space projects in four metropolitan cities: Washington, DC, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. We analyzed 123 paired LEED-EB 2009 projects where each pair (i.e., certification–recertification) was used on the same building. The percentage of average score was used to evaluate differences in certification–recertification strategies: (1) gold-gold with and without the bonus, (2) silver-gold with and without the bonus, and (3) platinum-platinum with the bonus. The replication method was used to evaluate the overall tendency for four metropolitan cities. We found that while LEED-EB 2009 projects used a four-point recertification bonus, achievements in the materials and resources (MR) and indoor environmental quality (EQ) categories declined in each of the four metropolitan cities. We identified this overall tendency at three levels of certification–recertification: gold-gold, silver-gold, and platinum-platinum. We hypothesized that if the use of a four-point recertification bonus in LEED-EB 2009 projects resulted in lower achievements in the MR/EQ categories, then the use of the 10-point recertification bonus in LEED-EB 4.1 projects could lead to a deterioration in the sustainability of existing office buildings.

scholarly journals Can the renewed interest in ultra-long-range passenger flights be satisfied by the current generation of civil aircraft?

Aviation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn S. BAXTER ◽  
Nicholas S. BARDELL
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Air Cargo ◽  
Service Network ◽  
Current Generation ◽  
Handling Characteristics ◽  
Passenger Aircraft ◽  
Great Circle Distance ◽  
The Impact

A number of full service network carriers have recently stated their ambition to develop certain ultra-long-range (ULR) routes, such as Doha to Auckland, Dubai to Auckland, Dubai to Panama City, Singapore to San Francisco, Singapore to New York, all of which require a great circle distance between 7,000–9,000 nautical miles (nm) with an estimated travel time between 15 and 20 hours. This paper examines the capability of the current generation of wide-bodied passenger aircraft to satisfy this evolving strategy, and the impact, if any, on the provision of air cargo transportation. An exploratory study is presented herein based on an assessment of each aircraft type’s payload-range envelope, taken from the appropriate Aircraft Airports Handling Characteristics Manual. The key findings reveal that airlines wishing to pursue this ultra-long-range strategy have a surprisingly limited choice of current-generation passenger aircraft which are capable of flying the desired mission profile without compromising significantly on passenger numbers and cargo payload.

Negotiating Organizational Identity: The Communicative Resilience of Small-Town Gay Bars

2020 ◽  
pp. 194084472096818
Author(s):  
Scott E. Branton
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Organizational Resilience ◽  
Queer People ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Gay Bars ◽  
Communicative Theory ◽  
Midwestern City

Gay bars historically functioned as the only space where LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer) people could escape intolerance and persecution. From drag shows to dancing to counterculture, gay bars are symbols of expression and hope for those misunderstood. In many ways, they are LGBTQ+ institutions that have withstood time. However, the rapid closing of gay bars coupled with Big D discourses of “post-gay,” “mainstream,” and “death of the gay bar” have threatened their existence. Much of these gay culture discourses stem from research on metropolitan cities (New York and San Francisco) with larger gay populations. Yet very few have examined how this experience affects gay bars in smaller cities with fewer LGBTQ+ spaces. Drawing on the communicative theory of resilience, I examined two gay bars in a small Midwestern city to understand how they (a) construct and negotiate their identity, and (b) manage organizational resilience in discursive and material ways. Findings and implications are discussed.

Estimating the Impact of Seasonal Truck Shortages on the Movement of Time-Sensitive, Perishable Products

2005 ◽  
Vol 1906 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Jessup ◽  
Ryan Herrington
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Export Markets ◽  
Persistent Problem ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
The Impact

This research focuses on the frequent and persistent problem of truck shortages for time-sensitive, perishable produce shipment out of the Pacific Northwest. Washington State is the number one apple-producing state in the United States, accounting for more than 2.7 million tons of apples per year valued in excess of $1 billion. However, without timely and accessible transportation to move the product from production to the consumer's table, the value to apple producers and the state's economy diminishes rapidly. This research aims to identify and quantify the change in total transportation cost that occurs as a result of seasonal truck shortages and associated rate increases and to provide an avenue for evaluating changes in specific destination markets, modal changes, and market competitiveness. A cost-minimizing optimization model is used to represent apple shipments from 29 producing supply points to 16 domestic markets and three international export markets over four seasons for two modes (truck and rail). Total transportation costs increase nearly $12 million as a result of truck shortages, from $245.6 million without shortages to $257.5 million under the current seasonal situation. Overall (across all seasons), the export markets of Nogales, Arizona; McAllen, Texas; and the Port of Seattle, Washington, are most affected by the truck shortages, followed by domestic markets near Seattle and San Francisco, California. The large markets of New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California also experience relatively large increases in transportation cost per ton mile.

Evaluation of Training

1978 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Udai Pareek
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Evaluation Of Training ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Management Association ◽  
The Impact

Though a good amount of money is spent on training, very little attention is paid to evaluation of training. This paper reviews some of the recent publications on this vital issue. Books Reviewed Anderson, S.B.; Ball, S.; and Murphy, R.T., Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation: Concepts and Techniques for Evaluating Education and Training Programs (San Francisco: Jossey Press, 1975). Hamblin, A.C., Evaluation and Control of Training (London: McGraw-Hill, 1974). Kirkpatrick, Donald L.(ed.), Evaluating Training Programs (Madison: American Society for Training and Development, 1975). Tracey, William R., Evaluating Training and Development Systems (New York: American Management Association, 1968). Training Evaluation System: Branch Manager Programme�A Study on the Impact of Training on Branch Managers (Hyderabad: State Bank Staff College, n.d.). Warr, Peter; Bird, Michad; and Rackham, Neil, Evaluation of Management Training (London: Grower Press, 1970). Whitelaw, Malt The Evaluation of Training: A Review (London: Institute of Personnel Management 1978).

The impact of the Beatles on pop music in Australia: 1963–66

Popular Music ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Zion
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Impact

For young Australians in the early 1960s America was the icon of pop music and fashion. This was the result of the projection of America through the mass media and the numerous American rock'n'roll acts that were brought to Australia by Lee Gordon, an American entrepreneur who lived in Sydney (Zion 1984). This overall tendency led the American, A. L. McLeod, to observe when writing about Australian culture in 1963 thatin general, Australian popular music is slavishly imitative of United States models; it follows jazz, swing, calypso or whatever the current fashion is in New York or San Francisco at a few months distance. (McLeod 1963, p. 410)Yet by late 1963 the potency of America was in decline. For while the Californian surf music craze made a somewhat delayed impact, especially in Sydney, the popularity of the Beatles was gathering momentum. This can be traced crudely through the Top Forty lists of the day: in Sydney the song ‘From Me To You’ entered the charts on 12 July 1963 and eventually reached number six (Barnes et al. 1979, p. 50).

Exceptional America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mugambi Jouet
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
American Exceptionalism ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Law School ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
American Conservatism ◽  
The Bible

Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, the literal truth of the Bible, apocalyptical prophecies, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sexual education, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. The intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism—an idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. It is rather what makes America an exception, for better or worse. While exceptionalism once was largely a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts and injustices. They also shed light on the peculiar ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, radical anti-governmentalism, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, Mugambi Jouet explores American exceptionalism’s intriguing roots as a multicultural outsider-insider. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, he then lived throughout America, from the Bible Belt to New York, California, and beyond. His articles have notably been featured in The New Republic, Slate, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, and Le Monde. He teaches at Stanford Law School.

The “Japanese Turn” in Fine Dining in the United States, 1980–2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Wide Acceptance

In the 1970s, Japanese cooks began to appear in the kitchens of nouvelle cuisine chefs in France for further training, with scores more arriving in the next decades. Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Joël Robuchon, and other leading French chefs started visiting Japan to teach, cook, and sample Japanese cuisine, and ten of them eventually opened restaurants there. In the 1980s and 1990s, these chefs' frequent visits to Japan and the steady flow of Japanese stagiaires to French restaurants in Europe and the United States encouraged a series of changes that I am calling the “Japanese turn,” which found chefs at fine-dining establishments in Los Angeles, New York City, and later the San Francisco Bay Area using an ever-widening array of Japanese ingredients, employing Japanese culinary techniques, and adding Japanese dishes to their menus. By the second decade of the twenty-first century, the wide acceptance of not only Japanese ingredients and techniques but also concepts like umami (savory tastiness) and shun (seasonality) suggest that Japanese cuisine is now well known to many American chefs.

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