scholarly journals QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GUIDELINES FOR CARBON-NEUTRAL KINDERGARTEN DESIGN IN ITALY

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-197
Author(s):  
Frida Bazzocchi ◽  
Ciacci Cecilia ◽  
Vincenzo Di Naso
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
New School ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Building Type ◽  
Preliminary Phase

ABSTRACT In Italy, when building a new school, there are no regulatory or cultural references that consider recent regulations on energy savings and emissions reduction, key environmental considerations that have received increasing notice in society and new teaching methods needs to address these environmental concerns, especially as related to the built environment. The main goal of this paper is to outline qualitative and quantitative guidelines for building low-carbon kindergartens in Italy. These guidelines will define a new building type for schools while also evaluating energy and environmental performance to create a structured and interdisciplinary support tool that can be used by designers during the preliminary phase of the design process. The method starts from the detailed analysis of representative sustainable buildings to define new typological models, then several energy and environmental analyses follow to evaluate the new building type performance, and finally the guidelines are detailed following the environmental and technological system.

scholarly journals Potential energy savings and CO2 emissions reduction of China's cement industry

Energy Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 739-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Ke ◽  
Nina Zheng ◽  
David Fridley ◽  
Lynn Price ◽  
Nan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Cement Industry ◽  
Emissions Reduction

scholarly journals Urban debates for climate change after the Kyoto Protocol

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Studies ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Living Will ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Adaptation Processes

From the catalogue of environment-related publications in Urban Studies, this paper identifies and reviews 12 thought-provoking articles that have addressed the issue of climate changes and cities from complementary perspectives. It argues that to advance a holistic understanding of urban environmental issues it is necessary to embrace a broad multi-disciplinary approach, particularly as moving towards low carbon urban living will require integrated social, political and technical adaptation processes. Ultimately, the paper advances a forward-looking research agenda that extends beyond consideration of how to improve urban environmental performance to include evaluation of how urban consumers, firms and local government endeavour to achieve sustainable urban development.

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Boron Content Precipitates by FEG-SEM and EDS Methods

2010 ◽  
Vol 659 ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Dénes ◽  
Attila Lajos Tóth ◽  
Fábián Enikő-Réka
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Boron Content ◽  
Fish Scale ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Free Diffusion ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Scale Failure ◽  
Scanning Electron

The effect of the boron in steels is widely known as an element enhancing hardenability, but its role can also be related to the enamelability of steels. While the improvement of the hardenability is due to the solute boron, in the case of enameling grade steels the boron should be kept in form of precipitates 1. The hydrogen accumulated during processing and enameling diffuses to the metal/enamel interface and lead to the formation of the so called fish-scale failure. To prevent this it is needed an adequate type, number and dimension of precipitates which act as hydrogen traps hinder the free diffusion of the hydrogen in steel. The paper deals with the possibilities of investigation by scanning electron microscopy of the boron containing precipitates in the low carbon Al-killed steels apt for two side enamelling.

scholarly journals A Methodological Framework for the Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Performance of Roadway and Railway Transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diamanto Mintzia ◽  
Fotini Kehagia ◽  
Anastasios Tsakalidis ◽  
Efthimios Zervas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Carbon Transport

Low-carbon transport is a priority in addressing climate change. Transport is still almost totally dependent on fossil fuels (96%) and accounts for almost 60% of global oil use. Sustainable transport systems, both passenger and freight, should be economically and technically feasible, but also low-carbon and environmentally friendly. The calculation of greenhouse gas emissions in transport projects is becoming a primary target of transport companies as a part of an endeavor for low-carbon strategies to reduce the energy demand and environmental impact. This paper investigates the CO2 impact of construction and operation of the main highway and railway line infrastructure in Greece, which connects Athens and Thessaloniki, the capital and the second biggest city in Greece respectively and provides a comparative analysis in roadway and railway transport.

Renewable Energy Technologies, Sustainable Development, and Environment

2015 ◽  
pp. 159-193
Author(s):  
Abdeen Mustafa Omer
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption

The move towards a low-carbon world, driven partly by climate science and partly by the business opportunities it offers, will need the promotion of environmentally friendly alternatives, if an acceptable stabilisation level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is to be achieved. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of energy sources, and the development of sustainable technologies to explore these energy sources. It also includes potential renewable energy technologies, efficient energy systems, energy savings techniques and other mitigation measures necessary to reduce climate changes. The chapter concludes with the technical status of the ground source heat pumps (GSHP) technologies. The purpose of this study, however, is to examine the means of reduction of energy consumption in buildings, identify GSHPs as an environmental friendly technology able to provide efficient utilisation of energy in the buildings sector.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Automotive Products Regarding the Influence of Eco-Friendly Methods to Emissions’ Reduction

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anca N. Iuga (Butnariu) ◽  
Vasile N. Popa ◽  
Luminița I. Popa
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Automotive Production ◽  
Reduce Emissions

This article utilized a multicriterial quantitative and qualitative analysis of the influence of eco-friendly methods in reducing emissions over the life cycle of automotive products. The new proposed multicriterial method is applicable where preferential criteria are independent of each other, and where uncertainty has not been incorporated into a formal model. The linear model showed how the values of several criteria related to the options could be combined into an overall value. The main objective of this research was to apply a multicriterial methodology to improve the accuracy of existing approaches in identifying the influence of eco-friendly methods to reduce emissions over the product life cycle, and to assist decision makers in the manufacturing process. The research questions were as follows: Which one of two automotive products (“Bus” or “Truck”) has the best environmental performance (EPP)? Which one of two automotive products (“Bus” or “Truck”) has the best overall environmental performance (EPAPL)? This research provided a detailed comparative analysis of a “Crosstown bus” and a “Tractor truck”, both made at the Industrial Park Romania Brasov, Romania, using a multicriterial analysis. This article provided an answer to the first research question, whilst only presenting the results for the second question. The results of the proposed multicriterial method applications provide a decision support base for environmental managerial decisions in the field of automotive production processes.

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