Eco-Friendly Construction

2021 ◽  
pp. 439-448
Author(s):  
Meghmala S. Waghmode ◽  
Aparna B. Gunjal ◽  
Namdeo N. Bhujbal ◽  
Neha N. Patil ◽  
Neelu N. Nawani
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Portland Cement ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Natural Material ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Algae And Bacteria ◽  
Major Emphasis

Increase in urbanization leads to more construction of houses, dams, and streets. Reduction of the global warming effects can be carried out by recycling of construction material and searching for eco-friendly construction material. Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced with the help of construction material which requires less energy for their production. The concept of eco-friendly construction is based on biomimetic (i.e., finding natural material with potential of endurance and self-cleaning properties). Construction materials like Portland cement and concrete can be replaced by eco-friendly biocement and bioconcrete. Production of biocement and bioconcrete can be done by using plants, algae, and bacteria. Use of less cement in concrete leads to less pollution. Concrete is the mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water. By addition of pozzolan in concrete, the requirement of cement will be reduced. In the current review, major emphasis is given to eco-friendly construction material.

Eco-Friendly Construction

2019 ◽  
pp. 80-92
Author(s):  
Meghmala S. Waghmode ◽  
Aparna B. Gunjal ◽  
Namdeo N. Bhujbal ◽  
Neha N. Patil ◽  
Neelu N. Nawani
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Portland Cement ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Natural Material ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Algae And Bacteria ◽  
Major Emphasis

Increase in urbanization leads to more construction of houses, dams, and streets. Reduction of the global warming effects can be carried out by recycling of construction material and searching for eco-friendly construction material. Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced with the help of construction material which requires less energy for their production. The concept of eco-friendly construction is based on biomimetic (i.e., finding natural material with potential of endurance and self-cleaning properties). Construction materials like Portland cement and concrete can be replaced by eco-friendly biocement and bioconcrete. Production of biocement and bioconcrete can be done by using plants, algae, and bacteria. Use of less cement in concrete leads to less pollution. Concrete is the mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water. By addition of pozzolan in concrete, the requirement of cement will be reduced. In the current review, major emphasis is given to eco-friendly construction material.

scholarly journals Shortened Duration of Global Warming Slowdowns with Elevated Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-237
Author(s):  
Feng Gao ◽  
Tongwen Wu ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Aixue Hu ◽  
Gerald A. Meehl
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Gas Emissions

President Greenwald's Man

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Cory Swanson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Gas Emissions

To what degree do serious issues require serious consequences for politicians who fail to address them? Should politicians who fail to keep campaign promises have greater consequences than not being reelected? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Brian Greenwald is running a unique presidential campaign. Not only is he a single-issue candidate for stopping global warming, but an ominous figure follows him everywhere with the promise to kill him at the end of his term if he fails to move the needle. The electorate knows this, and elects Greenwald President in a landslide. Everything he does in office is focused on the single goal of lower greenhouse gas emissions. At the end of his first term emissions have gone flat, but not down. By the end of his second term, even after exceptional efforts, global greenhouse gas emissions have failed to significantly fall. Good to his word, the ominous figure kills him for failing to deliver.

scholarly journals Unintended Consequences of California’s Cap-and-Trade: An Examination of Industrial Electricity Productivity since California Enacted Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
James J. Tanoos
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Cap And Trade ◽  
Production Rates ◽  
Gas Emissions

Greater American regulatory moving from federal to state governments has resulted in varying levels of environmental legislation and regulation. One example is the cap-and-trade system in California, which has been deemed a success in limiting greenhouse gas emissions as well as in earning revenue for the state. However, the coinciding production rates for polluting organizations has not been analyzed on a macro level. This study examined the air pollution and production rates of electricity organizations operating in California since cap-and-trade went into effect and found that since the legislation took effect, not only did production decreased slightly, but also, contrary to much analysis, the rates of air pollution from these organizations increased sharply. 

Allocation Optimization Problem for Peruvian Food Bank

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Ricardo Campos-Caycho ◽  
Renzo A. Benavente-Sotelo ◽  
Yasser A. Hidalgo-Gómez ◽  
Christian A. Blas-Bazán ◽  
Pamela Ivonne Borja-Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Food Bank ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Maximum Coverage ◽  
Nutritional Needs

Food insecurity is a recurrent condition in which members of a household do not have enough food to cover their nutritional needs; this condition contributes to increasing social vulnerability of those affected. In Peru, there are more than 9 million people who suffer this condition, which generates malnutrition and anemia, mostly in children. On the other hand, the waste of food is associated with production the large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions that affect global warming. According to reports in Peru, 20% of what is food produced becomes waste. This scenario in terms of food for Peruvians represents 3 billion calories in wasted food that could feed 2 million people. The Peruvian Food Bank manages food donations, ensuring this food can reach people in need through humanitarian aid entities. This applied research work uses the tools of operations research to determine a solution to the problem of maximizing the combination of food orders to be distributed based on their total nutritional value to the beneficiaries, seeking maximum coverage and minimum logistic costs.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Eelco J. Rohling
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Is Implementation

This chapter outlines the challenge facing us. The Paris Agreement sets a target maximum of 2°C global warming and a preferred limit of 1.5°C. Yet, the subsequent combined national pledges for emission reduction suffice only for limiting warming to roughly 3°C. And because most nations are falling considerably short of meeting their pledges, even greater warming may become locked in. Something more drastic and wide-ranging is needed: a multi-pronged strategy. These different prongs to the climate-change solution are introduced in this chapter and explored one by one in the following chapters. First is rapid, massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Second is implementation of ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Third may be increasing the reflectivity of Earth to incoming sunlight, to cool certain places down more rapidly. In addition, we need to protect ourselves from climate-change impacts that have already become inevitable.

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