An Ontology-Based Framework for Authoring Tools in the Domain of Sustainable Energy Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotirios Karetsos ◽  
Dias Haralampopoulos ◽  
Konstantinos Kotis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Design Domain ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Energy Education ◽  
Learning Scenarios

This paper presents an ontology-based framework for the production of learning designs, focusing on the domain of sustainable energy education. An ontology of the sustainable energy development domain and educational model designed in compliance with widespread standards constitute the proposed framework to disprove the vagueness of “sustainable development” and enhance reusability and shareability of learning material respectively. The authors envisage this framework both as a means to support the authoring of learning scenarios and as a provisioning of a field for conversation about the appropriate authoring tool in this area. In this sense, an integrating approach for the representation of the learning design domain is kept, focusing on the concept of “mediating artefacts”.

An Ontology-Based Framework for Authoring Tools in the Domain of Sustainable Energy Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 120-142
Author(s):  
Sotirios Karetsos ◽  
Dias Haralampopoulos ◽  
Konstantinos Kotis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Authoring Tool ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Design Domain ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Energy Education ◽  
Learning Scenarios

This paper presents an ontology-based framework for the production of learning designs, focusing on the domain of sustainable energy education. An ontology of the sustainable energy development domain and educational model designed in compliance with widespread standards constitute the proposed framework to disprove the vagueness of “sustainable development” and enhance reusability and shareability of learning material respectively. The authors envisage this framework both as a means to support the authoring of learning scenarios and as a provisioning of a field for conversation about the appropriate authoring tool in this area. In this sense, an integrating approach for the representation of the learning design domain is kept, focusing on the concept of “mediating artefacts”.

Research on Thermal Power Industrial Security Issues Based on Sustainable Energy Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 986-987 ◽  
pp. 503-506
Author(s):  
Chun Yan Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Industrial Security

China is faced with significant challenges in the energy sector such as energy shortage, environmental pollution, greenhouse gas emission, and energy supply in rural areas, which severely restrict its sustainable development. In this paper, the current status and trends of thermal power industrial security issues based on sustainable energy development in China are elaborated. The strategies of sustainable energy in China are brought forward accordingly, such as efficient thermal power industry, green thermal power industry. The corresponding implementations of sustainable energy development in China are expounded as well. In the end, this paper concludes that China must set a step-by-step unified national energy plan to promote the construction of a sustainable energy system, which will be economically, environmentally, and socially viable, and, thus, China would play an important role to promote global sustainable development.

scholarly journals Sustainable Energy Development (SED) — New Path for Pakistan (The Allama Iqbal Lecture)

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (4I) ◽  
pp. 289-308
Author(s):  
Mohan Munasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Earth Summit ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Development Goals

Following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, and the 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, sustainable development has become a widely accepted concept. World decision makers are seeking a more sustainable development path through the ongoing UN Post-2105 Agenda discussions, which includes key themes like the Green Economy (GE) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). They are hoping to find integrated solutions to many critical problems, including traditional development issues (such as energy scarcity, economic stagnation, poverty, hunger, and illness), as well as newer challenges (like climate change and globalisation). Energy is critical for sustainable development. Sustainable energy development (SED) is an operational framework involving the harnessing of energy resources for human use, in a manner that supports lasting development [Munasinghe (1995)]. We begin with a review of sustainable development itself, before describing the key role of energy. The World Commission on Environment and Development originally defined it as “development which meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”, and there have been many subsequent redefinitions.

Importance of hydropower for sustainable energy development in Turkey: Case of Çoruh River

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 905-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Kankal ◽  
Sinan Nacar ◽  
Ergun Uzlu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Hydropower Potential ◽  
Çoruh River ◽  
Coruh Basin

This study investigates the sustainable development of hydropower in Turkey, focusing on development of Çoruh River. Çoruh Basin, which has magnificent dams, is one of the five largest basins in Turkey and represents 5.2% of the national gross hydropower potential (433 GWh/year). When all currently planned projects in Çoruh Basin are completed, the hydropower potential will reach 13,315 GWh/year, corresponding to 58.8% of the gross potential in Çoruh River and 5.12% of the annual electric energy production of Turkey in 2015.

scholarly journals Studying the Level of Sustainable Energy Development of the European Union Countries and Their Similarity Based on the Economic and Demographic Potential

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 6643
Author(s):  
Magdalena Tutak ◽  
Jarosław Brodny ◽  
Dominika Siwiec ◽  
Robert Ulewicz ◽  
Peter Bindzár
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Demographic Potential

The concept of sustainable economic development takes into account economic, social and environmental aspects and strives to achieve balance between them. One of the basic areas where it is required to revalue the current views on sustainable development is energy. The growing public awareness of environmental protection forces changes in this industry. Despite the global nature of this problem, its solution is perceived differently in various regions of the world. The unquestionable leader in introducing the idea of sustainable development economy is the European Union, where the energy sector is of key importance for the effectiveness of this process. In order to assess the sustainable energy development of the European Union countries, studies were conducted based on 13 selected indicators characterizing this sector in terms of energy, economy and environment. In order to assess the specificity of the European Union countries, these indicators were additionally compared to the gross domestic product value and the number of inhabitants of individual countries. For these cases, multi-criteria analyses were carried out using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method. It allowed the authors to rank the European Union countries in terms of their adaptation to a sustainable energy economy. Based on the determined values of indicators versus the gross domestic product and the number of inhabitants of the countries in question, these countries were also divided into similar groups with the use of the Kohonen artificial neural networks. These groups can pursue a common energy policy in the field of sustainable development. The aim of the research was to present a new approach to the assessment of sustainable energy development of the European Union countries. The extensive ratio analysis (13 indicators of the sustainable energy development), including the economic and demographic potential of individual countries, and the use of modern tools made it possible to acquire new knowledge in the field of sustainable energy development in the European Union countries. The results should be utilized for more effective sustainable energy development of the European Union countries.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Energy Development Index—An Application for European Union Member States

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Ligus ◽  
Piotr Peternek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Incomplete Coverage ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
The Eu

The development of a complete system of indicators and a composite sustainable energy index could prove useful to evaluate both the state of the art and the progress of national energy towards sustainable development. However, in the case of energy sustainability, a knowledge gap arises due to incomplete coverage and lack of systematic focus on sustainability components. The objective of our research is to obtain Sustainable Energy Development Aggregated Index to rank the EU Member States on the path to sustainable energy. We propose a set of indicators related to sustainable development in energy policy in the EU-28, grouped in three dimensions: social, economic and environmental and apply the standardized sums method in order to obtain the dimensional and aggregated indexes. The countries on the podium are Denmark, The Netherlands and Austria. The worst-performing countries (with index values below the first quartile) are Estonia, Malta, Slovakia, Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. A comparative analysis of the outcome with a few existing indexes for the EU Member States shows how large an impact on the index values and the ranking obtained does the selection of indicators and the methodology used have. The refinement of the set of energy indicators is necessary for the context where they will be applied to ensure their policy relevance and usefulness. It is also necessary to conduct a sensitivity analysis each time in the study.

Research on Sustainable Energy Development Strategy and Low Carbon Relationship

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 3023-3026
Author(s):  
Xiang Dong Peng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Energy Strategy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Low Carbon Energy

Environmental resources for sustainable development have become the subject of today's time. Domestic sustainable energy strategy is derived from analysis low-carbon. Low-carbon energy use is closely related to the state, the context of the low carbon sustainable development will be a good validation.

scholarly journals Sustainable development methodology of fuel-energy complex of the republic of Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 289 ◽  
pp. 07033
Author(s):  
G J Allaeva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Economic Mechanism ◽  
Energy Complex ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
The Republic

The article discusses the main elements sustainable development methodology of the fuel and energy complex of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Methods and ways of improving the organizational and economic mechanism of sustainable energy development are proposed.

scholarly journals Sustainable Energy Development Using Space-Based Solar Power in Indian context

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-264
Author(s):  
Meghna Bhagat ◽  
Rosewine Joy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Indian Context

Background: Progressive degradation of the environment due to the intervention of humans in the natural processes brought into light the need and the concept of sustainable development. The three pillars of sustainable development are Economic, Social, and Environmental. Sustainability has become one of the important tools to overcome the threats and is the dire need of the hour. This paper illustrates the detailed concept of Space-based solar power (SBSP) which defines the collection of solar energy in outer space and directing it towards the earth using electromagnetic waves. The edge of collecting solar power from space and not by the conventional methods include the strong collection rate and improved collection period. This is mainly because of the absence of the earth’s atmosphere that consists of a lot of external impurities and the decreased effects of reflection and absorption on solar energy on its way to earth. Objective: To put forward the importance of the use of space-based solar power system in India and to establish how space-based solar power is one of the answers of sustainable energy development for a better future for the country. Method: The study is based on secondary data. The findings indicate the need for sustainable energy development and the effective use of space-based solar power which would answer to the never-ending demands of human beings. Result: The article also delineates the opportunities of space-based solar power as well as the challenges that might be faced while building the system. Conclusion: The paper is a descriptive and conceptual study which illustrates SBSP as an innovative and important breakthrough in the field of science and one of the most important topics of discussion that needs to be addressed. The paper suggests the need for conducting more study on the topic and development of projects to measure its feasibility in the future, in terms of Indian context.

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