scholarly journals Sustainable Retirement Living: What Matters?

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Barker ◽  
Bo Xia ◽  
George Zillante
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Survey Approach

There is a growing demand for sustainable retirement villages in Australia due to an increasing number of ageing population and public acceptance of sustainable development. This research aims to gain a better understanding of retirees’ understanding about sustainable retirement living and their attitudes towards sustainable developments via a questionnaire survey approach. The results showed that the current residents of retirement villages are generally very conscious of unsustainable resource consumption and would like their residences and community to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient. The cost of energy supply is a concern to majority of respondents. However there is a certain level of concerns from residents too on the extra cost of going green in their residence. Education is required to residents about recycling household waste and how to use available facilities. A better understanding of retirees’ awareness and attitudes towards sustainability issues helps to improve the sustainable developments of retirement villages in the future.

scholarly journals Enhancing Access to Energy Services for Sustainable Development in Rural Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-152
Author(s):  
Surya Gyawali ◽  
Sushil Bahadur Bajracharya ◽  
Sudarshan Raj Tiwari ◽  
Hans Norve Skotte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Energy Services ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Physical Access

Access to energy has been based on physical availability, acceptability, adequacy, affordability, reliability, and quality of supply. In addition to physical access, real access to energy services can be limited by the purchasing power of the household, the cost of energy and cost or energy-using equipment. However, ensuring adequate energy for a healthy life implies that the types and amount of energy should meet basic minimum needs without adverse health impacts. The purpose of the paper is to explore the dimensions of energy access to rural communities in developing countries for enhancing sustainable development objectives. The systematic literature review methodology has been used to define approaches of sustainability of energy access and try to understand the linkage between modern energy access to sustainable development for rural communities. The study is stabilized that, redefinition and standard thresholds for sustainable energy services in local community level are crucial for human welfare and health, efficiency and productivity, as well as impacts on the environment, must be linked with sustainable development. Measuring sufficiency or adequacy is harder to define because this may vary from amazingly from region to region depending on climate, customs, and living standards. The study provides a unique insight into the needs, feelings and capabilities of people living with and without modern energy and related innovations and it contributes how these are mobilized and constrained in ways that may extend existing inequalities and the barriers to meaningful access, but also may signify means to overcome them.

System for the Measurement of Efficiency of Heat Recuperation in Ventilation Systems in Energy Efficient Buildings

2014 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 308-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanisław Kozioł ◽  
Andrzej Zbrowski
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
National Research Institute ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Energy Efficient Buildings ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Heat Recuperation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Precise Assessment ◽  
Ventilation Systems

The system developed at the Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute is intended for heat recuperation efficiency tests for recuperators used in ventilation systems in modern, passive buildings. It allows a complex and precise assessment of the efficiency of recuperators, directly influencing the cost of energy used to provide thermal comfort inside a building.

scholarly journals Energy Squad

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (05) ◽  
pp. 36-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Winters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
High Standard ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Small Manufacturers

This article focuses on the fact that even as energy and commodity cost increases, working efficiently has been made a bigger priority than ever for small manufacturers, wherein the power consumption is being scaled back. The share of the United States’ energy supply going to industry has dropped steadily over the past few decades. Returns on energy-saving investments are pretty good, but proposals for making those sorts of investments are often held to an incredibly high standard. The recommendations that are most often adopted, such as reducing the temperature of water used in a process or repairing leaks in lines and valves, pay back the initial investment in a couple of months. While energy costs can be cut significantly—even easily—it is an expense that many managers find easy to overlook. For most manufacturers, the cost of energy accounts for just a small percentage of their overall expenses.

scholarly journals Users’ Perception towards Energy Efficient Buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 201-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadzirah Zainordin ◽  
Siti Marina Abdullah ◽  
Zarita Ahmad@Baharum
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Energy Efficient Buildings ◽  
Comfort Levels ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Mixed Feeling ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Human Habitation ◽  
The Cost

A well-designed energy efficient building maintains the best environment for human habitation while minimising the cost of energy. The energy efficient buildings are to improve the comfort levels of the occupants and reduce energy use (electricity, natural gas, etc) for heating, cooling and lighting (Development and Land Use Policy Manual for Australia, 2000 and United Nations, 1991). This paper is an inquiry to investigate the users' perceptions towards lights and space of energy-efficient buildings. The research is based on qualitative and quantitative data collection. The findings revealed that users have mixed feeling towards light and space especially with the use of new working practices i.e. hot desking, hotelling etc. Keywords light, space, user perception, energy efßcient building. eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

A Study on Generation Expansion Planning Considering Transition of Nuclear and Renewable Policy

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 575-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongh Wan Kwon ◽  
Soon Hyun Hwang ◽  
Balho H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Generation Expansion Planning ◽  
Expansion Planning ◽  
Generation Expansion ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident, social concerns on eco-friendly and safety are arising, urging changes in the nuclear and renewable policy, worldwide. This policy shift is accompanied by a change of generation mix and an increase in the cost of energy supply. So, analysis of generation expansion planning considering nuclear and renewable polish is essential.In this paper, we compare the impact of some nuclear and renewable policy to the national generation expansion planning based on 5th Power Expansion Planning. The results reveal that disposal of nuclear-power and construction of renewable instead of nuclear enhances the total energy supply cost.

Energy Efficient Techniques for Construction: Planning of a Sustainable Community

2014 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
K.S. Rakesh ◽  
M.P. Devaki
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Construction Planning ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Society Today

Energy conservation is one of the critical issues facing society today. Our civilization depends on energy for its sustenance. However, energy resources are finite and the ever increasing demands being made for diminishing supplies increases the cost of energy putting it beyond the reach of a large part of society. Renewable energy concepts for new communities offer exciting possibilities for new forms of living. Since India is blessed with abundant sunshine, we can plan and organize our settlements for utilizing renewable energy resources and implementing innovative concepts for shelter, transportation, etc.

Measuring the cost of environmental compliance for Waikato dairy farmers - a survey approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 159-166
Author(s):  
T.O.R. Macdonald ◽  
J.S. Rowarth ◽  
F.G. Scrimgeour
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Environmental Compliance ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Farm Systems ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Farm System ◽  
Survey Approach

The link between dairy farm systems and cost of environmental compliance is not always clear. A survey of Waikato dairy farmers was conducted to establish the real (non-modelled) cost of compliance with environmental regulation in the region. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered to improve understanding of compliance costs and implementation issues for a range of Waikato farm systems. The average oneoff capital cost of compliance determined through a survey approach was $1.02 per kg milksolids, $1490 per hectare and $403 per cow. Costs experienced by Waikato farmers have exceeded average economic farm surplus for the region in the past 5 years. As regulation increases there are efficiencies to be gained through implementing farm infrastructure and farm management practice to best match farm system intensity. Keywords: Dairy, compliance, farm systems, nitrogen, Waikato

Optical properties of a thin layer of the Vanadium dioxide at the metal state

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2303-2310
Author(s):  
Abderrahim Benchaib ◽  
Abdesselam Mdaa ◽  
Izeddine Zorkani ◽  
Anouar Jorio
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Vanadium Dioxide ◽  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Index Of Refraction ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Metal State ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Reversible Phase

The vanadium dioxide VO₂ currently became very motivating for the nanotechnologies’ researchers. It makes party of the intelligent materials because these optical properties abruptly change semiconductor state with metal at a critical  temperature θ = 68°C. This transition from reversible phase is carried out from a monoclinical structure characterizing its semiconductor state at low temperature towards the metal state of this material which becomes tétragonal rutile for  θ ˃ 68°C ; it is done during a few nanoseconds. Several studies were made on this material in a massive state and a thin layer. We will simulate by Maple the constant optics of a thin layer of VO₂ thickness z = 82 nm for the metal state according to the energy ω of the incidental photons in the energy interval: 0.001242 ≤ ω(ev) ≤ 6, from the infra-red (I.R) to the ultra-violet (U.V) so as to be able to control the various technological nano applications, like the detectors I.R or the U.V,  the intelligent windows to  increase  the energy efficiency in the buildings in order to save the cost of energy consumption by electric air-conditioning and the paintings containing nano crystals of this material. The constant optics, which we will simulate, is: the index of refraction, the reflectivity, the transmittivity, the coefficient of extinction, the dielectric functions ԑ₁ real part and  ԑ₂  imaginary part of the permittivity complexes ԑ of this material and the coefficient absorption. 

Is it worth doing fieldwork with this organisation? A method for considering context before conducting fieldwork research in Sport for development and peace.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tegwen Gadais ◽  
Laurie Décarpentrie ◽  
Andrew Webb ◽  
Marie Belle Ayoub ◽  
Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Existing Data

Much has been written about sport as a tool for development and peace. But more research on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) organizations, is needed to better understand their actual contributions to the UNs sustainable development goals. Yet, the unstable, risky, and restricted contexts in which many NGOs and SDP agencies operate often leaves researchers struggling to find effective yet feasible methods through which to examine agencies in these fields. Indeed, conducting field work on and with SDP agency often implies allocating significant quantities of researcher’s limited time, funding, and other vital resources. And as limited resources need to be invested wisely, SDP researchers will clearly need to prepare their fieldwork. Nevertheless, there are but a handful of methodological papers that address the question of how to prepare for SDP field work. In other words, the question of how we know if it is worthwhile, and safe enough, to proceed with SDP field work remains. Building on previous research, the purpose of this study is to raise important ontological and epistemological questions about what can be known about a given context, before setting off on fieldwork. We further explore the use of the Actantial Model as a research method for analyzing existing data before deciding whether to conduct fieldwork in complex and frequently insecure situations. In other words, will the cost (material, temporal, financial, and physical) of conducting fieldwork be worth it? By applying the Actantial Model, with the specific aim of informing decisions regarding subsequent fieldwork, to one specific case, contributions regarding the pertinence of conducting fieldwork are provided.

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