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Various cities in the Philippines have started to prohibit the use of plastic bags and packaging materials in favor of paper products for waste disposal and management reasons. This study evaluated the soundness of these initiatives based on life-cycle analysis (LCA) framework. While a number of studies have looked at similar issues in other countries, results may not be entirely valid in the Philippines...
The understanding of the Mexican Energetic Reform as an immediate application of the acquired knowledge in the Electricity and Magnetism Course at Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México (Tec de Monterrey - CCM) is presented. Hybrid learning activities were designed to fully exploit and transform the classroom experience. Ethical reflections and citizenship discussions added an out-of-the-box...
The spatial organization relationship of element layout in mountainous areas becomes the new development issue in mountainous areas. The booming valley economy exhibits a wonderful prospect for the development in mountainous areas. However the industry layout is too decentralized and unreasonable. Based on GIS, the paper put forward a more reasonable, more effective space structure.
Food safety policies have aim to promote and develop feeding and nutrition in society. This paper presents a system dynamics model that studies the dynamic behavior between transport infrastructure and the food supply chain in the city of Bogotá. The results show that an adequate transport infrastructure is more effective to improve the service to the customer in the food supply chain. The system...
Energy demand is increasing ubiquitously, and as cities grow larger they become more industrialized and more connected. Therefore new energy solutions that take advantage of today's smart cities capabilities (like intelligent infrastructure, sensors, actuators and citizen engagement) should be deployed. This work studies some aspects of the energy markets as part of the solution to the efficient procurement...
Among available technologies for energy production from renewable sources, ocean wave energy and tidal power could give a significant contribution to develop a more sustainable energy system. Tidal power is one of the best renewable energy sources in coastal area and becoming popular around the world due to its own facilities. Ocean wave energy can play a vital role for producing electricity as new...
World is heading towards the crisis of fossil fuel. Energy crisis is more acute in Bangladesh, as there is no petro-fuel source but only natural gas. It has among the lowest per capita energy (240 kg oil equivalents) consumption in the world and is severely dependent on additional environmentally friendly renewable energy resources in the future. To cope up with present situation and to reduce dependency...
As the emerging nations add influence to the state of global economy, the new demand in air logistics is expected to catapult the increase in aircraft production, introducing a new horizon for potential suppliers to enter into the supply chain regime. This scenario may capture the attention not only from the industry institutions, but also from the public entities, that are in interest of plotting...
The author coordinated a short movie-making project to introduce the good characteristics of Akita. The project aimed to develop the "Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons" proposed by the Ministry of Economy in 2006. There were 26 participants: 17 foreign students and 9 Japanese students. They were divided into five groups consisting of foreign and Japanese members. This paper examines...
Photovoltaic system and wind power are the bright future of hybrid distributed renewable power generation for dreaming a decontaminated green world. Modern world's enhanced commercial activities and rapid industrialization are increasing the peak of electricity demand in a significant way. Integration of battery operated vehicles and upgraded automation technologies to conventional power systems are...
In order to stabilize or reduce households' electricity demand while fulfilling energy service needs, preventing harmful environmental impacts and decreasing fossil fuel imports, a growing use of decentralized RES, coupled with energy efficiency programs, is needed. We claim that successful design and implementation of these measures will be achieved by understanding of households electricity consumption...
The 21st century is the age of knowledge and creative economy. As an emerging industry, the cultural and creative industry is developing vigorously, and becoming more and more important in regional economic development. Especially for China, which is now facing the most critical period of economic growth mode transformation, the development of cultural and creative industry would play an important...
There is consensus that urbanization contains great potential in domestic demand in China, especially for policy-makers. China's urbanization rate reached to 51.3% in 2011 and urban population outnumbered rural population for the first time. But there is still a long way to go when compared with developed countries. What impact will have on electricity demand in the process of rapid advance of urbanization?...
Adoption of the electric car to mitigate air pollution and climate change: myth or reality? This study aims to bring out the energy and climate mitigation impacts of mass introduction of electric cars in city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A working scenario of 10 percent penetration of electric cars replacing gasoline-powered vehicles by 2020 and 20 percent by 2030 was set. The impact on the energy mix and...
With the development of grid, the difference between peak load and valley load is more and more significant in mega-cities, making the regulation of voltage more and more difficult. Besides, users' reactive power compensation is unreasonable and often leads to the increased line losses and difficulties of voltage upward. This paper analyses the status quo of operation of reactive power in downtown...
The LP gas industry in South Africa forms a small but vital part of the liquid hydrocarbon industry as a whole. About 600 000t/a is produced, against a demand of the order of 350 000t/a plus an export demand of about 150 000t/a, with the balance being consumed by the refineries themselves. Imports are slowly growing as the facilities for coastal storage are created, but these facilities are small...
World-class manufacturing (WCM) is a key concept in modern economics. Different perspectives on the philosophy and concepts of WCM features are presented. However, what is regarded as a key element is to choose the best strategy to achieve performance consistent with "the best in the world." The main aim of this paper is to use a combination of FAHP, BSC and FVIKOR techniques to prioritize...
A web-based mobile application was developed to investigate cooking oil use and disposal of households in Indonesia, and released in February, 2014. The application was designed as an interactive program visualizing Green House Gas emission calculated by individual cooking oil consumption and disposals, as well as a potential GHG reduction if the same amountof waste cooking oil was recycled. On 13...
This concept paper discusses the need for a new household waste management system and presents a comprehensive literature review of research that concerns the production of high-tech refuse bins. In particular, The paper uses this literature review to argue the case for a new type of high-tech refuse-bin called ReDbin, for which we present an architectural model, comparing it to two other notable...
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