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Title: A Contactless Non-Intrusive Approach for Machine Learning-Based Personalized Thermal Comfort Prediction
Author: Ashrafi, Roshanak
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Sustainability, Building
Description: Indoor thermal environmental conditions play a significant role in protecting occupants’ well-being. In this regard, schedule-based and predefined environmental control is one of the main reasons for the current discomfort and dissatisfaction with...

Title: A Life Cycle Analysis Approach For Making Sustainable Fiber Optic Purchasing Decisions In The Telecommunication Industry
Author: Stephens, Jesse
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability, Environmental economics, Business
Description: In recent decades, substantial research has surfaced that links global climate change with the human element. As the human species has evolved, the industrialization of prosperous nations has produced extreme consequences on our environment. Conti...

Title: A study of surface modification effect of hemp fibers on the bulk material properties of hemp-poly (lactic acid) composites: thermal stability, mechanical, therm0-mechanical and biodegradability
Author: Oza, Shubhashini
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Sustainability, Environmental engineering
Description: Biocomposites made with, natural fiber and bio-based polymers, have many advantages over their synthetic counterparts including low cost, low density, high strength and biodegradability. However, some biocomposites can present problems due to high...

Title: Computational analysis of power loss reduction in BIPV systems considering partial shadow conditions
Author: Hosseiniirani, Seyedehhamideh
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability
Description: Implementing PV panels as a source of clean energy for the building sector is growing worldwide. Currently, PV materials are widely installed on building roofs; however, with more population and urban area growth, the rooftop of high-rise building...

Title: Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
Author: Underwood, Catherine
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability, Social sciences--Research, Land use--Planning
Description: Despite its long history in the United States and abroad, the unconventional drilling industry, and specifically hydraulic fracturing technology, remain controversial. While the competing demands of energy from oil and gas are contrasted with envi...

Title: Engineering characterization of waste derived geopolymer cement concrete for structural applications
Author: Tempest, Brett
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Sustainability
Description: Geopolymer cements provide an alternative to the Portland cement used to manufacture structural concrete. The material commonly used to produce geopolymers is fly ash, which is found in the waste stream of power generation facilities. Therefore, r...

Title: Environmental Sustainability of Light Rail Transit in Urban Areas
Author: Sarmiento, Hazel Marie
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Sustainability, Transportation--Planning
Description: Light rail transit is considered as an environmentally sustainable transit option based on perceptions of its possible benefits on minimizing air pollution, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This study seeks to determine how light r...

Title: Introduction to the special issue on social sustainability : integration, context, and governance
Author: Peterson, Nicole
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability, Environmental policy, Political participation
Description: New research and practice in sustainability proposes an integrated concept whereby “social issues” are indistinguishable and inseparable from economic or environmental issues and vice versa. These approaches are based in experiences with real plac...

Title: Modeling and Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Mini-Roundabouts
Author: Mishra, Raunak
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
Description: Mini-roundabouts are a type of roundabout characterized by a small diameter, and fully traversable central island and splitter islands. They are an alternative intersection design option in areas with constraints requiring additional land acquisit...

Title: PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY ON MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE: LINKING SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SEA LEVEL RISE
Author: Stuber, Robyn
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Geography, City planning, Sustainability
Description: Sustainability science is a growing field that encompasses the study of the environment, the economy, and social equity. However, with the ever-growing literature base surrounding sustainability, defining the issue has continued to be elusive, esp...

Title: Quantifying Fire Hazards of Sustainable Initiatives in the Built Environment
Author: Saunders, Christina
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Sustainability
Description: We are now challenged with design-oriented goals of sustainability initiatives requiring energy efficiency in the built environment. Stricter energy codes have added more potential fuel load to a structure and its building envelope. However, these...

Title: SAFER FOR CYCLING: EVALUATING SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF PROTECTED INTERSECTION GEOMETRIC DESIGN THROUGH MICROSIMULATION
Author: Preston, Abigail
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
Description: On-street bike lanes have been increasingly visible in the City of Charlotte but rarely utilized. The Charlotte Bikes bicycle program, adopted by City Council May, 2017, proposed that bicycle facilities implemented on arterials should be separated...

Title: THE ROLE OF URBAN GREEN ROOFS AS INVERTEBRATE HABITAT
Author: Merritt, Danielle
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability, Environmental sciences, Ecology
Description: Developed countries witnessed an 80% expansion of urban land use between 1990 and 2015. This is leading to degradation of ecosystems and habitats, resulting in a general loss of biodiversity in urban areas. I investigated the habitat potential of ...

Title: Thermodynamic analysis of ORC and its application for waste heat recovery
Author: Javanshir, Alireza, Sarunac, Nenad, Razzaghpanah, Zahra
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Heat recovery, Sustainability
Description: The analysis and optimization of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) used as a bottoming cycle in the Brayton/ORC and steam Rankine/ORC combined cycle configurations is the main focus of this study. The results show that CO2 and air are the best workin...