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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: 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: 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: 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...