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Interdisciplinary Design: The Need For Collaboration To Foster Technological Innovation To Create Competitive And Sustainable Products., Peter Wehrspann, Lois Frankel
Interdisciplinary Design: The Need For Collaboration To Foster Technological Innovation To Create Competitive And Sustainable Products., Peter Wehrspann, Lois Frankel
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper explores an integral relationship between industrial design, advanced technologies, science, economy, and the environment to realize a logical trajectory for the future of product design. Through an investigation of current literature, key aspects and critical factors of interdisciplinary collaborative work are explored. By realizing the benefits and obstacles, this paper suggests a framework in which scientists, engineers, and designers can work together successfully to create innovative solutions for product design. The paper discusses the possibilities of material synthesis through the scientific field of biomimetics. It also suggests that the Industrial designer’s role must evolve into a position of …
Evaluation As A Tool To Support Decision Making In Municipal Waste Recycling System For Thailand Sustainable Environment, Vilas Nitivattananon, Yuthtapong Wattanalapa
Evaluation As A Tool To Support Decision Making In Municipal Waste Recycling System For Thailand Sustainable Environment, Vilas Nitivattananon, Yuthtapong Wattanalapa
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
This paper presents part of the results from a research project aimed atevaluating municipal waste recycling programs, supported by Thailand Institute ofPackaging and Recycling Management for Sustainable Environment in collaboration withother recycling program partners in Thailand. The study applied sustainable municipalsolid waste (MSW) management approach and program evaluation concepts. Theevaluation design includes two main levels. At country level, a survey using aquestionnaire was carried out to investigate perceptions on factors influencing success ofrepresentative samples including community recyclable banks (CRBs) and schoolrecyclable banks (SRBs). A waste stream analysis at city level was conducted to examinethe composition of waste at different selected …
Design And Development Of S.O.L.E. Software, Daryl H. Hepting
Design And Development Of S.O.L.E. Software, Daryl H. Hepting
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
The acronym SOLE (Sustainable Organic Local Ethical) has been applied to food, forwhich it signifies the highest standard. In an age when sustainability has become critically importantin so many human endeavours, this paper examines the question of whether SOLE can bemeaningfully used to signify software of the highest standard. This paper examines how it mightbe possible to think of software as sustainable, organic, local, and ethical. Should environmentalsoftware, in particular, strive for this high standard? Design and development of SOLE softwareare also considered.
Analysis Of The Economic Sustainability Of Companies In The Water Sector, Lyubomir Halachev, A. Guergachi, Yashodhan Athavale, Sri Krishnan
Analysis Of The Economic Sustainability Of Companies In The Water Sector, Lyubomir Halachev, A. Guergachi, Yashodhan Athavale, Sri Krishnan
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Many recent studies look at the issue of sustainability from the environmental and the social points of view. This paper takes a different approach and proposes to look at the economic stability of organizations in the water sector. It analyzes a set of 140 companies from around the world involved in this sector, and attempts to develop a methodology to find out, based on stock market data only, which ones will likely remain active in the foreseeable future, and which ones will likely "die" out. This methodology uses machine learning techniques to handle the stock price time series of companies …
A Taguchi-Based Method For Assessing Data Center Sustainability, Sidney L. Pendelberry, Sophie Ying Chen Su, Michael Thurston
A Taguchi-Based Method For Assessing Data Center Sustainability, Sidney L. Pendelberry, Sophie Ying Chen Su, Michael Thurston
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
This paper presents a methodology for measuring sustainability performance ofdata center facilities. Treating data center operation as a continuous production process, aTaguchi framework is used to estimate the sustainability impact due to power utilizationfrom the facility by calculating the loss to society as the facilities power utilizationbecomes less efficient than the Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines. By trackingdata center sustainability performance with continuous production process metrics, it iseasy to identify and study performance characteristics, which if out of specification, havebroader environmental impacts. This method evaluates the data center’s excess energyconsumption as a performance quality control issue, and estimates the cost of …
Empathy: A Unifying Approach To Address The Dilemma Of 'Environment Versus Economy', A. Guergachi, O. Ngenyama, V. Magness, J. Hakim
Empathy: A Unifying Approach To Address The Dilemma Of 'Environment Versus Economy', A. Guergachi, O. Ngenyama, V. Magness, J. Hakim
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
When environmentalists warned, back in the 1970s, against pesticides andfertilizers, the then United States Secretary of Agriculture retorted that “before we go backto organic agriculture, somebody is going to have to decide what 50 million people we aregoing to let starve”. This exchange is nothing but an illustration of the dilemmatic choicethat societies in general have been asked to make: “develop the economy” or “protect theenvironment”. This paper proposes an integrated framework to resolve the dilemma of'environment versus economy'. This framework unfolds the essential characteristics ofsustainable societies and outlines the mechanics that underlie sustainable development.Referred to as ‘General Theory of …
Evaluation As A Tool To Support Decision Making In Municipal Waste Recycling System For Thailand Sustainable Environment, Vilas Nitivattananon, Yuthtapong Wattanalapa
Evaluation As A Tool To Support Decision Making In Municipal Waste Recycling System For Thailand Sustainable Environment, Vilas Nitivattananon, Yuthtapong Wattanalapa
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
This paper presents part of the results from a research project aimed atevaluating municipal waste recycling programs, supported by Thailand Institute ofPackaging and Recycling Management for Sustainable Environment in collaboration withother recycling program partners in Thailand. The study applied sustainable municipalsolid waste (MSW) management approach and program evaluation concepts. Theevaluation design includes two main levels. At country level, a survey using aquestionnaire was carried out to investigate perceptions on factors influencing success ofrepresentative samples including community recyclable banks (CRBs) and schoolrecyclable banks (SRBs). A waste stream analysis at city level was conducted to examinethe composition of waste at different selected …
Design And Development Of S.O.L.E. Software, Daryl H. Hepting
Design And Development Of S.O.L.E. Software, Daryl H. Hepting
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
The acronym SOLE (Sustainable Organic Local Ethical) has been applied to food, forwhich it signifies the highest standard. In an age when sustainability has become critically importantin so many human endeavours, this paper examines the question of whether SOLE can bemeaningfully used to signify software of the highest standard. This paper examines how it mightbe possible to think of software as sustainable, organic, local, and ethical. Should environmentalsoftware, in particular, strive for this high standard? Design and development of SOLE softwareare also considered.
Analysis Of The Economic Sustainability Of Companies In The Water Sector, Lyubomir Halachev, A. Guergachi, Yashodhan Athavale, Sri Krishnan
Analysis Of The Economic Sustainability Of Companies In The Water Sector, Lyubomir Halachev, A. Guergachi, Yashodhan Athavale, Sri Krishnan
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Many recent studies look at the issue of sustainability from the environmental and the social points of view. This paper takes a different approach and proposes to look at the economic stability of organizations in the water sector. It analyzes a set of 140 companies from around the world involved in this sector, and attempts to develop a methodology to find out, based on stock market data only, which ones will likely remain active in the foreseeable future, and which ones will likely "die" out. This methodology uses machine learning techniques to handle the stock price time series of companies …
Empathy: A Unifying Approach To Address The Dilemma Of 'Environment Versus Economy', A. Guergachi, O. Ngenyama, V. Magness, J. Hakim
Empathy: A Unifying Approach To Address The Dilemma Of 'Environment Versus Economy', A. Guergachi, O. Ngenyama, V. Magness, J. Hakim
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
When environmentalists warned, back in the 1970s, against pesticides andfertilizers, the then United States Secretary of Agriculture retorted that “before we go backto organic agriculture, somebody is going to have to decide what 50 million people we aregoing to let starve”. This exchange is nothing but an illustration of the dilemmatic choicethat societies in general have been asked to make: “develop the economy” or “protect theenvironment”. This paper proposes an integrated framework to resolve the dilemma of'environment versus economy'. This framework unfolds the essential characteristics ofsustainable societies and outlines the mechanics that underlie sustainable development.Referred to as ‘General Theory of …
A Taguchi-Based Method For Assessing Data Center Sustainability, Sidney L. Pendelberry, Sophie Ying Chen Su, Michael Thurston
A Taguchi-Based Method For Assessing Data Center Sustainability, Sidney L. Pendelberry, Sophie Ying Chen Su, Michael Thurston
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
This paper presents a methodology for measuring sustainability performance ofdata center facilities. Treating data center operation as a continuous production process, aTaguchi framework is used to estimate the sustainability impact due to power utilizationfrom the facility by calculating the loss to society as the facilities power utilizationbecomes less efficient than the Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines. By trackingdata center sustainability performance with continuous production process metrics, it iseasy to identify and study performance characteristics, which if out of specification, havebroader environmental impacts. This method evaluates the data center’s excess energyconsumption as a performance quality control issue, and estimates the cost of …
Hotel Guests’ Perceptions Of Sustainable Hotel Practices In A Mexican Destination, Orie Berezan, Michelle Millar, Carola Raab
Hotel Guests’ Perceptions Of Sustainable Hotel Practices In A Mexican Destination, Orie Berezan, Michelle Millar, Carola Raab
Caesars Hospitality Research Summit
Hotel selection and attributes that are important to travelers has been extensively researched using a variety of methods (Dolnicar, 2002). Dolnicar & Otter (2003) confirmed, after reviewing 21studies related to hotel attributes, cleanliness as the top priority, followed by hotel location. In total, 173 attributes were identified that were related to image, price/value, the hotel itself, and service (Lockyer, 2005). None of those attributes, however, were related to environmental attributes of a hotel. For more than a decade, the hospitality industry has been under pressure by government legislation and regulations to implement environmental strategies and thereby reduce their carbon footprint …
Native Americans And Ranchers (Rural Nevada), Karletta Chief, Ahmad Safi, Zhongwei Liu, William J. Smith
Native Americans And Ranchers (Rural Nevada), Karletta Chief, Ahmad Safi, Zhongwei Liu, William J. Smith
2010 Annual Nevada NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Conference
31 PowerPoint slides Convener: William Smith, UNLV Session 3: Policy, Decision Making, and Outreach Abstract: -Survey: Socioeconomic characteristics, cc perceptions, and relations with nature. -IRB approved work generated in new cc lab. -Packages: 4 pg back-to-back survey, holiday card with local pic, hand-signed personalized letter and a self-add. pre-paid return env. -A list of almost all Nevada ranchers and farmers 1893) were collected from a partner academic institution. -Packages sent on Dec. 29, 2009 -Till now we have approximately 300 (16%) returned surveys and 2 returned packages because of changing career