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Assessment Of Physicochemical Characteristics, Thermal Stability And Release Profile Of Ascorbic Acid Microcapsules Obtained By Complex Coacervation, Michele Cristina Rodrigues Da Cruz, João Luiz Andreotti Dagostin, Camila Augusto Perussello, Maria Lúcia Masson

Articles

The aim of this study was to determine the physicochemical characteristics, thermal stability and release profile of ascorbic acid (AA) microcapsules obtained by complex coacervation. Gelatin and gum arabic were used as wall materials in concentrations of 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 g% (w/v). The coacervate microcapsules were freeze-dried and assessed for physicochemical characteristics, thermal behavior and stability during 60 days of storage. The release profile was evaluated at different pH values (1.1, 2.2, 5.4, 7.4, 9.6 and 12). The encapsulation efficiency ranged from 27.3 to 93.8%. The microcapsules of AA presented good characteristics for application in food matrices, such as …

Harnessing Smart Technology For Private Well Risk Assessment And Communication, Tanner Hoffman, Paul Hynds, Corinne Schuster-Wallace, Sarah Dickson-Anderson, Anna Majury

Articles

Unregulated, privately owned water supplies, including groundwater wells, are relied upon extensively, particularly in rural and remote regions. While adequate stewardship behaviors (water testing, treatment, and maintenance) have been shown to decrease the incidence and frequency of faecal indicator organism (FIO) presence and, by extension, the risk of pathogenic ingress, contaminated private water supplies continue to constitute a significant public health risk. Recognizing that innovative approaches are needed to bolster well stewardship, this paper identifies and assesses 35 tools (smartphone and web-based applications) to better understand components, functionality, strengths, and weaknesses. Applications for both data collection and risk communication were …

What Is A Bim Design Model?, James Peters, Malachy Mathews

Conference papers

The recent report into Building Information Management or BIM, by construction law experts May Winfield and Sarah Rock entitled “Winfield Rock Report” [1] gives reason to state that the UK architectural, engineering and construction industry or AEC, is hindered by the absence of a clear definition of Level 2 BIM. The ISO 19650-2 standard published in 2019, is based upon PAS1192-2:2013. The intent of ISO 19650-2 is to provide a road map to facilitate the standardisation of BIM process in a uniformed fashion. A key pillar of ISO 19650 is the “information cycle” and central to this is a federated …

Daylight: What Makes A Difference, M. Knoop, O. Stefani, B. Bueno, B. Matusiak, R. Hobday, A. Wirz-Justice, K. Martiny, T. Kantermann, M. Aarts, N. Zemmouri, S. Appelt, Brian Norton

Articles

Light is necessary for vision; it enables us to sense and perceive our surroundings and in many direct and indirect ways, via eye and skin, affects our physiological and psychological health. The use of light in built environments has comfort, behavioural, economic and environmental consequences. Daylight has many particular benefits including excellent visual performance, permitting good eyesight, effective entrainment of the circadian system as well as a number of acute non-image forming effects and the important role of vitamin D production. Some human responses to daylight seem to be well defined whilst others require more research to be adequately understood. …

Optimization Of Pv Powered Spd Switchable Glazing To Minimise Probability Of Loss Of Power Supply, Aritra Ghosh, Brian Norton

Articles

Suspended particle device (SPD) glazing is an electrically actuated switchable glazing. It requires alternate current (AC) power supply to switch from opaque to transparent state. To power this glazing using PV device requires inverter. Optimization of AC powered switchable SPD glazing using photovoltaic (PV) device has been evaluated using loss of power supply probability (LPSP). Electrically switchable direct current (DC) powered electrochromic glazing was also considered in this investigation as it doesn't need any inverter to couple with PV. It is concluded that behaviour of these glazings is the dominant factor in performance optimization outweighting than azimuthal orientation and inclination …

Adapting The Surveying Curriculum To New Dimensions Of The Profession, Fahria Masum, Reinfried Mansberger, Audrey Martin, Gerhard Navratil, Anthony Mushinge

Articles

Today the surveying profession is very different from what it was twenty years ago. Recent technological innovations, globalization, and global land-related challenges have allowed a wide range of advances in the surveying profession. The vision is to promote surveying practices that can enhance the quality of services in a variety of tracks in the land profession. According to the new adjacent professional areas and the needs of the labor market, academic courses for surveyors have to be adapted to meet the broader scope of the surveying profession and to supply highly qualified land professionals. This paper outlines the new challenges …

Deterioration Modelling Of Bridges On Brm 5.2.3, Sudhir Palle, Theodore Hopwood Ii

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) initiated the study KYSPR 17-532, “Deterioration Modelling of Bridges on BrM 5.2.3,” so it could receive assistance identifying and employing bridge deterioration and cost forecast modeling for its bridge maintenance program. The Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) was to help coordinate KYTC in adapting BrM 5.2.3’s deterioration and cost modelling features and update the existing guide material to reflect all changes for BrM 5.2.3. This study included acquiring access and becoming familiar with AASHTO Bridge Management (BrM 5.2.3) software. It was also to explore opportunities for any training on BrM and BrM 5.2.3’s deterioration and cost …

Kentucky Traffic Collision Facts 2018, Eric R. Green, Paul A. Ross, Christopher L. Blackden, Kentucky State Police

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

KENTUCKY’S TRAFFIC COLLISION FACTS report is based on collision reports submitted to the Kentucky State Police Records Branch. As required by Kentucky Revised Statutes 189.635, “every law enforcement agency whose officers investigate a vehicle accident of which a report must be made...shall file a report of the accident...within ten days after investigation of the accident upon forms supplied by the bureau.” The stated purpose of this requirement is to utilize data on traffic collisions for such purposes as will improve the traffic safety program in the Commonwealth. Data contained in this report are based solely on the observations and judgements …

Assessing Impact And Blast Resilience Of Polymer Coated Cementitious Materials, Murtaza Nalwala, Gabriel Nsengiyumva, Yong-Rak Kim

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

RESEARCH MOTIVATION: The bridge piers are highly vulnerable to the impact and blast loads. The position in which they are constructed makes it difficult to install protective devices around them. By the current AASHTO standard, it is possible to under-design bridge piers for commercial vehicle impacts and other events such as blast.

OBJECTIVE: To improve impact and blast resilience of bridge piers using polymeric coatings.

CONCLUSION • Polymer coating of Portland cement concrete can be achieved with a good bonding. • The polymeric coating seem to improve impact resilience of Portland cement concrete by increasing absorbed impact energy (i.e., area …

Pervious Lightweight Concrete And Engineered Sand Filter, Sarah Puchner

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Protein-Loaded Adsorbents To Address Aqueous Pfas Pollution, Faith Gonzalez

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

The Chirp Function Revisited: A Uniqueness Conjecture For Chirplet Modulation, Jonathan Blackledge, Paul Tobin

Conference papers

The chirp function (a unit amplitude quadratic phase-only function with linear frequency modulation) is well known and is used in a wide range of applications including radar, digital communications, information coding and hiding and many other forms of signal and image processing. This is because the chirp provides an optimal solution to the problem of retrieving information from low energy signals with a low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The chirp function also occurs in the solution to many mathematical models used to describe the propagation and scattering of waves (in the Fresnel zone), in quantum mechanics (the quantum shutter problem) and …

Validation Of The Highway Capacity Manual Urban Street Travel Time Reliability Methodology Using Empirical Data, Ernest Tufuor, Laurence Rilett

Mid-America Transportation Center: Final Reports and Technical Briefs

The 6th edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM-6) includes the concept of travel time reliability (TTR), which attempts to determine the distribution of average trip travel times over an extended period. TTR is an inherent part of travelers’ route choice decisions and is used by traffic managers to better quantify operations rather than simply using average travel times. The focus of this paper is on the HCM-6 urban street TTR methodology contained in Chapter 17. The approach uses historical data (e.g., weather and volume fluctuations) and simple empirical data (e.g., 1-day volume count) to provide the user with average …

Mechanical Response Of He- Implanted Amorphous Sioc/ Crystalline Fe Nanolaminates, A. Zare, Q. Su, J. Gigax, T. A. Harriman, M. Nastasi, L. Shao, D. A. Lucca

Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research: Publications

This study investigates the microstructural evolution and mechanical response of sputter-deposited amorphous silicon oxycarbide (SiOC)/crystalline Fe nanolaminates, a single layer SiOC film, and a single layer Fe film subjected to ion implantation at room temperature to obtain a maximum He concentration of 5 at. %. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy indicated no evidence of implantation-induced phase transformation or layer breakdown in the nanolaminates. Implantation resulted in the formation of He bubbles and an increase in the average size of the Fe grains in the individual Fe layers of the nanolaminates and the single layer Fe film, but the bubble …

Pawnee Dam Inflow Design Flood (Idf) Update And Stage-Frequency Curve Development Using Rmcrfa, Jennifer P. Christensen, Joshua J. Melliger

United States Geological Survey: Water Reports and Publications

Pawnee Dam is one of the ten Salt Creek Dams designed and built in the 1960s to mitigate flooding in Lincoln, Nebraska. This short paper illustrates the update of the Pawnee Dam inflow design flood (IDF) through calibration to recent high flow events and the development of its stage-frequency or hydrologic loading curve with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Risk Management Center Reservoir Frequency Analysis (RMC-RFA) model. The IDF update follows Engineering Regulation 1110-8-2, Inflow Design Flood for Dams and Reservoirs, including unit hydrograph peaking and two antecedent pool elevations. Background information on the original design of the dam …

Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Processes For Groundwater Pumping Management In Saigon River Basin, Long Thanh Tran

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Since the 1990s, the excessive extraction of groundwater of Saigon River basin is dramatically increased and groundwater resources of Saigon River basin have been facing dramatically drawdown groundwater level in the downstream area. The study attempted to develop groundwater modeling through employing SW-GW interaction parameters and incorporate the concept of sustainable pumping yield to detect optimal pumping management under growing water demand in Saigon River Basin. According to field observed soil moisture, the study recognized the average monthly percolation rate of sand clay loam, sand clay, and clay varies 2-4.5 mm/day, 1.5-3.5 mm/day, and 0.5-2 mm/day, respectively to rainfall intensity …

The Effect Of Edge-Of-Field Nutrient Management Practices On Microbial Concentrations In Subsurface Drainage Water And The Associated Risk Of Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination, Sara Mardani

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many in-field and edge-of-field management practices have been used to reduce nutrient loads from agricultural fields. The denitrification woodchip bioreactor (WB) is one edgeof- field management practice that has proven to be effective in removing nitrate from subsurface drainage water. The success in nitrate removal achieved with WBs has raised interest in expanding their capabilities for removing other agricultural pollutants, including phosphorus, by using other types of media like phosphorus-sorbing filters or combining these filters with woodchips to remove both nitrate and phosphorus as dual-nutrient removal systems. Despite the extensive research done on WBs and nutrient filter materials, little consideration …

Designing Bifunctional Materials For In-Situ Capture And Conversion Of Volatile Organic Compounds, Anirudh Krishnamurthy

Doctoral Dissertations

”Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a class of organic liquid compounds with low vapor pressures, which enables them to vaporize at ambient conditions. VOCs are largely toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and have profound adverse effects on human health and the ecological environment. Many VOCs cause ruinous health effects even at very low concentrations (ppm) and therefore control of these organic compounds is essential for ensuring good air quality. A large portion of VOCs cause catastrophic health effects such as cancer or liver damage even at very low concentrations (ppm), and the control of these compounds is vital in ensuring good …

Use Of Wicking Geotextile To Dehydrate Road Embankments, Chuang Lin

Doctoral Dissertations

“Excess water within a pavement structure is the major cause of pavement deteriorations. A roadway is often constructed with soils compacted at the optimum water contents to achieve the best performance. After construction, the soil water content variation is controlled by the ambient environment. The base course aggregate is very sensitive to water content variations. Unfortunately, conventional drainage system can only drain gravity water, but not capillary water, and it cannot work under unsaturated conditions. Consequently, no matter how well the road is constructed, the water content is expected to increase with time and the excess water will inevitably accelerate …

Dynamic Impact Induced By Tornadoes Through Simulations Based On Two-Way Wind-Structure Interactions, Tiantian Li

Doctoral Dissertations

"Tornadoes have become a significant cause of property damage, injuries and life losses. Investigations of tornadoes indicate that most fatalities were caused by building failure. For example, in the Joplin, MO tornado of 22 May 2011, 161 people were killed, and 84% fatalities were related to building failure. Therefore, it is imperative to develop science-based tornado-resistant building codes, in order to provide a better level of occupant protection from tornadoes and to minimize the tornado-induced damage. This requires in-depth understanding of the wind characteristics of tornadoes and their wind effects on civil structures, based on which design tornadic wind loading …

Long Period Fiber Grating, Thin Coating Of Graphene And Silver Nanowires, And Corrosion Sensing For Life-Cycle Assessment Of Steel Structures, Chuanrui Guo

Doctoral Dissertations

"This study aims to develop and validate a compact, integrated lab-on-sensor system for simultaneous measurement of strain, temperature and corrosion-induced mass loss in steel structures and concrete reinforcement elements in order to assess their life-cycle performance. The sensing system operates based on the principle of long period fiber gratings (LPFG) that are responsive to both thermal and mechanical deformation, and the change in refractive index of any medium surrounding the optical fiber. To fabricate a LPFG sensor for strain and temperature measurement, a CO₂ laser aided fiber grating system was assembled. To enable mass loss measurement, a low pressure …

Changes In Fresh Properties Of Flowable Concrete Induced By Pumping And Composition Of The Lubrication Layer, Alexis Salinas

Masters Theses

"Pumping is an easy method to move concrete while keeping stability. It is worldwide accepted as one of the principal methods for concrete placement, as it accelerates construction. Typically, concrete acceptance in terms of fresh quantitative empirical properties (i.e. slump/slump flow and air content) are performed prior to the pumping process. However, empirical measurements have the drawback that they only measure 1 point. Rheology is better tool to evaluate the behavior of concrete. Pumping is a process that induces considerable shearing in the concrete that can impact its rheological properties. Therefore, the magnitude of these changes in fresh properties depends …

Influence Of Pumping Parameters On The Freeze-Thaw And Scaling Resistance Of Highly Workable Concrete, Alexandra Nicole Wehar

Masters Theses

“Over the past 60 years, pumping concrete has gained popularity due to the economic and technical benefits that typically accompanies it. However, boom configuration and flow rate can adversely affect freeze-thaw and scaling resistance of concrete due to the effects of pressure on the air-void system. Therefore, the objective of this research is to assess the influence of different pumping parameters on the durability of hardened self-consolidating concrete. Self-consolidating, flowable, and conventional concrete mixtures were tested during large scale pumping experiments positioning the pump boom in an “A” and a flat shape as well as using different pumping speeds. In …

Structural Behavior Of Steel Plate Embedded Hybrid Gfrp Shapes, Piyush R. Soti

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The civil infrastructure industry has been dominated by traditional materials such as steel, timber, and concrete. Although these materials offer great advantages, they have major durability issues in terms of corrosion, decaying, and cracking. Traditional material-based structures deteriorate frequently and require regular-interval repairs with huge expenditures. To resolve these maintenance and durability issues associated with traditional materials, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gained some popularity in the past few decades because of their superior mechanical properties and durability. Carbon-FRPs (CFRPs) and glass-FRP (GFRPs) are the most commonly used FRPs in the market. However, in civil engineering applications, CFRPs are …

Retaining Wall System With Soldier Pile And Composite Resin Infused Lagging Elements, Shane Phillip Moore

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Retaining walls are used as an alternative to installing drainage and soil reinforcement, depending on site conditions. This report discusses the design of a retaining wall with steel soldier piles and lagging elements for rocky slopes. The design consists of six different options, three options with a span of eight feet and three options with a span of ten feet between soldier piles. The three options for both spans are the same concept but designed for different load conditions. These options include: timber with glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) wraps, reinforced concrete with GFRP wraps, and an FRP Prodeck system …

Perceptions Of Vulnerability To Flooding, Hurricanes, And Climate Change On Grand Isle, Louisiana’S Only Inhabited Barrier Island, Lauren Miller

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This study used in-depth interviews of permanent residents on Grand Isle, Louisiana, a remote barrier island, to better understand their perceptions of structural flood measures, non-structural responses to flooding and hurricanes, and perceptions of vulnerability to flooding, hurricanes, and climate change on a remote barrier island-Grand Isle, Louisiana. Residents' perceptions regarding the various structural measures implemented by the federal, state, and local government appeared mixed. Non-structural responses to flooding risks implemented at the household, community, state, and federal level continue to strengthen resiliency on Grand Isle. According to interviewees, aspects of environmental, rural, and economic vulnerability on Grand Isle impact …

A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy Based On The Analysis Of A Dataset Of Bridge Inspections In Co. Cork, Liam Dromey

Masters

Ageing highway structures present a challenge throughout the developed world. The introduction of bridge management systems (BMS) allows bridge owners to assess the condition of their bridge stock and formulate bridge rehabilitation strategies under the constraints of limited budgets and resources. This research presents a decision-support system for bridge owners in the selection of the best strategy for bridge rehabilitation on a highway network. The basis of the research is an available dataset of 1,367 bridge inspection records for County Cork that has been prepared to the Eirspan BMS inspection standard and which includes bridge structure condition ratings and rehabilitation …

Microemulsion Based Soil Remediation Using Mixed Anionic And Extended Nonionic Surfactant, Virin Kittithammavong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The anionic-nonionic mixed system has a synergistic effect on the microemulsion formation by a reduction of interfacial tension. The challenge of the mixed surfactant based on soil remediation is how to find the appropriate condition. This study aims to investigate the phase behaviors of the anionic-nonionic mixed systems and to formulate their hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD) equations. Then the mixed surfactant solutions are applied to determine the oil removal efficiency. The conventional anionic surfactants (i.e., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (SDHS), and sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate (AOT)) and the extended nonionic surfactants (i.e., alcohol ethoxylate series (AE(EOn) and alkyl polyglycol …

ทางเลือกการใช้ประโยชน์ก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เหลือทิ้ง กรณีศึกษาโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมปิโตรเคมี, ปิยวรรณ ศรทอง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางการใช้ประโยชน์ก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เหลือทิ้งจากโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมปิโตรเคมีตามหลักการเศรษฐกิจหมุนเวียน โดยทาการศึกษากระบวนการผลิตเอทิลีนออกไซด์ (Ethylene Oxide) ในส่วนของผลิตภัณฑ์โมโนเอทาโนลามีน (Monoethanolamine, MEA) และโมโนเอทิลีนไกลคอล (Monoethylene Glycol, MEG) และการจัดการก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ที่เกิดชึ้นจากกระบวนการผลิตในปัจจุบัน โดยพบว่าโรงงานมีการนำก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ที่เกิดขึ้นจากกระบวนการผลิตเอทิลีนออกไซด์ไปใช้ประโยชน์แล้ว แต่พบว่ายังมีบางส่วนที่ยังไม่ได้นำไปใช้ประโยชน์ ซึ่งจัดการโดยการปล่อยออกสู่บรรยากาศ แนวทางการนำก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ที่ดักจับได้ไปใช้ประโยชน์ (Carbon Dioxide Utilization) ระดับเชิงพาณิชย์ (Commercial scale) ในงานวิจัยนี้มีหลายวิธีได้แก่กระบวนการผลิตยูเรีย (urea) การสังเคราะห์กรดซาลิไซลิก (salicylic acids) กระบวนการผลิตเชื้อเพลิงชีวภาพ (biofuel) การสังเคราะห์โพลีออล (Polyol) และการนำก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์มาสังเคราะห์เมทานอล (Renewable methanol) โดยนอกจากจะเป็นวิธีที่ลดปริมาณก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ในชั้นบรรยากาศแล้วยังเป็นการนำก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์มาแปรรูป “สร้างมูลค่าเพิ่ม” หารายได้และสร้างเป็นธุรกิจใหม่ได้ จากนั้นทำการประเมินก๊าซเรือนกระจกที่ลดลงได้จากการใช้เทคโนโลยีทั้ง 3 ได้แก่ กระบวนการผลิตยูเรีย สังเคราะห์เมทานอลจากก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ และการใช้ก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เป็นองค์ประกอบเสริมที่เรียกว่า โพลิออล โดยทั้ง 3 เทคโนโลยีสามารถลดการปล่อยก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ที่จะปล่อยออกสู่บรรยากาศได้ ซึ่งเป็นแนวทางในการนำก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์ไปใช้ประโยชน์ที่มีอยู่ในปัจจุบันและมีความน่าสนใจ แต่อย่างไรก็ตามควรวิเคราะห์ความคุ้มค่าทางเศรษฐศาสตร์และผลกระทบต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมในอนาคตเพิ่มเติมด้วย

การลดก๊าซเรือนกระจกจากการอนุรักษ์พลังงานและการจัดการขยะมูลฝอยของสถานศึกษา, นิภาพร เดโชเกียรติถวัลย์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สถานศึกษาเป็นหน่วยงานขนาดใหญ่ที่ประกอบไปด้วยกิจกรรมที่มีความหลากหลาย จึงถือเป็นองค์กรที่สำคัญแห่งหนึ่งซึ่งมีการใช้พลังงานสูงทั้งในรูปพลังงานไฟฟ้าและเชื้อเพลิง นอกจากนี้ยังก่อให้เกิดขยะปริมาณมาก ซึ่งหมายถึงเป็นแหล่งของการปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกสูงด้วย งานวิจัยนี้ได้ทำการประเมินคาร์บอนฟุตพริ้นท์องค์กรของสถานศึกษาพร้อมทั้งศึกษาแนวทางการลดการปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกจากการอนุรักษ์พลังงงานและการจัดการขยะมูลฝอย ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ในปีพ.ศ. 2561 มหาวิทยาลัย ก มหาวิทยาลัย ข และวิทยาลัย ค มีปริมาณการปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกทั้งหมดเท่ากับ 5,912.32 6,487.32 และ 1,458.05 ตันคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เทียบเท่าต่อปี ตามลำดับ โดยการใช้พลังงานไฟฟ้าในขอบเขตที่ 2 และการกำจัดขยะในขอบเขตที่ 3 เป็นกิจกรรมที่ส่งผลต่อการปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกมากที่สุดเป็นอันดับ 1 และ 2 ตามลำดับ มาตรการอนุรักษ์พลังงานซึ่งมีศักยภาพในการลดก๊าซเรือนกระจกและมีความคุ้มค่าทางเศรษฐศาสตร์ ได้แก่ มาตรการการเปลี่ยนไปใช้เครื่องปรับอากาศและเครื่องทำน้ำเย็นประสิทธิภาพสูง การติดตั้งอุปกรณ์ควบคุมความเร็วรอบเครื่องสูบน้ำเย็น การเปลี่ยนไปใช้หลอดไฟแบบ LED และการติดตั้ง Solar rooftop บนอาคาร นอกจากนี้การจัดการขยะมูลฝอยซึ่งมีประสิทธิภาพในการลดก๊าซเรือนกระจก สามารถทำได้โดยการจัดการขยะแบบผสมผสาน ได้แก่ การฝังกลบร่วมกับการคัดแยกขยะเพื่อการรีไซเคิล การนำเศษอาหารไปเป็นอาหารสัตว์ และการนำใบไม้มาทำสารปรับปรุงดิน