Sustainable Materials – Page 34

Central New York State (the Creative Core), mapping the geographic and networking activities of a Sustainable Region

Auricchio T., Rankhambe P., Sharma K., Nectar Partners, US

A Clean Tech Economy poster demonstrates the visual impact of economic development efforts to build and grow a clean tech economy in Central Upstate New York, also known as the Creative Core Region. Recently recognized [...]

Manifattura: The Making of an Italian Green Technology Park

Ratti C., Salvatori G., Martin B., Manifattura Domani, IT

Kengo Kuma & Associates and carlorattiassociati - walter nicolino & carlo ratti together with ARUP Italia have been developing the design of a master plan strategy for Manifattura Domani Srl – “Ex Manifattura Tabacchi” site, [...]

The Clean Energy Landscape- Linking Cyberspace with Real World Impact

Wise A., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US

NREL has launched a new open platform (http://openei.org/cee) that will help us to understand and engage the clean energy marketplace. We have designed an open source interface called the Clean Energy Economy Gateway that solicits [...]

Sustainable Cities, Communities & Best Practices

Green Building visions in historical Arab cities, case study of Al-Jazirah Al-Hamrah-Northern UAE

Al-Farraj A., UAE University, AE

With the oil discovery during 1960s, and the initiation of the UAE in 1972, most of old house and building has been replaced with modern building. Al-Jazirah Al-Hamrah in the Northern UAE, the only historical [...]

Recovery of High Quality Aggregate from Concrete Waste using Pulsed Power Technology

I’izasa S., Shigeishi M., Namihira T., Kumamoto University, JP

In Japan, the most of waste concrete scraps have been eused as roadbed materials and the recycling ratio of waste concrete scraps has been kept over 95 % from 2000. However, it is expected that [...]

Clean Technology Requires a Systems Approach

Kralj D., ART-K, BusinessConsulting, SI

The challenge of addressing climate change in the context of moving society towards the environmental, economic and social goals of sustainability requires radical innovation of cleaner technologies and processes which meet individual and social needs [...]

A Study on Design Technologies and load analysis for Sustainable Army Barracks

Park C., Cho W., Kim B., Yonsei University, KR

Purpose of this study is embody the environmental-friendly military facility model that applied renewable energy, passive design method and high efficiency equipment. In the introduction of this study, defined problem of existing military facility and [...]

Efficiency’s Last Frontier: Reflective Building Surfaces

Wiig H.C., State of Hawaii Energy Office, US

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory scientists hold that if the world’s urban areas were highly reflective, global warming would be delayed by eleven years. However, America’s building energy codes do not cite reflective surfaces as key paths [...]

Mechanical Properties of PLA-Jute Composites by Using Natural Rubber and Epoxidized Natural Rubber as Impact Modifiers : Effect of Molding Technique

Ruksakulpiwat Y., Tonimit P., Kluengsamrong J., Suranaree University of Technology, TH

Jute fiber was used as a reinforcing fiber in poly (lactic acid) (PLA) composites. Natural rubber (NR) and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) are used as impact modifiers of jute-PLA composite. The composite specimens were prepared [...]