Conference: ACSEE2019
The Study of Using the Opaque Wall Material to Manage Overall Thermal Transfer for the Heritage Hospital Façade in Bangkok
Many hospitals in Bangkok metropolitan districts are awaken to the global warming crisis. It results that the temperature in the winter is closed to the summer. The following effect is that the old hospital buildings, are confronting the energy over consumption than ever. In particular, the old facades are needed renovation to preserve comfortable condition. …
Optimized Approaches to Urban Spatial Form Design for Better Ventilation- A Study in Changzhou, China
Rapid urbanization process has brought about a global challenge in the ecological environment, such as air pollution and “Urban Heat Island Effect”. On one side, climate is one of the most important elements that maintains human survival and production, and also the key factor of spatial morphology. On the other side, different spatial forms also …
Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitals to Improve Environmental Sustainability
Businesses have started integrating CSR as a critical strategy in their core operations, plans, and activities to promote sustainability. Hospitals are one such domain where it is inevitable to be socially responsible with its daily operations. It is also essential to understand the impact of environmental CSR initiatives in the context of hospitals. Despite this, …
Study on Partial Discharges Features Evolution of Underground Cable Joints during Insulation Degradation
Underground cables are significant links in metropolitan power systems. Hence, any cable accident can cause high economic losses and disruption of service to customers. Recently, the condition-based maintenance (CBM) method proposed to improve the weakness of time-based maintenance becomes feasible in smart grid, which optimizes and improves the reliability of power systems. This paper focuses …
Cost and Benefit Optimization on Installation of Distribution Feeders Voltage Control Equipment considering Distributed Generations
The primary purpose of this study is to explore the impacts of distributed generation (DG) interconnections on distribution systems in Taiwan. To build a DG-friendly distribution system for the development of DGs, a genetic algorithm with Pareto optimality is utilized to analyze the cost and benefit of installing a distribution feeder voltage control equipment that …
Soil Carbon Contents of Teak Plantation in Agroforestry Farming of Ban Tham Suea, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
Increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide is a serious global environmental concern. Teak plantation can store substantial amount of carbon. Soil carbon contents and properties were studied in 3, 6 and 13-years-old teak plantations located in agroforestry farming areas of Ban Tham Suea, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province. Soil samples were collected at 0-30 cm depth …
Study of Façade Treatment for Optimum Daylight Usage in Open Plan Offices in Context of Dhaka
Electricity consumption is the highest energy drainer when it comes to artificial lighting used in offices even though maximum office-hour coincides during the day time. Although few simple design inclusions in the initial phase of designing can reduce electricity consumption as well as add bonus effects such as physiological and psychological improvement through use of …
Cultivating Concrete Utopia: Understanding How Japan’s Permaculture Experiments are Shaping a Political Vision of Sustainable Living
The issue of sustainability in agriculture has gained momentum in reaction to the increasingly problematic consequences of the industrial agriculture model. Diverse alternative models of food production have consequently emerged under headings such as organic agriculture, natural farming, agroecology and permaculture. In this presentation, I propose to show how permaculture merges the concept of sustainable …
Assessing the Vulnerability of Rice Production to Climate Change in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Upper East Region of Ghana. This region is known to be the most vulnerable to climate change in the country. However, no study has found any local variations as the study tended to be defined by administrative boundaries. To assess rice production vulnerability to biophysical aspects of climate change (e.g., rainfall, temperature), we applied a …
Research on Evolution Mechanism and Development Strategy of Rural Human Settlement Environment Based on Characteristics of China-Suzhong Water Network
The “frame-drainage-dike” water system in the rural areas of China’s Suzhong is one of the achievements of the “Reclamation project” implemented by Zhang Jian in the early 20th century. On the one hand, the system has evolved into a unique geographical feature, which has important historical value. On the other hand, changes in lifestyles have …
Energy Substitution Potential in China’s Non-metallic Mineral Products Industry-based on the Translog Function and Corrected Formula for Elasticity
The non-metallic mineral products industry (NMMPI) of China is the largest in the world and has a character of low energy efficiency, which made this sector energy-intensive and therefore one of leading contributors to CO2 and other pollutants. Therefore, researchers have been paying more and more attentions to the degree of non-energy factors substituting for …
Air Quality-forecasting Impacts from Industrial Sources with an Operational Atmospheric Modelling System: Spain Case Study
Introducing an integrated software tool to help industrial plants assess the impact of their emissions on air quality in surrounding areas, based on air quality forecasts. It is a tool for mapping the expected exceedances of the EU Air Quality Directive over a large area centered on the industrial plants and the contribution of different …
Climate-based Daylight Metrics Applied for Sustainable and High-quality Design Strategy of Office Spaces
Daylight using in office space not only has the energy-saving potential, but also achieve visual requirements and improve work efficiency. In the past, “Daylight factor (DF)” has always been the mainstream of building daylight specifications. However, “static” Daylight factor cannot fully reflect the change of time, nor the relationship between building orientation and external shading. …
Assessment of Maximum Permissible Capacity of Distributed Generations Connected to a Distribution Grid with Feeder Voltage Control Equipment
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the maximum permissible capacity of distributed generations (DGs) connected to distribution systems with feeder voltage control equipment by dual genetic algorithm (DGA) in Taiwan. The DGA is adopted to deal with the uncertainty problems of distribution system operating states. The DGA can be subdivided into two …
Far to Go: Nine Takeaways from a Survey of Businesses’ Progress on the Journey to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper investigates how companies are reacting to the launch of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by updating their existing sustainability initiatives or launching new programs. Interviews were performed with more than 60 multinational corporations, SMEs, startups, investors and financial institutions, NGOs, industry associations and sustainability service providers. The field of reporting on SDG impacts …
Further Development of Concise Power Conditioners for Photovoltaic Power Generation
In latest medical equipment, the development of the structural function in the operating system is remarkable. The endoscopic surgery including surgical robot and the catheter intervention have been applied, so that such remarkable operating techniques have been developed with like robotic operating room and hybrid operating room. For almost electrical equipment using in such medical …
Scenarios and Impacts of Future Floods on Low Income Housing in Chiang Mai, Thailand
This study aimed to estimate the risk of low-income people whose suffer livelihood problems and housing damage due to present and future flooding, which will be affected by climate change. Data about problems in livelihood and housing damage affected by various flooding characteristics of households were collected in three low-income settlements in Chiang Mai which …
Further Development of Concise Power Conditioners for Photovoltaic Power Generation
In latest medical equipment, the development of the structural function in the operating system is remarkable. The endoscopic surgery including surgical robot and the catheter intervention have been applied, so that such remarkable operating techniques have been developed with like robotic operating room and hybrid operating room. For almost electrical equipment using in such medical …
Re-fragmentation of the Coral Echinopora Lamellosa (Esper 1795) for Mariculture
Repeated fragmentation of corals can increase the source material to re-stock a coral nursery and reduce dependence on wild stocks. However, the efficacy of this approach to generate coral cover remains limited. Live tissue growth and dead area of Echinopora lamellosa fragments and re-fragments were measured at an in situ nursery over one year. Overall, …
Exploring the “Self-flowing” Rural Living Water Model in Suzhong Water Network Area of China
The relationship between the “canal-frame-row-squat” water network system built by Zhang Jian in the Suzhong area of China 100 years ago is inseparable. However, the modern lifestyle and the construction of transportation facilities have caused structural damage, resulting in a sustained negative impact on the ecological environment. In recent years, governments have adopted measures such …