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A Basic Study for the Calculation of Environmental Impacts on the Life Cycle of Tilting Train (전과정 틸팅열차의 정량적인 환경부하 산출을 위한 기초 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Yong-Ki;Lee, Cheul-Kyu;Jeon, Yong-Sam;Lee, Jong-Beom
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1125-1127
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    • 2008
  • Recently, the tilting train has been developed to increase speed in conventional line. Due to global environmental changes, it is necessary to investigate quantitatively the environment of tilting train. This study evaluated the environmental impacts of tilting train to grasp a key issue environmentally. The related data were collected from bill of material (BOM). The system boundary of tilting train was determined by its cumulative weight. In addition, the $CO_2$ emission in the operation phase of tilting train was calculated. Based on this basic study, the environment of tilting train will be assessed exactly through the establishment of life cycle inventory database for its main components.

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Global warming effect Comparison of each material for railway vehicle (철도차량 차체재료별 온실가스발생량 비교)

  • Lee, Cheul-Kyu;Kim, Yong-Ki;Phirada, Pruitichaiwiboon
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.219-222
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    • 2009
  • Green ocean is one of the main issues internationally. Most governments are leading the role in boosting the economy through creating new green market and establishing system of coping with increasing international environmental regulation. Green ocean, which is a solution for the environmental issue of global warming, is applied throughout the industry. Domestic transportation industry including railway is also developing technology for creating green ocean. Transportation must decrease energy consumption at running stages because it shows high environmental loads expecially on using stages during its life cycle. Therefore, There are some tries for developing technologies; new engine through alternative energies, hybrid and lightweight. Railway transportation can not be exception. it is intended for this paper to suggest the direction of manufacturing environmentally friendly railway vehicle through the global warming effect evaluation of several materials being applied to vehicle and comparison of the results.

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Thoughts on Climate Change Education In Korea (우리나라 기후 변화 교육의 방향에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Chan-Kook;Choi, Don-Hyung
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2010
  • Facing the issue of global climate change, it is important for environmental educators to prepare a person who is able to understand of, communicate about, and make informed decisions on the climate change. Climate change education is to help learners understand of human influence on climate and climate's influence on them and society. This study was conducted in a way to discuss how climate change education could be implemented in Korean context. For this purpose, several documents and research articles on climate change education and communication were analyzed: Climate literacy, guidelines for K-12 global climate change education, and guidelines for effective climate change communication and message and so on. Many of the documents emphasize age appropriateness, positive thinking, participation and empowerment in climate change education while suggesting not to burden young learners with fears. Some documents such as the climate literacy suggest key concepts and/or essential principles of climate change education. Based upon the analysis, several considerations to incorporate the concepts in climate change into educational programs were suggested for further discussions.

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Development of The H Type Steel Pole for 154kV Transmission Lines (154kV 송전선로용 H형 Steel Pole 개발)

  • Byun, Gang;Min, Byeong-Wook;Shin, Tai-Woo;Choi, Jin-Sung;Jiang, Moon-Myong;Song, Teak-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.433-435
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    • 2003
  • As the nation's standard of living rises lately, the common interest in the environmental issue is raised and the environmental design of a transmission line is needed. When the environmental design is needed, KEPCO used a steel pole instead of a rectangular tower. A steel pole has many advantages such as simplification of a tower and less damage to the forest according to less demand of site. But the weak withstand weight of a mono type steel pole is a problem. This paper introduces an H type steel pole which improves its withstand weight, reduces a diameter of a pole from 2.6m to 1.3m and decreases joining points according to the increase of unit length of a pole from 6m to 9m.

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Building Green Entrepreneurship: A Journey of Environmental Awareness to Green Entrepreneurs in Thailand

  • Tesprasit, Kornthong;Aksharanandana, Pakatip;Kanchanavibhu, Athikom
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.35-47
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    • 2020
  • Global waste has become a global issue and we can see the new trend of discovery businesses established to focus on solving the waste problem using new renewable energy technology and the circular economy business model. This paper aims to study factors that impact green entrepreneurship in Thailand, such as environmental concern, organizational environment, founder demographics, education background, entrepreneurship awareness, as well as external factors of a business. The study analyzes the data from three qualitative in-depth interviews with green entrepreneur founders who started the businesses in polymer up-cycling, waste management, and renewable energy. The study finds overseas educational background to be one of the key main drivers for the entrepreneurial courage to decide to pursue a new business venture. By having the exposure toward the different culture, three entrepreneurs hands-on experiential learning through three key drivers who are composed of the can-do attitude, the willingness to be self-employed, and the way of seeking for the freedom to express their passions.

Risk Assessment and Air Pollution by the Open Burning of Agricultural Waste and Residues (농업폐기물 소각에 따른 대기오염 실태 및 위해성 평가)

  • Kim, Moon-Hyeon;Yang, Won-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.33 no.1 s.94
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2007
  • Waste policies with waste metering system and recycling in 1995 have contributed to the reduction of solid waste generation. Now rural areas as well as urban areas produce less amount of solid wastes in terms of per capita. However most policies in relation to waste issue have been concentrated in urban areas. Large portion of agricultural waste in rural region are being illegally treated such as open incineration or burned out on the road. In this study, we assessed the atmospheric air quality and health risk by illegal open incineration in rural region. In case of benzene level, worst concentration during illegal open incineration was 0.23 ppm and cancer risk by exposure was estimated to $2.29{\times}10^{-3}$.

The Study on Installation Application of Personal Rapid Transit (승객여정선택형 대중교통수단 설치적용방안 검토)

  • Jeong, Rag-Gyo;Kim, Back-Hyeon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.04b
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    • pp.195-197
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    • 2009
  • The role of environment-friendly and energy-efficient rail transportation is on the rise as a "sustainable transportation means" to cope with environmental changes that are major concerns around the world. Along with the environmental problems, the CO2 inhibition issue became critical for mankind to prepare global warming and high oil prices. It has come to a point where an alternate means are needed to revitalize plans including renewable energy, bicycle utilization, and prepare new solutions for decreasing number of cars within the city The personal rapid Transit(PRT) is the revolutionary future transportation means that can replace cars to deal with ever-increasing traffic congestions, vehicles, and environmental/energy problems. Expected as an efficient means, technology development has already taken place in developed countries such as U.S., England, and Germany. To meet the future demands, PRT installation around the nation's new and existing towns is being examined to produce important factors. The factors are produced for examining the availability of system requirements during design and construction practice.

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Multifunctionality of Agriculture in the Environment Education (환경교육에서의 농업의 다원적 기능)

  • Lim, Hyung-Baek
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.36-53
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    • 2007
  • Environment is the important issue in many field of study. EU introduced multifunctionality of agriculture in 1980s and adopted strong policy to support that in 1990s. Environment is very important factor of multifunctionality of agriculture. But multifunctionality is not purpose in itself. It is exceptional rule and a means to an purpose. Multifunctionality of agriculture is relation to logic of economics. Mutifunctionality of agriculture was introduced in Korea in 1990s. Owing to different paradigm approach, multifunctionality of agriculture and environmental education have different concept and basis. The purpose of this study is to introduce socio-economical context of multifunctionality of agriculture and enhance mutual understand. More study activities should be encouraged to improve mutual understand and interdisciplinary research.

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Antibacterial compounds in green microalgae from extreme environments: a review

  • Little, Shannon M.;Senhorinho, Gerusa N.A.;Saleh, Mazen;Basiliko, Nathan;Scott, John A.
    • ALGAE
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2021
  • Increased proliferation of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a critical issue that has increased the demand for novel antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial activities have been evaluated in extracts from photosynthetic green microalgae, with varying levels of subsequent potential for development based on the strain of algae, strain of bacterial pathogen, and solvent used to extract the metabolites. Green microalgae from extreme environmental conditions have had to adapt to conditions that exclude many other organisms. The production of antibacterial compounds aids directly or indirectly in the survival of green microalgae in these extreme environments, as well as potentially serve other roles. This review investigates antibacterial activities of green microalgae from both extreme in-situ environmental conditions and induced extreme laboratory conditions and highlights.

Preparing Future Specialists of Preschool Education for the Development of Conscious Citizenship and Environmental Values of Students

  • Ivanchuk, Sabina;Dronova, Olga;Vozniuk, Anna;Myskova, Nataliia;Nepomniashcha, Iryna;Sych, Yuliia
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.279-283
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    • 2022
  • The main purpose of the study is to analyze the specifics of training future preschool education specialists for the development of conscious citizenship and environmental values of students. The methodology includes a number of theoretical methods of analysis. The importance of the issue of professional training of a specialist in a preschool institution is proved, along with an increase in the general and professional culture of a teacher, his readiness to work in alternative institutions for preschool children, it is necessary to develop creative pedagogical thinking, independence, motivational and value attitude to the profession, readiness for further self-education. Based on the results of the research, the key aspects of training future preschool education specialists for the development of conscious citizenship and environmental values of students were determined.