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Analysis regarding the Environmental Impact of the Life Cycle of Housing Complexes in Korea (국내 주거 단지에 대한 전과정 환경영향 분석)

  • Choi, Doo-Sung;Jeon, Hung-Chan;Cho, Kyun-Hyong
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2014
  • This study on condominium complex will adopt the quantitative assessment of the influence on the environment throughout the entire life cycle of buildings. This paper applies input-out analysis in order to analyse embodied energy regarding input of materials at material production phase. Also, it calculates environment load at use and demolition and destruction Phases of buildings as analysing energy consumption. The study categorises environment load as six impact categories and undertakes environmental impact evaluation. The consequence shows that the environment load of multi-unit dwelling takes up 88.2% out of the entire environment load of condominium complex. Also, as a result of analyzing the environmental impact of the life cycle of condominium buildings, it was found that such environmental impact comprised of about 11.96% of all industries in Korea that had an environmental impact.

Optimal Life Cycle design of Water Pipe System using Genetic Algorithm (상수관망 최적 생애주기 설계를 위한 유전알고리즘의 적용)

  • Lee, Seungyub;Yoo, Do Guen;Jung, Donghwi;Kim, Joong Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.4216-4227
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    • 2015
  • In this study, a model is developed based on Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA) method with Genetic Algorithm (GA) to determine optimal diameter of Water Distribution System (WDS). For hydraulic analysis the EPANET2.0 program is linked with developed model, pipe-aging equation and pipe-breakage equation are built in to developed model to simulate pipe change through life cycle. The model is then applied to two sample WDSs for optimal energy design. After determining optimal diameter for each WDS, the total cost is calculated based on determined diameter and compared with well-known optimal diameter set of each WDS. Results show that optimal energy design of WDSs through the developed model can be an alternative option for optimal design of WDSs for reducing energy with lower in cost.

An Analysis of Farm household Economy by Family Life Cycle (가정생활주기에 따른 농가경제 분석)

  • 최현자;최은숙
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.35-51
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    • 1986
  • The purpose of this study is to establish family life cycle of farm and to analyze changes of economic conditions-income, consumption expenditures, savings, assets, and debts-in farm household according to the family life cycle. Income, consumption expenditures, savings, assets, and debts functions are also estimated by age of household head. The data of Farm Household Economy Survey which was conducted in 1983 by Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is used in this study. Among total data of 2000, 1603 are analyzed for mean, percentage, and regression using CRISP Program at Office of Rural Development. The results of study can be summarized as follows; 1) Eight stages of family life cycle of farm are established according to the growth of the first child. They are: Establishment stage, Child bearing and preschool stage, Elementary school stage, Middle and high school stage, College and vocational adjustment stage, Period of children's marriage, Re-adjustment stage, and isorganizing stage. 2) The economic conditions of farm household are significantly fluctuated by family life cycle. Among the eight stages, stage Ⅱ is considered relatively comfortable living period and stage Ⅲ, Ⅳ are the most difficult periods of farm household economy. 3) The estimated functions of income, consumption expenditures, savings, assets, and debts by age of household head are as follows; Y(income) = 2, 354, 832+98,456T-1,036T2(F=11.746) C(consumption expenditures) = 81,876+154,976T-1,552T2 (F=37.272) S(savings) = 2,272,956+56,511T+516T2(F=4.262) D(debts) = 903,929+28,300T-438T2(F=3.339) A(assets) = 200,816+1,213,336T-12,930T2(F=21.069) To carry on a reasonable farm household management, a suitable measure to cope with the desire of family and the economic conditions of farm household should be prepared.

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The Analysis of Financial Factors and efficiency that influence on the Venture Business' Survival (벤처기업의 효율성과 재무요인이 기업의 생존에 미치는 영향 분석)

  • Song, Sung-Hwan;Gwon, Seong-Hoon;Hong, Soon-Ki;Yoo, Kyung-Jin;Bae, Young-Im
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2010
  • There are several stage in corporate's life cycle such as foundation, growth, maturity or bankruptcy. A bankruptcy is very important for corporate in the life cycle. Especially, venture business' life cycle is short compare to other type of corporate. A lot of venture businesses have emerged and bankrupted soon in the market. Venture businesses' survival or bankruptcy have been influenced by not only external environment like the rate of exchange, oil price, and foreign exchange crisis but also internal environment such as efficiency, process, human resources, finance and CEO. In this paper, we attempt to examine financial factors and efficiency that influence on the venture businesses' survival and bankruptcy. The more venture businesses have high efficiency score, the more they have high probability of survival.

Environmental Effect Analysis for PV system using LCA (LCA를 이용한 태양광발전의 환경영향분석)

  • Choi, Bong-Ha;Park, Soo-Uk;Lee, Deok-Ki
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.737-741
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    • 2007
  • This paper analyses the environmental effect of 100kw PV system installed in Tibet using Life Cycle Assessment(LCA). Then, energy payback time(EPT) and life-cycle $CO_2$ emission rate are estimated based on life-cycle of the PV system. As a result of the estimation, 6 year of EPT and 20 g-C/kWh of $CO_2$ emission rate are obtained. In China, average $CO_2$ emission rate of fossil fuel power generation plant is 260 g-C/kWh. This shows that PV system would be very promising for global environmental issues. For advanced LCA, we need to collect detailed and various data about raw material of PV system.

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The Software Verification and Validation Tasks for a Safety Critical System in Nuclear Power Plants

  • Cheon Se Woo;Cha Kyung Ho;Kwon Kee Choon
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.38-46
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    • 2004
  • This paper introduces the software life-cycle V&V (verification and validation) tasks for the KNICS (Korea nuclear instrumentation and control system) project. The objectives of the V&V tasks are mainly to develop a programmable logic controller (PLC) for safety critical instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, and then to apply the PLC to developing the prototype of an engineered safety features-component control system (ESF-CCS) in nuclear power plants. As preparative works for the software V&V, various kinds of software plans and V&V task procedures have been developed according to the software life-cycle management. A number of software V&V tools have been adopted or developed to efficiently support the V&V tasks. The V&V techniques employed in this work include a checklist-based review and inspection, a requirement traceability analysis, formal verification, and life-cycle based software testing.

Analysis of Educational Expenditures by family life cycle (가족생활주기에 따른 가계의 교육비 지출 분석)

  • 양정선;김순미
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.135-152
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    • 2003
  • This study examined which factors influence educational expenditure by family life cycle. Data for this study were from the 2001 Household Income and Expenditure Survey and consisted of a sample of 2,681 households. The results showed that the households having high school students had the highest educational expenditure and the households having middle school students had the highest ratio of educational expenditure to consumption expenditure. The education of household head, family type, the number of children, the age of the youngest child, and family income had significant effect on educational expenditure in all the stages of family life cycle. The results of this study will be useful for financial management of households and give suggestions for the government policy on education.

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Life Cycle Cost Estimation of Cleaning Robot for External Windows (유리창 외부 청소용 로봇의 생애주기비용 예측)

  • Kim, Kyoon-Tai;Jun, Young-Hun;Kim, Jeoung-Tae;Park, Kyeong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.272-273
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    • 2017
  • As businesses put a greater emphasis on outward appearances, the demand for external window cleaning has been on the rise. However, with the conventional labor-intensive window cleaning method, it is hard to meet this demand. Therefore, this study proposes a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis model for a guiderail-type cleaning robot, and estimate the LCCs of the conventional method and the cleaning robot. The findings of this research are expected to serve as a guide for future development of a cleaning robot.

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Environmental Effect Analysis for PV system using LCA (LCA를 이용한 태양광발전의 환경영향분석)

  • Choi, Bong-Ha;Park, Soo-Uk;Lee, Deok-Ki
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.3 no.2 s.10
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2007
  • This paper analyses the environmental effect of 100kw PV system installed in Tibet using Life Cycle Assessment(LCA). Then, energy payback time(EPT) and life-cycle CO2 emission rate are estimated based on life-cycle of the PV system. As a result of the estimation, 6 year of EPT and 20 g-C/kWh of CO2 emission rate are obtained. In China, average CO2 emission rate of fossil fuel power generation plant is 260 g-C/kWh. This shows that PV system would be very promising for global environmental issues. For advanced LCA, we need to collect detailed and various data about raw material of PV system.

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Optimal Seismic Reliability of Bridges Based on Minimum Expected Life Cycle Costs (최소기대비용에 기초한 교량의 최적내진신뢰성)

  • 조효남;임종권;심성택
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 1999
  • This study is intended to propose a systematic procedure for the development of the reliability-based seismic safety and cost-effective Performance criteria for design and upgrading of long span PC bridges. In the paper, a set of cost function models for life cycle cost analysis of bridges is proposed. The total life cycle cost functions consist of initial cost and direct/indirect damage costs considering repair/replacement costs, human losses and property damage costs, road user costs, and indirect regional economic losses. The damage costs are successfully expressed in terms of Park-Ang median global damage indices and damage probabilities. The proposed approach is successfully applied to model bridges in both regions of a moderate seismicity area like Seoul, Korea and a high one like Tokyo, Japan. It may be expected that the proposed approach can be effectively utilized for the development of cost-effective performance criteria for design and upgrading of various types of bridges as well as long span PC bridges.

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