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Synthesis and Characterization of Polybenzimidazoles Containing Perfluorocyclobutane Groups for High-temperature Fuel Cell Applications

  • Chang, Bong-Jun;Kim, Dong-Jin;Kim, Jeong-Hoon;Lee, Soo-Bok;Joo, Hyeok-Jong
    • Korean Membrane Journal
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.43-51
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes the preparation and characterization of two kinds of fluorinated polybenzimidazole (PBI)s which can be potentially used for phosphoric acid-doped, high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Two kinds of perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB)-containing monomers were prepared via following synthetic steps; after fluoroalkylation of methyl 3-(hydroxy) benzoate and methyl 4-(hydroxy) benzoate with 1,2-dibromotetrafluoroethane and subsequent Zn-mediated dehalogenation, these compounds were cyclodimerized at $200^{\circ}C$ affording the ester-terminated monomers containing PFCB ether groups. The synthesized intermediates and monomers were characterized using FT-IR, $^1H-NMR,\;^{19}F-NMR$, and mass spectroscopy. The fluorinated PBIs were then successfully prepared through the solution polycondensation of the monomers and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine in polyphosphoric acid. Compared with traditional PBI, the glass transition temperatures of the fluorinated PBIs were obtained at $262^{\circ}C\;and\;269^{\circ}C$ which are lower than that of PBI and their initial degradation temperatures were still high over $400^{\circ}C$ under nitrogen. The fluorinated PBIs showed higher d-spacing values and improved solubility in several organic solvents as well as phosphoric acid, which confirmed they could be good candidates for the high temperature fuel cell membranes.

Characteristics Analysis of Evaluation Measures and Submission Requirements of Sustainable Design Awards -Comparison between AIA COTE Top 10 and Korea Green Building Awards- (완공작 친환경 건축물 공모전의 평가기준 및 제출요구자료 특성 분석 - AIA COTE TOP 10 공모전과 녹색건축대전의 비교를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Jin-Ho;Lee, Do-Gyun
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: As we are facing the global crisis from the climate change and energy depletion, urgent actions are needed to design a integrated sustainable building. This paper suggests that a sustainable design awards can stimulate for architects to bring the cutting-edge ideas into a realized building in comparison to green building certification system. AIA COTE Top 10 design awards, organized and run by AIA(American Institute of Architects) COTE(Committee on the Environment) from 1997, is analyzed as a case study. By researching the core of the AIA COTE Top 10 design awards system in terms of evaluation measures and submission requirements, meaningful suggestions were drawn to supplement Korea Green Building Awards system and to design and realize leading green buildings in Korea. Method: The comparison between AIA COTE Top 10 and Korea Green Building Design Awards was made in terms of evaluation measures, submission requirements, and green building certification systems. Result: This paper finally suggests the following three points in conclusion: 1) Set the standards of evaluation measures reflecting the three aspects(economy, environment, social) of sustainability, 2) Set the qualitative evaluation measures and corresponding submission requirements that can apply in the design awards in comparison to green building certification system, 3) Develop and balance submission requirements in response to evaluation measures to proceed systematic evaluation of the green buildings.

Analysis of Urban Agricultural Effects by Factors According to the Urban Citizens Income Level: Socially Sustainable Effect, Negative Effect, and Economically Sustainable Effect

  • Hong, In Kyoung;Chae, Young;Jang, Yoonah;Lee, Sang-Mi;Su, Jung Nam
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.461-471
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    • 2018
  • The role of urban agriculture should not be limited as a small-scale crop cultivation activity as it was, but it has to be considered as an entire process of a agriculture activity for the restoration of the city community. This study is based on the assumption that there has been a significant change in urban lifestyle and urban farming preference, considering the overall improvement in standard of living after implementation of five day work week system. It was conducted for urban citizens who were interested in actual urban agriculture for ages 19 and over who visited the Korea Urban Agriculture Exhibition in 2018. Only 115 valid samples were used for the empirical analysis. To analyze the demographic characteristics and effects of urban agriculture, frequency analysis and descriptive statistics were conducted. In order to analyze the reliability and validity of the measurement variables of the effect, the variables that deteriorate the validity were removed and 15 variables of the urban agricultural effect were selected. According to the result of factor analysis, three factors were extracted as follows: socially sustainable effect, negative effect and economically sustainable effect. In order to examine the effects of urban agriculture depending on income level, the one-way ANOVA, which is a statistical technique for verifying differences in the sample means, was performed. The psychological stability of people, the recovery of humanity through communion with nature, and the vitalization of agriculture linked with local agriculture had significant correlations with income level. The negative effect showed no significant correlation with income level. The improvement of the local environment was found to have an impact in relation with income level. We expect that there will be more studies on policies for the new types and models of urban agriculture in order to make it easier for urban citizens to approach it.

A Study on Eco-School Design for Sustainable Education Environment in the UK - Focused on BREEAM Certification Projects - (영국의 지속가능한 교육환경을 위한 친환경 학교 디자인에 관한 연구 - BREEAM 인증 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Bae, Jiyoon
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2019
  • The world is constantly endeavoring to reduce global $CO_2$ emissions by international agreements. However, in general, the public cannot be fully understood and it is difficult to know how to implement sustainable development. The purpose of the study is to explore the concept of Eco-School and to investigate the eco-friendly education program in order to prepare an environmental school design guidelines. In addition, an analysis of the UK's Green Certification Program(BREEAM) explores the sustainability of the educational environment and how it achieve the built environment. Furthermore, this study suggests ways to increase sustainability in education and design field. First, through the literature review, recent trends of eco-friendly school design will be analyzed and the concept with characteristics of Eco-School system should be examined. Second, the evaluation factors and application methods of BREEAM will be explored, and the correlation between Eco-School and BREEAM evaluation items by sustainable development goals of United Nations Development Program(UNDP) will be considered. Through the analysis of the BREEAM schools which are constructed in England based on the BREEAM New Construction 2018, design characteristics and methods of eco-friendly schools will be researched so this study suggest practical ways to contribute design guideline which enables to create the specific policy and design improvement of eco-friendly schools in Korea.

A study on improvement of walking safety in newtown schoolzone way (신도시 교육환경개선에 관한 연구 -통학로의 안전성 확보를 중심으로-)

  • Yoon, Yong-Gi
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.53-63
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest a scheme to provide children safer and more comfortable walking circumstances by survey current walking circumstances of schoolzone ways. A scheme suggested in this study was based on the analysis of survey to elementary school in 3 Newtowns(Dongtan, Dongbaek and Gumdan City) and actually surveyed data on school zone, the scheme can be summed up as follows; First, to avoid pedestrian roads being interrupted and to expend waiting space near schoolzone ways, several measures are needed including fixing roads and building additional gateway. Second, pedestrian crossings in front of school gate should be located at least 30m away from the left side of the gate. Third, to secure pedestrians' safety in school zone ways should be planed and established more security concepts und facilities.

A Study on the Analysis of Current Situation of the Closed School Application Educational Facilities and General Plan (폐교활용 교육시설의 현황분석 및 기본계획에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jae-Young;Lee, Jong-Kuk
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.50-57
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    • 2014
  • The educational facilities is the facility wining the specific gravity which is the most abundant by 269s (25.5%) among the godfather lease application facilities (1056)s of the abolition of school. In case of reusing the closing down a school as the educational facilities there is no legal matter which is under the separate punishment in comparison with the other facility according to the materials of the Ministry of Environment in 2013, and I am analyze that minimum cost is spent on a remodeling and it is most much used. The pattern study thinks about a purpose with the master plan through the plan characteristic derivation according to the analysis of current situation of the domestic closing down a school application educational facilities in which the related study is nonexistent and type in the educational facilities plan of the closing down a school still afterward in being utilized for reference data and guide book.

A Study on Evaluation Indicator of School Building (학교 건축물 평가지표 개발 연구)

  • Yoo, Taek-Dong;Cho, Jin-Il;Kim, Sung-Jung;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.31-52
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    • 2006
  • It presented the specialty and efficient evaluation indicator and a method which corresponds in each quality classified with 4 fields - an use and the function, the environment and an equipment, the structure stability, an main finishing material from plan side against an existing school facility in order to suit in development of the standard indicator which has become fixed quantity and demand of evaluation method for an analysis of the object school facilities to rebuild. So it presented the method which is the fixed quantity evaluation from economic viewpoint as possible for evaluating the maintenance cost by the expenses involved and durable years increase in rebuilding of objective school facility.

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A Study on Spatial Composition of Educational Facilities by Design Process Model (설계과정 모델별 교육시설 공간구성에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Kum-suek
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to clarify the actual conditions of spatial composition of educational facilities by design process model. This article discuses about the characteristics of the floor plan composition and the site plan patterns of 49 middle and high schools in gyeongnam province. The results of this study are summarized as follows; 1) Comparing to traditional middle and high school facilities, it occurs various types of plane and the area is somewhat expanded in the school with same class size, however, it needs to improve facility standards in its reality to deal with the change of future educational environment actively. 2) Spatial composition of educational facilities should functionally designed considering that the characteristics of design process model. In facilities arrangement of middle and high schools, it shows diverse forms of arrangement from existing uniform straight type, however, most of schools do not being against the simple in their external space. Therefore, it requires an expansion of space siæ and facilities for the change of school life outside class.

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A Study Regarding the Legislation of Maintenance for School Facilities (학교시설 유지관리 법제화 방안 연구)

  • Meang, Joon-Ho;Kim, Sung-Joong
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.13-25
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    • 2014
  • The recent trend has been consistently raised by the media of educational environment issues such as deteriorated existing school facilities, water-leaks due to the lack of proper maintenance and poor toilet facilities. For the efficient use of the budget to be used for maintenance of school facilities, an effort to extend the life of the facility to the max is needed. However, current maintenance system of school facilities is to deal with the defects after discovered, and consequently the durable period is shortened due to early deterioration of facilities and efficient budget execution cannot be realized. For this reason, the result emphasizes the need to improve maintenance management system of school facilities, and proposes a systematic bill of school facilities maintenance according to expert investigation and correlation analysis through school facilities maintenance-related information that is distributed to a number of laws.

Development of Green Campus for K-12 Education in Viewpoint of Facility, Environment, Education and Consciousness

  • Kim, Yun-Hae;Kim, Jae-Bong;Hwang, Kwang-Il;Seol, Dong-Il;Doe, Geun-Young;Oh, Cheol;Kim, Sang-Gu;Park, Se-Ho
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2010
  • In Korea Maritime University facilities, environment, education and awareness about the Green Campus has been studied in the field. Based on this, domestic and foreign universities and the benchmarking of the environmental characteristics of our university campus environment, the composition of the plan were considered. In this study, based on what our universities have links with the community on what was discussed a lot about. In our university campus tour aimed at young people plan green, and sustainable management measures have been studied.

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