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A Study on the Methods for Usage of Environmental Indexes in Management by Objectives (목표관리에서 환경지표의 활용방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Mann-Taek;Joo, Seung-Ho;Yoon, Kyung-Sup;Kwon, Chang-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.199-208
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    • 2011
  • Environment standards can be used as a foundation of environment administration (specific expression of political goals or quantitative evaluation standards of political effects). When environment adminstration improves severe air or water pollution rapidly, the environment standard can work effectively to show the goals specifically and clearly. The environment index which is designed to evaluate environment systems, should be established to express the environment system generally. To realize sustainable development, the sustainable indexes usually consisting of these three areas in that harmony of environment, economy and society are required. In this research, sustainable environmental indicators to understand the characteristics and to compare likes theme of environmental conditions in international and national level indicators, regional environmental management plan to promote the management by objectives are to provide the basic data. It is desirable for the environmental policies to work harmoniously with direct control, use of economic means and voluntary methods. Regarding the evaluation of environmental index, the action results of civilian's or individual's activities are needed to be reflected into the evaluation.

A Study on the Alternative Technology Evaluation Based on LCA and ″extended″ Energy I/O Technique (LCA와 에너지수지비 개념의 확장을 통한 대체에너지기술의 평가방법론)

  • 박찬국;박영구;최기련
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.317-324
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    • 1999
  • This study suggests the effectiveness of an "extended" power system evaluation methodology based on LCA and energy input-output analysis techniques. This "extended" evaluation methodology is designed to incorporate total energy system costs through fuel cycle and external costs, including CO$_2$abatement cost. As an empirical test, we applied the methodology to orimulsion-fired power generation technology and found that orimulsion could be considered as in attractive base-load power generation fuel in terms of economic and environmental aspects, compared to conventional coal-fired power plant.

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Development of Evaluation Criteria for the Forest Garden

  • Hong, Kwang-pyo;Jin, Hye-young;LEE, Hyuk-jae
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2020
  • Development of forest garden for city dwellers utilizing green space within urban area is nowadays highly regarded as a means to invigorate city and to raise living standard for city dwellers. Thus, development of forest garden has become pressing and important agenda for city governments. Promoting forest garden to solve many environmental and social issues city governments face today requires evaluation criteria to determine whether target green space is suitable to serve as forest garden. In this respect, we believe that evaluation of values of forest garden from previous studies can serve as foundation for developing evaluation index for forest garden. Thus, we aimed to develop evaluation criteria for values of forest garden. First, various evaluation criteria collected from previous studies were assessed by expert groups. Then, the result was studied through AHP technique and we developed evaluation criteria for forest garden based on such result. Especially, evaluation criteria were divided into main and sub-levels for more detailed and precise evaluation system.

Research on the development of green chemistry technology assessment techniques: a material reutilization case

  • Hong, Seokpyo;Ahn, Kilsoo;Kim, Sungjune;Gong, Sungyong
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.30 no.sup
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    • pp.2.1-2.11
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    • 2015
  • Objectives This study presents a methodology that enables a quantitative assessment of green chemistry technologies. Methods The study carries out a quantitative evaluation of a particular case of material reutilization by calculating the level of "greenness" i.e., the level of compliance with the principles of green chemistry that was achieved by implementing a green chemistry technology. Results The results indicate that the greenness level was enhanced by 42% compared to the pre-improvement level, thus demonstrating the economic feasibility of green chemistry. Conclusions The assessment technique established in this study will serve as a useful reference for setting the direction of industry-level and government-level technological R&D and for evaluating newly developed technologies, which can greatly contribute toward gaining a competitive advantage in the global market.

Evaluation of behavior and strength of prestressed concrete deep beams using nonlinear analysis

  • Kim, T.H.;Cheon, J.H.;Shin, H.M.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.63-79
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavior and strength of prestressed concrete deep beams using nonlinear analysis. By using a sophisticated nonlinear finite element analysis program, the accuracy and objectivity of the assessment process can be enhanced. A computer program, the RCAHEST (Reinforced Concrete Analysis in Higher Evaluation System Technology), was used for the analysis of reinforced concrete structures. Tensile, compressive and shear models of cracked concrete and models of reinforcing and prestressing steel were used to account for the material nonlinearity of prestressed concrete. The smeared crack approach was incorporated. A bonded or unbonded prestressing bar element is used based on the finite element method, which can represent the interaction between the prestressing bars and concrete of a prestressed concrete member. The proposed numerical method for the evaluation of behavior and strength of prestressed concrete deep beams is verified by comparing its results with reliable experimental results.

Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Factors in Office Building with Underfloor Air-Conditioning (UFAC) System

  • Chung, Kwang-Seop
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.36-45
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    • 2001
  • During the last decade, an increasing interest in Underfloor Air-Conditioning (UFAC) systems has emerged. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the indoor environmental performance of office buildings with UFAC system in order to develope the design prototype of this system. The physical measurements and the Interviewing survey of occupant's sensation responses to the environment were carried out. Measurements and survey were made of the thermal environmental factors such as air temperature, relative humidity, air velocity, globe temperature, and the other several environmental factors such as the sound level and the illuminance of working plane, etc. And, the air quality was evaluated by measuring the concentration of suspended particles, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in the room. Furthermore, the paper appraises the various indoor environmental factors of the room by using post-occupancy evaluation (POE) method in office building with UFAC system, and thus, it suggests the basic data for assessing the indoor comfort based on field measurements and survey .

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Landscape Ecological Approaches to the Environmental Impact Assessment (환경영향평가기법의 경관생태학적 접근방안)

  • Choung, Heung-Lak;Hong, Sun-Kee;Lee, Hyun-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.73-85
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    • 2005
  • Natural disturbance and environmental pressure on natural ecosystems are gradually increasing, and the cause is significantly related to large-scale environmental pollution, global warming, decreasing biodiversity and habitat fragmentation. Environmental impact assessment(EIA) in Korea has been focused on distribution and composition of fauna and flora as major evaluation aspects in ecosystem assessment. It is well known that those characteristics of flora and fauna strongly depend on characteristics and quality of habitat and ecosystem. However, there is no items to assess habitat and ecosystems of spatial ecological system in EIA. Many countries are trying to develop the EIA items to consider the spatial characteristics of habitat and ecosystem and those ecological dynamics as well as species level. In this stream, landscape ecology is emerging discipline to examine spatial pattern and ecological process within/between habitats and ecosystems. Landscape ecological analysis, as a special tool for ecosystem evaluation, has been appropriately adopted to the EIA system in the advanced countries. This review paper tries to introducing the possibilities of landscape ecological concept into the Korean EIA system.

Development of Performance Evaluation Model for Optimal Soil Remediation Technology Selection (토양오염 최적정화기술 선정을 위한 성능평가모델 개발)

  • Kim, Sang-Tae;Koh, Woo-Chan;Lee, Seung-Woo;Kim, Heung-Rae
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.13-22
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we have developed the performance evaluation model for the optimal soil remediation technology selection. Performance evaluation model is composed in the evaluation of two steps. In the first stage, the candidate technologies are derived according to the conditions of drilling, type and concentration of pollutants, and the saturated/unsaturated of target site. In the second stage, each individual candidate technology is evaluated by performance evaluation model. The performance evaluation model has 5 groups of evaluation items and 12 evaluation items which have their own evaluation index and their own weights through the AHP approach surveying 40 experts. From the case study of actual design cases, the applicability of the performance evaluation model was confirmed.

Evaluation of a moving bed biofilm reactor for simultaneous atrazine, carbon and nutrients removal from aquatic environments: Modeling and optimization

  • Derakhshan, Zahra;Ehrampoush, Mohammad Hassan;Mahvi, Amir Hossein;Dehghani, Mansooreh;Faramarzian, Mohammad;Ghaneian, Mohammad Taghi;Mokhtari, Mehdi;Ebrahimi, Ali Asghar;Fallahzadeh, Hossein
    • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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    • v.67
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    • pp.219-230
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    • 2018
  • The present study examined a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) bioreactor on a laboratory scale for simultaneous removal of atrazine, organic carbon, and nutrients from wastewater. The maximum removal efficiency of atrazine, chemical oxygen demand (COD), total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) were 83.57%, 90.36%, 90.74% and 87.93 respectively. Increasing salinity up to 40 g/L NaCl in influent flow could inhibit atrazine biodegradation process strongly in the MBBR reactor.Results showed that MBBR is so suitable process for efficiently biodegrading of atrazine and nitrogen removal process was based on the simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) process.