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Mitigating Health and Environmental Risks From E-Waste Dismantling via Plasma Arc Gasification WtE and Sustainable Materials Management Modeling
(2016-05-24)
Informal E-waste recycling is an epidemiological and environmental crisis of unprecedented scale and complexity in human history. The expanding demand for electronics and the growing human population is putting indeterminable ...
What Are the Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Impacts Associated With Vegan, Vegetarian, and Meat Diets in the United States?
(2016-03-25)
The United Nations estimates that the growing human population will reach approximately 9.6 billion by 2050. In order to accommodate the subsequently higher demand for food and related strain on resources, careful consideration ...
Sustainability of Self-Driving Mobility: An Analysis of Carbon Emissions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Conventional Modes of Transportation
(2017-03-05)
The primary contribution of this paper is to identify the potential variables through which vehicle automation may affect carbon emissions in the transportation sector, and compare modal shifts between conventional vehicles, ...
Economic Opportunities for Biomass Harvest of Invasive Giant Reed (Arundo Donax L.) in Southern California as Feedstock for the Pulp and Paper Industry
(2017-05-15)
This study investigates commercial opportunities in Southern California for removing Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) biomass and selling it to pulp and paper manufacturing operations. Arundo donax is an invasive non-native ...
Synchrony of Winter Moth (Operophtera Brumata) Larval Eclosion With Bud-Break of Different Tree Species in New England and Its Effect on Defoliation
(2017-02-20)
Forest pests are particularly responsive to the influence of climate change, rapidly bringing about shifts in herbivory intensities, changing their distribution and outbreak frequency, altering their relationships with ...
Concepts from Traditional Indian Architecture to Reduce Energy Consumption in Modern Indian Architecture
(2017-03-09)
The unprecedented growth in population in Bangalore city, India - 5.1 million (2001) to 11.5 million (2016) - has led to an exponential increase in residential construction activities (fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse ...
The Impact of Residential Water Price Increases and Subsidy Reductions on Elasticity of Demand in Abu Dhabi City
(2017-05-20)
The purpose of this study is to determine price elasticity of demand (PED) for residential water. Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of household water demand to increases in the price of water, which ...
Sustainability Analysis of the Commercial Winter Management Industry’s Use of Salt
(2017-05-23)
There is a quiet yet significant environmental epidemic occurring. Freshwater resources throughout North America are becoming increasingly contaminated with chlorides as a result of salt used for managing snow and ice ...
A Demographic Analysis of the Distribution of Farmers Markets and Grocery Stores in Northern Virginia
(2017-12-13)
Increasingly, consumers are seeking opportunities to buy locally grown fresh foods at farmers markets in lieu of conventionally sourced foods at grocery stores due to perceptions of environmental, economic and social harms ...
An Iterative Parametric Modeling Analysis of Architectural Indicators and Associated Impacts on Energy Consumption in a Pennsylvania Single-Family Home
(2018-05-17)
Residential buildings in the U.S. consume 21% of the total primary energy, mostly generated via conventional fossil fuels, a major contributor to environmental pollution and degradation (EIA, 2017). Hence, energy conservation ...