... | | |Malaysia: Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Technology |United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | |Application Project Malaysia: Building Integrated Photovoltaic | | |Systems Project (BIPVS) | | |Country of countries in which the Project is being implemented: |Country eligibility: | |Malaysia | | | |Ratified the UNFCCC on 17 July 1994. | |GEF Focal Area (s): |Operational program/short-term measure: | | | | | |OP-7: Reducing the long-term costs of low GHG emitting energy | |Climate Change |technologies ...
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...the describe some of the motivations a company may have to “go green.” What is global warming? As with any business discussion, we must first understand the topic being discussed. Global warming debate has becoming increasingly prevalent in news media, T.V. shows and popular culture in the past few decades. Defined as an increase in the overall temperature of the earth, global warming is a topic that has been debated furiously from both sides. The EPA estimates that the earth’s temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century. While this may not seem like much (and opponents to the global warming theory are quick to point this out), large bodies of information show that small changes in average temperature lead to significant changes in global climate. Global warming impedes the growth of food sources, affects the temperature of large bodies of water, and can devastate populations living in low altitudes....
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...technological base, poor infrastructures and governance in most arenas. The study also suggest that Bangladesh needs to be engaged with all its development partners in a healthy and constructive process of interaction on stabilization, reform programme and other critical issues like national capacity building, competitiveness, political stability, cross border terrorism, arms and drug trafficking, climate change and environmental degradation. The policy implication is that various economic policy orientation and utilization of resources should be as such that they can supplement economic growth in a sustainable manner and create avenues for employment. KEY WORDS: Benefit, Environment, Globalization, Governance, Infrastructure, Poverty, Population, Policy, Political stability, Resource 1.0 INTRODUCTION Globalization is a process of expanding trade and commerce creating borderless market all over the world. Some view it to be the conquest of one by other increasing inequality between nations. Others view it to be benefiting for world economic development and – also inevitable and irreversible. Bangladesh is exposed to pressure from two major sources in order to bring about changes in domestic governance in the direction of...
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...ACE TECHZION 2K15 Implementation and explanation of the Green Building concepts PRESENTED BY Y.SAI KRISHNA 138P1A0137 Towards the implementation and explanation of the Green Building concept Y.SAI KRISHNA (1256sai@gmail.com) Abstract: The “Green Building” is an interdisciplinary theme, where the green building concept includes a multitude of elements, components and procedures which diverge to several subtopics that intertwined to form the green building concept. Generally, the green building is considered to be an environmental component, as the green building materials are manufactured from local eco-sources, i.e. environmentally friendly materials, which are then used to make an eco-construction subject to an eco-design that provides a healthy habitat built on the cultural and architectural heritage in construction while ensuring conservation of natural resources. This ensures disassembling the building components and materials, after a determined building lifetime, to environmentally friendly materials that can be either re-used or recycled. During their lifecycle, the green buildings minimize the use of resources (energy and water); reduce the harmful impact on the ecology, and provide better indoor environment. Green buildings afford a high level of environmental, economic, and engineering performance. These include energy efficiency and conservation, improved indoor air quality, resource and material efficiency, and occupant's health...
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...Corporate Carbon Strategies Threats and opportunities arising from the new energy imperative Reference Code: BI00036-019 Publication Date: March 2011 1 About the authors Professor Merlin Stone Merlin is Head of Research at The Customer Framework. He is author or co-author of many articles and thirty books and also on the editorial advisory boards of several academic journals. He has a first class honors degree and doctorate in economics from Sussex University, UK. In parallel to his business career, he has also pursued a full academic career, holding senior posts at various universities. He is now a visiting professor at De Montfort, Oxford Brookes and Portsmouth Universities, teaches economics for the Open University and marketing for Exeter University. Jane Fae Ozimek The author is a writer and researcher in the areas of IT, Business and the Law. Jane is currently editor of the Journal of Database Marketing and has previously published works on the use of statistics in business and Marketing Resource Management. Recent research papers include publications on the misuse of security protocols by major corporations, and a re-evaluation of the Loyalty Ladder concept in marketing theory. Jane was also co-author of the recently published Carbon Trading and the Effect of the Copenhagen Agreement (published by Business Insights, 2010). 2 Disclaimer Copyright © 2011 Business Insights Ltd This report is published by Business Insights (the Publisher). This report...
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...the customer. Failure to meet the requirements in any part of a quality chain has a way of multiplying, and failure in one part of the system creates problems elsewhere, leading to yet more failure and problems, and so the situation is exacerbated. Trends of Future Quality Management The concept of customer value represents a dramatic improvement over the traditional approach to quality, the “comformance to specified standards” approach. It extends the concept of quality include user perceptions and use consequences. However, it still falls short of the concept of Total Quality, which stresses the importance of quality in every aspect of an organization. Perhaps the Japanese best express this broader and more holistic view of quality, Ishikawa states: “Narrowly interpreted, quality means quality of product. Broadly interpreted, quality means quality of work, quality of service, quality of information, quality of process, quality of division, quality of people including workers, engineers, managers, and executive, quality of system, quality of company, quality...
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...the customer. Failure to meet the requirements in any part of a quality chain has a way of multiplying, and failure in one part of the system creates problems elsewhere, leading to yet more failure and problems, and so the situation is exacerbated. Trends of Future Quality Management The concept of customer value represents a dramatic improvement over the traditional approach to quality, the “comformance to specified standards” approach. It extends the concept of quality include user perceptions and use consequences. However, it still falls short of the concept of Total Quality, which stresses the importance of quality in every aspect of an organization. Perhaps the Japanese best express this broader and more holistic view of quality, Ishikawa states: “Narrowly interpreted, quality means quality of product. Broadly interpreted, quality means quality of work, quality of service, quality of information, quality of process, quality of division, quality of people including workers, engineers, managers, and executive,...
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...State University This paper is posted at the eScholarship Repository, University of California. http://repositories.cdlib.org/idea/wws/wws-rr008-1002 Copyright c 2002 by the author. School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement Abstract This paper shows that the condition of school facilities has an important impact on student performance and teacher effectiveness. In particular, research demonstrates that comfortable classroom temperature and noise level are very important to efficient student performance. The age of school buildings is a useful proxy in this regard, since older facilities often have problems with thermal environment and noise level. A number of studies have measured overall building condition and its connection to student performance; these have consistently shown that students attending schools in better condition outperform students in substandard buildings by several percentage points. School building conditions also influence teacher effectiveness. Teachers report that physical improvements greatly enhance the teaching environment. Finally, school overcrowding also makes it harder for students to learn; this effect is greater for students from families of low socioeconomic status. Analyses show that class size reduction leads to higher student achievement. School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement Glen I. Earthman Virginia Polytechnic Institute October 2002 Williams Watch Series: Investigating the Claims of Williams...
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...Chapter 1: Introduction Background Human Resource Development (HRD) as a function has not received much attention in most of the organization in Nepal. However, because of the intense competition in different sectors of business such as finance, aviation, manufacturing, the organizations in these sectors have come to realize that one of the way to have competitive advantage is to have a pool of dynamic employees. The growing demand for HR professionals in the country can serve as evidence to it. In such situation it is necessary for the students of MBA to acquire knowledge regarding existing HRD practices prevalent in the country. This would help the students, or the future manager, to identify where the weakness lies within the organization and how these weaknesses can be turned into strength. By assessing the status of HRD in any given organization the students also have an opportunity to implement the theoretical principles of HRD acquired in the class into real life situation. This report is an outcome of endeavor carried out by the students of HRD to understand the status HRD at Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd. Objective of the study The major objective of carrying out this study is to get an opportunity to test our knowledge regarding various HRD issues at Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd. The study also served the purpose of putting the theoretical knowledge gained through lectures and seminars into real-life situation. Since the study is designed as a case analysis, the study aimed at providing...
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...The gaunt researchers had survived only because fresh air had been pumped in. Despite $200 million worth of elaborate equipment. Biosphere II had failed to generate breathable air, drinkable water, and adequate food for just eight people. Yet Biosphere I, the planet we all 145 A ROAD MAP FOR NATURAL CAPITALISM of those services doesn't appear on the business balance sheet. But that's a staggering omission. The economy, after all, is emhedded in the environment. Recent calculations published in the journal Nature conservatively estimate the value of all the earth's ecosystem services to be at least $33 trillion a year. That's close to the gross world product, and it implies a capitalized book value on the order of half a quadrillion dollars. What's more, for most of these services, there is no known substitute at any price, and we can't live without them. Some very simple changes to the way we run our This article puts forward a new approach businesses can yield startling benefits for today's not only for protecting the biosphere but also for improving profits and competitiveshareholders and for future generations. ness. Some very simple changes to the way we run our businesses, built on advanced techniques for making resources more productive, look only at the exploitable resources of the...
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...construction. We use data collected during interviews with contractors and data from questionnaire surveys. Results show that contractors do understand the potential benefits of quality implementation but that there are also many barriers to implementation. We describe recent developments that might help to overcome the barriers. However, the different actors in construction need to understand that change is a slow and often painful process and that much effort is required to implement quality in construction industry. Keywords: quality management; construction industry; interview; survey Introduction During the past decades the construction industry has been criticised for its poor performance and productivity in relation to other industries (Alarcon & Ashley, 1992; Forbes, 1993; Kanji & Wong, 1998; Loushine, Hoonakker, Carayon, & Smith, 2006; Nesan & Holt, 1999; Oglesby, Parker, & Howell, 1989). Many of the management practices used to support construction organisations are being challenged. The industry’s clients are moving forward. Clients demand improved service quality, faster building and innovations in technology. It is no accident that the construction industry...
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...Assessment of Impacts of climate variability in Kilosa District, Morogoro Region in Tanzania Scientist. Gerald Mrema. PRECS M&C LTD, P.O. Box 10268, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania *Corresponding Author (Tel: +255714254900 e-mail: mrema.gerald@gmail.com) Abstract This research is basically on assessment of impacts of climate variability in Kilosa District Morogoro Region in Tanzania were the field study was done within three wards that is Ulaya, Kilosa town and Rudewa represent three major zones of Kilosa District that is highlands, midlands and lowlands respectively. Methodologies that were used in field study include physical observation, consultation, interview through research question, literature review and GIS in map updating. Data from Tanzania meteorological agency (TMA), WAMI/RUVU basin and Morogoro agriculture department of rainfall and temperature, water level and water discharge also crop production respectively for 30years from 1980 to 2010 were analyzed statistically in order to show the link between climate variability with its associated impacts in both people and environment at large, results shows that climate variability in Kilosa District generally is of both dry and wet years in different years where the area also experience both MAM and OND seasons of rainfall per year. Also results have revealed that the total annual rainfall at Kilosa is observed to decreases at the rate of 8.04mm/year while in temperature there a slight increase at a rate of 0.1oC/year in temperature...
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...DISCUSSION 7 3.1 Problem Summary: 7 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 7 5. SET UP PROGRAMME OFFICE 7 5.1 Programme Office setup 7 5.2 Changes the Organisational Design 8 5.3 Shaping the organisational programme 8 6. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 10 6.1 Analysis 10 6.1.1 Core competencies 10 6.1.2 Organisational behaviour study 10 6.1.3 Organisational Vision and Mission 11 6.1.4 Balanced Scorecard based strategy implementation 11 6.1.5 Balanced Scorecard value creation perspectives: 12 6.1.6 Building a strategy map 13 6.1.7 Implementing a Balanced Scorecard Programme Management learning organisation structure 14 7. STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT 15 7.1 SWOT analysis 15 7.2 PESTEL analysis 15 7.3 GAP analysis 16 8. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION 16 8.1 Creation of a strategy plan 16 8.2 Strategic Transformation Project Implementation Route 2 (Project route) 17 9. MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE 17 10. INNOVATIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAME 18 11. REFERENCES 20 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Levis Strauss has been one of the world’s most successful brands in the fashion industry but is now subject to a falling market share and is no longer meeting the demands of its external environment. Levis leadership is ineffective and the approach taken to resolve its problems is futile, capital intensive and does not produce any results. The organisation will have to embark on a radical change strategy to remain profitable in its market. The content of this report outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the...
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...labels; and the methods in which the industry is trying to adapt in order to reap the highest potential benefit from this modern global digital landscape. Audio Engineers are a group of people in an industry that has been subject to rigorous changes in recent years courtesy of the the digital age, the internet and social media. It is therefore important to understand the effects of social media, the changes in the music industry, and the possible solutions in order to attempt to forecast the future of the industry. Technology since the turn of the millennium has advanced with great strides and in the future will most likely be perceived as the true beginning of the digital age. The digital age has undoubtedly advanced humanity in many aspects, including in music, but is not without its problems. Piracy is a major cause for concern in the music industry caused by a lack of control within the music distribution channels, particularly in the earlier stages of p2p file sharing. This was a time when the industry did not really know how to react to digital music downloads; to embrace or fight it. Regardless of legal issues and lawsuits still happening today in digital downloading, it is important to acknowledge that illegal downloads are still a big part of the music industry, a fact that all Audio Engineers should realise. “IFPI estimates around 95 percent of tracks are downloaded without payment to copyright holders” (IFPI 2009) It is generally perceived and noticeable...
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...RISK MANAGEMENT – AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL ENGINEERS A Discussion Paper By: Paul R. Amyotte, P.Eng.1 & Douglas J. McCutcheon, P.Eng.2 Chemical Engineering Program Department of Process Engineering & Applied Science Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2X4 2 1 Industrial Safety & Loss Management Program Faculty of Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G6 Prepared For: The Research Committee of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers October 2006 SUMMARY The purpose of this paper is to “seed” the discussion by the Research Committee of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) on the topic of risk management. The paper is in part a research paper and in its entirety a position paper. As can be inferred from the title, the authors hold the firm opinion that risk management is an area of knowledge with which all engineers should have familiarity and a level of competence according to their scope of practice. The paper first makes the distinction between hazard and risk. The two terms are often used interchangeably when in fact they are quite different. A hazard is a chemical or physical condition that has the potential to cause harm or damage to people, environment, assets or production. Risk, on the other hand, is the possibility or chance of harm arising from a hazard; risk is a function of probability and severity of consequences. A description of the process of risk management is then given....
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