...ENGG 941 Assignment I Carbon and Water Footprint Report Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at the University of Wollongong Name | UOW ID | Kazi Swad Abdullah | 5220683 | Sherin John | 4806670 | Samir Bastola | 4739218 | Sanju Kunjammattil Babu | 4873622 | table of contents 1. Executive Summary………………………………………………………………….…3 2. Introduction………………………………………………………....................................3 3. Description of Problem…………………………………………………………...……3 4. Method - Carbon Footprint.…………………….…...…............…........…….…………..4 5. Method - Water Footprint………...………………….................….……......…………...4 6. Assumptions…………………..………….............…..........……………………………..5 7. Limits………………………………………………………………………..…………5 8. Results - Carbon Footprint………...………………............………........……………..…6 9. Results - Water Footprint………………………………………………………………6 10. Discussion of Footprint Indicators………………...………...………………………….7 11. Comparison of Footprint Indicators……………………………………………….…...7 12. Conclusion & Recommendations………………………………………………………8 13. References…………………………………………………………....................……….9 14. Appendices.......................................................................................................….........................10 Executive Summary The ecological footprint of the SBRC building at the University of Wollongong was investigated; this includes investigating the water and the carbon footprint of...
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...Environmental Pollution – is any alteration in the physical, chemical, or biological properties of the environment (air, water, and land). Water Pollution • Physical Pollutants o Color o Temperature o Odor and Taste o Turbidity • Chemical Pollutants o Acids and alkalis (pH, such as sulphuric, HCl, NaOH, and others) o Dissolved Inorganic Substances (other non-Carbon based) o Organic Chemicals (Carbon-based, foods, and others) o Refractory Substances (bricks, cements, and others) o Radioactive materials (uranium and others) • Total Solids o Settleable Solids – is the measurement of solids through a 1-liter sample that will settle at the bottom. [pic] o Dissolved Solids – are materials that pass the filter or it is called residue (for water: TDS or Total Dissolved Solids are function of Water Conductivity, for wastewater: TDS are not function of Conductivity, due to some organic wastes present). o Total Solids – TSS + TDS = Total Suspended Solids or Settleable Solids plus TDS Measurement of Pollutants • Dissolved Oxygen (DO) – relative measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved in water (mg/L) • Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD or BOD5) – amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water to breakdown organic material present in a given sample of water at certain temperature over a specific...
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...An Inspirational Thought Ten Commandments of Human Relations By Author Unknown 1. Speak to People. There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting. 2. Smile at People. It takes 72 muscles to frown, but only 14 to smile! 3. Call People by Name. The sweetest music to anyone's ear is the sound of his or her own name. 4. Be Friendly and Helpful. If you would have friends, be friendly. 5. Be Cordial. Speak and act as if everything you do were a real pleasure. 6. Be Genuinely Interested in People. You can like everyone if you try. 7. Be Generous with Praise, Cautious with Criticism. Praise will win out when it comes to gaining friends. 8. Be Considerate of the Feelings of Others. It will be appreciated. 9. Be Thoughtful of the Opinions of Others. People love their opinions as they do their own children, calling them ugly won't get you anything but anger. 10. Be Alert to Give Service. What counts most in life is what we do for others! "THE TRUE DECALOGUE" by Apolinario Mabini First. Thou shalt love God and thy honor above all things: God as the fountain of all truth, of all justice and of all activity; and thy honor, the only power which will oblige thee to be faithful, just and industrious. Second. Thou shalt worship God in the form which thy conscience may deem most righteous and worthy: for in thy conscience, which condemns thy evil deeds and praises thy good ones, speaks thy God. Third. Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which God has granted...
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...TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Introduction · Desires of the people to move Need for goods: demand for Transportation. Transportation affects everyone on earth, on a daily basis. People, countries, governments, business, whole economy rely on effective, reliable transportation in one form or another. Major Transportation Systems Highways Car, Bus, Truck, non- motorized ..etc Railways Passenger and Goods Airways Aviation and freight carrier Waterways Ships, boats… Continuous Flow systems Pipelines,belts..etc Merits and Demerits: Based on accessibility, mobility, cost, tonnage.. Highways/ Road Transportation Oldest mode Foot paths- animal ways, cart path…….. As civilization evolved the need for transportation increased India (5,000 BC) Egypt (3,000 BC) Greece and Babylonia (2,000 BC) Romans (500 BC) ROMANS OCCUPIED BRITAIN IN 55BC 5000KM OF ROADS BUILT IN 150 YEARS RADIATED FROM CAPITAL LONDON AND EXTENDING TO WALES AND EXTENDING TO SCOTLAND LEGIONS WITHDRAWN IN AD407 BREAKDOWN OF ROADS FOLLOWED DURING MIDDLE AGES, RIVERS AND SEAS –A RELIABLE MAJOR TRADE ARTERIES WHEELS OF CARTS DAMAGED THE EARTH ROAD FAST LENGTH OF STONE PAVED STREETS BUILT FOR CONNECTING RURAL AREAS FOR PROVISION STAGECOACH SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED IN UK IN 1755? HORSES WERE CHANGED AT REGULARLY SPACED POST HOUSES COACH WITH IRON SPRING MADE THE RIDE COMFORTABLE Contribution towards road development TWO MAJOR TYPES OF PAVEMENT IN EARLY DAYS Thomas Telfold...
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...SRI SHANMUGHA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Pullipalayam,Morur(P.O),Sankari(T.k),Salem(D.T). Two Mark Questions Unit I – Basics 1. What is meant by mechanics? Mechanics is a branch of physical science which deals with the study of a body or bodies such as machines and structures at rest or in motion subjected to external mechanical disturbances such as forces, moments etc. What is meant by Engineering mechanics? Application of the principles of science of mechanics to the practical engineering problems is known as Engineering Mechanics. State the different types of mechanics? Depending upon the nature of the body involved, Mechanics can be classified into two types * Mechanics of Solids * Mechanics of Fluids Define Statics The study of a body which is in motion is known as statics Define Dynamics. The study of a body which is in motion is known as dynamics. Define Kinematics. It is the branch of dynamics which deals with the relationship between displacement, velocity, acceleration and time of a given motion, without considering the forces that cause the motion. Define Kinetics It is the branch of dynamics which deals with the relationship between the forces acting on a body, the mass of the body and the motion of the body. What do you understand from the concept of “Law of dimensional homogeneity”? Law of dimensional homogeneity states that “basic equation representing physical phenomenon must be valid for all systems of units”. State Parallelogram law. It states that...
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...Information Sharing in Supply Chains: An Empirical and Theoretical Valuation Ruomeng Cui, Gad Allon, Achal Bassamboo, Jan A. Van Mieghem* Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL April 10, 2013 We provide an empirical and theoretical assessment of the value of information sharing in a two-stage supply chain. The value of downstream sales information to the upstream firm stems from improving upstream order fulfillment forecast accuracy. Such improvement can lead to lower safety stock and better service. According to recent theoretical work, the value of information sharing is zero under a large spectrum of parameters. Based on the data collected from a CPG company, however, we empirically show that if the company includes the downstream demand data to forecast orders, the mean squared error percentage improvement ranges from 7.1% to 81.1% in out-of-sample tests. Thus, there is a discrepancy between the empirical results and existing literature: the empirical value of information sharing is positive even when the literature predicts zero value. While the literature assumes that the decision maker strictly adheres to a given inventory policy, our model allows him to deviate, accounting for private information held by the decision maker, yet unobservable to the econometrician. This turns out to reconcile our empirical findings with the literature. These “decision deviations” lead to information losses in the order process, resulting in strictly positive...
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...SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: 1. Introduction Computers are becoming a key element in our daily lives. Slowly and surely they are taking over many of the functions that effect our lives critically. They are now controlling all forms of monetary transactions, manufacturing, transportation, communication, defence systems, process control systems, and so on. In the near future, they will be found in our homes, controlling all forms of appliances. Left to themselves, they are harmless pieces of hardware. Load the right kind of software, they can take you to the moon, both literally and figuratively. It is the software that gives life to them.When they are going to play such a crucial role, one small flaw either in the hardware or the software can lead to catastrophic consequences. The sad part is, while there are well defined processes based on theoretical foundations to ensure the reliability of the hardware, same thing can not be said about software. There is no theory for software devlopment as yet. But at the same time, it is mandatory that software always behaves in a predictable manner, even in unforeseen circumstances. Hence there is a need to control its development through a well defined and systematic process. The old fashioned 'code & test' approach will not do any more. It may be good enough for 'toy' problems, but in real life, software is expected to solve enormously complex problems. Some of the aspects of real life software projects are: Team effort: Any large...
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...Humber College School of Applied Technology Tutorial 3 ELIC 220 September 22, 2014 ELIC 220- Communication Circuits Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Define angle modulation and list its subcategories What is the difference between frequency and phase modulation? What are the merits of an FM communications system compared to an AM system? What is FM undesirable in the standard AM broadcast band? What advantage does FM have over AM and SSB? Define derivation constant? A 50 – mV sinusoid, at a frequency of 1 kHz, is applied to a capacitor microphone FM generator. If the deviation constant for the capacitor microphone FM generator is 500 Hz/20mV, determine a. The total frequency deviation b. The rate at which the carrier frequency is being deviated In an FM transmitter, the output is changing between 90.001 and 89.999 MHz 1000 times a second. The intelligence signal amplitude is 3 V, determine the carrier frequency and intelligence signal frequency. If the output deviation changes to between 90.0015 and 89.9985 MHz, calculate the intelligence signal amplitude. What determines the rate of frequency swing for an FM broadcast transmitter. Define modulation index (mf) as applied to an FM system. What characteristic(s) of an audio tone determines the percentage of modulation of an FM broadcast transmitter? Explain what happens to the carrier in FM as mf goes from 0 to 15. Calculate the bandwidth of an FM system (using Table 3-1) when the maximum deviation (������) is 15 kHz and...
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...OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE Community - BC Branch Name | OC | BC | | MinimumCut-off | MinimumCut-off | | CIVIL ENGINEERING | 128.25 | 94.75 | | COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG. | 100.75 | - | | ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG. | 97.25 | - | | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGG. | 115.5 | - | | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 143.75 | 121.25 | | 2755 NEHRU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE Community - BC Branch Name | OC | BC | | MinimumCut-off | MinimumCut-off | | AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING | 90 | - | | AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING | 103 | - | | CIVIL ENGINEERING | 150 | 138 | | COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG. | 146.5 | - | | ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG. | 102 | - | | ELECTRONICS AND INSTRU ENGG. | 118.25 | - | | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 145.25 | 131.5 | | 2710 KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS) COIMBATORE Community - BC Branch Name | OC | BC | | MinimumCut-off | MinimumCut-off | | AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING | 180.75 | 178.75 | | CIVIL ENGINEERING | 188.75 | 187.25 | | COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG. | 184.25 | 182.25 | | ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG. | 187 | 184.25 | | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGG. | 184.5 | 182 | | ELECTRONICS AND INSTRU ENGG. | 179 | 173 | | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGG. | 172.75 | 166.5 | | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 181.25 | 178.25 | | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 187.5 | 186.25 | | 2736 DR.N G P INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE Community...
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...School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ENGG4000/ENGG7000 Introduction to SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Week 10: Interaction modelling & Sequence Diagrams ENGG 4000/7000 Systems Engineering 1 Housekeeping (1) Assignment 3: – SRR sent back to analyst team for interest – Presentations in this week’s pracs » See last week’s Housekeeping for suggestions Next few prac Sessions cover SE tools: – Week 11: DOORS requirements management tool » needed for Assignment 4 – Week 12: CORE computer-aided systems modelling & engineering tool – Week 13: Microsoft Project project management tool ENGG 4000/7000 Systems Engineering 2 Assignment 4: System Design Assignment 4: Develop a partial System Design Document (SDD) for your Development Application Project (DAP) – DAP = the 3rd of the 3 projects – Due 8pm Friday 27 May – based on SRS supplied by lecturer (aka Chief Systems Engineer) in consultation with the supercustomer – Operational concepts based on the assignment 2 rescoping document ENGG 4000/7000 Systems Engineering 3 Assignment 4 (2) In your role as Developer, develop a system design for your Development Application Project, based on the supplied SRS – Give physical & logical architectures for your system – Describe the functionality of the components of your system, including their internal & external interfaces – Give Sequence Diagrams for 3 use cases defined in the...
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...PHOENIX ENGG No 195, HMS Complex , Peelamadu Main road, Sowripalayam, COIMBATORE – 641028, TAMIL NADU, INDIA Appointments for MNC, BPO, (P) Ltd, ISO 9001,9002 and 2000 Companies, Electronics & Automobile Spares production Companies, Software Export Company, Textiles, Export Industries. JOB SELECTION ORDER To Candidate Name : .………...……………………………………..Qualification................... Sir/Madam, With reference to your application, you are provisionally selected for the following suitable post in our known reputed concerns. The personal interview will be conducted on 25.01.2012 at 9.00am to 5.00pm. You will be posted for ISO, MNC Private Ltd, or Reputed Small Scale Industries. Bring the following testimonials to our office attached with the filled job selection order or The person who are living above 150 kms and who are not able to attend the interview can send the following mentioned particulars in item 1,2,3 by register Post/ Courier and amount mentioned in item ‘4’ Rs:750/- by DD (DD Heading: PHOENIX ENGG payable at Coimbatore) to our address attached with the filled job selection order. The candidate must provide or Send the following necessary particulars: 1. Educational Qualification Certificates Xerox copy (1set) 2. Passport size photo -2 copies and Ration card Xerox copy or any one ID Proof. 3. Application form (To take the print 3rd page) 4. Maintenance Charge Rs .750 /- (Rupees Seven hundred and fifty Only) Sending Address:...
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...ELE 499 Project Work / Practice School (Academic Year 2009 – 2010) Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engg Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University Technology Dr. P. Giridhar Kini, Coordinator, Project Work / Practice School (2009 – 2010) Department of E & E Engg, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, INDIA Official email: mitee.pwps2010@manipal.edu Contents • Project Basics • Project Selection • Project Statistics at a glance • Directors Notice dated Sept 15, 2009 • Project Activity Details Dept Details p Dept Faculty Details Internal project activity process External project activity process Evaluation pattern Dates to remember Documents Checklist General Advise Best Practices Contact details C t t d t il Department of Electrical & Electronics Engg, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 02 Project Work … • What is … activity that enables the demonstration of a student(s) ability to use his / her skills for a real life situation Study on a specific area / problem that adds to the knowledge base Rigorous activity to acquire & apply appropriate research & thinking skills Innovative and original work Not a reproduction / repetition of anybody’s work Department of Electrical & Electronics Engg, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 03 Objectives of Project Work • Unique opportunity to solve “REAL LIFE PROBLEMS” REAL PROBLEMS • Rich diversity of issues, topics...
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...Project Management ENGG 951 Final Project Project Management ENGG 951 Final Project Commercial Tower Construction By : Amro Hafez 4245209 Ali Akram 4601014 Aouis Alhamed 4446082 Lecturer Name : Prof. Kamal Jafaar Page 1 of 61 Project Management ENGG 951 Final Project Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Initiating Process Group: .................................................................................................................. 4 3. Project Scope Statement .................................................................................................................. 7 4. Project planning & scheduling: ....................................................................................................... 12 5. Quality Management Plan: ............................................................................................................ 18 6. Health, Safety and Environmental Management (HSEM): ............................................................. 32 7. Risk Management .......................................................................................................................... 36 8. Project Cost Management:............................................................................................................. 47 9. Procurement Management .............................................
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...cost drivers that can be identified are: A. Product Sustaining Activity Costs (i) Engineering Costs B. Batch Activity Costs (i) Receiving & Production Costs (ii) Setup Labor Costs (iii) Packaging & Shipping costs C. Unit Level Activities (i) Machine utilization cost Calculation for cost per unit (per piece) for each of the overhead activities for the 3 products Machine Valve Pump Flow Controller Total Machine hours 3750.00 6250.00 1200.00 11200.00 Machine hrs / unit 0.50 0.50 0.30 machine related exp. 336000.00 Cost / machine hrs 30.00 $ Machine / unit 15.00 15.00 9.00 Engineering Valve Pump Flow Controller Total Hrs Engg Work hrs 250.00 375.00 625.00 1250.00 Engg Work hrs / unit 0.03 0.03 0.16 Engineering Cost 100000.00 Cost / engg work hr 80.00 $ engg hrs / unit 2.67 2.40 12.50 Receiving & Prod.Control Valve Pump Flow Controller Total No. of Prod. Runs 10.00 50.00 100.00 160.00 No. of components 4.00 5.00 10.00 Receiving & Prod. Control Cost 180000.00 Cost / Prod. Run 1125.00 Total Cost for all components of a prod. 11250.00 56250.00 112500.00 $ Receiving Cost / unit 1.50 4.50 28.13 Setup cost Valve Pump Flow Controller Total No. of Prod. Runs 10.00 50.00 100.00 160.00 Set up labor cost 40000.00 Cost / Prod. Run 250.00 Total Cost 2500.00 12500.00 25000.00 $ Setup cost / unit 0.33 1.00 6.25 Packaging & Shipping Valve Pump Flow Controller Total No. of shipments 10.00 70.00...
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...the body of the torch connected to the emitter of BD139 and the spring-loaded lead protruding from inside the torch to circuit ground. The receiver circuit uses an npn phototransistor as the light sensor that is followed by a two-stage transistor preamplifier and LM386-based audio power amplifier. The receiver does not need any complicated alignment. Just keep the phototransistor oriented towards the remote transmitter’s laser point and adjust the volume control for a clear sound. To avoid 50Hz hum noise in the speaker, keep the phototransistor away from AC light sources such as bulbs. The reflected sunlight, however, does not cause any problem. But the sensor should not directly face the sun. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG, HARYANA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, KAITHAL-136027 1...
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