...people believe that daylight savings time comes with many benefits such as how it decreases energy usage. However that claim among others is mainly false and the problems caused by daylight savings time are much more relevant. Because of the confusion and dangers, we should eliminate daylight savings time therefore ending the negative effects. Though some may argue that exposure to artificial lighting can lead to health issues as well as being wasteful of energy. Many people who think we should keep daylight saving time think “energy not only could be wasted but over-illumination can lead to adverse health and psychological effects” (text 2 lines 1-4). However the counter argument’s importance is little compared to the time shift causing sleep deprivation and putting people’s lives at risk as “the effects on health and healthcare devices, especially when adequately not prepared in advance for the time change” (text 2 lines 33-36). The disturbance in sleep patterns puts people far more at danger. The time shift caused by daylight saving time causes many people to lose...
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...July 2002 • NREL/TP-550-30769 A Literature Review of the Effects of Natural Light on Building Occupants L. Edwards and P. Torcellini National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle • Bechtel Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 July 2002 • NREL/TP-550-30769 A Literature Review of the Effects of Natural Light on Building Occupants L. Edwards and P. Torcellini Prepared under Task No. BEC2.4002 National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle • Bechtel Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 NOTICE This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States...
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...Daylight Saving Time(DST) is moving the clock ahead one hour at spring season and moving it back at fall season. The issue that Daylight Saving Time is a good idea really depends on who you ask. In fact, it is indeed an interesting issue to throw out there for discussion. Proponents of DST believe that it saves energy, promotes a healthy life, and reduces traffic accidents. However, many opponents appear to disagree with all their contention. Proponents of DST have pointed to energy conservation as the most important reason. They believe that DST should serve as an incentive for people to spend more time outdoors. If people are outside, they are not inside turning on lamps, appliances and electronics. Unfortunately, this is clearly not true. Recent studies point out that DST might reduce the US electricity usage by 1% compared with standard time. Other estimates, by the National Bureau of Standard, suggest it has zero effect. Also, proponents have claimed that DST is more likely to promote a healthy life. They believe that DST does provide extra daylight in the evening, and that may bring with it increased physical activity and reduced incidence of depression. Nevertheless, studies show that there are spikes in suicide rates and an increase in the number of recorded heart...
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...Executive summary: The tourism marketing strategy has been prepared with realistic, achievable goals and objectives that will maximise the opportunities provided to tourism operators within UK. It is constructed in a manner that provides linkages with the marketing strategies of major industry stakeholders. Britain tourism industry profile: Tourism is the UK’s sixth largest industry – amounting to £105bn in revenue each year. It has employed over 1.3m people, generates £20bn per annum in foreign exchange and contributes an estimated £24bn per annum to the Exchequer through VAT and other taxation. Value of tourism industry in UK: There is great potential to increase the tourism industry in UK. The table shows the value of tourism in UK both in terms and percentage. Table: 1 value of tourism (real terms) Sectors | 2010 | 2020(expected ) | Inbound tourism | £20 bn | £36 bn | Domestic tourism | £70bn | £112 bn | Outbound tourism | £15bn | £24bn | Total | £105bn | £172bn | Table: 2 value of tourism industry (%) Sectors | Percentage (%) | Inbound tourism | 19% | Outbound tourism | 14% | Domestic (day visitor) | 46% | Domestic (overnight) | 21% | 14 Advising tourist on product, contract Transport to the destination Providing accommodation food, etc. Organise event, experience Transport from the destination Travel Agent Transport Company Hotel, Restaurant Site Operator, Cultural...
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...science fiction movie “American Daylight” looks into the year 3000, Earth has been ruled for 1,000 years by the Psychlos, a brutal race of giant humanoid aliens that abuse humans. If globally the International Labor Organization establishes guide lines to stop the exploitation of human beings now, people all over the world could look forward to job security, health benefits, 40 hour work week and more. Human beings could see the light of day. The goal of Office Tiger is to provide its clients - which consist primarily of law firms, investment banks, and consultancies – with highly secure processing of sensitive documents. The owners use energetic efforts to motivate employees, the ultra-competitive nature of the workers who sacrifice their social lives for twenty-hour workdays, and team manager's delegating their work and getting things in on time. Office Tiger never has to lock their door. The insight to the work ethic in the parts of the world currently developing economically are abusive. We see the long hours, the testing working environment and the rigorous employment selection and the pressure put on them to succeed. Their vision to me is clear. Corporation's are going outside the United States to third world countries where they can get away with low hourly wages, no benefits and no overtime. What a savings. To my amazement these people show such appreciation for an abusive situation. The film is trying to show how much over time employees spends on continuous...
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...Have Later Start Times? ¨Starting the school day before 8 a.m. might be a struggle at first, but there are benefits.¨- Marie Anderson, Demand Media. After school activities, school budgets, academics, and parent schedules all benefit from early start times for school. On the contrary, teenagers need at least 8.5 hours of sleep each night to stay healthy. Do you get enough sleep? ¨A 2001 study showed that school administrators cited extracurricular activities as a major reason why high school campuses would rather start earlier in the day,¨ declared Marie Anderson. After school activities benefit from early start times in many ways. If school starts earlier, there will be more hours of daylight for outdoor sports/activities. Which gives teens more time to walk home in the light; instead of the scary, darkness of the night. I am a cross country runner; I can tell from experience that while running in the dark is fun, it is not necessarily the safest activity out there. Making sure you homework gets done is very important. Once you complete your homework you have time to spend with your family. Starting school earlier will give you more time to do both of those things. To go anywhere in life you need a good education, and, or money. Lots of high school...
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...| | | ELAN HAIR DESIGN BENEFITS OF BEING GREEN[Type the author name] | | | Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Terms of Reference 2 3.0 Findings 2 3.1 Sustainability 2 3.2 Green Business Practices 3 3.2.1 Disposable Materials 3 3.2.2 Source of Energy 3 3.2.3 Natural Hair Products 4 3.2.4 Recycling 4 3.3 Green ICT 4 3.3.1 Salon Genius Software 4 3.4 Customer Demand for Environmentally Friendly Products 5 4.0 Conclusion 5 5.0 Recommendations 5 Bibliography Appendix 1.0 Introduction As part of my HNC Administration and IT course I have been asked by my communication lecturer to investigate and write a report by delivering a concrete understanding outlining the benefits of being green to the environment and the organisation. It will explore one of the UK’s revolutionary greenest hair salon Élan Hair Design. The report was to be submitted by 01/10/14 and the recommendations that were asked for were: * To research the environment and the need for sustainability and apply it to a hairdressing business. * To research green business practices and apply it to a hairdressing business. * To research green ICT and apply it to a hairdressing business. * To assess customer demand for Environmental friendly products and apply to a hairdressing business. ...
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...of Macroeconomics Angelica Austria ECO/372 January 16, 2014 Sarah Allen Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is the study of economics involving phenomena that affects an entire economy, including inflation, unemployment, price levels, economic growth, economic decline and the relationship between all of these. While microeconomics looks at how households and businesses make decisions and behave in the marketplace, macroeconomics looks at the big picture - it analyzes the entire economy (Grimsley, n.d.). The economy is affected by several factors; the inflation rate, the unemployment rate, interest rates, and gross domestic product (GDP), nominal GDP, and real GDP. Gross domestic product determines the health and size of the country’s economy. GDP represents the market value of all the goods and services produced within a country in a particular. Nominal GDP calculates the changes in market prices based on what happened the current year while real GDP evaluates using market prices of some base year. Inflation rate measures the change in price of goods and services over a period. Unemployment rate is a percent of the number of people, who are unemployed, but is actively seeking for employment and is available to work. All these factors relate to our everyday lives and how we make financial decisions on how, what, and when to spend our money. We live in the world where we depend on the economy to provide us job or business opportunities to support...
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...BUILDING GREEN - PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES BUILDING GREEN - PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES CHANDRA PRAKASH KAMANA1- V.S.R.S SARMA SALAGRAMA2 chandraprakashk66@yahoo.in svsrssarma353@gmail.com Dr. E.E ESCULTURA3 escultur36@yahoo.com 1&2: B.Tech Mechanical , G.V.P College of Engineering and Student Members, Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers, Visakhapatnam Chapter 3: Research Professor, Lakshmikantham Institute for Advanced Studies and Departments of Mathematics and Physics, GVP College of Engineering, JNT University, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam, AP India Abstract Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. A sustainable building, or green building is an outcome of a design which focuses on- environment friendly design, energy efficiency, water conservation, rain water harvesting, sewage treatment, recycling of treated effluent, zero waste water discharge, fire safety, excellent indoor air quality, day lighting, and building management including lighting controls by lux level as well as occupancy, and fresh air on demand. Air conditioning consumes nearly 25% of world energy and a major contribution can be made by this industry towards reducing global warming. We keep our homes and work places cool in summer and warm in winter. The sum total of all...
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...Module 14 Demand-side management sustainable energy regulation and policymaking for africa MODULE 14: DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT page iii CONTENTS 1. MODULE OBJECTIVES 14.1 1.1. Module overview 14.1 1.2. Module aims 14.1 1.3. Module learning outcomes 14.2 2. INTRODUCTION 14.3 3. WHY PROMOTE DSM? 14.5 4. WHAT DRIVES DSM? 14.7 4.1. Cost reduction and environmental motives 14.8 4.2. Reliability and network motives 14.10 5. TYPES OF DSM MEASURES 14.13 5.1. Energy reduction programmes 14.13 5.2. Load management programmes 14.31 5.3. Load growth and conservation programmes 14.34 6. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON DSM 14.37 7. CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING DSM PROGRAMMES 14.39 8. CONCLUSION 14.41 LEARNING RESOURCES 14.43 Key points covered 14.43 Answers to review questions 14.43 Exercises 14.44 Presentation/suggested discussion topics 14.45 Relevant case studies 14.45 REFERENCES 14.46 INTERNET RESOURCES 14.47 GLOSSARY/DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS 14.47 Case study 1. Lighting retrofitting in the United Republic of Tanzania 14.49 Case study 2. United Republic of Tanzania: Power factor correction 14.59 Case study 3. Zambia: Automatic load control and alternative energy supply at Lusaka water and sewerage company 14.67 Case study 4. Zambia: University energy assessment 14.73 Case study 5. Why DSM initially failed in Ghana 14.79 PowerPoint presentation: ENERGY EFFICIENCY Module 14: Demand-side management 14.87 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICY-MAKING TRAINING...
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...Going Green Improving for a Better Tomorrow Brandi Long 04/21/2015 E227 Global Solutions’ MEMORANDUM To: Global Solutions Management From: Brandi Long Date: April 20, 2015 Subject: Going green to improve for a better tomorrow Attached is a report that was requested in regards to Global Solutions going green in order to reduce our Carbon Footprint. After reading this attachment, you will see the many benefits that are offered and how the methods are easily assessable in order for our company to follow for an improved greener living community. The changes will require efforts from both employees and superiors to make in order for the process to run smooth. Although, making these changes should have no effect on our day to day routine once a schedule is put into place. Yes, the changes will be at a cost but after sometime the company will ultimately save, and save room for more profit. We can help the environment and people’s lives everyday in many ways. I want to thank you in advance for giving me the opportunity to purpose a go-green working environment. Kindest Regards, Brandi Long Table of Contents PAGE Letter of Transmittal 2 Introduction Background of the Problem 4 Statement of the Problem 4 Sources and Methods 4 Report Organization ...
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...The Future of Energy: Rooftop Solar Panels Coal fired energy plants have long been recognized as extremely damaging to the environment. The role of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in precipitating climate change is well documented. Carbon-dioxide emissions have increased manifold since the Industrial Revolution and have led to an increase in the Earth’s temperature in the past 50 years, worsening forest fires, drought and coastal flooding among other disastrous side effects of climate change, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. (NOAA National Climatic Data Center). In Kentucky where 91% of its power is generated from coal (Department for Energy Development and Independence; Kentucky Coal Association), there is a great impetus for utilities to cut down on carbon emissions. Unfortunately current efforts to reduce carbon emissions are largely insufficient because they do not attempt to reduce America’s and Kentucky’s overreliance on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. Rather, currently adopted technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) and natural gas-fired plants that halve carbon emissions merely seek to reduce the environmental impact while still relying on fossil fuels for energy. (Nijhuis) (Breeze) For a solution to be viable in the long run, it must propose an alternative energy source to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for energy which is the root cause of excessive carbon emissions. Investing in renewable energy like solar power is...
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...Sustainable Habitat mission – Climate Change action plan for Chandigarh The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built. - Frank Lloyd Wright A National Mission on Sustainable Habitat was launched to improve energy efficiency in buildings, manage solid wastes and modal shift to public transport. The Mission aims to promote energy efficiency as an integral part of urban planning and urban renewal through three initiatives: (i) The Energy Conservation Building Code, which addresses optimization of building energy demand; (ii) Recycling of material and Urban Waste Management with a special focus on producing power from waste, biochemical conversion, waste water use, sewage utilization and recycling options wherever possible and others; (iii) Better urban planning and modal shift to public transport to ensure efficient and convenient public transport. In addition, the Mission will address the need to adapt to future climate change by improving the resilience of infrastructure, community based disaster management, and measures for improving the warning system for extreme weather events. Capacity building would be an important component of this Mission. As part of the Mission for Sustainable Habitat and Green Code for Chandigarh, detailed action plan and guidelines have been prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) which could be City’s vision for sustainability. Chandigarh...
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...ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2 INTEGRATED DESIGN MUHAMAD NAZMI FITRI BIN ABD AZIZ 2014406812 INTEGRATED DESIGN Integrated design is a collaborative method for designing buildings which emphasizes the development of a holistic design. INTEGRATED DESIGN IMPROVES THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS. The conventional definition of integrated design is that project team members from all disciplines work together early and often throughout the project design process. ORIGINS OF MODERN-DAY INTEGRATED DESIGN Integrated design has become a buzzword in the green building world. Everyone claims to do it, although not everyone understands it in the same way, and not everyone is successful at it. DESIGN FEATURES THAT BENEFIT FROM INTEGRATION * DAYLIGHTING * GREEN ROOFS * EXPOSED THERMAL MASS Conventional building design usually involves a series of hand-offs from owner to architect, from builder to occupant. This path does not invite all affected parties into the planning process, and therefore does not take into account their needs, areas of expertise or insights To a growing number of building owners and designers, this linear process needs to change. The process they prefer is called integrated design. It’s built around better communication and more planning. Through the use of integrated design, owners and designers are able to build better, less expensive buildings. The problem is that even though integrated design has been around for nearly a decade...
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...sent to you from the United States of America, at a time when our beloved Nation is in all aspects submerged and immersed in Ebola. I intend to objectively provide hope to the hopeless, in the current desperate system in which the Nation entrusted its health and safety to a government which has proved to be unworthy of the Nation’s trust. Just as when during the bloody senseless civil war, I was stationed in the United States and together with Sulaiman Tarawalie contributed with a political commentary, to the fight against the rebels, in giving hope to the hopeless, through a programmme,” Africa My Africa”, broadcast on Radio Democracy. At the end of the programme I signed off as the Voice of the Voiceless, a name of which I am very proud and more so since it has now been adopted by many others. I will bring the latest information on how it is being done in the United States and the American effort being made to help us in West Africa. For instance 3,000 American troops have been ordered into the fight in West Africa by President Obama, most of them medical professionals, not to provide security, but to be more involved in the medical intricacies of the fight. They are fully embedded in Liberia and are making a significant difference in containing and eradicating Ebola; their effort would certainly benefit us in Sierra Leone as our situation is going south, in spite of the presence of the British. It is since to benefit rely hoped that you would swiftly use your connection...
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