GREEN BUILDING GUIDE Design Techniques, Construction Practices & Materials for Affordable Housing RCAC GREEN BUILDING GUIDE Design Techniques, Construction Practices & Materials for Affordable Housing Principal Author Craig Nielson, LEED AP Rural Community Assistance Corporation Co-authors Connie Baker Wolfe Rural Community Assistance Corporation Dave Conine Rural Community Assistance Corporation Contributor Art Seavey Rural Community Assistance Corporation Design Dave Conine
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ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.2 Issue 4, April 2012, ISSN 2231 5780 GREEN MARKETING – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES DR.V.MOHANASUNDARAM* *Professor and Head, Vivekanandha Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Tiruchengode – 637205 Tamilnadu. INTRODUCTION Although environmental issues influence all human activities, few academic disciplines have integrated green issues into their literature. As society becomes more concerned with the natural environment
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Analyze the life cycle environmental and social impact of Heidelberg Cement’s operations, the concerns of different stakeholders on these impacts, and how these stakeholders concerns affect the company. Cement is considered to be one of the most useful materials ever developed by man due to its strength and durability. However by virtue of its chemical and mineral composition as well as its manufacturing process cement production is deemed to have quite a significant environmental and social
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is a stack of newspapers, and an example of a nondegradable pollutant is a heavy metal, such as lead. Pollution cleanup is when you dilute or clean up the pollution after it is generated, for example, converting a radioactive material called fly ash into bricks, while pollution prevention occurs when you decrease or completely eliminate the pollution, for example, changing incandescent lights to LED lights. Three problems with solutions that rely on pollution cleanup are that it’s only temporary until
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I’ve become quite the night-owl my last nightmare being that of a monster looking at me had lion eyes. They were gleaming with spite. His voice was hollow as he spoke with flattery, trying to lure me into his lair. His floppy ears were enormous. They matched his vulturous nose. Grimy hair plastered his fierce face. He sneered at me when I took a step back. His caveman’s shoulders flexed once before he charged at me. With the stripping away of basic civil rights for the middle class homes, hospitals
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Introduction: Rice is the staple food and the largest consumed calorie source among the food grains. With a per capital availability of 73.8 kg it meets 31% of the total calorie requirement of the population. Apart from rice milling, processing of rice bran for oil extraction is also an important agro processing activity for value addition, income and employment generation and make the entire production of rice a viable. Many of the rice processing units are of the traditional huller type and
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HRM 605: LEGAL & REGULATORY ASPECTS OF BUSINESS PROJECT ON: CRITICAL STUDY OF DEFINITION OF COMPANIES AND OF VARIOUS TYPES BY: (Group IV) Piyali Bhattacharjee Manashi Roy Soura Shankar De Sourav Manna INTRODUCTION The Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world; there is huge potential and capabilities. The growth rate of Indian economy is on a sustainably high growth mode. One of
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Analysis of Consumer Behavior And Marketing Strategies. 1. Introduction Background of the Study: The research report titled as “Holcim cement Bangladesh Ltd.” is originated from the partial requirement of the course Consumer Behavior, MkT-410. It is actually a student– practical-learning experience. Where the students learn the application of quantitative, qualitative evaluation, facts and observation and report writing in Consumer Behavior point of view as well. It took
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rtYTL CORPORATION BERHAD 92647-H www.ytl.com.my www.ytlcommunity.com YTL CORPORATION BERHAD 92647-H 11th Floor Yeoh Tiong Lay Plaza 55 Jalan Bukit Bintang 55100 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel • 603 2117 0088 603 2142 6633 Fax • 603 2141 2703 the journey continues... YTL CORPORATION BERHAD 92647-H sustainability report 2011 sustainability report 2011 This report is printed on environmentally friendly paper. YTL CORPORATION BERHAD 92647-H Table of Contents 2 10 12 20 38
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Removal of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, nickel, chromium and copper from aqueous solution is necessary because of the hazardous effect it does on the environment ,thereby making environmental protection important, however waste solutions containing heavy metal elements need treatment systems that can remove these contaminants effectively (Harvey and Chantawong, 2001). Frequent appearance of these metals in waste streams from many industries
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