Environmental Comfort Indicators for School Buildings in Sustainability Assessment Tools

Green Buildings as Sustainability Education Tools

Purpose: To provide an overview of green building technologies and practices and illustrate how public libraries can use them as tools to teach their communities about sustainability and foster behavior change. Design/methodology/approach: Through literature searches, case studies analysis, and individual phone and e-mail interviews, the author identified ways that public libraries can use thei...

Categorising tools for sustainability assessment

Barry Ness⁎, Evelin Urbel-Piirsalu, Stefan Anderberg, Lennart Olsson Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), PO Box 170, 221 00 Lund, Sweden Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University, Sölvegatan 10, Geocentrum I, 223 62 Lund, Sweden Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre, Box 160, 10502 Tallinn, Estonia Institute of Geography, University of Copenha...

The globe thermometer in comfort and environmental studies in buildings

The reasons for the inferior performance of many existing buildings and associated energy systems are diverse, but an important part-cause is insufficient attention to the influence of occupant behaviour. In smart buildings it is necessary to allow for the integration of human behaviour in the HVAC system. In addition, many researchers are limited in their investigation by not having low cost t...

Assessment of Sustainability Indicators for Biodiesel Production

Biodiesel production may provide a sustainable route to reduce environmental pollution caused by fossil fuel consumption. In order to minimize environmental impacts of biodiesel production, the chemical process should be optimized to minimize waste generation and energy consumption. Therefore, it is important to design biodiesel chemical reactions and processes using green chemistry and green e...

A distance-learning Course on Indoor Environmental Comfort in Buildings