for Sustainable Construction The construction of buildings in the United States accounts for thirty percent of waste output annually. The construction of these buildings also consume seventy-one percent of the total electrical energy in the U.S. Due to the diminishing health of our planet‚ it is evident that sustainability in construction is a necessity. Sustainable‚ or green‚ buildings are not only beneficial to the planet‚ but also to the owner‚ the designer‚ and the builder. Sustainable buildings
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online music players‚ recommending music that the users probably will like. This thesis will present the design‚ implementation‚ testing and evaluation of a recommender system within the music domain‚ where three different approaches for producing recommendations are utilized. Testing each approach is done by first conducting live user experiments and then measure recommender precision using offline analysis. Our results show that the functionality of the recommender system is satisfactory‚ and that recommender
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Sustainable material －POROUS PAVEMENT -- OPEN-JOINED PAVING BLOCKS Introduction: This essay will focus on the application of open-joined paving blocks to minimize the impact of urban development on natural drainage system-capturing‚ slowing and absorbing storm water in the urban condition. In the natural system‚ 10% surface flow‚30% evapotranspiration‚ 40% infiltration‚ 20% interflow‚ while in an urban condition‚ 75% surface flow to pipes‚ 15% evapotranspiration
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Sustainable Agriculture (Cattle) Cattle dominate our food market today and our agriculture is becoming less sustainable. Agriculture is “the science‚ art‚ or practice of cultivating the soil‚ producing crops‚ and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products” (Merriam Webster). With technological advancements‚ farming techniques have changed and mass production is dominating our agriculture. According to the Center for Agroecology Sustainable
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Short Essay: Don’t Tweak Your Supply Chain Case According to Dr. Lee supply chain should not be altered or twisted to attain supply chain improvement and sustainability but rather should be worked from end to end. Dr. Lee suggests companies to connect the dots within its operations and between operations similar to what Esquel did‚ reinvent the manufacturing processes like the Posco case which yielded them great savings‚ Work with your supplier’s suppliers as in case of Starbucks and to link up
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Sustainable Aviation Assessment: 1 By: Gerson Fernando Panzo Teacher: Paul Fidgeon Student Number: 21091556 Critically evaluate the research that maintains ‘efforts to achieve a sustainable aviation industry will remain elusive’. (In this context ‘elusive’ is taken to represent not possible). Due date: 29.10.2013 This essay will argue for the research that maintains ‘efforts to achieve a sustainable aviation will remain impossible’ The Aviation industry
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Global water shortage where will this lead to? Water is getting scarce and there are currently nearly a billion people around the world in need of sufficient water‚ this equals with about 1/6 of the world’s population. Although we thought that wars were caused mostly by religious disagreements and to prevent dictatorships etc.‚ the future wars are now influenced not only by those conflicts but by our natural resources’ scarcity and thereby lead to society collapses. It is getting increasingly
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Executive Summary Problem Description and analysis Recommendations Information References TMA 02 Part 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TMA 02 In this report I have used study session 4‚ assessing and developing people at work from the book An introduction to Human Resources Management in Business to identity the problem‚ analyse it and then recommend a solution. The case I have used is surrounding performance appraisals and employee development‚ Stephanie applied for
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I am writing this letter to give my highest possible recommendation for Ms. Adebimpe Adelaja. I am Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Technologies in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine‚ UC Davis. I had the opportunity to get to know Adebimpe when I served as a mentor for the Hugh Edmonson Summer Internship. On the first day of the internship‚ I was able to have a discussion with each student and select the student I would work with for the next 8 weeks. Adebimpe distinguished
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actual changes in the condition or item being measured Proxy Indicators Indirect measures Used as a substitute for an indicator that cannot be directly measured Ex: income- can’t ask them because it isn’t socially acceptable so you base it off of how much meat they eat/can afford Use if isn’t socially acceptable‚ if it’s too expensive SMART SMART Indicator: an indicator that meets the SMART criteria Specific‚ measurable‚ achievable‚ relevant‚ and time-bound Data Collection Methods Use
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