1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910309344003321

Titolo

Engineering : a section of the action program for highway safety / report of the President's Commitee for Traffic Safety

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, [1963]

Descrizione fisica

79 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Basic Highway Safety Documents

Locazione

DINTR

Collocazione

F3/1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484770903321

Autore

Roth Hannah Rae

Titolo

The green building materials manual : a reference to environmentally sustainable initiatives and evaluation methods / / Hannah Rae Roth, Meghan Lewis, Liane Hancock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-64888-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 194 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

324.120286

Soggetti

Building materials - Environmental aspects

Sustainable buildings

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- A Letter from the Authors -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Sustainability -- 1.1.1 World Commission on the Environment and Development -- 1.1.2



The Sustainable Development Goals -- 1.1.3 The Hannover Principles -- 1.2 Measuring Sustainability -- 1.3 The Triple Bottom Line -- References -- Chapter 2: Describing Building Materials and Products -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What Is a Building Material? -- 2.3 How Are Building Materials and Products Used? -- 2.3.1 Performance -- 2.4 How Are Building Materials and Products Made? -- 2.4.1 Chain of Custody -- 2.4.2 Trade Secrets -- 2.5 Why Is the Size or Unit of a Building Material or Product Important? -- 2.6 Where Are Building Materials and Products Made? -- 2.7 How Are Building Materials and Products Selected? -- 2.7.1 Who Represents Building Materials and Products? -- References -- Chapter 3: Decoding the Ways to Measure Sustainability and Life Cycle Thinking -- 3.1 Decoding the Ways to Measure Sustainability -- 3.2 Life Cycle Thinking -- 3.3 Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.1 Life Cycle Stages and System Boundaries -- 3.3.2 The Four Steps of Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.2.1 Step 1: Goal and Scope Definition -- 3.3.2.2 Step 2: Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) -- 3.3.2.3 Step 3: Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) -- 3.3.2.4 Step 4: Interpretation -- 3.3.3 Comparing Life Cycle Assessments -- References -- Chapter 4: Resource Use -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Selecting Sustainable Ingredients -- 4.2.1 Resource (Raw Material) Extraction Sites -- 4.2.1.1 Ecosystem and Biodiversity Impacts -- 4.2.1.2 Local Sourcing -- 4.2.2 Non-renewable Resources -- 4.2.2.1 Quarries, Mines, and Wells -- 4.2.2.2 Conflict Resources -- 4.2.3 Renewable Resources -- 4.2.3.1 Biobased Content -- 4.2.3.2 Rapidly Renewable Content -- 4.2.3.3 Wood Sourcing.

4.2.3.4 Carbon Sequestering (Carbon-Storing) Materials -- 4.2.4 Circular Feedstocks: Reused, Reclaimed, and Recycled Resources -- 4.2.4.1 Reused Material Content -- 4.2.4.2 Reclaimed Material Content -- 4.2.4.3 Recycled Content -- 4.3 Designing Products to Minimize Resource Use: Dematerialization -- 4.4 End of Life: Waste Recovery and Circularity -- 4.4.1 Circularity -- 4.4.2 Biodegradability -- 4.4.3 Compostable -- 4.4.4 Recyclability -- 4.4.5 Design for Disassembly -- 4.4.6 Manufacturing Waste Recovery and Resource Conservation -- 4.4.7 Material Recovery and Manufacturer "Take-Back" Programs -- References -- Chapter 5: Energy Use -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Energy Sources -- 5.2.1 Primary Energy Fuel -- 5.2.2 Secondary Energy Fuel or Energy Currency -- 5.2.3 Energy Carrier -- 5.2.4 Renewable Energy -- 5.2.5 On-Site Renewable Energy -- 5.2.6 Exported Energy -- 5.3 Energy Savings and Efficiency -- 5.3.1 Energy Consumption -- 5.3.2 Energy Audits -- 5.3.3 Energy Efficiency -- 5.4 Excess and Potential Energy Throughout Life Cycle -- 5.4.1 Energy Recovery -- 5.4.2 Energy from Waste -- 5.4.3 Bioenergy from Waste -- References -- Chapter 6: Water Use -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Extraction: Water Sourcing -- 6.2.1 Body of Water Protection -- 6.2.2 Freshwater Versus Potable Water -- 6.3 Manufacturing and Use: Water Volume Reduction -- 6.3.1 Water Audits: Identifying Inefficiencies -- 6.3.2 Water-Efficient Manufacturing Tools -- 6.3.3 Net Zero Water Use -- 6.4 Water Origin Related to Ecology and Social Accountability -- 6.4.1 Embodied Water -- 6.4.2 Water Footprint -- 6.4.3 Water Stewardship -- 6.4.4 Worker Water Supply -- 6.5 End of Life: Water Recycling and Water Quality -- 6.5.1 Water Recycling -- 6.5.2 Water Quality and Character -- 6.5.3 Antidegradation Requirements -- 6.5.4 Water Quality Testing Requirements -- References -- Chapter 7: Emissions.

7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 7.2.1 Global Warming Potential -- 7.2.2 Embodied Carbon -- 7.2.3 Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Emissions Reporting -- 7.2.4 Carbon Offsets -- 7.3 Acidification -- 7.4 Nutrient Pollution and Eutrophication -- 7.5 (Stratospheric) Ozone Depletion -- 7.6 Photochemical Ozone



Creation (Smog) Potential -- References -- Chapter 8: Toxicity and Human Health -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Toxicity Exposure: Hazard Versus Risk -- 8.3 Exposure Pathways -- 8.4 Levels of Toxic Impacts -- 8.5 Effect of Toxins -- 8.6 Measuring Toxicity -- 8.6.1 Evaluating Chemicals for Toxicity and Controlling Their Use and Release -- 8.6.2 Bans on Specific Chemicals -- 8.6.3 Chemical Red Lists -- 8.6.4 Chemical Class -- 8.6.4.1 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances -- 8.6.4.2 Antimicrobials -- 8.6.4.3 Flame Retardants -- 8.6.4.4 Bisphenols and Phthalates -- 8.6.4.5 Some Solvents -- 8.6.4.6 Certain Metals -- 8.6.5 Characterizing, Optimizing, and Managing Chemicals -- References -- Chapter 9: Social Accountability -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Labor and Human Rights -- 9.2.1 Assessing and Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor -- 9.2.2 Discrimination -- 9.2.3 Working Hours -- 9.3 Unions and Collective Bargaining -- 9.4 Management Processes and Social Accountability -- 9.4.1 Social Impact Indicators -- 9.4.2 Risk Assessment -- 9.4.3 Safe Working Environments -- 9.4.4 Requirements for Grievance Mechanisms -- 9.4.5 Third-Party Audit or Accreditation -- 9.5 Animal Welfare -- References -- Chapter 10: Laws, Regulations, Standards, Certifications, and Ecolabels -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Laws and Regulations -- 10.3 Executive Orders -- 10.4 Court Challenges to the Constitution, Laws, Executive Orders, and Regulations and Case Law -- 10.5 De Facto Regulations -- 10.6 Codes -- 10.7 Standards and Certifications.

10.7.1 Types of Standards -- 10.7.2 What Is Being Evaluated? -- 10.7.3 How Is the Building Material or Product Evaluated in Relation to the Standard? -- 10.7.4 How Is the Measurement of Environmental Impacts Achieved? -- 10.8 Standard Development and the Certification Process -- 10.8.1 Standard Developing Originating Organization -- 10.8.2 Standards Developing Organization -- 10.8.3 ANSI Standards, ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organizations, and ANSI-Accredited Certifying Organizations -- 10.8.4 Governmental Standards -- 10.8.5 Conformity Assessment Bodies -- 10.8.6 Auditors and Consultants -- 10.9 Ecolabel or Certification Mark -- References -- Chapter 11: Transparency -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Disclosure -- 11.3 Material Inventories and Characterization -- 11.4 Environmental Product Declarations -- 11.4.1 Product Category Rules -- 11.5 Health Disclosures -- 11.5.1 Health Product Declarations -- 11.5.2 The Declare Label -- 11.6 Data at Your Fingertips: Databases -- References -- Chapter 12: Conclusion -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 Why People? -- 12.2 A Timeline -- 12.2.1 Pre-1960 -- 12.2.2 1960-1979 -- 12.2.3 1980-1999 -- 12.2.3.1 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Carpet Industry -- 12.2.3.2 Green Chemistry -- 12.2.4 2000-2020 -- 12.2.4.1 Sustainable Ingredients -- 12.2.4.2 Social Accountability, Social Justice, and Equity -- 12.3 From Individual to Collective Action -- References -- Index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019947703321

Autore

Andrews David L

Titolo

Optical harmonics in molecular systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Wiley VCH, 2002

ISBN

1-280-56095-9

9786610560950

3-527-60274-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Disciplina

530.1433

Soggetti

Harmonics (Electric waves)

Quantum electrodynamics

Nonlinear optics

Molecular structure

Light & Optics

Electricity & Magnetism

Physics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the generation of optical harmonics in molecular systems has become an area of increasing interest for a number of reasons. First, many organic crystals and polymeric solids prove not only to have usefully large optical nonlinearities but also to be surprisingly robust and thermally stable. Consequently the fabrication of organic materials for laser frequency conversion has become very much a growth area. At interfaces and in partially ordered systems, harmonic generation is now of considerable scientific interest through the detailed structural information it affords. And in molecular gases and liquids, processes of optical harmonic conversion present a powerful tool for the study of both static and dynamic effects of molecular orientation.; Where the detailed nonlinear optical response of molecules is required, the application of molecular quantum



electrodynamics (QED) brings both rigour and conceptual facility. Using this approach the authors address topics of direct experimental concern in a general formulation of theory for optical harmonics, with a particular focus on quantum optical and molecular aspects. A detailed basis is provided for the applications, enabling the characteristic features of optical nonlinearity to be examined in general terms. A great many of the optical phenomena subsequently addressed find wide application in nonlinear optics and chemical physics. Specifically, the book deals with coherent harmonic generation, both within and at interfaces between different media. It addresses elastic second harmonic (Hyper-Rayleigh) light scattering as well as the inelastic case normally referred to as Hyper-Raman scattering. Full and detailed tables and results are provided for the analysis of experimental observations.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139825903321

Titolo

Castanea : the journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Morgantown, W. Va., : Published for the Club at West Virginia University

Charlotte, N.C., : Published for the Club at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Lexington, S.C., : Southern Appalachian Botanical Society

ISSN

1938-4386

Disciplina

581

Soggetti

Plants - Appalachian Region, Southern

Botany

Plantes - Appalaches (Sud)

Botanique

Plants

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

Southern Appalachian Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed