Download or read book An Exploration of Environmental Technology Transition from the Laboratory to the Field written by Michael A. Greiner and published by . This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental policy, social factors, individual behavior, and environmental technologies are key factors in improving the current condition of the environment. The Department of Defense (DoD) is not immune to these aspects, as its actions have and will continue to impact the environment in which they conduct operations. The objective of this research is to analyze the environmental technology aspect of improving environmental conditions. Of particular interest, what barriers and bridges are encountered when an Air Force laboratory transitions environmental technologies to an end-user: operational field organization or major weapon system. The research employs a case study methodology to analyze five environmental technology transition efforts within the Air Force. Several key findings identify barriers and bridges specific to the transition of environmental technologies. They include: oversight of environmental protection agencies, the difficulty in clearly defining the end- user, and the need to demonstrate environmental technologies to potential end- users. Further analysis of the case studies indicate that many of the barriers and bridges encountered in the transition of environmental technologies are also encountered in the transition of general technologies. In addition, the researcher provides recommendations for change, and offers future opportunities for research in the area of environmental technology transition.
Download or read book Air Force Journal of Logistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Living Labs written by Simon Marvin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All cities face a pressing challenge – how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion while achieving environmental sustainability? In response, new collaborations are emerging in the form of urban living labs – sites devised to design, test and learn from social and technical innovation in real time. The aim of this volume is to examine, inform and advance the governance of sustainability transitions through urban living labs. Notably, urban living labs are proliferating rapidly across the globe as a means through which public and private actors are testing innovations in buildings, transport and energy systems. Yet despite the experimentation taking place on the ground, we lack systematic learning and international comparison across urban and national contexts about their impacts and effectiveness. We have limited knowledge on how good practice can be scaled up to achieve the transformative change required. This book brings together leading international researchers within a systematic comparative framework for evaluating the design, practices and processes of urban living labs to enable the comparative analysis of their potential and limits. It provides new insights into the governance of urban sustainability and how to improve the design and implementation of urban living labs in order to realise their potential.
Download or read book Accelerating Environmental Technology Implementation written by Environmental Technology Evaluation Center (U.S.) and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the Environmental Technology Evaluation Center (EvTEC), a CERF Service Center. This report presents the findings from a June 1997 Environmental Technology Needs Survey conducted by EvTEC. The survey was developed to help EvTEC gain a better understanding of present practices and procedures in evaluating new products and determine how EvTEC could best respond to the needs of all stakeholders in the environmental community. The survey contained general information questions as well as specialized questions for three groups: users and regulators of environmental products; entrepreneurs who invent, develop, or market new technologies and products; and research institutes and testing labs that carry out product and technology evaluations.
Download or read book Technology for a Sustainable Future written by United States. Office of Science and Technology. Environmental Technology Strategy Staff and published by Washington, DC : Environmental Technology Strategy Staff, Office of Science and Technology Policy. This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond the Lab and the Field written by Eike-Christian Heine and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Lab and the Field analyzes infrastructures as intense sites of knowledge production in the Americas, Europe, and Asia since the late nineteenth century. Moving beyond classical places known for yielding scientific knowledge, chapters in this volume explore how the construction and maintenance of canals, highways, dams, irrigation schemes, the oil industry, and logistic networks intersected with the creation of know-how and expertise. Referred to by the authors as “scientific bonanzas,” such intersections reveal opportunities for great wealth, but also distress and misfortune. This volume explores how innovative technologies provided research opportunities for scientists and engineers, as they relied on expertise to operate, which resulted in enormous profits for some. But, like the history of any gold rush, the history of infrastructure also reveals how technologies of modernity transformed nature, disrupting communities and destroying the local environment. Focusing not on the victory march of science and technology but on ambivalent change, contributors consider the role of infrastructures for ecology, geology, archaeology, soil science, engineering, ethnography, heritage, and polar exploration. Together, they also examine largely overlooked perspectives on modernity: the reliance of infrastructure on knowledge, and infrastructures as places and occasions that inspired a greater understanding of the natural world and the technologically made environment.
Download or read book Introduction to Environmental Technology written by Ann Boyce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-10-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first and only text that helps beginning students master the foundation topics in the dynamic field of environmental technology, from basic toxicology concepts and principles to comprehensive hazardous waste management strategies. Introduction to Environmental Technology organizes a wealth of current need-to-know information into a reader-friendly format that maximizes learning. Throughout, it features case studies that apply the text information to real-world environmental challenges, and highlights numerous career options through profiles of actual people working in various aspects of this broad field. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand text provides: An awareness of how the many facets of science, technology, and public policy are involved in environmental management protection. An understanding of the sources of pollution and the primary processes that control the fate of pollutants in air, water, and soil. Practical insights into the use of land, the benefits of wetlands, and the complex factors influencing land-use decisions. Comprehensive coverage of the main requirements of federal laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous waste, pollution prevention, and occupational health and safety. The basic principles needed to operate the latest pollution control and pollution monitoring equipment. Complete with a comprehensive glossary, Introduction to Environmental Technology provides you with the foundation concepts and vocabulary you need to succeed in this exciting, fast-changing field.
Download or read book Preparing for the Future Through Science and Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Technologies and Trends written by Ravinder Kumar Jain and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Introduction.- 2 Drinking Water.- 2.1 Drinking Water Production: Processes and Emerging Technologies.- 2.2 Adsorption of Organic Micropollutants onto Activated Carbon Fibers: Cloth and Felt.- 2.3 Removal of Micropollutants in Some Ozone Contactors: Efficiency and Simulation.- 2.4 Pervaporation and Membrane Stripping: Potentialities on Micropollutants Removal from Water.- 3 Air Pollution.- 3.1 Industrial Air Pollution: Removal of Dilute Gaseous Vapors.- 3.2 Development of Trickle-Bed Air Biofilter.- 3.3 Deodorization in Wastewater Treatment Plants by Wet-Scrubbing on Packed Column and Chlorine Oxidation.- 3.4 Regeneration by Induction Heating of Granular Activated Carbon Loaded with Volatile Organic Compounds.- 4 Wastewater Treatment.- A Biological Treatment.- 4.1 Effect of the Grease Solubilization and the Optimal Process Monitoring on the Grease Aerobic Digestion.- 4.2 Membrane Gas Liquid Contactors in Water and Wastewater Treatment.- 4.3 The Biological Treatment of High Effluent Flowrates: A Review of the Hydrodynamic Conditions and Possibilities.- 4.4 Multiphase Reactors for Biological Treatment of Urban Wastewaters.- B Physical-Chemical Treatment.- 4.5 Physical Chemical Treatments for Wastewater.- 4.6 Hydrocyclone Based Treatment Methods for Oily Wastewaters.- 4.7 Application of Membrane Separation Processes to Oily Wastewater Treatment: Cutting Oil Emulsions.- 4.8 Electrochemical Degradation of Organic Pollutants for Wastewater Treatment: Oxidation of Phenol on PbO2 Anodes.- 4.9 Treatment of Aqueous Organic Wastes by Molecular Oxygen at High Temperature and Pressure: Wet Air Oxidation Process.- 5 Hazardous Waste Management.- 5.1 Hazardous Wastes Treatments.- 5.2 Advanced Method for the Treatment of Organic Aqueous Wastes: Wet Peroxide Oxidation - WPO(R), Laboratory Studies and Industrial Development.- 5.3 Heavy Metals Recovery by Electrolyzing Technique: The 3.P.E. Technology.- 5.4 An Overview of Plasma Arc Technology Applied Research Projects for the Vitrification of Hazardous Wastes.- 5.5 Permeable Barriers to Remove Cd and Cr from Groundwater.- 6 Soil and Groundwater Contamination.- 6.1 How Technology is Improving Decision Marking for Environmental Restoration.- 6.2 Soil Decontamination Using Electrokinetics, with Application to Urban Residual Sludges.- 6.3 A Systematic Approach to Groundwater Management.- 7 Environmental Trends and Policy Perspectives.- 7.1 Technology Transfer and Utilization.- 7.2 Environmental Technologies and Regulations.- 7.3 Holistic Approach to Environmental Problems.- 7.4 Environmental Forecasting and Technology Trends.- 7.5 Privatization of the Environmental Infrastructure.- 7.6 Increased Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy.- 7.7 Industry Trends.- 7.8 Industrial Ecology - Going Beyond Pollution Prevention.- 7.9 Summary.
Download or read book Innovation Systems and Environmental Technologies written by Morrigan Hayes and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field and Laboratory Methods for Environmental Science for Non Majors written by University Of North Texas and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cities and Low Carbon Transitions written by Harriet Bulkeley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities and Low Carbon Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined to examine how, why, and with what implications cities bring about low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and technological responses to climate change that are emerging in cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America, Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban contexts.
Download or read book Introduction to Environmental Technology written by Ann Boyce and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first and only text that helps beginning students master the foundation topics in the dynamic field of environmental technology, from basic toxicology concepts and principles to comprehensive hazardous waste management strategies. "Introduction to Environmental Technology organizes a wealth of current need-to-know information into a reader-friendly format that maximizes learning. Throughout, it features case studies that apply the text information to real-world environmental challenges, and highlights numerous career options through profiles of actual people working in various aspects of this broad field. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand text provides: An awareness of how the many facets of science, technology, and public policy are involved in environmental management protection. An understanding of the sources of pollution and the primary processes that control the fate of pollutants in air, water, and soil. Practical insights into the use of land, the benefits of wetlands, and the complex factors influencing land-use decisions. Comprehensive coverage of the main requirements of federal laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous waste, pollution prevention, and occupational health and safety. The basic principles needed to operate the latest pollution control and pollution monitoring equipment. Complete with a comprehensive glossary, "Introduction to Environmental Technology" provides you with the foundation concepts and vocabulary you need to succeed in this exciting, fast-changing field.
Download or read book Field and Laboratory Methods for Environmental Science for Non Majors written by University of North Texas and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gale Environmental Sourcebook written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emerging Environmental Technologies written by Vishal Shah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the span of last couple of years, the increasing human interference with v- ious natural ecosystems and higher discharge of pollutants has presented numerous challenges to the society related to preserving the nature for a better tomorrow. The challenges also mount pressure on the scienti?c community to invent technologies that would provide solutions to the problems that are man made and also decrease the negative consequences that we are facing because of our own actions. This edited book attempts to present eight technological innovations that have shown potential to provide answers to a few challenges. Like the previous collection, the described innovations in the current volume also cover a range of areas including water and soil pollution, bio-sensors and energy. However, it is to be realized that no combination of technology can be enough to make a sizeable difference. As I said in my last collection, technological advances have to be integrated with a change in social behavior. The philosophy of sustainable development has to be the principle of future planning and growth. In this collection, I am pleased to include an article on noise pollution. Noise is a pollutant of our own behavior and can only be solved by a behavioral change. The change that is either voluntary or enforced by laws. As an environmental scientist noise is not normally a pollutant that would come in mind as a leading pollutant.
Download or read book Environmental Technologies written by Los Alamos National Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
