49 research outputs found
Advances in green leases and green leasing: evidence from Sweden, Australia, and the UK
Improving the environmental performance of non-domestic
buildings is a complex problem due to the participation of multiple
stakeholders. This is particularly challenging in tenanted
spaces, where landlord and tenant interactions are regulated
through leases that traditionally ignore environmental considerations.
‘Green leasing’ has been conceptualized as a form of
‘middle-out’ inter-organisational environmental governance
that operates between organisations, alongside other drivers.
Green leases form a valuable framework for tenant–landlord
cooperation within properties and across portfolios. This paper
offers a comparative international investigation of how leases
are evolving to become ‘greener’ in Sweden, Australia, and the
UK, drawing on experience from an IEA project on behaviour
change and a UK project on energy strategy development. It
considers how stakeholder retrofit opportunities and interactions
in non-domestic buildings are shaped by the (1)Â policy
context in each country (e.g., the EPBD, NABERS, and MEES)
and (2)Â prevailing leasing practices in each country. Based on
this analysis, the paper develops a new market segmentation
framework to accentuate the different roles that public sector
organisations and private property companies play as both tenants
and landlords across countries. We suggest that national
government policies assist the public sector in leading on better
leasing practices, whereas international certification and benchmarking
schemes (e.g., BREEAM & GRESB) may provide more
fuel to private sector tenants and landlords. The paper concludes with a discussion of the fit between property portfolios and policies,
suggesting that international green lease standards might
assist multinational tenants and property owners in upgrading
both their premises and their operational practices
Ca2+ monitoring in Plasmodium falciparum using the yellow cameleon-Nano biosensor
Calcium (Ca2+)-mediated signaling is a conserved mechanism in eukaryotes, including the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Due to its small size (300?nM). We determined that the mammalian SERCA inhibitor thapsigargin and antimalarial dihydroartemisinin did not perturb SERCA activity. The change of the cytosolic Ca2+ level in P. falciparum was additionally detectable by flow cytometry. Thus, we propose that the developed YC-Nano-based system is useful to study Ca2+ signaling in P. falciparum and is applicable for drug screening.We are grateful to Japanese Red Cross Blood Society for providing human RBC and plasma. We also thank Tanaka R, Ogoshi (Sakura) M and Matsumoto N for technical assistance and Templeton TJ for critical reading. This study was conducted at the Joint Usage / Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan. KP was a Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation (TBRF, http://www.tokyobrf.or.jp) post-doctoral fellow and PEF was a Japanese Society of Promotion Sciences (JSPS) post-doctoral fellow. This work was supported in part by the TBRF (K.P.), JSPS (P.E.F.), Takeda Science Foundation (K.Y.), Grants-in-Aids for Scientific Research 24590509 (K.Y.), 22390079 (O.K.), and for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 23117008 (O.K.), MEXT, Japan. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript
Die Evaluering van 'n Ontwikkelings Program in Fasilitering vir studente in die Gedragswetenskappe
The evaluation of a development programme in facilitation for students in the behavourial sciences. The aim of this research was to evaluate a development programme in facilitation for students in the behavioural sciences. Facilitation was conceptualised from the person-centred approach and the human potential model. Atwo-group design with pre-, post-, and post-post-measurement was used to evaluate the programme.
Opsomming
Die doelstelling van hierdie navorsing was om ’n ontwikkelings-program in fasilitering vir studente in die gedragswetenskappe te evalueer. Fasilitering is gekonseptualiseer vanuit die persoongesentreerde benadering en die menslikepotensiaal beweging. ’n Tweegroepontwerp met voor-, na-, en na-nameting is om die program te evalueer