Designing low carbon buildings : a framework to reduce energy consumption and embed the use of renewables

EU policies to mitigate climate change set ambitious goals for energy and carbon reduction for the built environment. In order meet and even exceed the EU targets the UK Government's Climate Change Act 2008 sets a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. To support these targets the UK government also aims to ensure that 20% of the UK's electricity is supplied from renewable sources by 2020. This article presents a design framework and a set of integrated IT tools to enable an analysis of the energy performance of building designs, including consideration of active and passive renewable energy technologies, when the opportunity to substantially improve the whole life-cycle energy performance of those designs is still open. To ensure a good fit with current architectural practices the design framework is integrated with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) key stages, which is the most widely used framework for the delivery of construction projects. The main aims of this article are to illustrate the need for new approaches to support low carbon building design that can be integrated into current architectural practice, to present the design framework developed in this research and illustrate its application in a case study

MEASURING FOOD SAFETY PREFERENCES: IDENTIFYING CONSUMER SEGMENTS

Conjoint analysis was used to estimate individual preference functions for food safety attributes. Consumer segments were constructed by using cluster analysis to form groups which were homogeneous with respect to preferences regarding food safety. Although substantial differences existed among the three distinct groups, consumers in all segments were willing to pay a moderate amount to ensure that apples met established safety standards. However, a policy which restricts pesticide use would likely result in substantial consumer dissatisfaction, unless it could be achieved with little impact on price or quality.Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Copper(I)-Phosphinite Complexes in Click Cycloadditions: Three-Component Reactions and Preparation of 5-Iodotriazoles

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.The remarkable activity displayed by copper(I)–phosphinite complexes of general formula [CuBr(L)] in two challenging cycloadditions is reported: a) the one-pot azidonation/cycloaddition of boronic acids, NaN3, and terminal alkynes; b) the cycloaddition of azides and iodoalkynes. These air-stable catalysts led to very good results in both cases and the expected triazoles could be isolated in pure form under ‘Click-suitable’ conditions

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2007

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the fall of 2007. Editor Karol Crosbie begins the edition with a letter reflecting on her job. Letters from readers are featured next. Alumni news is highlighted from page seven to nine. President Grant Cornwell discusses the importance of diversity, along with his personal life in his article from page ten to seventeen. Alumni who work in fields related to religious studies have articles in which they discuss their job. Wooster in Tuscany, a summer study abroad organized by Madonna Hettinger of the history department, is next in the magazine. Class Notes concludes the magazine (30-61).https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2001-2010/1035/thumbnail.jp

Wooster Magazine: Summer 2014

This Summer 2014 edition of the Wooster Magazine begins with an article regarding liberal arts education and Moot Court. The Shack has officially been knocked down and an image from that is featured on page four. Photos and other highlighted from the 2014 Alumni Weekend are featured on pages eight to ten. Some Independent Study projects from the class of 2014 from pages fifteen to twenty-seven. There is a section by Karol Crosbie regarding equal pay in women\u27s athletics highlighting the timeline for the past 50 years.https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2011-present/1033/thumbnail.jp

Trump's transgender ban reminds us that the US military does not float above politics

In July, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that transgendered individuals would no longer be allowed to serve in the US military. Thomas Crosbie writes that there is no justifiable reason to exclude the transgendered from the military and such an order ignores its tradition of progressive politics. He argues that in matters such as this, the military should not ..

Wooster Magazine: Winter 2014

The Winter 2014 edition of the Wooster Magazine highlights many different topics. Editor Karol Crosbie gives the top 10 reasons why she likes her job as an introduction in the magazine. The beloved restaurant, The Shack, has closed its doors for good. The college\u27s radio station, WOO 91, has a new home in the basement of Lowry Center. There is a section about the plants on campus and how they are seen by different people on campus. Some students in Charles Kammer\u27s religious study course, Just Work share their experience working in Lowry Dining Hall. Karol Crosbie put together a section highlighting some alumni that are now noteworthy chefs.https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2011-present/1031/thumbnail.jp

Wooster Magazine: Spring 2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the spring of 2010. Grant and Peg Cornwell begin this edition with an article about seeking help from professors. A drawing of the new physical education center that will open in 2012 is on page four. The Alumni News section is from page eight to ten. Chuck Hurst and David McConnell discuss their book about the Amish of Holmes County from page eleven to twenty-one. The section to follow is titled, Reshaping the American dream, and it features Diane Houk ’81 and Erika Poethig ’93. Jonathan Partee \u2791 writes about teaching physics at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. The section on legacy students closes the magazine.https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2001-2010/1010/thumbnail.jp

Wooster Magazine: Summer 2006

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the summer of 2006. Sally Whitman\u27s 13 year journey on completing her bachelors degree is featured on page three. Students will no longer be registering for classes in person, but rather online through the Scotweb system. Twenty student\u27s IS abstracts are featured from page eight to thirteen. English professor, Daniel Bourne is featured along with a few of the poems he has written. Professor Anne Nurse\u27s sociology class, Criminology and Deviance, is highlighted for the fact that half of the class is made up of inmates from the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility. The next story in the magazine is abut Mark Denbeaux \u2765 and his son Josh \u2790 who fight for human rights as attorneys in Guantanamo. Birt Babcock\u27s (\u2794) legacy story is on page twenty-eight and twenty-nine. The Class Notes section is from page thirty to sixty-three.https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2001-2010/1034/thumbnail.jp

Supporting Public School Students\u27 Education and Adaptation to U.S. Schools while Celebrating Bilingualism

In this paper, the author discusses her experience with the service-learning program Ayuda y Aprende while taking Spanish 301 at Purdue University. Ayuda y Aprende is a service-learning program through the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, in which advanced Spanish students work with Lafayette and West Lafayette elementary school children of Spanish-speaking families to help them adjust to the English language and American school culture, as well as improve their Spanish. During the weekly visits, university students work with children individually and in groups to assist them with school tasks such as classwork and homework. There was also time for the university students to get to know more about their students, such as their different cultural traditions and their experience so far learning multiple languages and adjusting to a different culture. Throughout the visits, the Purdue students expanded their own Spanish vocabulary by learning new words from the children, which is significantly useful in advanced Spanish courses where a wide knowledge of vocabulary is expected. This program also allowed Purdue students to obtain a real-world experience of how children feel when living in an area with a culture vastly different from those of their prior communities. The author had the ability to discuss future career goals with the children, while also encouraging and celebrating their ability to learn and speak multiple languages. Overall, this program is a wonderful opportunity to connect Purdue Spanish students with their local bilingual community and allow children of the local community to feel welcomed and supported in their educational environment and proud of their bilingualism and cultures