Carbon dioxide emissions

Once acetylated, the radiata pine provides all of the dimensional and durability benefits described. It also performs better as a thermal barrier than virtually any other wood. Finally, as it has taken on no toxic chemical or treatment, acetylated radiata pine will remain, throughout its 50+ year service life, safe for humans, pets, and virtually any use to which it may be applied. One of today’s leading producers of acetylated wood, Accsys Technologies, markets their product as ‘Accoya Wood’.

While increased efficiencies can be shown to exist in many cases, the critical point in determining environmental impact is the net reduction in carbon emissions rather than energy savings. Depending on the location of the server, carbon dioxide emissions can range from a low of 0.03 pounds CO2e/kilowatt hour (kWh) in Idaho to a high of 2.15 pounds CO2e/kWh in Wyoming with a U.S. average of about 1.34 pounds CO2e/kWh. Understanding the locations of the servers being taken off line and the hosting servers is critical in determining the carbon emission savings that result.

The capacities to sustain such efforts are fostered by involving the institutions and key staff in the knowledge creation and organizational learning process from the outset. Interventions in capacity raising are nonetheless often costly. The knowledge that is contained in the events often decays quite rapidly unless regular resources sustain it.

In its 2011 survey of 185 companies spanning 32 industries, A.T. Kearney found that 90 percent now frame that old-line procurement activity as “supply chain management” and have integrated it as part of the overall business strategy. It’s also gone high-profile. The decisions made and how they are executed are being monitored and measured by consumers, investors, national and international regulators, and environmental and human-rights activists. No surprise, more and more companies have gone public in a big way about how they manage their supply chains.

Many of the most common vertical-axis wind turbines today employ a distinctive H-shaped blade and arm assembly, with three such assemblies radiating about a center pole. This design is a lift-based turbine, meaning that in addition to capturing kinetic wind energy, the turbine compounds that energy via the wing-like lift of its blades.

The precisely engineered, prefabricated, modular and ‘kit-of-parts’ characteristics of such flooring systems make them quick and predictable to install, and result in a high quality dependable performance. The greater spans possible and greater fire-resistivity attainable with steel joists systems compared to wood framing make such systems quite attractive for larger scale construction.