Advanced Materials Research Vols. 962-965

Abstract: Transitioning to purchasing low carbon buildings is vital for pro-environment because it consume less energy. Consumers’ attitudes may fall into three categories: Supportive, opposed and neutral. By simulating the agents’ behaviors based on evolutionary models which believes that buying low carbon buildings can reduce energy consuming and protect environment. At the same time, it assumes environment is shared by all the agents and those against the low carbon won’t receive penalty. Human being can exploit renewable and new energy with developed technology. Evolutionary theory explains people who get energy will affect people’s attitudes around them, while those lack of energy will change their behaviors. Research proves that opponents will dominant in the world without punishments and their behaviors increase pollution. So it is necessary to improve social education and let government to take administrative compulsory measures or legislate in order to get rid of “tragedy of the commons” produced by consuming non-low carbon buildings.

Abstract: By using carbon dioxide emissions in Taiwan, this study attempts to account for total carbon dioxide emissions and per capita emissions at city and county level, based on the household consumption structure in each region. Carbon dioxide emissions are translated into carbon footprint by using the ecological footprint (EF) method, followed by calculation of total and per capita carbon footprint for each city and county. Analysis results indicate that Taiwan's total carbon dioxide emissions in 2011 were 264.66 million tons, of which New Taipei City, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City were the highest. However, according to the EF framework, the per capita carbon footprint for Taiwan was 5.94 global hectares (gha) in 2011. The highest three counties and cities were Taipei City, Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County. Future research should incorporate the use of direct measures of carbon dioxide emissions in counties and cities, which would produce a more realistic outcome. Moreover, the feasibility of using the EF method to translate carbon dioxide emissions into carbon footprint should also be examined.

Abstract: This paper has investigated the inner relationship between economic growth and energy consumption. Firstly, the authors have analyzed industrial level in 31 provinces of China between 1978 and 2011, and then classified them into different groups according to industrialization stages during different periods. Next, empirical study has tested the causality between economic growth and electricity consumption by the means of Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR). Then we conclude that the causality between electricity consumption and economic growth is bidirectional in Pre-industrial and late industrialization stage, during which reducing emissions is likely to have negative impact on GDP. And thus we need to pay more attention to improving energy efficiency and developing new energy. At the beginning and middle stage of industrialization, there exists unidirectional relation between economic growth and electricity consumption, which implies that a policy to reduce energy consumption makes little difference to GDP.

Abstract: In order to achieve the goal of energy efficiency in commercial buildings, This article focused on EMC model in commercial building energy saving, and studied on the features of the model, building, usage and other aspects.

Abstract: Finding the new type of sustainable and green energy is the key point to solve the problem of energy shortage and meet the requirement of intelligent roadway. Technologies of harvesting energy from the roadway environment have been paid more and more attention. To promote the research and development of energy harvesting from roadway, technical approach and research status of energy harvesting from roadway are reviewed. Development direction and hot issues in the future are proposed for utilizing multiple kinds of integrated energies.

Abstract: We simulates the thermal load of Shanxi Xinhua Printing Factory by using the software of DeST. Through choosing different parameters, it obtained that roofing materials have a great impact on the whole heat load system, wall window ratio and wall materials is very small. The result is of great significance to the construction of energy-efficient design of new plant.

Abstract: Construction waste is a product of the development of the city. With the development of the city, construction waste has increased exponentially, due to its special structure and material,some construction waste can be recycled and reused efficiency. Some practices of construction waste recycling in China were presented in this paper, and in-depth analysis the current problems of construction waste recycling. On the basis, in order to promote the construction waste recycling, from the ideological, technical, government support in the legislation and regulation and other aspects some suggestions and measures are proposed.

Abstract: Methods of questionnaires were employed to investigate 1034 university students in Beijing and Inner Mongolia. The relationship among environmental concern, low-carbon pro-environmental behaviors and Environmental locus of control and the moderator effect of Environmental locus of control were examined. The results indicated that, the level of female students environmental concern was significantly higher than that of male students. Mongolian students showed higher level of environmental concern and environmental locus of control than Han and other minority nationality students. A hierarchy regression analysis found environmental locus of control was a moderator between environmental concern and two types of pro-environmental behaviors.

Abstract: To reduce products’ negative impact on environment, save resources and energy, and recycle materials scientifically and effectively. We use "the sustainable design of product life cycle",it is a design concept. Its guide is prevention in advance, and its basic demands are low-carbon, green, energy conservation and environmental protection. It focuses on the technology in the aspects of design, materials, structure, crafts, circulation, recycling and so on. Its goal is to satisfy the demand of human and develop sustainably at the same time.

Abstract: This paper uses data Decade 2003-2012 "Guangzhou Statistical Yearbook", by analyzing the total energy consumption in Guangzhou City, the total GDP, the total population using IPCC methods for estimating carbon emissions, and calculate the carbon intensity , the growth rate of carbon emissions, carbon emissions residents living consumption, the proportion of the three industries have carbon emissions currently come to Guangzhou, but the total decline in the growth rate of carbon emissions still high, industry is the main source of carbon emissions too, Guangzhou, residents living consumption of carbon emissions is growing rapidly concluded, and on this basis put forward the corresponding policy recommendations to improve energy efficiency, speed up industrial restructuring, promote resident green carbon consumption.