{"id":106,"date":"2017-09-02T06:04:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2018-09-18T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T01:59:59","slug":"engineering_for_social_systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/organization\/socio-environmental\/engineering_for_social_systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering for Social Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the laboratory of \u201cEngineering for Social Systems\u201d, we research on the effective use of energy and resources and analyze the evaluation systems in order to build a sustainable social system for the earth and global environment. The main focus of our research is to improve resource productivity to provide a high quality life with as less resources (energy, minerals, land, etc.) as possible.<\/p>\n

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Approach from \u201cMaterials Science\u201d field<\/h3>\n
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We research on the effective and environment-friendly use of the resources from a viewpoint of materials science, based on both \u201cthe development of functional materials and new material (eco-material)\u201d and \u201cthe development of a new process (eco-process)\u201d.<\/p>\n

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  • High-performance photocatalysis materials using Titanium oxide, etc.<\/li>\n
  • Nitrogen storage alloys aiming at highly effective energy use.<\/li>\n
  • High-performance new material and processes with use of magnetic field.<\/li>\n
  • Carbon dioxide fixation process using solar energy and iron oxides.<\/li>\n
  • Material synthetic process using repeated press-rolling and ball-milling methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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    SEM(scanning electron microscope) image of ball-milled nitrogen storage alloy powder<\/div>\n

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    Approach from \u201cSocial analysis and Evaluation\u201d<\/h3>\n
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    In this approach, we evaluate environmental effects of products, processes and systems, both existing and new, by employing the LCA method, the input-output analysis, etc., to seek for harmony with the earth environment.<\/p>\n

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    • Developing an evaluation index for environmental burden including the recycling process.<\/li>\n
    • Evaluation of energy productivity by input-output analysis.<\/li>\n
    • Reduction of carbon dioxide exhaust by a modal shift in Kyoto city.<\/li>\n
    • Evaluation of influences of the nuclear accident using the Hedonic function on land prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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      Diagrammatic explanation of embodied energy flow and energy productivity analysis using input-output tables<\/div>\n

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      Approach from \u201cEducation\u201d<\/h3>\n
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      We focus on evaluating a roll of energy-environmental education and its significance for our future society.<\/p>\n

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      • Research on the energy-environmental education based on questionnaire and practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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        Photo image of practicing energy-environmental education in junior high school.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To laboratory site In the laboratory of \u201cEngineering for Social Systems\u201d, we research on the effective use of energy and resources and analyze the evaluation systems in order to build a sustainable social system for the earth and global environment. The main focus of our research is to improve resource productivity to provide a high …","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/553"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}