Sustainable university, an endeavor for survival and sustainability

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Sustainable IT and IT for Sustainability

Energy and sustainability have become one of the most critical issues of our generation. Whilethe abundant potential of renewable energy such as solar and wind provides a real opportunity forsustainability, their intermittency and uncertainty present a daunting operating challenge. Thisthesis aims to develop analytical models, deployable algorithms, and real systems to enable effici...

The Index of Sustainable Functionality: An Application for Measuring Sustainability

functionality, sustainability indicators, sustainable development. Abstract—The index of sustainable functionality (ISF) is an adaptive, multi-criteria technique that is used to measure sustainability; it is a concept that can be transposed to many regions throughout the world. An ISF application of the Southern Regional Organisation of Councils (SouthROC) in South East Queensland (SEQ) – the f...

Implications for Sustainability and Survival

This manuscript summarizes the break-out session held on the epidemiology of disease expression of koala retrovirus (KoRV) in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) at the Koala Conservation Workshop: The koala and its retroviruses: implications for sustainability and survival held at San Diego Zoo, April 17–18, 2013. The goals of this break-out session were to develop and prioritize specific research...

The Sustainability of ' ' Sustainable Consumption

Ecodesign - an Online University Course for Sustainable Product Design

The Ecodesign e-learning course conveys knowledge about ecological product design. The following paper describes the Ecodesign e-learning system, its aims and its pedagogical foundation. Two courses with beta versions of the Ecodesign e-learning system were being held in spring and summer 2004. These courses were evaluated by interviews and logfiles and the results of the evaluation were used f...