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• An Energy Policy for Europe
  ... ommon European energy policy that would improve the continent's precarious energy security. ... period of years, dramatically increasing the amount of local low emission energy that EU MEMBER STATES produce and use.
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• CMU MUSES Energy Project
  ... cle assessment of coal-to-liquids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen pathways. Energy Policy 37: 2689-2695. ... rns on the economic and environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Energy Policy. 37: 2653–2663.
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• Energy Policy
  [[Image:Energy policy cover.gif|thumb|right|Energy Policy]] ... ion of nuclear power; from the environmental impacts of fossil fuel use to energy demand management in developing countries.
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• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  ... ient Economy is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmen ... Projects are carried out by staff and selected energy efficiency experts from universities, national laboratories, and the priva ...
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• Main Page
  ... ch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0747911 CAREER award #0747911] and [[CMU MUSES Energy Project | MUSES award #0628084]].
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• News and events
  ==INFORMS Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change== == 2009 ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability ==
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• Jeremy J. Michalek
  ... ch focuses on technical, economic, environmental, and policy dimensions of energy and transportation systems as well as systems optimization and consumer ch ...
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• Simulated annealing
  ... metallurgical annealing. Molecules tend to move less and less as thermal energy decreases and intermolecular forces dominate the system.
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• Corporate Average Fuel Economy
  ... il price brought focus to the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. [[The Energy Policy and Conservation Act]] ('''EPCA''') enacted into law by Congress in ... ... FE fuel economy standard was signed into law by President Bush<ref>H.R. 6: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bil ...
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• Gas guzzler tax
  The National Energy Act: Energy Tax Act of 1978 imposed set tax penalties on car manufacturers who fail to ... [3] [http://www-cta.ornl.gov/cta/Publications/Reports/FeebateEnergyPolicy_FINAL.pdf Feebates, rebates and gas-guzzler taxes: a study of incent ...
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• US environmental regulation policies for vehicles
  In an effort to conserve national energy and to improve automobile efficiency, Congress enacted laws that help moti ... US government's energy policies and environmental regulations related to light-duty vehicles.
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• US tax credit incentives for alternative fuel vehicles
  Energy Policy Act 1992 sets up tax credit for consumers who purchase qualified EV ... ... ] [http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/laws/incen_laws.html U.S. Department of Energy - State & Federal Incentives & Laws]
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• CAFE Incentive
  # Energy: 100 ft^3 natural gas = .823 gal gasoline
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• Researchers
  || [[MINLP]], [[Global optimization]], Water network, Process and energy [[systems optimization]]. || [http://cta.ornl.gov/cta/Energy.shtml Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis]
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• Life cycle assessment
  ... rgy purchased from other firms implies additional use of the materials and energy used by that firm's production, transportation, and so on in a long chain. ... t producing energy requires vehicles, and building those vehicles requires energy, etc.), which somewhat alleviates the scoping problem of process LCA; howe ...
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• Design for environment
  *Low Energy Content Materials *Reduce Energy Consumption
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• Sustainable development
  *Energy consumption
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• Job postings
  engineering design, vehicle simulation, energy systems, industrial design, human factors and
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• Blender 2
  ... onmental impact created by heavy commercial use, which will also result in energy cost savings. *Energy efficient
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• Vehicle simulation software
  (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation) ... Shows how conventional, advanced, light, and heavy vehicles use, and lose, energy throughout their drivetrains
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• Non-cooperative game
  ... the prisoners dilemma or a duopoly. Bompard et al. apply the theory to the energy market and the concept of [[Market Power]]. They provide a set of game com ...
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• Umbrella
  ** Stamping process used to create the piece is lower energy compared to other forming techniques
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• Weed whacker analysis
  ... e new design’s inertia is 64% of the original. This also means that the energy required to sweep the trimmer one foot is 64% of the original as well. Th ... ... 1cc 2 stroke engine to be approximately 30$. For fuel costs, we found the energy in regular unleaded gasoline is 131,881,982 Joules/gallon. With the avera ...
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• Public policy for reducing effects of negative externalities
  ... ich reduces the dependency of an economy on pollution inefficient forms of energy. This can help to promote dynamic efficiency ... overty. In the UK, the poorest 10% of households spends 13.2% of income on energy whereas the richest spends 3.5%.
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• Simulated Anealing
  ... h metallurgical annealing. Molecules tend to move less and less as thermal energy decreases and intermolecular forces dominate the system.
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• Courses
  *19297: Energy-Environmental Systems
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• Scooter
  *Energy efficient *Greater energy output with less effort input
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• Product dissection
  * What are the inputs and outputs in terms of materials, energy, and information?
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• Staple gun
  | 017 || tension bar (lower) || 1 || Stores energy for driving staple piston using the spring properties of a beam || 0.050 | ... | 018 || tension bar (upper) || 1 || Stores energy for driving staple piston using the spring properties of a beam. Is shorte ...
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• Cordless drill
  ... ny different parts of many different materials. We feel that the amount of energy necessary to create this vast number of parts could be decreased simply by ... ... to believe this number can be lowered to two, potentially eliminating the energy of three machines needed to make these screws.
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• Paper shredder
  ... iproducts of a system, such as heat, or driving outputs such as rotational energy in a shaft from an engine. The inputs and outputs of the paper shredder ar ... * Energy Inputs: 120V AC
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• Ceiling-mounted bicycle lift
  ... facturing processes and the waste from stamping can typically be recycled. Energy use in assembly of the product is also minimized by using repeated subasse ...
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• Paintball marker
  ** This usage certainly may be of concern when considering the energy required to harness this CO₂ ... y available for filling small tanks but will consume negligible or minimal energy for filling paintball tanks compared to its other uses in various industri ...
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• Inkjet printer
  <br /> 4. Energy | Paper Roller Motor|| 1 set || Supplier the mechanical energy to the paper rollers so that can move || Metals/Others || n/a || Casti ...
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• Automatic can opener
  ... nto to try and use less energy, such as using a plastic that requires less energy to heat for injection molding. <br/> ... terial is definitely a place for improvement as well as trying to use less energy in the manufacturing by doing things like regulating heat more in the proc ...
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• Car jack
  ... n lubricated at the factory for the life of the product. The only input of energy needed during usage is work from the user.
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• Green Design Institute
  ... oblems such as hazardous emissions, use of toxic materials and inefficient energy usage.
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• Rotating tie rack
  ... . The belt has hooks for the ties, while the belts hang in the middle. The energy input is provided by 2 sets of “C” type batteries in series, and the t ... ... on whenever the belt is in motion. This drains the batteries faster, since energy is consumed both by the rotating belt and the light.
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• ASME Design Engineering Division Newsletter 2007
  ... applications; vehicle systems dynamics and control; and non-conventional, energy efficient, and environmental friendly vehicles.
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• Bicycle light generator
  ... auto drivers of the bikers presence at night. The generator converts the energy put into the bicycle in the form of a pedaling motion into an electric cur ... ... power; thus, allowing the user to operate a light without having to input energy at the same moment.
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• Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
  * Center for Nano-enabled Device and Energy Technologies (CNXT)
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• Oscillating fan
  ... n. The lifetime energy use was shown to be significantly greater than the energy cost of production, at over 1 million kWh. The approximations were deemed ... ... tional speed to best suit the surroundings. This allows for quieter, lower energy, operation when maximum air circulation is unnecessary. Another necessity ...
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• EIO-LCA
  ... t producing energy requires vehicles, and building those vehicles requires energy, etc.), which somewhat alleviates the scoping problem of traditional [[pro ... ... nstitute]] extended this concept by including data about environmental and energy analysis from each sector.
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• Microphone stand
  ... inputs or outputs that affect the environment - specifically, there are no energy (or other) inputs necessary to operate the device. The end of life for mos ... ... el mills themselves. This contributor also tops the charts in the areas of energy and the most common toxic releases, air pollutants and greenhouse gas prod ...
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• Process LCA
  ... nmental releases) throughout the life of the product or activity. How much energy is required to produce, distribute, use and dispose the product? What mate ... ... llutants be reduced? Can the product be reused, recycled, refurbished? Can energy be recuperated from the product by incineration?
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• Car Jack Preliminary Analysis
  ===Energy=== Potential energy is equal to
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• Automatic can opener redesign
  ... nto to try and use less energy, such as using a plastic that requires less energy to heat for injection molding. <br/> ... terial is definitely a place for improvement as well as trying to use less energy in the manufacturing by doing things like regulating heat more in the proc ...
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• Tie rack components
  * Converts electrical energy from circuitry to rotational energy for driving the gear train
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• Inkjet Printer Notes Spring 2007
  '''Paper Roller Motor:''' Supplies the mechanical energy to the paper rollers so that they can move '''Inkjet Cartridge Motor:''' Supplies mechanical energy to the Inkjet Cartridge Craddle so that it can move
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• Report 2: Research, Opportunities and Concepts
  ... ket dynamo, would create heavy frictions to the wheel, thus requiring more energy input from the user. The lighting system should also be bright enough so ...
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• Funding
  ===Link Fellowship in The Energy Field=== ... ation and innovation in the area of societal production and utilization of energy, the Link Foundation invites applications for: 2-year fellowships of $25,0 ...
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• Transportation policy
  * [http://www.energy.gov/ Department of Energy] ** [http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/laws/incen_laws.html State & Federal Incentives & Laws]
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• California environmental regulation policies for vehicles
  ... equire that 75% of the passenger cars and/or light-duty trucks acquired be energy-efficient vehicles. Vehicle procurement contracts are also authorized to e ... *[http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/laws/incen_laws.html State and Federal Incentive and Laws - Calif ...
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• An Energy Policy for Europe
  ... ommon European energy policy that would improve the continent's precarious energy security. ... period of years, dramatically increasing the amount of local low emission energy that EU MEMBER STATES produce and use.
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• CMU MUSES Energy Project
  ... cle assessment of coal-to-liquids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen pathways. Energy Policy 37: 2689-2695. ... rns on the economic and environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Energy Policy. 37: 2653–2663.
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• MUSES
  * The Carnegie Mellon [[Green Design Institute]]'s [[CMU MUSES Energy Project]] on Material Use, Infrastructure Change, and Environmental Impact ...
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• Shearing
  ... y the blade at any given time. This produces a clean slicing cut, and less energy is required. The cut originates with the shear force from the blade, and i ... ... arious mediums such as plasma or laser. Shearing is a less expensive, more energy-efficient and generally less complicated alternative to the more technolog ...
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• Using EIOLCA to evaluate a product
  ... this may have a greater impact than production. To find out, estimate the energy use or emissions during use. If the product is a gas grill that runs on na ... ... you will have estimates of conventional air pollutants, greenhouse gasses, energy use, and toxic releases associated with your product. Which are the aspect ...
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• Babyproof door knob lock
  [[Image:Doorknob_DFE_Energy.JPG]] Figure 4 EIOLCA data for energy consumption
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• Remote control tarantula
  ... veral factors are required prior to and during the manufacturing process. Energy is required to produce the materials necessary for the components, which a ... ... ken into account, the amount of pollutant emissions, economic demands, and energy needs become a larger factor to consider. The apparently environmentally ...
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• Airsoft gun
  == Inputs and Outputs in Terms of Materials, Energy, and Information == * Energy Input: Energy to cock barrel, energy to pull trigger
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• Aquarium pump
  ... facturing and distributing the product of interest. The economic activity, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions related to manufacturing and distribut ... ... is $2.28 million and is $1.315 million for the top five sectors. The total energy required to manufacture $1 million worth of the product is 11.6 TJ for all ...
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• Ice cream maker
  This device works with electrical energy. When you plug the device into the wall, electricity is obtained and then ... The energy cost of production of $1 million worth of Ice Cream Makers is 0.503 MkWh ( ...
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• Siphon
  ... facturing and distributing the product of interest. The economic activity, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions related to manufacturing and distribut ... ... ctors respectively per combination of the bilge pump and siphon. The total energy required to manufacture $1 million worth of the product is 11.6 TJ for all ...
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• Bilge pump
  ... facturing and distributing the product of interest. The economic activity, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions related to manufacturing and distribut ... ... ctors and the top five sectors respectively per each bilge pump. The total energy required to manufacture $1 million worth of bilge pumps is 11.6 TJ for all ...
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• Ice cream maker DFE
  According to the Energy Information Administrations (http://eia.doe.gov) in 1997 the average price ...
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• Windshield wiper assembly
  ... tter to reuse when possible rather than recycle because recycling requires energy and resources to disassemble the materials. Thus, during disassembly of t ...
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• Vacuum cleaner
  ... t three years. A green design approach would focus on making a vacuum more energy efficient. From these analyses, decisions could be made to improve upon an ... ... at connected to a power supply, the motor uses the potential difference as energy for its work. Most commonly, the motor uses a fan; spinning the fan causes ...
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• Blender
  ... ks as all other motors whereas it converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. It fits snug under the base of the blender and is close to the blades of ... ... sage as well as the greenhouse emissions. The following table displays the energy usage calculations:
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• Paintball gun
  ... y had been spent on paintball guns alone). The following table is from the energy usage calculation: ... tionally, the transportation of material and the finished product requires energy, not to mention the plants that process the component materials. Next is a ...
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• Ratcheting screwdriver
  ... n gets converted into plutonium, which can then be recycled and used as an energy source. The only problem with this solution there are not many nuclear pow ... ... issions from running coal plants. The small battery powered drill requires energy not only to manufacture the product, but also to power the use of the prod ...
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• Fire extinguisher
  ... hat compose the top assembly are all capable of being recycled and reused. Energy will be necessary to transport the pieces and recycle them, but the overal ...
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• Plastics identification code
  ... roducts, and used plastics can also be converted into liquid fuel or other energy. | align="center" |Foamed, light weight,<br />energy absorbing, heat<br />insulating<br />Softens: 90° C<br />SG = 0. 90 – 0 ...
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• Windshield Wiper Assembly Re-design
  Latent Energy of Fusion = energy to melt ice = 80 calories per gram = 334720 joules per kilogram.
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• Remote control tarantula redesign
  ... d allow for simplification of production. Also, the increased voltage and energy provided by the different batteries will allow the product the increased m ... ... d resources. The tarantula would require additional voltage or electrical energy, which would in turn lead to an increase in the amount of batteries requir ...
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• Journals
  | [[Applied Energy]] || || || 3.915 | [[Energy]] || || || 3.597
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• Removable windshield scraper blade
  ... it takes approximately the equivalent of 2 kg of oil in raw materials and energy to produce 1 kg of ABS. Compared to the 3.5 kg of oil required to produce ...
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• Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship Course
  | Smarttronix energy harvesting diode for extending mobile phone battery life | [http://www.aquionenergy.com/ Aquion Energy]: Battery Current Collectors for Storage Applications
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• Ignacio Grossmann
  * Optimization of Water, Process and Energy Systems
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• Lester Lave
  ... esses, such as IBM; and with government agencies such as the Department of Energy to address the fundamental problems in pollution prevention.
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• H. Scott Matthews
  ... ucture]], including [[transportation and building facilities]], as well as energy, and telecommunications networks, [[carbon foot-printing]]
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• Energy Policy
  [[Image:Energy policy cover.gif|thumb|right|Energy Policy]] ... ion of nuclear power; from the environmental impacts of fossil fuel use to energy demand management in developing countries.
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• ASME Design Engineering Division Newsletter 2008
  ... l challenges as population growth, global warming and pollution, depleting energy, food and water resources, security, wealth disparity, regional and global ... ... onmental impact, micro- and nano-level operation, bio-linked applications, energy sources and use, user interactions, market, economic, and policy implicati ...
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• Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
  ... and academic institutions. The spotlight theme for 2009 is Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change.
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• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  ... ient Economy is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmen ... Projects are carried out by staff and selected energy efficiency experts from universities, national laboratories, and the priva ...
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• ACEEE
  #REDIRECT [[American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy]]
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• Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
  ... ed from renewable energy sources. Other benefits include improved national energy security, fewer fill-ups at the filling station, the convenience of home r ... ... echnologies for the application on PHEV<ref>Tony Markel National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Plug-in HEV Vehicle Design. Options and Expectations, Z ...
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• DOE
  * The United States [[Department of Energy]]
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• Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  ... ville, R., 2001, Life cycle model of alternative fuel vehicles: emissions, energy, and cost trade-offs, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, ...
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• Hybrid electric vehicle
  ... le using combined power sources from a conventional propulsion system with energy storage system to achieve better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle ... ... d can simultaneously transmit power to their drive wheel from two distinct energy sources such as ICE and a battery powered electric drive. Although most pa ...
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• Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology
  ... rrounding the use in both production and consumption of different forms of energy, issues surrounding strategic and new materials, the management of wastes ...
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• ISIE Conference
  ... patible with the functioning of natural ecosystems, e.g., efficient use of energy, material recycling and non-polluting. Many members of the society are adv ... ... l scales. These include methods of [[life cycle assessment]], material and energy flow analysis, applied thermodynamics, [[risk assessment]], [[input-output ...
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• Orkun Karabasoglu
  ... machine learning with applications on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and energy systems. He is a member of [[ASME]] and [[AIAA]] organizations. *''' Control systems and machine learning for energy systems'''
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• Post hole digger
  ... measure to reduce the environmental impact is to focus on changing to more energy efficient production processes, reduce the number of parts needed and make ... *Product must be lightweight to reduce energy costs in transportation (gas consumption), as well as minimize loading/unl ...
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• Baby stroller
  ... gative impact contribution at all. This can be concluded because the only energy input that is necessary during the use phase is a person’s force. Unless ... [[Image:Stroller DFE Energy.JPG]]
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• Lamp stand mechanical arm
  ... easy control over, does not have as much of an impact on pollutants as the energy used to produce it. [[Image: lamp_stand_machanical_arm_energygraph.jpg]]
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• Weed whacker
  ... a on the most common contributors to greenhouse gases, toxic releases, and energy usage from industries and sections of those industries. Using this tool, ...
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• Exercise bike
  ... stant velocity is wasted apart from getting the user in shape. The wasted energy could instead be used efficiently for other purposes, such as regenerating ... ... bike and his/her feet are positioned firmly in the pedal cages, mechanical energy is used to provide an angular momentum to the rear disc. This rear disc ha ...
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• Ski boot walking attachment initial
  ... tributors to the sector's pollutants (77%) and GHG (29%) emissions. A more energy efficient manufacturing process would reduce those emissions.
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• Self propelled lawnmower
  ... he overall effect of the lawnmower in society with respect to the economy, energy consumption, greenhouse gas production, conventional air pollutants, and t ... ... eleases. Power supply tends to be a main producer of gaseous pollution and energy pollution. In the manufacturing process, sites, or factories, produce a ma ...
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• Ice cube maker
  ... sector with the largest effect on greenhouse gasses emitted. Reducing the energy necessary to produce the ice cube maker lessens the environmental impact o ... ... a on the most common contributors to greenhouse gases, toxic releases, and energy usage from industries and sections of those industries. Although there was ...
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• Toaster
  However, the key element in the life cycle of this appliance is energy. In both the production and use phases of a toaster, power generation and ...
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• FOCAPO
  ... dustries such as chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, biochemicals, energy and environmental, food and beverages, electronics and materials.
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• RC rock crawler truck
  ... imated 10 year lifespan. The numbers used to estimate the amount of total energy consumed over the lifespan was estimated on the assumption that the truck ...
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• Toaster redesign
  ... en the heat and power needed for each toasting cycle. In current toasters, energy is wasted because of the open toaster slots. Having a capping system would ...
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• Weed whacker redesign
  ... et caught up in the thick brush, and cause a "Kick Back", throwing all the energy stored in the blade back to pole. That can cut the head and leg muscle. In ...
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• Post hole digger redesign
  *Product must be lightweight to reduce energy costs in transportation (gas consumption), as well as minimize loading/unl ...
  73 KB (12037 words) - 01:53, 9 October 2008
• Self propelled lawnmower redesign
  64. Introduce compressor to belt that stores energy to lift ride height
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• Umbrella redesign
  # Kinetic energy umbrella # Energy creating umbrella through motion
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• Ski boot walking attachment redesign
  *'''During foot roll''', the high restoring force ensures that minimal energy is lost during the step, and that the user has maximum control over their ... *Attachment with energy dissipating/restoring elements
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• Lead-screw post hole digger
  ... ngineering that is receiving more and more attention as the push for green energy and green design forges ahead. Because of its many similarities in produc ...
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• Umbrella check-out system
  ... y are manufactured out of a common gauge of steel sheet metal, and use low energy forming processes such as punching and bending to create their overall sha ...
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• One-handed weed whacker
  ... esign’s inertia is 70% less than the original. This also means that the energy required to sweep the trimmer one foot is 70% of the original as well. Th ... ... 1cc 2 stroke engine to be approximately 30$. For fuel costs, we found the energy in regular unleaded gasoline is 131,881,982 Joules/gallon. With the avera ...
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• Ski boot walking attachment
  ... tributors to the sector's pollutants (77%) and GHG (29%) emissions. A more energy efficient manufacturing process would reduce those emissions.
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• ASME Design Engineering Division Newsletter 2009
  *Design of energy, fluid, and power handing systems
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• CMU Toyota PHEV Project
  ... ery degradation on battery sizing - eco/econ, optimal replacement || ES&T, Energy Policy || Peterson, Shiau || ... mal management - efficiency implications, cost minimum || ASME/SAE or ES&T/EnergyPolicy or Power Sources || Karabasoglu, Peterson ||
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• Constantine Samaras
  ... try experience in analysis, economics, and public policy in the context of energy and sustainability systems issues. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering and Publi ...
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• Jay Whitacre
  ... ff in 2003. His work at JPL was focused on developing materials system for energy storage technologies. During this time, he was also trained as a systems e ... ... erizing, and implementing promising materials and device architectures for energy storage and generation technologies such as Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, ...
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• Doughnut maker
  ... the oil and the speed of the conveyor should both be increased to minimize energy consumption. ... blies required for proper function, implying that much of the material and energy consumption will occur during the manufacturing phase. An inexpensive kit ...
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• Leaf blower
  *Low energy consumption *Low energy consumption in manufacturing
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• Nerf gun
  ... the energy required for product, leading us to target designing for a less energy intensive manufacturing process. Mechanical analysis of the Big Bad Bow r ... ... it's sector and associated sector. Because the Nerf gun does not require energy input for uses or additional accessory products for use, the environmental ...
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• Steering rack
  ... ar engages a linear gear to transform rotational energy into translational energy. ... nsportation sector. In terms of use, there is no complimentary products or energy to maintain and keep the steering rack functional besides negligible amoun ...
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• Paper towel dispenser
  ... s toxic waste and greenhouse gases, come from the generation and supply of energy. Another consideration is the plastic used in the dispenser and whether i ... ... ction of the paper towel dispenser comes from the generation and supply of energy. In addition, truck transportation plays a smaller, but still significant ...
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• Microphone
  ... e various types of microphones classified not only by method of converting energy but also by the directionality of use. ... s placed directly above a magnet-wire coil combination. The incoming sound energy forces the diaphragm to vibrate which in turn vibrates the magnet inside t ...
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• Apple peeler
  ... hat the user must be able to peel the apple without exerting more force or energy or spending more time than they would when peeling with a hand-held peeler ... ... /><big>Manufacture:</big> most pollution is generated in order to produce energy for forging/casting the steel parts.
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• Automatic pet feeder
  | pulley bands || 2 || plastic || casting || <1g || transfers energy from motor to gear base to turn spinner blades ||[[Image:pulley_bands.jpg| ... | worm gear assembly || 1 || asst. || || 7g || transfers energy and motion ||[[Image:worm_gear.jpg|150px|]]
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• Snowboard binding
  ... e. Since the usage of the product does not require any external sources or energy input (besides that of the user).Therefore, we have found the analysis of ... '''Energy'''
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• Dishwasher
  ... lieve that one of the major improvements available to us is decreasing the energy usage of the dishwasher. In fact if the CO2E tax was in place the electric ... '''What are the inputs and outputs in terms of materials, energy, and information?'''
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• Nerf gun redesign
  ... lastic BB's as ammunition and use compressed air, batteries, or air-spring energy for propulsion. The majority of the guns are replica models of military i ... ... are also some enthusiasts who make their own weapons and put the time and energy needed to make them look good, like this man who made an M-16 style, sprin ...
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• Paper towel dispenser redesign
  ... t room temperature air that it cleans through a HEPA filter. It uses less energy since it is not heating up the air and is hygienic since it filters the ai ... 42. Energy storage device in spindle for when it turns (dynamo) to power LEDs or LCD
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• Apple peeler redesign
  :50) Generate energy when turning the handle bar
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• Rapid Fire Needler
  ... lastic BB's as ammunition and use compressed air, batteries, or air-spring energy for propulsion. The majority of the guns are replica models of military i ... ... are also some enthusiasts who make their own weapons and put the time and energy needed to make them look good, like this man who made an M-16 style, sprin ...
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• Paper towel dispenser innovation
  ... t room temperature air that it cleans through a HEPA filter. It uses less energy since it is not heating up the air and is hygienic since it filters the ai ... ... an their paper counterparts. We feel that we will use a similar amount of energy and paper towel as some of the dispensers that use infrared sensors to adv ...
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• Windshield wiper assembly 2
  ... at can significantly lessen environmental impacts due to GHG emissions and energy consumption is reducing use phase power draw. This can be accomplished by ... | '''5. Reduce Use-Phase Impact'''<br />Lower energy consumption, reduce consumables
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• Window blinds
  ... t they may in fact reduce overall emissions by lowering CO2 emissions form energy used to heat and cool a household. ... rall impact the product has, we would need to look into cleaner sources of energy or more efficient packaging.
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• Water gun
  ... ically accurate due to inefficiencies), but because the spring expends its energy in (here, for illustrative purposes) 1/5 of the time, it applies 5 times a ... ... ut Life Cycle Analysis (EIO-LCA) method was used to estimate the economic, energy, and greenhouse gas effects of the product. Three major sectors of the Uni ...
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• Ski rack
  ... s. The EIOLCA tool also can assess the economic activity, toxic releases, energy, and water use throughout the various sectors. For our analysis, we only ...
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• Umbrella 2
  ... gories. During our analysis, we concluded that there were no real external energy inputs during the use phase of the umbrella, as personal use is arbitrary ... ===Energy===
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• Mop wringer
  ... ally to find the yearly greenhouse gas emissions, economic impact, and the energy use of the product during the entire product’s life cycle. It is importa ... [[Image:Energy_Design.jpg|thumb|650px|center|Figure 6: Energy Usage]]
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• Door latch
  *Lightweight to reduce energy consumption during transport ... of steel in the part. Use recyclable parts or plastics to reduced inputted energy.
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• Stethoscope
  ... sected stethoscope lack the fancy features, it is designed to consume zero energy in the Use Phase while minimizing the environmental impact in the Producti ...
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• Snowboard opportunity
  ... ith their hands, all methods are slow, uncomfortable and requires a lot of energy. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgCKyi-n_Q] [http://www.youtube.com/watc ... # Energy storage (for tricks)
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• Scooter opportunity
  *Energy efficient #greater energy output with less input
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• Drink cooler opportunity
  *Requires input of human energy * High energy demand and increased noise from compressor
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• Scooter innovation
  ... ntally friendly materials, and eliminating manufacturing processes to save energy during production.
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• Drink Cooler Innovation
  The energy consumption however is much more significant. Since we are running 2 Pelti ... ... res per use) of the product yielded very insignificant results compared to energy requirements. This is almost 4 times the amount of water over our product ...
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• Bicycle drivetrain
  ... ings from manufacturers that use lean manufacturing processes, or that get energy from renewable sources. After bearings, tubes and tires are the largest c ...
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• Hand crank radio
  ... series of electronic circuits. These parts are mainly used to transfer the energy ... ctly accessible. The radio contains a dynamo generator that can store the energy created by manual-cranking and gathered from the solar panel in the 300 mA ...
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• Water pump
  ... the US Energy Information Administration. From this, we estimate the total energy use cost of this pump over a conservative lifetime of 3 years to be $42.44 ... ... although a carbon tax could produce a general consumer trend towards more energy efficient appliances.
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• Retractable extension cord
  ... essment (EIO-LCA) our team discovered that the calculated total electrical energy consumed by the device is 128 kWh for a lifetime of 10 years. Design for m ... *Removal of the LED indicator light will lower the lifetime energy usage of the product by not continuously drawing power.
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• Door damper
  ... ond greatest source is from the power generation and supply for all of the energy used during the complete manufacturing process of a door damper. As can be ...
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• Power scrubber
  *Energy efficient manufacturing process *Energy use
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• Retractable umbrella
  | Adds elastic potential energy to compress and release the umbrella. It allows it to contract and expand. * Energy Analysis
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• Bike pump opportunity
  ===Energy Storage Wheel=== [[Image:Bike_concept3.jpeg|thumb|280px|center|Figure 17: Energy Storage Wheel]]
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• Hydraulic jack
  ... did not take very long to achieve the desired result and required minimal energy to use. In order to get a better understanding of the jack we performed F ... ... d by an automated lathe machine. These processes can be designed to reduce energy usage by minimizing machinery necessary for their production.
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• Card shuffler 3
  ... ase the power consumption for each of our processes, either by having more energy efficient processes or by reducing the amount of steps which require power ...
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• Soda gun
  | Soda button spring: stores mechanical energy when valve is pressed, allowing valve to open and close easily
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• Coffeemaker
  ... role in terms of electrical appliance like a coffeemaker which popularized energy related topics within Mechanical Engineering curriculum at current age. ... role in terms of electrical appliance like a coffeemaker which popularized energy related topics within Mechanical Engineering curriculum at current age.
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• Bike lock
  ... ses could be considered for the production of the product as well as lower energy manufacturing processes overall. ... on during manufacturing. While these are hard to reduce, considering lower energy machining processes or considering replacing some or all of the steel with ...
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• Crossbow
  ... igger of the crossbow, this potential energy is converted into the kinetic energy causing the bolt to accelerate. ... e for holding the high potential energy of the bow and only releasing this energy on the proper components when the user desires. However, having said this, ...
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• Grass trimmer
  ... |Add a charging indicator to enable proper charging techniques; Use higher energy density batteries
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• Impulse sprinkler opportunity
  ... ->Computer control system (“ARGUS”) tries to optimize heating to save energy ... o allows for a hand pump to be a feasible solution. Finally, we could get energy from other sources, such as pump embedded in the wheels and powered by the ...
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• Bike lock opportunity
  * Flywheel energy storage
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