Energy efficiency in architecture: Strategies and technologies DOI Creative Commons

Tosin Michael Olatunde,

Azubuike Chukwudi Okwandu,

Dorcas Oluwajuwonlo Akande

et al.

Open Access Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(2), P. 031 - 041

Published: April 12, 2024

Energy efficiency in architecture is a critical consideration the design and construction of buildings, aiming to reduce energy consumption minimize environmental impact. This abstract explores various strategies technologies that can be implemented enhance architecture. The importance lies its potential greenhouse gas emissions, lower costs, create healthier indoor environments. Achieving involves combination passive strategies, such as orientation, shading, natural ventilation, well active technologies, including high-performance insulation, energy-efficient lighting, renewable systems. Passive are fundamental architecture, utilizing elements sunlight, shade, airflow need for mechanical heating, cooling, lighting. Proper building effective shading devices, strategic placement windows openings maximize light reducing reliance on artificial lighting ventilation In addition play crucial role enhancing High-performance insulation materials, aerogel vacuum panels, significantly heat loss gain through envelopes, improving thermal comfort consumption. Energy-efficient systems, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) daylight harvesting electricity usage while solar photovoltaic panels wind turbines, generate clean on-site, further fossil fuels. Overall, requires holistic approach considers both technologies. By incorporating these into construction, architects designers buildings not only environmentally sustainable but also comfortable, healthy, cost-effective occupants.

Language: Английский

The role of policy and regulation in promoting green buildings DOI Creative Commons

Deborah Aanuoluwa Soyombo

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(1), P. 139 - 150

Published: April 6, 2024

Green buildings play a crucial role in sustainable development by reducing energy consumption, minimizing environmental impact, and enhancing occupant health well-being. This review explores the of policy regulation promoting green buildings, highlighting importance government intervention driving building practices. Government policies regulations pivotal shaping adoption Through combination mandates, incentives, standards, governments can encourage construction renovation that prioritize efficiency, water conservation, sustainability. Mandatory codes standards are among most effective tools use to promote buildings. These set minimum requirements for performance, indoor quality, ensuring new constructions major renovations meet established sustainability criteria. In addition mandatory also financial incentives may include tax credits, grants, or subsidies owners developers who incorporate design features achieve certifications. Furthermore, influence market through procurement public projects. By leading example, create ripple effect private sector, encouraging more embrace Overall, is essential advancing goals. setting clear providing an environment where norm rather than exception, built future generations.

Language: Английский

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INNOVATING SERVICE DELIVERY FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: LEVERAGING DATA ANALYTICS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S. CONTEXT DOI Creative Commons

Arenike Patricia Adekugbe,

Chidera Victoria Ibeh

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(4), P. 472 - 487

Published: April 7, 2024

Innovating service delivery for underserved communities in the United States is imperative to address systemic inequalities and ensure equitable access essential services. This paper explores integration of data analytics program management develop tailored solutions within U.S. context. Underserved communities, characterized by socioeconomic disparities limited resources, present unique challenges that necessitate innovative approaches. Leveraging enables organizations gain insights into community needs, predict trends, allocate resources effectively. Furthermore, methodologies, such as agile practices stakeholder collaboration, facilitate design implementation responsive impactful initiatives. Through case studies healthcare, education, housing assistance, we demonstrate practical application these strategies addressing diverse needs. However, several challenges, including accessibility barriers, equity concerns, financial constraints, must be navigated success sustainability programs. Looking ahead, advancements technology policy support offer opportunities further enhance populations. By prioritizing innovation, equity, stakeholders can work towards creating inclusive systems uplift empower all communities. underscores importance continuous adaptation investment complex needs populations States. Keywords: Innovation, Service Delivery, Communities, Data Analytics, Program Management, Context.

Language: Английский

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HARNESSING DATA INSIGHTS FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH: LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS DOI Creative Commons

Arenike Patricia Adekugbe,

Chidera Victoria Ibeh

International Medical Science Research Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. 391 - 405

Published: April 9, 2024

The effective management of crises in U.S. public health relies heavily on harnessing insights from data. This paper examines the lessons learned past and outlines future directions for leveraging data to enhance crisis efforts. Drawing case studies significant events such as COVID-19 pandemic natural disasters, we analyze role informing decision-making, identifying challenges, deriving best practices. Despite advancements infrastructure, including real-time monitoring systems predictive analytics, there remain challenges collection, integration, analysis. highlights importance improving governance, investing technology, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration address these challenges. Additionally, considerations equity privacy are crucial development implementation data-driven strategies. Looking ahead, provides recommendations enhancing practices, adoption standardized protocols, early warning systems, promotion decision-making processes. By prioritizing approaches embracing continuous learning, stakeholders can better prepare respond crises. serves a roadmap policymakers, officials, researchers optimize utilization management, ultimately safeguarding well-being communities across United States. Keywords: Data Insights, Crisis Management, Public Health, Lessons Learned, Future Directions.

Language: Английский

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NAVIGATING ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN DATA MANAGEMENT FOR U.S. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS DOI Creative Commons

Arenike Patricia Adekugbe,

Chidera Victoria Ibeh

International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(4), P. 1023 - 1033

Published: April 7, 2024

In the landscape of U.S. program development, ethical management data plays a crucial role in ensuring integrity, privacy, and trustworthiness information. This review outlines best practices recommendations for navigating challenges inherent within this context. Understanding involves recognizing complexities collection, storage, usage, sharing, potential dilemmas they pose. Best entail implementing robust procedures informed consent, privacy protection, encryption, access control, compliance with relevant regulations. Additionally, decision-making requires establishment frameworks that prioritize stakeholder interests, risk assessment, implementation guidelines through staff training regular audits. Through case studies, real-world examples illustrate practical application principles addressing challenges. emphasizes critical considerations safeguarding integrity fostering trust among stakeholders development initiatives. It underscores need continued vigilance adherence to mitigate risks uphold standards essential responsible domain. Keywords: Ethical Challenges, Data Management, Program Development, Practices, Recommendations.

Language: Английский

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Optimizing dental health equity: Integrating business analytics and program management for underserved populations in the U.S DOI Creative Commons

Arenike Patricia Adekugbe,

Chidera Victoria Ibeh

International Journal of Frontiers in Life Science Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 011 - 020

Published: April 7, 2024

Ensuring equitable access to dental health services is a critical yet challenging endeavor, particularly for underserved populations in the United States. This abstract presents comprehensive approach address this issue by integrating business analytics and program management strategies. The proposed framework aims leverage data-driven insights effective techniques optimize resources improve outcomes vulnerable communities. first component of plan involves harnessing power gather analyze data pertaining disparities, demographic trends, resource allocation. By utilizing advanced tools predictive modeling, healthcare providers can identify areas with greatest need allocate accordingly, ensuring efficient targeted interventions. In conjunction analytics, strategies are essential successful implementation initiatives aimed at improving equity. includes establishing partnerships local communities providers, designing culturally sensitive programs, implementing streamlined workflows maximize efficiency. outlines steps required set up infrastructure, train staff, pilot scale initiatives. Moreover, discusses potential challenges such as funding constraints, cultural barriers, workforce shortages, along solutions mitigate these obstacles. Ultimately, integrated optimizing equity holds significantly reduce disparities overall oral continuously evaluating refining based on feedback emerging data, stakeholders work towards shared goal care all.

Language: Английский

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Integrating Sustainability into Accounting Practices: A Review of Social and Environmental Accounting DOI Creative Commons

Wahyuni Wahyuni,

Sumarni Sumarni,

Nur Fadia Fadilah

et al.

Advances in Applied Accounting Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(3), P. 184 - 195

Published: Aug. 23, 2024

Purpose: This study explores the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing Social Environmental Accounting (SEA) in Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) emerging markets impact of inconsistent global reporting standards on multinational companies. Research Design Methodology: The research employs a qualitative approach systematic literature review to analyze existing studies SEA, mainly focusing SMEs markets. also examines role economic instability regulatory gaps shaping SEA practices. Findings Discussion: findings reveal that face significant due instability, limited resources, inadequate support. On other hand, companies need more harmonized standards, which complicates consistency comparability sustainability across borders. highlights for tailored support mechanisms importance advocating standardization. Implications: study's implications are twofold: it contributes academic discourse by addressing underexplored areas offers practical insights policymakers business leaders enhance adoption underscores developing consistent frameworks promote transparency accountability

Language: Английский

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Tackling health disparities in the United States through data analytics: A nationwide perspective DOI Creative Commons

Arenike Patricia Adekugbe,

Chidera Victoria Ibeh

International Journal of Frontiers in Life Science Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 001 - 010

Published: April 7, 2024

Health disparities in the United States persist across various demographic groups, contributing to inequities access healthcare, health outcomes, and quality of life. Addressing these requires a comprehensive approach that leverages data analytics identify, understand, mitigate underlying causes. This paper presents nationwide perspective on tackling through analytics. Beginning with an overview current landscape disparities, emphasizes significance addressing underscores pivotal role driving effective interventions. By understanding complex interplay factors including socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, geography, offers insights into patterns trends inform targeted Drawing from diverse sources healthcare data, electronic records, surveys, administrative this explores challenges opportunities collecting, managing, analyzing identify priority areas for intervention. Geospatial analysis further enables identification geographic hotspots highest guiding resource allocation intervention strategies. Through stakeholder engagement collaboration community organizations providers, evidence-based interventions are developed tailored address specific disparities. Continuous monitoring evaluation effectiveness, coupled iterative refinement based data-driven insights, ensure adaptive responsive approaches reducing Finally, discusses policy implications interventions, advocating policies systemic utilizing decisions allocation. harnessing power analytics, aims contribute ongoing efforts advancing equity States.

Language: Английский

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The role of accounting measurement of environmental costs in promoting sustainable development (A field study on the Sudanese Sugar Companies) DOI

Prof.Dr Hamza Bushra Juma Abker,

Dr Hassn Adam Shreif Abker

Journal of the Arabian Peninsula Center for Educational and Humanity Researches, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(21), P. 50 - 74

Published: June 30, 2024

The study aimed to explore the role of environmental cost accounting in enhancing sustainable development, with a case on Sudanese Sugar Companies. research adopted descriptive-analytical approach and utilized 20-item questionnaire distributed across two domains. was administered purposive sample (190) financial staff members Using SPSS v.27 for data analysis, results showed an overall mean score 4.05 out 5 tool, indicating high level effectiveness. Specifically, promoting development scored 4.03 5, while feasibility directing towards 4.06, both rated as high. Additionally, statistically significant differences were found at (α≤0.05) between sample's responses domains compared hypothetical 3.00, favoring calculated means. This confirms Company. Based these findings, researchers recommended developing comprehensive system utilizing latest technology analyze costs provide regular reports performance. They also suggested continuous training programs importance tools accounting, forming internal committee experts monitor evaluate company's performance, offering incentives employees projects that help reduce improve complementary future studies proposed topic.// هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن دور القياس المحاسبي للتكاليف البيئية في تعزيز التنمية المستدامة بالتطبيق على شركات السكر السودانية، واتبعت المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، واستبانة من (20) عبارة؛ موزعة مجالين، تم تطبيقها عينة قصدية بلغت مفردة الكادر المالي والمحاسبي العاملين السكر، وباستخدام برنامج (SPSS v.27) تحليل الإجابات؛ بينت نتائج حصول عموم الأداة متوسط كلي (4.05من 5) بتقدير (كبير) وعلى مستوى المجالين؛ حصل تطبيق (4.03 من5) فيما مجال جدوى توجيه قياس التكاليف نحو (4.06) وكلاهما لفظي (كبير)، كما تبين وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً عند بين متوسطات إجابات العينة عبارات المجالين مقارنة بالمتوسط الفرضي (3.00)؛ ولصالح المتوسطات المحسوبة، بما يؤكد دوراً مؤثراً للقياس بشركات السودانية. بناء النتائج أوصى الباحثان بتطوير نظام محاسبي بيئي شامل يعتمد أحدث التكنولوجيا لتحليل وتقديم تقارير دورية الأداء البيئي، وتنفيذ برامج تدريبية مستمرة للكوادر المالية والمحاسبية أهمية وأدواته، مع تشكيل لجنة بيئية داخلية تتضمن خبراء المحاسبة والتنمية المستدامة، تكون مهمتها مراقبة وتقييم البيئي للشركة ووضع خطط للتحسين المستمر، حوافز للموظفين والمشاريع التي تساهم تقليل وتحسين إضافة مقترحات بدراسات مستقبلية مكملة الموضوع.

Language: Английский

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Study on the Role of Government Auditing in Promoting Green Accounting and Sustainable Development DOI Creative Commons

Jie Fei

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Since the reform and opening up more than forty years ago, China has become second-largest economy in world. The rapid economic growth brought bitter fruits of an industrialized economy, resulting serious environmental pollution over-exploitation resources, etc. severe conditions downward pressure have forced Chinese government people to pay attention sustainable development issue. This paper focuses on role audit green accounting proposes two research hypotheses, respectively, that is conducive enhancing promotes by improving enterprises. paper’s explanatory variables are set constructing domain-wide productivity index SBM directional distance function. benchmark regression model mediation effect both used test hypotheses. hypotheses verified individually using empirical analysis method. Combined with impact auditing promote development, played as a facilitator analyzed. correlation coefficient between level 0.0275, which significant at 5% level. And expenditures can consistent hypothesis 1. At same time, when intensity less threshold value 2.1525, −0.0753. When greater 0.2458, indicates greater, regulatory function play good role, so region plays incremental dynamic 2 valid.

Language: Английский

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Energy efficiency in architecture: Strategies and technologies DOI Creative Commons

Tosin Michael Olatunde,

Azubuike Chukwudi Okwandu,

Dorcas Oluwajuwonlo Akande

et al.

Open Access Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(2), P. 031 - 041

Published: April 12, 2024

Energy efficiency in architecture is a critical consideration the design and construction of buildings, aiming to reduce energy consumption minimize environmental impact. This abstract explores various strategies technologies that can be implemented enhance architecture. The importance lies its potential greenhouse gas emissions, lower costs, create healthier indoor environments. Achieving involves combination passive strategies, such as orientation, shading, natural ventilation, well active technologies, including high-performance insulation, energy-efficient lighting, renewable systems. Passive are fundamental architecture, utilizing elements sunlight, shade, airflow need for mechanical heating, cooling, lighting. Proper building effective shading devices, strategic placement windows openings maximize light reducing reliance on artificial lighting ventilation In addition play crucial role enhancing High-performance insulation materials, aerogel vacuum panels, significantly heat loss gain through envelopes, improving thermal comfort consumption. Energy-efficient systems, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) daylight harvesting electricity usage while solar photovoltaic panels wind turbines, generate clean on-site, further fossil fuels. Overall, requires holistic approach considers both technologies. By incorporating these into construction, architects designers buildings not only environmentally sustainable but also comfortable, healthy, cost-effective occupants.

Language: Английский

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