Symbol Signs: Society & Environment: AIGA The complete set of 50 passenger/pedestrian symbols developed by AIGA is available for all to use, free of charge. Signs are available here in EPS and GIF formats. Additional symbol signs are available free of charge at The Noun Project. Download the complete set of Symbol Signs (ZIP archive, 377 KB) About the symbol signs This system of 50 symbol signs was designed for use at the crossroads of modern life: in airports and other transportation hubs and at large international events. Prior to this effort, numerous international, national and local organizations had devised symbols to guide passengers and pedestrians through transportation facilities and other sites of international exchange. To develop such a system, AIGA and DOT. compiled an inventory of symbol systems that had been used in various locations worldwide, from airports and train stations to the Olympic Games. AIGA Signs and Symbols Committee members: Thomas Geismar Seymour Chwast Rudolph de Harak John Lees Massimo Vignelli
Life Cycle Assessment BASF's Eco-Efficiency Analysis How does your company assess sustainability when making design, procurement and operational decisions? If you are one of the companies that utilizes life cycle assessment tools, you have probably found a lot of value in this approach — as well as a lot of opportunity for improvement. Begin by defining what you want to measure Traditionally life cycle assessment focuses on the environmental pillar of sustainability, by considering the energy and material inputs needed for the production, use and end-of-life phases of a product or technology, and calculating the resulting impacts. Complementing environmental assessment with economics1 In 1996, BASF developed our first sustainability measurement tool: the Eco-Efficiency Analysis. Based on the belief that sustainability measurement should consider environment, economy and society whenever possible, Eco-Efficiency Analysis looks at environmental impact in proportion to a product's cost-effectiveness. Conclusions
LCSV4 The Illustration News Portal What the consumer pays vs energy costs Jump to: The questionAnalysisSummary 11.00am: Gas prices alone have gone up by 18% in recent months and on Friday the energy regulator Ofgem reported that energy companies' annual profit for combined gas and electricity customers has gone up from an average of £10 a year in June to £125 a year now. The prime minister and energy secretary Chris Huhne are meeting consumer and energy groups this afternoon for a summit on how to help people struggling with their household bills. But this morning, Phil Bentley, the managing director of British Gas, the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier, said that price hikes are "inevitable". He told the BBC's Today programme: We are importing 50% of the gas that comes into Britain and we are having to compete for sources from the Middle East - Japan is importing huge amounts of gas on ships and that was gas that used to come into the UK market. The question Are energy price hikes really inevitable? I'm going to look at the pressures on the energy markets.
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Energy consumption (U.K.) ‘Energy consumption in the United Kingdom’ (ECUK) is an annual statistical publication providing a comprehensive review of energy consumption and changes in efficiency, intensity and output since the 1970s, with a particular focus on trends since 1990. As well as covering statistics across the UK, ECUK reports energy consumption statistics by four sectors – the transport, domestic, industrial and services sectors. Chapter 1 – Overall energy consumption in the UK Chapter 2 – Transport sector energy consumption Chapter 3 – Domestic sector energy consumption Chapter 4 – Industrial sector energy consumption Chapter 5 – Services sector energy consumption Each chapter consists of: An excel workbook A factsheet summarising key trends and information within the sector.
The Art Directors Club Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever - environment - 30 January 2012 By Michael Le Page and Anil Ananthaswamy Editorial: “Taking the long view on the world’s energy supplies“ “A better, richer and happier life for all our citizens.” That’s the American dream. The trouble with this lifestyle is that it consumes a lot of power. It is clear that continuing to rely on fossil fuels will have catastrophic results, because of the dramatic warming effect of carbon dioxide. While this kind of work is still at an early stage, some startling conclusions are already beginning to emerge. There is a fundamental problem facing any planet-bound civilisation, as Eric Chaisson of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, points out. Much of the electrical energy that powers your mobile phone or computer ends up heating the circuitry, for instance. We humans use a little over 16 terawatts (TW) of power at any one moment, which is nothing compared with the 120,000 TW of solar power absorbed by the Earth at the same time. Waste-heat warming