tailieunhanh - 84 Topics, Problems, and Questions Suggested for Faculty-Supervised Undergraduate or Graduate Research Projects

The following topics and problems directly or indirectly explore sustainability issues that could benefit from rigorous, faculty-supervised research. Some issues are specific to UC Irvine; others extend well beyond the University. | 84 Topics Problems and Questions Suggested for Faculty-Supervised Undergraduate or Graduate Research Projects The following topics and problems directly or indirectly explore sustainability issues that could benefit from rigorous faculty-supervised research. Some issues are specific to UC Irvine others extend well beyond the University. Some of these topics may make more sense if restructured . interchanging prime and sub-topics combined or subdivided. 1. In order to move toward carbon-neutrality should the University combust rather than compost or send to the landfill combustible wastes Is the recovered heat value sufficient to finance the required investment including an ultra-clean emissions system that meets California air quality standards and is acceptable to the campus community Note that the cost analysis needs to include all costs and benefits including capital and operating costs in the business-as-usual case vs. the heat recovery investment operations case. Also note that the carbon analysis should include emissions associated with trucking to and placement in the landfill as well as decomposition and methane emissions in the business-as-usual case. Or if the landfill option assumes a capped landfill the cost of methane recovery needs to be factored into that option. Finally the regulatory and public relations issues need to be thoroughly evaluated including a public relations strategy to gain acceptance of on-site incineration or conversion technology by whatever name . 2. An in-depth study of the emerging market for carbon emissions credits and offsets is needed including an evaluation of whether a market system will really work in yielding the desired environmental objective projections of future emissions prices and an evaluation of whether credits should or should not be purchasable by those who have direct carbon-reducing opportunities that have not been exploited. In other words should carbon emissions credits ultimately be limited to .

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• Carbon emissions credits
• Carbon reducing projects
• Post catastrophe litigation
• Large scale response
• Greenhouse gas reductions
• Carbon efficient subsidies