OS 45O FINAL EXAM
1. Complete
all the LINKS to your classmates’ website in your LINKS page.
2. In your
final exam page insert or add and answer the following:
3. What is
Green Technology?
4. What are
the Goals of Green Technology?
5. Examples
of Green Technology Subject Areas
6. Examples
of Green Technologies
7. Top Ten
U.S. Cities with Most Green Technologies
8. The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
9. What is a Netbook?
10. What is
IVF – In Vitro Fertilization?
11. List down
Nadya Suleman’s octuplet babies, their names, gender, birth weight in birth order.
12. What are
the services of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines
13. What are
the Agencies of DOST
14. Five Sectoral
Planning Councils of DOST(Brief Function and Description)
15. Seven Research
and Development institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)
16. Seven Service
Institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)
17. Two Advisory
Bodies of DOST (Brief Function and Description)
18. Who is the
Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology?
19. EDIT your
SITE. Your site must look PROFESSIONALLY.
20. FINALLY
add these links in your LINKS page
What is
Green Technology?
Effects of air and noise pollution surround us. No wonder airports, foreign governments, NASA and Honeywell
customers have set tough new goals and incentives. Sweden and Switzerland
have also implemented airport landing fees as economic incentive to reduce pollutants and encourage investment in green technology.
What are the Goals of Green Technology?
Green Technology Goals
Should policy aim at specific goals or at enabling
mechanisms to reach those goals?
I ask because American energy efficiency improves
on average by 2% per year. In the past, we have sort of squandered that efficiency by asking motors to carry a greater load
and by getting newer and bigger appliances.
If, on the other hand, we simply used these efficiency
gains to reduce energy consumption, by 2050 we would be using half the energy we're using today. That's all we would have
to do.
Now, if we also started reducing the load on motors,
turbines, etc., by driving cars that weighed less and plugging gaps in our homes, we might be able to do it quicker.
And that's where policy should point--we know that
new technology is just around the corner, but we don't know which technology will best serve our needs or when it will be
of optimum efficiency to adopt it. So why not focus our energy on a proven way of getting to where we want to be? Just asking...
Examples of Green
Technology Subject Areas
Energy
Perhaps the most urgent issue for green technology, this includes the development
of alternative fuels, new means of generating energy and energy efficiency.
Green Building
Green Building,
sometimes referred to as Sustainable Building,
encompasses everything from the choice of building materials to where a building is located. The Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Green Building Rating System (LEED) is a voluntary, market-based rating system for defining the elements
that make a building "green" and to quantify how green a building is in comparison to other buildings.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
This
government innovation involves the search for products whose contents and methods of production have the smallest possible
impact on the environment, and mandates that these be the preferable products for government purchasing.
Green Chemistry
The
invention, design and application of chemical products and processes to reduce or to eliminate the use and generation of hazardous
substances.
Green Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
involves the manipulation of materials at the scale of the nanometer, one billionth of a meter. Some scientists believe that
mastery of this subject is forthcoming that will transform the way that everything in the world is manufactured. "Green Nanotechnology"
is the application of green chemistry and green engineering principles to this field.
Aboriginal Architecture
New structures in seven North American
Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.
Addicted
to Plastic
Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions.
All Mapped
Out
The Rough Scientists make a map,
paper and ink, and a sound-recording device.
Arid Lands
A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford
Site in Washington State.
Blue Vinyl
Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.
Blue Vinyl
(Short Version)
Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.
Bugs and
Barometers
The Rough Scientists make anti-bacterial cream, a microscope, and a weather station.
Build Green
David Suzuki reports on a wide range of green buildings, from large community developments to mini-homes.
Building
the Brookhaven House D.O.E.'s prototype passive solar home.
The Car Automobiles designed for recycling.
Examples of Green Technologies
With
energy costs on the rise, the use of renewable energy solutions will not only control these expenses but will also increase
the value of your home while promoting environmental responsibility. Advanced Green Technologies provides photovoltaic solutions
for residential customers, enabling you to experience renewable energy solved through monthly electric savings and utility
credits along with the eligibility for Federal and State tax incentives for your home. |
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With the
importance of "going green," building owners, specifiers, and architects are challenged to offer the most advanced technologies
for their customers. Advanced Green Technologies will put you at the forefront of this endeavor by providing you with the
products and services for renewable energy solutions.
As
a provider of renewable energy solutions, Advanced Green Technologies is a resource for utilities as we look to transform
technology for global environmental change. The main economic value of a renewable energy resource to a utility is that
it produces electrical energy and capacity. Whether your utility load is outgrowing your ability to serve its customers
with existing resources or if renewable energy resources could displace a higher cost or lower value resource, Advanced Green
Technologies can provide the solutions. Utilities will also value the reduced risk of a resource that has a reliable source
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Top Ten
U.S. Cities with Most Green Technologies
The top ten city rankings based on the number of Energy Star-qualified buildings
in 2008 are:
1)Los Angeles, CA 2) San Francisco, CA 3) Houston, TX 4) Washington D.C. 5) Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX 6) Chicago, IL 7) Denver, CO 8) Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 9) Atlanta,
GA 10) Seattle, WA
The
Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
10. THE ISLAND
OF THE SOLAR
With money flowing
like milk and honey in the land of solar technology, all sorts of schemers and dreamers came streaming into the area. One
Swiss researcher, Thomas Hinderling, wants to build solar islands several miles
across that he claims can produce hundreds of megawatts of relatively inexpensive
power. Though most clean tech advocates question the workability of the scheme, earlier this year, Hinderling's company Centre
Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique received $5 million from the Ras al Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates
to start construction on a prototype facility, shown above, in that country.
9. NEW MATERIALS CAGE CARBON
Carbon capture and sequestration
has a seductively simple appeal: We generate carbon dioxide emissions by burning geology — coal and oil — so to
fix the problem, we should simply capture it and inject it back into the ground.
It turns out, however, that
it's not quite so simple. Aside from finding the right kind of empty spaces in the earth's crust and the risks that the CO2
might leak, the biggest problem with the scheme is finding a material that could selectively snatch the molecule out of the
hot mess of gases going up the flues of fossil fuel plants.
That's where two classes
of special cage-like molecules come into play, ZIFs and amines. This year, Omar Yaghi, a chemist at UCLA, announced a slough of new CO2-capturing ZIFs and Chris Jones, a chemical engineer at Georgia Tech, reported that he'd
made a new amine that seems particularly well-suited to working under real-world condition. Both materials could eventually make capturing CO2 easier -- and therefore,
more cost effective.
Perhaps better still, Yaghi's
lab's technique also defined a new process for quickly creating new ZIFs with the properties that scientists — and coal-plant operators —
want. Some of their crystals are shown in the image above. (Image: Omar Yaghi and Rahul Banerjee/UCLA)
8. GREEN TECH LEGISLATION GETS REAL
On the federal and state
levels, several historic actions put the teeth into green tech bills passed over the last few years. A review committee of
the EPA effectively froze coal plant construction, a boon to alternative energy (though earlier this month the EPA ignored
the committee's ruling and it is unclear how the issue will be settled). In California, the state unveiled and approved its plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, which could be a model for a nationwide
system. Combined with the green-energy tax credits in the $700-billion bailout bill, the government did more for green tech
in 2008 than in whole decades in the past.
7. THE CATALYST THAT COULD ENABLE SOLAR
In July, MIT chemist
Daniel Nocera announced that he'd created a catalyst that could drop the cost of extracting the hydrogen and oxygen from water.
Combined with cheap photovoltaic
solar panels (like Nanosolar's), the system could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from
sunlight. In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence:
Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources.
"You've made your house
into a fuel station," Daniel Nocera, a chemistry professor at MIT told Wired.com. "I've gotten rid of all the goddamn grids."
The catalyst enables the
electrolysis system to function efficiently at room temperature and at ordinary pressure. Like a reverse fuel cell, it splits
water into oxygen and hydrogen. By recombining the molecules with a standard fuel cell, the O2 and H2 could then be used to
generate energy on demand.
6. PICKENS PLAN
PUSHES POWER PLAYS INTO AMERICAN MAINSTREAM
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens might be a lot
of things, but environmentalist he is not. That's why his support for a nationwide network of wind farms generated so much excitement. While his solution for transportation, natural
gas vehicles, may not pan out, his Pickens Plan is the most visible alternative energy plan out there and it began to channel
support from outside coastal cities for finding new sources of energy.
Of course, no one said Pickens
is stupid. If his plan was adopted and major investments in transmission infrastructure were made, his wind energy investments
would stand to benefit.
5. SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS RETURN TO THE DESERTS
When most people think of
harnessing the sun's power, they imagine a solar photovoltatic panel, which directly converts light from the sun into electricity.
But an older technology emerged as a leading city-scale power technology in 2008: solar thermal. Companies like Ausra, BrightSource, eSolar, Solel,
and a host of others are using sunlight-reflecting mirrors to turn liquids into steam, which can drive a turbine in the same
way that coal-fired power plants make electricity.
Two companies, BrightSource and Ausra, debuted their pilot plants. They mark the first serious solar thermal experimentation
in the United States since the 1980s. BrightSource's Israeli demo plant is shown above.
4. OBAMA PICKS A GREEN TECH EXPERT TO HEAD DOE
President-elect Barack Obama
ran on the promise of green jobs and an economic stimulus package that would provide support for scientific innovation. Then,
Obama picked Steven Chu, a Nobel-prize winning physicist, to head the Department of Energy. Chu had been focused on turning Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory into an alternative-energy powerhouse. The green tech community rejoiced that one of their own
would be in the White House.
That's because green tech
is going to need some help. With the world economy falling into recession, the price of oil has dropped, even though there
are serious concerns about the long-term oil supply. When energy prices drop, clean tech investments don't seem quite as attractive,
and the renascent industry could be in trouble. It's happened before, after all.
Back in the '70s, geopolitical
events sent the price of oil soaring, which, as it tends to, created a boom in green tech. But the early 1980s saw the worst
recession since the Depression. Sound familiar? In the poor economic climate, focus and funds were shifted away from green
tech. The last nail in the coffin was the election of Ronald Reagan, who immediately pulled off the solar panels Jimmy Carter
had placed on the White House. The green tech industry collapsed.
History has given U.S. alternative energy research a second chance and environmental
advocates hope that a different president will lead to a very different result. (Image: DOE)
3. SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION GETS BIG, GIGA(WATT)BIG
Every clean tech advocate's
dream is a power-generating technology that could compete head-to-head with coal, the cheapest fossil fuel, on price alone.
Nanosolar, one of a new generation of companies building solar panels out of cheap plastics, could be the first company to
get there. Early this year, the company officially opened its one-gigawatt production facility, which is many times the size of most previous solar facilities.
Nanosolar, in other words, has found a process that can scale: it works as well in production as it does in the lab. That's
the main reason that the company has picked up half-a-billion dollars in funding from investors like MDV's
2. PROJECT BETTER PLACE FINDS HOMES Green technologies are dime
a dozen, but a business model that could allow an entirely new, green infrastructure to be built is a rare thing.
Doing just that is the centerpiece
of Sun Microsystems' SAP veteran Shai Agassi's vision for Project Better Place, a scheme that would distribute charging and swappable battery stations
throughout smallish geographies like Israel, Hawaii and San
Francisco. So far, there's very little steel in the ground, but in early December, the company's first
charging location opened in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Agassi's plan is one of several projects — like new biofuels rail terminals — that could create fundamentally
new energy ecosystems.
Some of these systems, however,
are actually throwbacks to earlier eras. As Peter Shulman, a historian of technology at Case Western Reserve University,
likes to remind his students: in the early 20th century, before the Model T, one-third of all cars were electric. (Image:
Joe Puglies/WIRED)
1. CALERA'S GREEN CEMENT DEMO PLANT OPENS
Cement? With all the whiz
bang technologies in green technology, cement seems like an odd pick for our top clean technology of the year. But here's
the reason: making cement — and many other materials — takes a lot of heat and that heat comes from fossil fuels.
Calera's technology, like
that of many green chemistry companies, works more like Jell-O setting. By employing catalysis instead of heat, it reduces
the energy cost per ton of cement. And in this process, CO2 is an input, not an output. So, instead of producing a ton of
carbon dioxide per ton of cement made — as is the case with old-school Portland cement — half a ton of carbon
dioxide can be sequestered.
What is Netbook?
What is In vitro fertilization?
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside of the womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process,
removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium.\
List down Nadya Suleman’s
octuplet babies, their names, gender, birth weight in birth order.
Octuplets
LOS
ANGELES (Feb. 9) -- The mother of octuplets was implanted with those embryos at a Beverly Hills fertility clinic run by a
well-known — and controversial — specialist who pioneered a method of implantation.
The Suleman octuplets are six male
and two female children conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and simultaneously born to 33-year-old Nadya Suleman on January 26, 2009, in Bellflower, California. They are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States and, one week after their
birth, surpassed the previous worldwide survivial rate for a complete set of octuplets set by the Chukwu octuplets in 1998.
Names
The babies' names, gender and birth weight in birth
order are:Noah Angel Solomon - male; 2 lbs 8 oz
- Maliyah Angel Solomon - female;
2 lbs 2 oz
- Isaiah Angel Solomon - male;
3 lbs 1 oz
- Nariyah Angel Solomon - female;
2 lbs 3 oz
- Makai Angel Solomon - male;
1 lbs 12 oz
- Josiah Angel Solomon - male;
2 lbs 9 oz
- Jeremiah Angel Solomon - male;
1 lb 13 oz
- Jonah Angel Solomon - male;
2 lbs 7 oz
Siblings
The octuplets
have six older siblings age 2 to 7 (born between 2001 and 2006) who were also conceived via IVF with the same sperm donor according to statements made by mother Nadya Suleman.They are:
- 7-year-old Elijah Makai Solomon
(boy)
- 6-year-old Amerah Yasmeen Solomon
(girl)
- 5-year-old Joshua Jacob Solomon
(boy)
- 3-year-old Aiden Solomon (boy)
- 2-year-old Calyssa Arielle
Solomon (girl, fraternal twin)
- 2-year-old Caleb Kai Solomon
(boy, fraternal twin)
What are
the services of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines
Services
.gov.ph Domain
Delegation
The .gov.ph domain is being managed by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), a research and development agency
under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). To subscribe for a .gov.ph domain, please access the .gov.ph Domain
Registry Site (http://dns.gov.ph). Instructions and requirements to subscribe for a .gov.ph domain
is posted on said site.
eLib
The Philippine eLib is a collaborative project of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), University of the Philippines
(UP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED).
eTRC-elibrary
The eTRC-elibrary is an internet-based computerized
system tool to promote entrepreneurship by providing access to a wide range of technology, business and livelihood information
as well as other vital requirements in establishing a business.
With the current thrust of TRC leadership to make it a centerpiece program, TRC has engaged in the enhancement of the eTRC
to modify its components and to make it more user-friendly and easy to use. With the enhancements, anybody can access TRC's
technology multimedia clips, in addition to the full text of its business and technology print materials using its Prepaid
System facility.
Hands-On
Livelihood Training
In cooperation with private business partners and entities, standard training sessions are conducted, both at the center’s
training facility and those of the clients.
science.ph
science.ph. is more than just a story of information service initiative. It
is a story of passion and commitment to public service. We are offering this site to our clients: the scientists, the researchers,
the entrepreneurs, the academe, the industry – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION INSTITUTE of the Department of Science
and Technology is proud to present the first online access to S & T information resources in the Philippines.
ScINET-PHIL
The
DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET-PHIL) is a consortium
of libraries and information centers of the 20 agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It aims to
organize and coordinate the information sourcing and sharing in the DOST system. Its general objective is to promote and improve
the flow and use of science and technology (S&T) information through resource sharing and networking.
TACIS
Tests, Analyses and Calibration Information System (TACIS) is an E-Government project funded by the Commision on Information
and Communication Technology (CICT). It is an integrated information system that aims to enhance the operational capability
of the DOST's testing, analysis and calibration services. It will provide interactive services to immediately address the
queries and concerns of the clients through the Internet on a 24/7 basis. It will also facilitate the processing of information
to expedite the generation of test reports and calibration services.
What are the agencies of
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Five
Sectoral Planning Councils of DOST(Brief Function and Description)
Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine
Research and Development (PCAMRD)
The PCAMRD is the sectoral council of the Department Of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in the formulation of strategies, policies, plans, programs
and projects for science and technology development; Programming and allocation of the government's internal and external
funds for Research and Development; Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Development projects; and Generation of external
funds.
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development
(PCARRD)
PCARRD is one of the five sectoral
councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It serves as the main arm of DOST in planning,
evaluating, monitoring, and coordinating the national research and development (R&D) programs in agriculture, forestry,
environment, and natural resources sectors.
Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)
PCHRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The lead council that creates and sustains an enabling environment for
health research in the country.
The PCIERD is one of the sectoral planning councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It is mandated to serve as the central agency
in the planning, monitoring and promotion of scientific and technological research for applications in the industry, energy,
utilities and infrastructure sectors.
Philippine Council for Advanced and Science Technology Research
and Development (PCASTRD)
PCASTRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked to develop, integrate and coordinate
the national research systems for advanced science and technology (S&T) and related fields.
Seven Research and Development institutes
of DOST (Brief Function and Description)
DOST has the following seven research
and development institutes concerned with basic and applied researches on various fields.
ASTI is one of the
research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in conducting scientific research
and development in the advanced fields of Information and Communications Technology and Microelectronics.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), the principal research arm of the government in food and nutrition, is one
of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The Institute continues to
provide relevant technologies and scientific information on food and nutrition.
Forests
Product Research and Development Institute (FPRDI)
The Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) is the research
and development arm on forest products utilization of the Philippines' Department of Science and
Technology (DOST), the body that coordinates and manages the national science and technology system.
The Industrial Technology Development Institute
or ITDI is one of the research and development institutes (RDIs) under the Department of Science and Technology. It is the
flagship agency of the Department, generating a large pool of technologies while providing technical services to industry.
The Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology, is the
sole government entity directly supporting the metals and engineering industry with services designed to enhance its competitive
advantage.
PNRI is mandated to undertake research and development activities in the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy, to institute regulations on the said uses and to carry out the enforcement of said regulations
to protect the health and safety of radiation workers and the general public.
Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI)
The Philippine Textile Research Institute as a
line agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) supports the local textile and allied industries achieve gobal
competitiveness through utilization of indigenous resources, and development of technical competence in textile production
and quality assurance.
Seven
Service Institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
PAGASA
is mandated to provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to
insure the safety, well-being and economic security of all the people, and for promotion of national progress.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
The principal goal
of PHIVOLCS is to formulate up-to-date and comprehensive disaster preparedness and loss reduction actions plans for volcanic
eruption, earthquake occurrences and related geotectonic processes/phenomena (e.g. faulting, landslides and tsunami) which
imprint significant impacts on man and his environment.
Science Education Institute (SEI)
To develop a critical mass of highly trained science and Technology (S&T) manpower by administering scholarships, awards
and grants in S&T, and formulating and implementing plans for the promotion, development and improvement of science and
technology education and training.
Science and Technology
Information Institute (STII)
STII is the marketing
arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and a leading repository of science and technology information and
data in the country.
The Technology Resource Center (TRC) serves the
public through the acquisition and promotion of technology and livelihood skills and information for Filipinos worldwide.
Two Advisory Bodies of DOST
(Brief Function and Description)
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
To recognize
outstanding achievements in science and technology as well as provide meaningful incentives to those engaged in scientific
and technological researches.
The National Academy of Science and Technology has formulated as its vision that of a progressive Philippines anchored on science. Being the highest scientific
organization of the country, the Academy must lead in bringing the benefits of science and technology to the Philippine
state, economy and society. It must also anticipate and, if possible, provide science-based solutions to the most difficult
challenges. This mission must be based on its knowledge and continuing assessment of the needs of the Philippines. To bring that about, it is presenting a Strategic
Plan that will pursue its mandate to provide science-based policy advice to the state, society and nation, to recognize outstanding
S&T achievements, and to link with other academies and scientific organizations.
National
Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
NRCP is mandated in promotion and support of fundamental
or basic research for the continuing improvement of the research capability of individual or group scientists; foster linkages
with local and international scientific organizations for enhanced cooperation in the development and sharing of scientific
information; provide advice on problems and issues of national interest; and promotion of scientific and technological culture
to all sectors of society.
Who is the Secretary of the Department
of Science and Technology?
"DOST Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro"
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