The paper deals with the conception and technical development of the “Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels” (hereafter SQCB). The SQCB is a tool to evaluate the impacts of biofuel production on environment. Against the background of mineral oil tax remission in Switzerland providers or dealers of energy crops or ...

The paper focuses on the conception and development of mobile software applications to assist small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in the field of industrial environmental protection. The goal is to support SME in collecting data that might be relevant for environmental protection purposes. In this project which is ...

Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Implementation einer grafischen Modellierungsmethode für zeitreihenbasierte Modelle für die Verkehrsemissionsmodellierung mit dem Simulationswerkzeug EXTEND. Es wird zunächst der Modellierungsansatz vorgestellt. Im Anschluß hieran skizzieren wir die grundsätzlichen Merkmale des offenen ...

This paper describes an approach how an Industrial Environmental Information System (IEIS) can be combined with adiscret event simulation model. The simulation model was built up using software components for storage systems which were developed in our working group. In addition we equipped our model with a COM-interface ...

The software-sided support of state of the art problems in the area of environmental management information systems (EMIS) generally leads to redevelopment of often used basic functionalities before implementation of the intended functions, which focus on the problem under investigation. This affects components regarding ...

In this paper a new approach is described that integrates discrete event simulation techniques with material flow analysis using a component-based framework based on Microsoft’s COM-Technology. Therefore, we developed a framework architecture that offers basic functions for performing discrete event simulation in combination ...

After a brief introduction to the use of simulation in inventory management the paper presents a material flow simulator whose functionality can be augmented and customized through domain-specific plug-in components. This is followed by a discussion of how the use of such customized simulation frameworks can serve as a ...

Äußere Zwänge, wie z.B. massiver Verdrängungswettbewerb, zwingen die Wirtschaft dazu, immer effizienter zu werden. Hierbei wurde insbesondere früher Effizienz durch Automatisierung und daraus folgend Personalabbau umgesetzt. Mittlerweile wurde jedoch festgestellt, dass größere Effekte auch im Bereich der Energie- und ...

This paper focuses on improvements of Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS) from a usability perspective. A certain EMIS were tested as a case study using traditional usability studies as well as the eye tracking method as useful complement. Usability studies can lead to competitive advantages for the ...