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The goal of this study is to analyze an effect of productivity elevation. For the goal, the various methods of the productivity elevation were suggested and the system improvements were conducted. The S company was established in Ban-Wol Industrial Complex, Ansan-City, Kyonggi-Do on 2007. The company was hiring 22 employees. The main manufactures were heavy duty equipment parts and the amount of sale was two billion won on 2008. Problems which the company faced were ambiguous production target management and materials loss. To solve the problems, NCT work improvement and automatic welding were induced. There were steel saving of 3,780,000won/month and man-hour saving of 144,000won/month by redesign of the steel sheet for the NCT steel job. Also, changing from handwork to automatic welding, the man-hour saving for the welding job was 320M/H and saving of 4,225,600won/month. The others of systematic improvement for productivity elevation were usage of jig and daily equipment checklist.

The phase chase material (PCM) integrated lighting fixture is suggested to reduce the heat from lightings in the building by inserting PCM in a cover of lighting. Thereby, the heat from the lightings expects to be absorbed to the PCM during the working time and rejected during the night time without occupants. The thermal performance of PCM integrated lighting fixture has been estimated using Physibel Voltra which provides three-dimensional transient heat transfer analysis. The results shows that it can successfully decrease the surface temperature of lighting about 2°C and reduce the heating load within averaged 47%. Based on the analyzed results, the detail energy simulation has been performed using theoretical equations and empirical models from the Energyplus to evaluate the energy saving potential of PCM-integrated lighting fixture during the cooling season. The target building is normal office building with the variable air volume (VAV) system for air conditioning and ventilation. As results, the 5.8% of energy savings is expected from the chiller, pump and fan by using PCM-integrated lighting fixture. In addition, it can be expected that if the heating loads from lightings could be more decreased up to 10% by improving heat transfers of PCM layers, the energy consumption could be saved maximum 13.2% during the cooling season.

The purpose of this study is to develop high value-added uniform design in response to climate change, and produce high sensitivity uniforms that conserve the energy of its wearers. The scope of the study encompassed entire production stage from the product planning stage to developing a prototype to collecting consumer ratings to securing intellectual property. The results of the study are as follows. First, the material was developed that maximizes insulation by replicating human body heat radiation and raising the temperature by 5 degree Celsius. Second, through Time to Market system, a luxurious synthetic wool material was developed, and warm effect was achieved. Third, pattern design engineering for easy movement and design development allowed the realization of uniform design that is compatible indoors and outdoors as well as respond to highly active climate change. Fourth, Fifth, the developed design was registered and intellectual property rights were obtained.