Search for dissertations about: "Environmental analysis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 2394 swedish dissertations containing the words Environmental analysis.
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1. Resource and Environmental Impacts of Resource-Efficiency Measures Applied to Electronic Products
University dissertation from Gothenburg : Chalmers tekniska högskolaAbstract : Natural resources such as ecosystems, land, water and metals underpin the functioning of economies and human well-being, and are becoming increasingly scarce due to growth in population and affluence. Metals are increasingly demanded for their specific properties as modern technology develops. READ MORE
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2. Managing high environmental performance? Applying life cycle approaches and environmental certification tools in the building and real estate sectors
University dissertation from Stockholm, Sweden : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : The main aim of this thesis is to demonstrate and critically assess life cycle approaches’ and environmental certification (EC) tools’ potential for supporting decisions for improved environmental performance in the building and real estate sectors.Using life cycle approaches, the thesis shows that for new build and renovation cases aiming for low operational energy use that embodied global warming potential (GWP) due to material production can constitute a large portion of a building’s lifetime GWP. READ MORE
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3. Conjoint analysis as a tool for communication and corporate environmental decision-making
University dissertation from Stockholm, Sweden : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : Conjoint analysis has been used extensively in marketing, transportation and healthcare for the past 50 years. Since the mid-1990s, it has also been applied to an increasing number of environmental issues. In this thesis, conjoint analysis is applied to environmental objectives of the Swedish steel industry. READ MORE
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4. Environmental risk assessment of shipwrecks – Model development and application
University dissertation from Gothenburg : Chalmers tekniska högskolaAbstract : Potentially polluting shipwrecks containing oil or other hazardous substances pose a threat to the marine environment. This is a global problem and many shipwrecks stem from the Second World War having been deteriorating on the sea floor since then. Only in Swedish waters more than 300 wrecks are estimated to pose an environmental threat. READ MORE
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5. The Karma of Products Exploring the Causality of Environmental Pressure with Causal Loop Diagram and Environmental Footprint
University dissertation from Stockholm, Sweden : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : Environmental pressures from consumer products and mechanisms of predetermination were examined in this thesis using causal loop diagram (CLD) and life cycle assessment (LCA) footprinting to respectively illustrate and provide some indicators about these mechanisms. Theoretical arguments and their practical implications were subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis, using secondary and primary data. READ MORE
