Search for dissertations about: "building services and sustainable"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words building services and sustainable.

2. 1. End-user activity-based service design in the built environment context : Exploring everyday life in KTH Live-in-Lab

   Author : Elena Malakhatka; Per Lundqvist; Marco Molinari; Shaun West; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; service design; human activity system; building system; service system; actors network analysis; living lab; sustainable building; Energy Technology; Energiteknik; Building Service and Energy Systems; Installations- och energisystem;

   Abstract : The main goal of this thesis is to communicate the motivation, process, and result of the research project dedicated to exploring the topic of Service Design, based on end-user activities analysis in the built environment context. We have elected to use a KTH Live-in-Lab as a testbed in relation to the chosen living lab network of actors and stakeholders. READ MORE

4. 2. Making travel sustainable with ICT? : The social practice of travel planning and travel information use in everyday life

   Author : Åsa Nyblom; Mattias Höjer; Greger Henriksson; Marie Thynell; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Travel planning; travel information; travel information services; travel planners; sustainable social practices; practice theory; everyday life; ICT; urban transport; user-centred perspective; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : Adopting the perspective of the traveller, this thesis examines how travel plans are actually made in the everyday situation and how information is used and drawn on when planning the many, often unremarkable, trips of ordinary urban life. Ethnographical field studies in southern Stockholm, Sweden, employing a practice theory perspective showed that people use a vast mixture of different types of information when planning and making trips. READ MORE

5. 3. Modeling urban energy flows at macro and district levels : towards a sustainable urban metabolism

   Author : Aumnad Phdungsilp; Ivo Martinac; Kevin Bennett; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : The urban sustainability is a growing importance in the built environment research. Urban areas play a key role in planning for sustainable city development. Urbanization has implications for future energy systems and energy-related emissions. READ MORE

6. 4. Structure and developments in the solid wood value chain : dominant saw milling strategies and industrialized housing

   Author : Tomas Nord; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Träbyggnad; Timber Structures;

   Abstract : The study, using a combination of a qualitative case study and archival study approach, aims at describing and analyzing the development in the solid wood value chain i.e. sawn timber products, dominant Swedish saw milling strategies, and industrialized housing. READ MORE

7. 5. Toward the Sustainable Development of Operations: Improving Energy Efficiency as a Means to Sustainability as Practice

   Author : Naghmeh Taghavi Nejad Deilami; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainable operations management; Operations management; Operations strategy; Energy efficiency;

   Abstract : Addressing the challenges of sustainable development demands companies to understand the “how” to actualize sustainability-related objectives and cultivating conditions that encourage practicing sustainability. It also demands companies to structure their operations around less costly economic processes while maintaining the efficient use of resources and standards for workers’ well-being at the operational level. READ MORE