Search for dissertations about: "energy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7415 swedish dissertations containing the word energy.
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1. Energy Analysis of the Closed Greenhouse Concept Towards a Sustainable Energy Pathway
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : The closed greenhouse is an innovative concept in sustainable energy management. The closed greenhouse can be considered as a large commercial solar building. In principle, it is designed to maximize the utilization of solar energy through seasonal storage. In a fully closed greenhouse, there are not any ventilation windows. READ MORE
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2. Energy Use, Efficiency Gains and Emission Abatement in Transitional Industrialised Economies: Poland and the Baltic States
University dissertation from Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund universityAbstract : This thesis is a study of how energy use and air pollution in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been affected by the economic transition after 1989. It consists of six articles, which examine three different aspects of these changes. READ MORE
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3. Dynamics of Energy Systems - Methods of analysing technology change
University dissertation from Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund universityAbstract : Technology change will have a central role in achieving a sustainable energy system. This calls for methods of analysing the dynamics of energy systems in view of technology change and policy instruments for effecting and accelerating technology change. In this thesis, such methods have been developed, applied, and assessed. READ MORE
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4. Low-energy buildings energy use, indoor climate and market diffusion
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : Low-energy buildings have, in recent years, gained attention and moved towards a large-scale introduction in the residential sector. During this process, national and international criteria for energy use in buildings have become stricter and the European Union has through the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive imposed on member states to adapt their building regulations for ‘Nearly Zero Energy Buildings’, which by 2021 should be standard for new buildings. READ MORE
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5. Energy Management in Large scale Solar Buildings The Closed Greenhouse Concept
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : Sustainability has been at the centre of global attention for decades. One of the most challenging areas toward sustainability is the agricultural sector. Here, the commercial greenhouse is one of the most effective cultivation methods with a yield per cultivated area up to 10 times higher than for open land farming. READ MORE
