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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Environmental Criteria"”.
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Sustainability and biofuels: Reconciling social and environmental criteria with WTO law
… European Union (’EU’) biofuels sustainability criteria in the context of the law of the World Trade Organization (’WTO’). The criteria were introduced as part of the 2009 EU Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality Directives. There has been no dispute; however, uncertainty about the criteria’s …
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ICMS ecológico: um instrumento de política ambiental para os Estados brasileiros
… and economic policy instrument for environmental compensation to municipalities that have restrictions on land use due to the existence of the Conservation units, protected areas, or simply wish to invest in sustainability and the environment in the municipality. This tool, based on …
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Established and emerging group build (Baugruppen) development processes
… infrastructure, and introducing fixed social and environmental criteria for project-based subsidies. I conclude with the view that group build—while still a niche model of housing delivery—can make valuable contributions to sustainable development at the workforce housing level, with further …
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DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FRAMEWORK FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN PAKISTAN
… income on housing costs; and social and environmental criteria should be considered to assess the housing affordability Mulliner, Malys and Maliene, 2016; Napoli, Trovato and Giuffrida, 2016; Meen, 2018; Affordable Housing Commission UK, 2019; Matt and Marshal, 2019), especially for …
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Sustainability implications of carbon delivery in microalgae cultivation for the production of biofuel
… evaluated, only two met both the economic and environmental criteria of contributing less than $0.50 GGE−1 and 20 gCO2-eq MJ−1 to the overall system, respectively: uncompressed, pure sources of gaseous CO2 with pipeline transportation of 40 km or less; and compressed, supercritical CO2 from …
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An environmental impact assessment of the alternative access routes, the Western Access Route, and the Least Cost Alternative Route, to the proposed Mohale Dam, Lesotho
This report is concerned with the environmental impact assessment of two alternative access roads, the Western Access Route (WAR) and the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR), to the proposed Mohale Dam site, Lesotho. The procedure adopted by the Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU) study team for …
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Profitable thermal renovation of hotels to combat climate change and depletion of fossil fuels: the case of Cyprus
… of building envelope upgrades, changes in indoor environmental criteria and introduction of renewable energy technology via solar air-conditioning to be implemented as part of the hotels’ periodic scheduled building and systems upgrades with the aim of lowering their space conditioning energy …
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An integrated approach to environmentally conscious design and manufacturing
… We propose a generic approach called Integrated Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing (IECDM) which can be applied to address problems in the ECDM domain. IECDM incorporates environmental considerations into the engineering design process, thereby increasing a product's total …
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LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR WINDFARM DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS
… Information System (GIS), integrated with Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), for identifying suitable areas for wind turbine applications in Texas. Factors taken into consideration included socioeconomic criteria such as distance to highways, proximity to airports and urban areas, localized …
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Ecodesign - Present Attitudes and Future Directions: Studies of UK company and design consultancy practice
Environmental degradation and concepts of 'sustainability' have recently become a focus of political, commercial and social concern. This thesis addresses one of the issues concerning human impact on the environment, namely the environmental awareness and action of those involved with design and …
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Assessment of transport infrastructure plans : a strategic approach integrating efficiency, cohesion and environmental aspects
… strategic policy goals, such as cohesion or environmental issues, intimately linked with the ‘sustainable transport’ paradigm. However, the treatment of these strategic aspects is uneven and scarce among assessment methodologies. The development of harmonized methodologies for the strategic …
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Risk-Based Decision Making Model for the Selection of Flood Mitigation Alternatives
… and flooding, resulting in big economic, environmental, and social impacts. In the case of flood events, impacts such as community anxiety, loss of life, water pollution, and contamination of agricultural land have been found to be equally, if not more important, than the economic impacts …
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Optimization Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Prediction Using Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy
… (2) validate the use of subsetting by environmental and soil attributes as an effective optimization technique, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of taxonomic and mineralogic criteria and spiking as effective optimization techniques for spectral library transfer. For the first …
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Design performance specification for school buildings in the vicinity of gas flaring in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria
… environment for schoolchildren, meeting strict criteria in relation to indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort, aesthetics and longevity is highly important. Stringent health criteria for school buildings’ design and construction have led to innovations in selecting and manufacturing of …
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Integrated planning and management of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across residential, urban, and freight systems
… parking and charging access. A geospatial multi-criteria decision-making framework evaluates potential sites under economic, fairness, and environmental criteria, comparing four weighting scenarios (entropy, equal, high demand, high need). Results show clear trade-offs between maximizing equity …
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Negocios verdes como estrategia de crecimiento y desarrollo sostenible aplicado a la empresa Cabaña Lago Parque en Paipa – Boyacá
Las tendencias medioambientales presentan amenazas, pero también ofrecen oportunidades de negocio sustentables para las empresas, ya que generan nuevos tipos de bienes y servicios. El objetivo de esta investigación es a partir de la evaluación de los criterios establecidos en el Plan Nacional de …