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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Environmental efficiency"”.
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Benchmarking environmental efficiency of garment factories to understand the value of real-time environmental data
… is to measure, benchmark, and reduce the overall environmental impact of the supply chain. Currently the measurement mechanisms in place rely on a traditional two-phase approach involving factory self-reporting and verification via independent audits. The scope of this project is to assess the …
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Japanese applications of the Green Building Challenge and Tool between 1996 and 2002
… has been adopted as the preferred building environmental assessment method for Japan. Pressing building environmental concerns in Japan are identified, and performance criteria for building assessment tools in Japan established. A distinction is drawn between building performance assessment …
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Site-Specific In-Season Nitrogen Management Using Drone Multispectral Imagery And Proximal Sensing
… and therefore improve both the agronomic and environmental efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer. While the research focused mainly on UAV-based multispectral sensing, we were able to use proximal sensing and hyperspectral sensing in a section of this study. This dissertation is organized in five …
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Integrated Life Cycle Design - Applied to concrete multi-dwelling buildings
… the overall lifetime quality, including cost and environmental efficiency, of Swedish concrete multi-dwelling buildings. The building and its characteristics, as well as the procedures for whole life optimisation, are addressed. The methods developed are general for buildings, while the …
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Urban facilities management as a systemic process to achieve urban sustainability in South Africa
… tools included: Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development (LEED-ND), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology for Communities (BREEAM-C), Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency for Urban …
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Indices de eficiencia ambiental en el sector público hospitalario
… through the proposition and application of environmental performance indicators. Employing the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), this study evaluates the environmental impacts associated with various operational activities inherent to hospital function – ranging from material …
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Metodología para la evaluación de la sostenibilidad en ladrillos de mortero dopados con triturado de hueso de oliva
… of recent decades have focused attention on the environmental efficiency of all productive sectors, and the search for techniques that reduce the consumption of natural resources and minimize the impact on the natural environment. In this sense, it is crucial to highlight the importance of waste …
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Face Me, I face you: Towards an Indigenous Economy of Glass in Southern Nigerian Dwellings
… focus on artisanal production methods that offer environmental efficiency, energy intelligence, and deep cultural resonance - qualities in stark contrast to the high-energy, standardized imported glass that dominates today’s housing. Third, it integrates these two recoveries through built …
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Inference frameworks in computational biology: from protein-protein interaction networks using machine learning to carbon footprint estimation.
… of high-performance computing, the resultant environmental impact has been underappreciated. I present a methodological framework to estimate the carbon footprint of any computational task in a standardised and reliable way, and metrics to contextualise greenhouse gas emissions are defined. I …
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Managerial orientations towards environmental issues: a comparative study of British and German managers
In spite of growing interest in environmental and especially sustainability oriented business literature, little attention has been given to one major actor in this context: the manager. How do managers make sense of environmental issues and deal with them? Even less research has been undertaken to …
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Three essays on product design for the environment
… of itself does not necessarily translate into environmental friendliness. In addition, this study develops and compares several measures of environmental efficiency, and concludes that emissions per revenue can serve as the best proxy for emissions as a metric for measuring overall …
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Evaluating subsidy programmes for ecological conservation: insights from quasi-experimental and experimental evidence
… in achieving ecological conservation and environmental protection goals. This thesis confronts a primary challenge in ecological conservation: the insufficient long-term impact valuation of ecosystem services, especially those influenced by farmers. China has spearheaded many significant …
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Eficiência econômica e ambiental da produção leiteira em Minas Gerais
Esse estudo teve como objetivo analisar a eficiência econômica e ambiental da produção láctea em Minas Gerais no ano de 2005 devido à grande importância econômica e social da produção de leite em Minas Gerais, à relevância da produção desse estado para a produção nacional e, principalmente, pelo …
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Characterisation and Evaluation of Thermally Treated Recycled Glass for Mass Finishing and Superfinishing Processes
… is excellent in respect of sustainability and environmental efficiency. The aim of the study was to establish requirements for the high volume manufacture of thermally treated recycled glass preforms to satisfy stated performance criteria. Several powder characterization techniques were …