Essays about: "ICT in construction"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words ICT in construction.

  1. 21. The Potential Catalytic Role of Green Entrepreneurship – Technological Eco–Innovations and Ecopreneurs’ Acts – in the Structural Transformation to a Low–Carbon or Green Economy: A Foucauldian Discursive Approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Simon Elias Bibri; [2014]
    Keywords : Discourse; episteme; green entrepreneurs hip; ecopreneurs; technological eco–innovations; low–carbon green sustainable economy; transformation; green and energy efficiency technologies; ICT; environmental; economic; political; social; ecological modernization; European society; Foucault; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Green entrepreneurship – technological eco–innovations and ecopreneurs’ acts – has recently received much attention from European policymakers as one promising response to the challenges of sustainable economic development due to its potential to catalyze and build a low–carbon or green economy. This topical relationship between green entrepreneurship and sustainable economy has also gained increasing interest among scholars. READ MORE

  2. 22. Analysis of a Mid-size Industry LoadManagement Aggregator on the Swedish Nordic Control Market

    University essay from KTH/Industriella informations- och styrsystem

    Author : Carl Petersson; [2013]
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    Abstract : The vast amount of research on the global climate are converging to more homogeneous results and it becomes commonly accepted that the scientists' warnings has to be taken into account. As a result, politicians set high goals for the penetration of \green electricity", trying to limit the global warming by phasing out fossil fueled power plants. READ MORE

  3. 23. A Foucauldian–Fairclaughian Discursive Analysis of the Social Construction of ICT for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Development – the Case of European Society

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Simon Elias Bibri; [2013]
    Keywords : ICT; sustainable urban development; environmental urban sustainability; energy efficiency technology; GHG emissions reductions; ICT4SUD; discourse; episteme; discursive construction; European society; information society; ICT industry; buildings; rebound effects; Foucauldian;

    Abstract : ICT has become so deeply embedded into the fabric of European society – in economic, political, and socio-cultural narratives, practices, and structures – that it has been constructed as holding tremendous untapped and inestimable potential for instigating and unleashing far-reaching societal transformation, addressing key societal challenges, and solving all societal problems. It has recently been seen, given its ubiquity, as a critical driver and powerful catalyst for sustainable urban development due to its potential to enable substantial energy savings and GHG emissions reductions in most urban sectors, especially buildings. READ MORE

  4. 24. Workflow Management Service based on an Event-driven Computational Cloud

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Ziwei Chen; [2013]
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    Abstract : The Event-driven computing paradigm, also known as trigger computing, is widely used in computer technology. Computer systems, such as database systems, introduce trigger mechanism to reduce repetitive human intervention. READ MORE

  5. 25. Parallelization of Sequential Applications using .NET Framework 4.5

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Johan Litsfeldt; [2013]
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    Abstract : Modern processor construction has taken a new turn in that adding on more cores to processors appears to be the norm instead of simply relying on clock speed improvements. Much of the responsibility of writing efficient appli-cations has thus been moved from the hardware designers to the software developers. READ MORE