Essays about: "Industrial sectors"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 200 essays containing the words Industrial sectors.
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1. Buildings in the Digital Era : An Explorative Study of Digital Twins in the Built Environment
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : In recent years, digital twins (DT) have gained traction in enhancing operation and maintenance procedures across various industrial sectors, such as manufacturing, energy, and aerospace. Yet their utilization remains more limited in the built environment. READ MORE
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2. The Role of Technology Shifts in Urban Decarbonization Modelling : Scenario creation and implementation
University essay from KTH/EnergisystemAbstract : This work includes modelling of decarbonization scenarios at the scale of an urban area, providing policy insights and a methodology focusing on introducing district heating and maintaining the existing gas distribution network in a case study. With a focus on reducing gas consumption in the residential and tertiary sectors, the research integrates scenario developments giving a methodology to develop district heating, requiring a careful balance in selecting the optimal scale for city-wide analysis. READ MORE
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3. Energy efficiency and fiscal incentives : A stochastic frontier analysis of Swedish manufacturing sectors 2008-2020
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis is a case study of the Swedish manufacturing industry in which I measure how efficiently each sector uses energy (fuel and electricity) as input goods in their production processes, and how significant the impact of Sweden’s energy tax is in regard to energy efficiency. The purpose of this is to analyze energy security and preparedness for short-term demand shocks for electricity, as many ‘mega-investments’ of industrial nature are being planned in Sweden – which are predicted to require the installed capacity of Sweden’s electricity production to almost double by 2045. READ MORE
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4. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystemAbstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE
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5. Motivating Sustainable Transitioning: Enabling and Limiting Factors Within the Petroleum Industry. A Qualitative Analysis of Enabling and Limiting Factors for Sustainable Transitioning Within the Petroleum Industry
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : The increasing global awareness and enormity of the climate crisis has led to intensified pressure towards multiple industrial sectors to commit to a sustainable transition, one of them being the petroleum industry. Being the manufacturers and suppliers of fossil fuels they have the power to shape the market. READ MORE
