Essays about: "Avoided Emissions"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 69 essays containing the words Avoided Emissions.

  1. 31. Consequential Life Cycle Assessment of Banning Single Use Plastics within the EU : Straw Wars: A Consequential Saga

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Simon Korhonen Hoge; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The European Union have decided to ban and phase out several Single Use Plastics starting from 2021 and claim that it will lead to avoided CO2-e emissions equivalent to 4.2 million tonnes. READ MORE

  3. 32. Budgets for a sustainable future : Monthly budgets as a tool for reflection and goal- setting of carbon emissions

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Lucas Grönborg; [2019]
    Keywords : Goal-setting; motivation; sustainability; carbon budget; persuasive technology;

    Abstract : Climate persuasive services, a type of persuasive technology, could benefit significantly from having a well designed goal-setting feature to actually get users to reduce their carbon emissions. This study explored monthly carbon budgets as a tool for goal-setting to motivate carbon emission reductions. READ MORE

  4. 33. CO2 savings of selling food surplus in plastic trays compared to incineration and anaerobic digestion in Sweden. : With an application at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Viktoria Rodopoulou; [2019]
    Keywords : waste management; food surplus; energy savings; waste to energy technologies; life cycle assessment;

    Abstract : Food waste has become a global environmental concern in recent years with food waste prevention being the optimal solution. In Sweden, initiatives to reduce food waste, focus on re-using methods like selling or donating food. The purpose of this study is to analyze the environmental savings, in terms of CO2 eq. READ MORE

  5. 34. Redistribution of leftover food from municipal canteens in Sweden to avoid food waste - Environmental, social and economic effects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Lotta Sellmann Jansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Food waste; redistribution; sustainability; municipal canteens; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In 2015 the Swedish government signed the UN Agenda 2030 comprising of 17 Sustainable Development Goals and a total of 169 sub targets. Goal 12 target 3 reads as follows: “By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses. READ MORE

  6. 35. Optimization and Control of Heat Loads in Buildings

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Matilda Stendahl; [2018]
    Keywords : district heating; peak shaving; capacity control; smart heating; demand side management; fjärrvärme; toppkapning; effektstyrning; värmestyrning; efterfrågesidahantering;

    Abstract : District heating is considered an environmentally friendly, efficient and cost-effective way of providingheat to buildings but even so, the industry will be facing several challenges in the upcoming years. Acombination of higher operating costs, growing demand, competition from alternative heatingtechnologies, national and international climate and energy goals and the need for transparency towardscustomers places high requirements on many thermal energy suppliers. READ MORE