Essays about: "Government procurement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words Government procurement.

  1. 1. How Has the Current Electricity Crisis in South Africa Affected the Development of Renewable Energy within the Independent Power Producer Procurement Programmes?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sophie Jahns; [2023]
    Keywords : South Africa; Electricity Crisis; Energy Insecurity; Renewables; IPP; Eskom; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis on the government-driven development of renewable energy from 2007 to 2023 by testing the applicability of the energy security framework. The electricity crisis presents itself through regular electricity cuts, extreme power tariff rises and a lack of long-term sustainability due to the high reliance on coal and Eskom, the monopolistic electricity utility. READ MORE

  3. 2. Assessment of oyster mushroom production employing urban-based materials in Stockholm Stad

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Mio Fagerström; [2023]
    Keywords : Industrial symbiosis; residual waste streams; Pleurotus ostreatus; Oyster mushroom cultivation; Circular economy; Industriell symbios; restavfallsströmmar; Pleurotus Ostreatus; Ostronskivlings odling; cirkulär ekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the opportunities and challenges regarding urban oyster mushroomproduction (Pleurotus Ostreatus) employing urban-based materials in Stockholm Stad as agrowing medium. Additionally, the availability of the five most suitable substrates has beenfurther explored with the indicator’s availability in Stockholm Stad, and the Biologicalefficiency (BE%) for a suitable growing medium and the quantity of the substrates have beenmapped out. READ MORE

  4. 3. The barriers of circular public procurement for ICTs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Laila Adelson; [2023]
    Keywords : circularity; circular economy; circular public procurement; ICT; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The EU procured for roughly 202000 MEUR (14% of the EU GDP) during 2021 in the public sector. The majority of these contracts are traditional, linear business model purchases. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Implementation of the New Engineering Contract in Australia : An Institutional Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Dannie O’Brien; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional Theory; New Engineering Contract; Risk allocation; Collaboration; Standard Form Contracts; Instititutionell teori; New Engineering Contract; samarbete; riskfördelning; standardkontrakt;

    Abstract : Current traditional delivery models used in the Australian construction industry are seen as highly bespoke and adversarial where there is an inappropriate contractual risk allocation, lack of collaboration and poor project management. With the pipeline of investment compounded with the impact that global macroeconomic trends and events (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 5. Public Procurement of Innovations: A study on contributing toward climate neutrality within the construction sector

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Ilakia Amirthalingam; Nellie Kramer; [2022]
    Keywords : Public Procurement; LOU; Innovation; Sustainability; Climate-neutrality; Offentlig Upphandling; LOU; Innovation; Hållbarhet; Klimatneutralitet;

    Abstract : Large players within the construction sector have launched the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2045. In Sweden, the construction sector accounts for approximately 20 % of the country's total emissions. READ MORE