Essays about: "Industrialized building"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words Industrialized building.

  1. 6. Disrupting carbon lock-in: How a target-based sustainability program for businesses can support the politics of decarbonization in Ottawa, Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Robin Goldstein; [2019]
    Keywords : carbon lock-in; decarbonization; climate governance experiment; politics; business; green economy; Ottawa; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Human-induced climate change has emerged as one of the greatest sustainability challenges of our time, with significant risks for human health, livelihoods and security. However, technological solutions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in industrialized countries are politically contested. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring an alternative metabolic pathway for production of adipic acid - a study on homocitrate synthase

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Damaride Stallone; [2019]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Adipic acid is considered as the most valuable dicarboxylic acid with industrial use; however, its production is heavily petroleum-based. This non-natural metabolite can be produced de novo through different metabolic pathways, one of which is the alpha-ketoacid elongation pathway. READ MORE

  4. 8. Framework procurements and their effect on the Swedish housing market – An analysis of SABO Kombohus Bas

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Bonnie Winnberg; Simone Heller; [2016]
    Keywords : Public housing companies; Framework procurements; Construction costs; Housing shortage; Industrialized housing construction; Rental apartments; Competition; Allmännyttan; Ramavtalsupphandling; Byggkostnader; Bostadsbrist; Industrialiserat byggande; Hyresrätter; Konkurrens;

    Abstract : Sweden is suffering from a large housing shortage due to urban population growth and low levels of new construction. Public housing companies play a major role on the market with their 46 percent share of the rental market. The production of rental apartments is especially problematic since profitability is limited. READ MORE

  5. 9. Maturity m easurement for industrialized house building - A study of VeidekkeMAX

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Hugo Ekelund; [2016]
    Keywords : Industrialised house-building; Processes; Process measurement; Maturity; Standardisation; Industriellt husbyggande; Processer; Processmätning; Mognad; Standardisering;

    Abstract : The construction industry is today well known for its way to work in projects where each one is unique and needs its own detail solutions, ways to work and different processes. That means that in the start up phase of each project there has been a need to start all over again since just a fraction of knowledge and solutions pass from one project to another. READ MORE

  6. 10. A more efficient way of building in a developing country, influenced by industrialized building : A case study in Leticia, Colombia

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Byggnadsteknik

    Author : Sanna Ahlstrand; Johanna Bender; Linn Nordström; [2015]
    Keywords : Industrialized building; developing country; efficiency; rationalization; value-adding; weaknesses; ICT; standardized elements; prefabrication; implementation; planning.;

    Abstract : Purpose:The purpose of this study is to approach a solution to reduce housing shortage, by using inspiration from an industrialized building concept, which can lead to the opportunity for underprivileged people to get a livable housing. The aim is to study how knowledge from industrialized building could be used for a more efficient way of building in developing countries similar to Colombia. READ MORE