Essays about: "capacity building"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 519 essays containing the words capacity building.

  1. 26. Värmereducerande åtgärder för urbana mikroklimat

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Alice Ljungdahl; Ida Grundh; [2023]
    Keywords : klimatförändringar; värmeböljor; värmeöar; värmeöeffekt; klimatanpassning; temperaturreglering; värmereducerande åtgärder; värmereducering; mikroklimat; vegetation; skugga;

    Abstract : Det står klart att rådande klimatförändringar har lett och kommer i framtiden att leda till ökade temperaturer samt fler och längre perioder av värmeböljor. Ökade temperaturer i kombination med värmeöeffekter medför att urbana miljöer är särskilt utsatta och människor som väljer att bosätta sig på sådana platser riskerar allvarliga konsekvenser när det gäller hälsa och välbefinnande. READ MORE

  3. 27. Potential benefits of implementing demand response into Vattenfall’s district cooling grid in Uppsala, Sweden

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

    Author : Magdalena Guerrero Wretljung; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Lately, there has been an increased cooling demand in Vattenfall’s district cooling (DC) network in Uppsala, Sweden. This especially occurs on warmer summer days, during so-called peak demand periods, where there is limited cooling capacity combined with limited distribution capacity in the network. READ MORE

  4. 28. How to turn “less bad” into good without limit : to measure companies’ positive climate impact

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : Kajsa Eliasson; [2023]
    Keywords : digitalization; avoided emission; carbon handprint; Scope 4; building; construction; building 4.0; consultancy; project-based industries; carbon assessment; environmental impact; environmental strategies; climate potential;

    Abstract : Climate change is an urgent problem threatening life as we know it. To combat the problem there is a high need to reduce this generation’s human-induced Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs). READ MORE

  5. 29. Heating system performance and thermal mass evaluation of a former military building in mid-Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem och byggnadsteknik

    Author : Javier Ruiz Pacheco; [2023]
    Keywords : Thermal mass; District Heating; IDA-ICE; Sweden; C02 emissions;

    Abstract : The concern about global warming is gaining momentum. So, many initiatives, such as the Green European pact, which aims to reach to zero greenhouses emissions in 2050, are emerging to halt it. READ MORE

  6. 30. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Gwenaëlle Delcourt; [2023]
    Keywords : Organisational learning; resilience; vulnerability and capacity assessments VCAs ; red cross red crescent; Disaster risk management; MMO; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE