Essays about: "carbon management tools"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words carbon management tools.

  1. 21. Artdiversitet och metoder för att främja artdiversitet : svenska kommuner och deras inställning till artdiversitet

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

    Author : Sara Wiman; [2020]
    Keywords : artdiversitet; mångfald; stadsträd; trädinventering; trädplan;

    Abstract : Att träd överlag har en enorm betydelse för människors psykiska och fysiska välmående är uppenbart. Utöver att träd bidrar med olika hälsoaspekter skapas också attraktiva boende- och arbetsmiljöer, de levererar också ovärderliga ekosystemtjänster och bidrar med temperaturreglering, koldioxidupptag samt tar hand om luftföroreningar (Costanza et al. READ MORE

  3. 22. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Freja Milton; [2019]
    Keywords : Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE

  4. 23. Smarter technologies towards Greener Homes : A Human-Centred Approach

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Mohamed Bennani; [2018]
    Keywords : Smart Technology; Smart Homes; Energy industry in the UK; smart meters; Green Technology; Green Homes; Independent living; Human-Centred approach; Participatory Design;

    Abstract : Advances in technology continuously reshape habits, behaviours and interactions at individual, organisational and societal levels. Information and Communication technology (ICT) is pervasive, and is the bearer of crucial information, analysis and responses to the recipient. READ MORE

  5. 24. Examination of Ancient Scandinavian Archaeological Findings : From Tortuna in Västerås, Sweden

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

    Author : Jacob Blinke; Evelynne Geiger; Amanda Edlund; [2018]
    Keywords : Forging; microstructure; steel manufacturing; Iron Ages; bloomery furnace; amulet rings; edge tools; horse cleat; Vickers hardness; Smide; mikrostruktur; ståltillverkning; järnåldern; blästerugn; amulettringar; eggverktyg; hästbrodd; Vickers hårdhet;

    Abstract : This study concerns the examinations of archaeological steel-objects from the Iron Ages, found in Tortuna outside Västerås, Sweden. Not many metallurgical analyses have been made on steel objects from the Iron Ages, most likely in order to preserve the findings. Therefore, very little knowledge about old steel materials exists. READ MORE

  6. 25. Setting the seeds for a green growth -A Study of biofuel development in Indonesia’s transport sector

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

    Author : Sophia Aaman; Johan Henrik Hessel Lundberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning; Biofuels for transport; Indonesia; Barriers.;

    Abstract : Climate change poses as one of the major environmental issues on a global scale today, with one of the largest contributor to the climate change being the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions in turn is known to a large extent originate in anthropogenic energy use, especially fossil fuel usage. READ MORE