Essays about: "consumo"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the word consumo.

  1. 6. Decarbonizing Public Bus Transport – a case study on Curitiba, Brazil

    University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

    Author : Joana Lena Düllmann Vasques Pereira; [2018]
    Keywords : Battery electric bus; Brazil; Charging station; Curitiba; Greenhouse gas emissions; Opportunity charging; Optimisation; Public transport network; Brasil; Carregamento de oportunidade; Curitiba; Estação de recarga; Gases com efeito de estufa; Ônibus eléctricos a baterias; Otimisação; Sistema de Transporte Público; Batteribuss; Brasilien; Laddstation; Curitiba; Växthusgas utsläpp; Opportunity Charging; optimering; kollektivtrafik;

    Abstract : Air pollution is becoming a major issue in cities across the world, its common cause being the use of fossil fuel combustion engines in both private and collective transport modes. However, alternative technologies, such as biofuels, hybrid and battery electric vehicles, are on the rise. READ MORE

  3. 7. A pilot study for a possible installation of Photovoltaic modules at The University of Havana : Bachelor's thesis in a field study in Havana, Cuba

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Caroline Eliasson; Elin Rahmqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : Photovoltaic modules; Cuba; Matlab; LCOE; Fotovoltaiska moduler; Kuba; Matlab; LCOE;

    Abstract : In 2014 the Cuban government announced that 24% of the country’s generated electricity will come from renewable energy sources by 2030. In Cuba the emissions have drastically risen over the past decade due to the increasing amount of electricity demand. Today most of the generated electricity is produced by burning oil. READ MORE

  4. 8. Give us this day our daily bread : The moral order of Pentecostal peasants in South Brazil

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Leonardo Marcondes Alves; [2018]
    Keywords : peasantry; Peasant Pentecostalism; peasantness; moral order; moral economy; multiple livelihood strategies; economic anthropology; anthropology of religion; Brazil; campesinato; pentecostalismo camponês; campesinidade; ordem moral; economia moral; múltiplas estratégias de subsistência; antropologia econômica; antropologia da religião; Brasil;

    Abstract : This ethnography aims to identify the role of the Pentecostal beliefs that peasants in South Brazil use in justifying their life situations. Anthropological data were collected in the Sertão region of Jaguariaíva, in the Brazilian State of Paraná. READ MORE

  5. 9. Borrowed practices : renew or hold : examining the potential for the spreading of libraries of things in Mexico City through social practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gabriela Duhart Herrera; [2017]
    Keywords : libraries of things; collaborative economy; practice theory; Mexico City; consumption; lending libraries; sustainability science; bibliotecas de cosas; economía colaborativa; teoría de la práctica; consumo; Ciudad de México; ciencias de la sustentabilidad; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Libraries of things, non-for-profit physical spaces where people borrow objects they would otherwise buy, have spread over Europe, the U.S., and Canada and have now emerged in Mexico City, where challenges to sustainability such as increased consumption levels and insufficient waste management abound. READ MORE

  6. 10. The emperor’s old clothes : a consumer behaviour-based case study on second-hand clothing as a sustainable fashion consumption practice in Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ilaria Tafuri; [2017]
    Keywords : fashion; consumers’ behaviour; Italy; second-hand clothes; slow fashion; sustainable clothing; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The current fashion system known as Fast Fashion (FF) is responsible for severe environmental and social impacts. Fashion democratisation has increased consumers’ appetite for new trends, leading fashion companies to design an increasing number of collections per year. READ MORE