Essays about: "environmentally preferable option"

Found 3 essays containing the words environmentally preferable option.

  1. 1. Comparative life cycle impact assessment of a battery electric and a conventional powertrains for a passenger transport ferryboat : A case study of the entire integrated system for vessel propulsion

    University essay from Industriell miljöteknik; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Veselin Mihaylov; [2014]
    Keywords : Environment; life cycle impact assessment; transportation; power train; battery electric; diesel engine; propulsion;

    Abstract : This master thesis represents a life cycle impact assessment of a state of the art electrically driven power train. It is expected to be installed in a diesel engine passenger ferry boat, currently transporting passengers in downtown Stockholm archipelago. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustainable Leisure Lifestyles: Destination Gotland (Sweden)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Grace Viera; [2009]
    Keywords : tourists’ decision making process; barriers; awareness; facilitators; statistical analysis; environmentally preferable option; chi-square; logistic regression; SPSS; Gotland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Tourism is one of the world’s biggest industries; it accounts for 11% of the global GDP, and is responsible for between 5 to 14% of the world’s global warming caused by human activities. Due to the large economic, social and environmental impacts that this activity has, attempts have been made to make it more sustainable. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comparison of transportation modes from an environmental perspective : a case study of transportation of fish food from Denmark to mid Sweden

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik, fysik och matematik

    Author : Jessica Raftsjö-Lindberg; [2008]
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    Abstract : Outside Strömsund, a community in the county of Jämtland in Sweden, there are plans to start a fish farm. This fish farm would require transports of 3000 tones fish food from the factory in Brande, Denmark to Strömsund each year. READ MORE