Essays about: "green procurement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words green procurement.

  1. 1. Stakeholder Behaviour and Management During the Course of a Project : A Case Study on Green Energy Project Operation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Yuzhou Fang; [2023]
    Keywords : project management; stakeholder management; SM; engineering equipment procurement; stakeholder salience; stakeholder inclusion;

    Abstract : Project stakeholder management (SM) as one of the building blocks for project management theory has been studied by many scholars, and a lot of theoretical frameworks are developed to analyse relevant stakeholders based on different groups of attributes to formulate appropriate expectation managing strategies. Nevertheless, contemporary research rarely describes the dynamic change of stakeholder relationship during the course of a project and mainly focuses on public-private partnership projects where the relationships are complex and some external stakeholders can be threatening to project goals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hållbarhetscertifiering : effekter på värdekedjan av byggmaterial

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Sofia Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : effekter på värdekedjan; fallstudie; frivilliga hållbarhetscertifieringar för byggnader i Sverige; hållbar utveckling; ; standarder;

    Abstract : En av vår tids stora utmaningar handlar om att möta klimatkrisen och ökade krav på levnadsstandard hos en växande global befolkning. Allt fler flyttar från rurala till urbana områden, vilket pressar bostadsmarknader världen över. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Has the Current Electricity Crisis in South Africa Affected the Development of Renewable Energy within the Independent Power Producer Procurement Programmes?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sophie Jahns; [2023]
    Keywords : South Africa; Electricity Crisis; Energy Insecurity; Renewables; IPP; Eskom; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis on the government-driven development of renewable energy from 2007 to 2023 by testing the applicability of the energy security framework. The electricity crisis presents itself through regular electricity cuts, extreme power tariff rises and a lack of long-term sustainability due to the high reliance on coal and Eskom, the monopolistic electricity utility. READ MORE

  5. 4. Energy-as-a-Service in the Swedish Real Estate Sector

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

    Author : Sundus Al Damiri; Anna Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Energy-as-a-Service EaaS ; Real Estate; Energy Transition; Sustainability; Energy-as-a-Service EaaS ; Fastigheter; Energiomställning; Hållbarhet;

    Abstract : In order to reach the global set sustainability goals, it is of the utmost importance that we phase out fossil fuels and reduce our total emissions. We also need to ensure that we minimize and make our energy use more efficient. In 2020, Sweden's construction and property sector accounted for approximately 34% of Sweden's total final energy use. READ MORE

  6. 5. How to use eco-labels to procure sustainable furniture?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Jing Lu; [2022]
    Keywords : green public procurement; eco-label; private standards; furniture; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The research question of this thesis is how eco-labels can be used to procure sustainable furniture and to address what the limitations to the use of eco-labels are when contracting authorities procure furniture with environmental or sustainable objectives. There are three levels of limitations on the use of eco-labels in the Public Procurement Directive: the basic principles of public procurement, the conditions for the use of labels in Article 43, and the scope for the use of label requirements with environmental or social characteristics in the three criteria which allow to require labels. READ MORE