Essays about: "high performance projects"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 134 essays containing the words high performance projects.
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1. Methodology for Designing Bespoke Air Handling Units
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : This master's thesis explores the role of bespoke air handling units in enhancing energy efficiency in existing buildings. The context for the study is set against the backdrop of global initiatives, including the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Goal 7, which emphasizes the need to improve energy efficiency to combat climate change. READ MORE
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2. From the Beach to the Sahara - A qualitative study of junior management consultants' identity work between billable projects
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : The recent economic downturn has largely affected businesses around the world, resulting in decreased demand for management consultancy services. In combination with recent years' aggressive hiring strategies, this has put many junior management consultants in a position where their utilization rates have plummeted and time between billable projects has increased notably. READ MORE
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3. Proactive Decarbonization in Projects - At What Price? : A Qualitative Study of Life-cycle Cost Analysis and Shadow Pricing of Carbon as Decision-making Tools
University essay from KTH/Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltningAbstract : As we move towards a low-carbon economy, environmental sustainability drives corporate performance and strategy to a greater extent than a decade ago. Hence, there is a growing importance among actors with long-term ownership interests to recognize climate-related issues in investment decisions. READ MORE
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4. Evaluating reliability and limitations of disaster loss accounting databases
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Disaster loss accounting is an essential tool for assessing the effects of disasters and creating policies for disaster risk reduction that are supported by data. This study compares disaster data for two of the most used disaster loss accounting databases, EM-DAT and DesInventar in the context of six Latin American countries, namely, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. READ MORE
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5. Building Information Modeling Connection Recommendation Based on Machine Learning Using Multimodal Information
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Den ökande komplexiteten i byggprojekt ger upphov till behovet av ett effektivt sätt att designa, hantera och underhålla strukturer. Byggnadsinformationsmodellering (BIM) underlättar dessa processer genom att tillhandahålla en digital representation av fysiska strukturer. READ MORE