Essays about: "refurbish"

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

  1. 6. A Risk Worth Taking? : A Qualitative Study Regarding Risk and the Refurbishment of the Swedish Civil Defense Shelter System and its Effect on Urban Planning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Filip Johnsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban planning; Risk; Shelters; Civil defense;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how risk can be seen within urban planning, with a particular focus on the Swedish civil defense shelter system. The research is conducted as a case study, with methods based on interviews with affected actors together with documents and reports regarding the Swedish shelter system. READ MORE

  3. 7. Environmental Impact of an Electric Motor and Drive : Life Cycle Assessment and a study of a Circular Business Model

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknik

    Author : Emma Westberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental impact; LCA; Circular Economy; Circular business model; motor; drive; Life cycle assessment; Climate impact; Simapro; Life cycle; Machines; Use phase; Efficiency; Recycling; Refurbish; hotspots;

    Abstract : Electric motors are one of the biggest consumers of electricity in the world with a consumption of almost 45 % and it is predicted to increase. Since electric motors play an important role today and in the future, it is important that businesses take their responsibility to make them as sustainable as they can possibly be. READ MORE

  4. 8. Demolish or Refurbish an Existing Building? : A bachelor thesis on the climate impact of different methods of renewing a building

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Desirée Lennermark; Victoria Bjellerup; Lisa Bäckström; Lisen Wedman; [2020]
    Keywords : Building; Demolish; Refurbish; renovation; Environmental impacts; Embodied carbon; Energy use; LCA; Life cycle assessment;

    Abstract : The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate different alternatives of renewal regarding an already existing building. The case study building is located in the Ulleråker area in Uppsala, Sweden and is an old mental hospital building from the 1950’s which Uppsala Municipality wishes to restore as part of a bigger investment in the neighborhood. READ MORE

  5. 9. Stroller Service System : How to make customer products sustainable within the planetary boundaries - using the case product ‘stroller’, PSS and a Design Thinking approach

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Maskinkonstruktion

    Author : Gustav Thorslund; [2019]
    Keywords : Product Service System; PSS; Circular Economy; Service Design; Sustainability; Planetary Boundaries; Stroller; Design Thinking; Product Development; Wood; b2c; refurbish;

    Abstract : Physical customer products have an environmental impact, such as greenhouse gas emissions, due to the use of virgin resources from cradle-to-grave, especially when the origin of the material is from fossil resources. This thesis aims to create a circular business model, by investigating the product ‘stroller’ and place it in a Product Service System, where the user subscribes to the Stroller Service System. READ MORE

  6. 10. Resource energy efficiency measures for retail sector in Azerbaijan

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

    Author : Matteo Costa; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The thesis work is part of a larger project financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and awarded by RINA Consulting S.p.A.. READ MORE