Essays about: "transport units"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 70 essays containing the words transport units.
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16. Energy Usage of Smart Wayside Object Controllers : An investigation and theoretical implementation of feasible energy storage and energy harvesting technologies in connection to a railway system
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : With climate change threatening life, countries worldwide have united to limit the damages generated by humanity to the world. For a sustainable future, it will be essential to utilise energy in more ecient ways. Energy harvesting in the form of renewable resources and innovative solutions for industries are some answers to an improved tomorrow. READ MORE
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17. Evaluating the Environmental Impact of a Product : Partial Life Cycle Assessment
University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Logistik och verksamhetsledningAbstract : Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate how manufacturing organisations can decrease their environmental impact in the supply chain. To meet the purpose, two research questions were formulated: 1. How can a manufacturing organisation reduce its environmental impact caused by transportation? 2. READ MORE
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18. Effects of Carbon Taxes on CO2 Emissions in the Nordic Countries: A Synthetic Control Analysis
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This quasi-experimental study estimates the effects of transport fuel taxation reforms on CO2 emissions in Sweden and Finland through a synthetic strategy. Panel data from OECD countries is used to construct control units that closely resemble the treated countries. READ MORE
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19. Dressing up the environmental potential for product-service systems: A comparative life cycle assessment on consumption in rental clothing vs. linear business models
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Alternative business models such as product-service systems (PSSs) have been cited as a solution for the impacts from consumption and fast fashion, but there is a lack of evidence supporting the environmental claims of such business models for clothing. The research aimed to understand if rental clothing business models such as PSSs have the environmental benefits often purported by identifying ways to define the function of rental clothing, and quantifying the environmental impacts of rental clothing in a life cycle assessment (LCA). READ MORE
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20. Major and trace element geochemical analysis of norites in the Hakefjorden Complex to constrain magma source and magma plumbing systems
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Major and trace element data taken from plagioclase crystals from anorthosites and related rock units in the Hakefjorden Complex located off the west coast of Sweden were investigated for the purposes of constraining magma chamber processes and the source of the magma. Although the anorthosite units were completely homogenous in regards to its chemistry, the plagioclase in the associated norite and ilmenite-leuconorite units showed substantial variation. READ MORE
