Ait Sidhoum, Amer (Date of defense: 2018-12-04)
This thesis approaches the question of sustainability and firm performance. In the contemporary business model, firm performance measurement must take into account not only economic profits, but also ...
González Valero, Aitor (Date of defense: 2018-05-21)
Solar thermal technology for domestic water heating is already a mature technology competitive to other conventional energy based systems. This has motivated some countries, regions or local authorities ...
Ayala Chauvin, Manuel Ignacio (Date of defense: 2018-11-12)
Urban energy systems are an essential part of cities, which require a reliable and abundant supply of electricity and other services (such as water, fuel for transportation or food). On the other hand, ...
Diaz Ruiz, Raquel (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
The visibility of the food waste volume along the food supply chain during the recent years has situated this topic in the policy and research agenda. Food waste entails environmental, ethical and ...
Selvanathan, Tharshanan (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)
Decline of resources, increasing expectation of stakeholders and radical transparency imposed by new technologies urges multinational enterprises to define sustainability as an important driver, which ...
Estrada Añokazi, Lena Yanina (Date of defense: 2018-09-12)
The traditional knowledge of our indigenous peoples has allowed them to balance and preserve the environment; it is related to cultural, social, environmental, political, economic and historical aspects ...
Arranz Piera, Pol (Date of defense: 2018-12-03)
Access to energy is crucial to human welfare; no residential, commercial or industrial activity can be conceived without energy supply. At the same time, current dependence on fossil fuels and their ...
López González, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2018-12-20)
Currently, around 1.2 billion people remain without access to electricity in rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. To date, rural electrification programs have been carried out mainly using ...
Ribé, Óscar (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
Energy recovery elements play a major role in the efficiency and sustainability of building ventilation systems. The use of a sensible or total energy recovery ventilator is a key decision for ventilation ...
Blanco Romero, María Elena (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
The design of industrial equipment or product in a developed country is a process characterized by creativity and, at the same time, conditioned by the fulfillment of requirements imposed by the customer, ...