Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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The energy renovation of buildings is an essential action to achieve the European target of 20/20/20. However, the dynamics of the energy renovation are very slow and the development of urgent policy actions beyond the ...
This dissertation will focus on the analysis of water and sanitation service delivery solutions in the context of peri-urban and rural areas. In particular, it will investigate if public-public partnerships (PuPs) can ...
Based on technology and science developments as a way of knowing the world, our way of life and the way we interact with the environment have been transformed, in the last two and a half centuries. These changes imply ...
Culture is the engine of development in the city, hence its presence is increasingly used and justified in the urban planning and regeneration discourses. However, one special question arises: How does cultural sustainability ...
Mexico is one of the countries with the highest corn production in the world (24.6 million tons) (FAOSTAT, 2016). However, in some regions, the yields are very low (2.0 Tn.ha-1) compared to the national average (9.39 ...
The present Ph.D. thesis aims to close a gap found in literature regarding the availability of a sustainability integrated assessment method to be carried at local level where generally, data and resources are restricted ...
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 worldwide (Spain, ...
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, users, market ...
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 that, all together, ...
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 systems designers. ...
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, the double crisis ...
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 affects Strategic and ...
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 economic impacts. There ...
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 negative effects on ...
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 environmental and ...
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 conventional technologies ...
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a critical role in societies’ transition towards sustainable development (SD), as they educate future professionals and decision makers. Engineering is widely recognised as a ...
This thesis aims to identify other alternatives to evaluate the Development Plans and Territorial Planning (PDOT), since traditionally the system of evaluation of the municipalities is only to measure if the objectives, ...
This thesis addresses the Ecuadorian cacao value chain through three interrelated chapters. Small producers linked to this chain face significant trade-offs between the two main available varieties for planting: the fine ...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the influence of climate and health policies on personal well-being and the environment or both as well as how household behaviour influences the sustainability of health goals – ...
