Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Skaar, Christofer"

Accountability in the Value Chain: Product Declarations as a Tool for Measuring, Managing and Communicating CSR Performance

Skaar, Christofer (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:9, Doctoral thesis, 2013)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept applied to business organisations that choose to behave beyond the legal requirements for their impacts on society and the environment. A central activity of CSR is to ...

Designing a ZEN Campus: An exploration of ambition levels and system boundaries

Skaar, Christofer; Solli, Christian; Vevatne, Jonas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is gathering from dispersed locations to one central campus at Gløshaugen, requiring an estimated 92 000 m2 new buildings and upgrading 45 000 m2 of existing ...

Hvordan øke opplevd forståelse av miljødeklarasjoner (EPDer) innen byggevarer - I en beslutningskontekst hos sluttbrukerne

Søtvik, Sigrun (Master thesis, 2015)

En miljødeklarasjon, benevnt EPD, er et tredjepartsverifisert dokument som har til hensikt å dokumentere kvantitative data om ressursbruk og miljøpåvirkninger til et produkt gjennom hele dets livsløp; ved råvareuttak, ...

Life Cycle Assessment of an Ambitious Renovation of a Norwegian Apartment Building to nZEB Standard

Wrålsen, Benedikte; O'Born, Reyn Joseph; Skaar, Christofer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

The upgrading of building infrastructure to modern standards represents a key tool for reducing global energy demand and emissions from buildings. In Norway, building upgrades have been prioritized despite the relatively ...

Life Cycle Assessment of an Ambitious Upgrading of an Apartment Building - An Environmental Approach on Upgrading Projects

Wrålsen, Benedikte (Master thesis, 2016)

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is conducted of an ambitious upgrading of an old apartment building to assess environmental impacts caused by construction materials and related processes. The result of the LCA is compared ...

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method for assessing the sustainability of end-of-life alternatives for waste plastics: A case study of Norway

Deshpande, Paritosh; Skaar, Christofer; Brattebø, Helge; Fet, Annik Magerholm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

Plastic, and its pollution of marineecosystems, has emerged as a global concern. Among the several other sources,plastics from a bandoned,lost,or discardedfishing gears(ALDFG), and ropes are considered the most dangerous ...