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Sustainability assessment in strategic management of wastewater transport system: a case study in Trondheim, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sewer networks represent high value in water infrastructure assets and it is important to develop and operate them by specified sustainable management. This paper presents the results of a sustainability analysis on the ... -
Sustainability Assessment: A clear image of a fuzzy concept?
(Master thesis, 2014)SummaryThe idea of sustainable development arose as a response to many unsustainable trends, which were closely linked to governance and policy-making. In many ways the term sustainability has been misused. In the early ... -
Sustainability Assessment: A clear image of a fuzzy concept?
(Master thesis, 2014)The idea of sustainable development arose as a response to many unsustainable trends, which were closely linked to governance and policy-making. In many ways the term sustainability has been misused. In the early stages ... -
Sustainability of existing buildings: costs and benefits for developers, investor and occupants
(Master thesis, 2015)Due to the emission of greenhouse gases, the Earth's temperature is rising. Different studies show that buildings consume about 40% of all energy used: the sustainable regeneration of existing buildings is a useful way to ... -
Sustainable accounting standard for increasing sustainable refurbishment projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainable refurbishment is a fundamental approach toward reaching the EU's climate goals. Some challenges to rehabilitating existing housing areas are few high-quality standards, lack of funding, and low residential ... -
Sustainable and Adequate Home-Care Logistics Including Precedence Constraints
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Development of community home-based care for servicing the growing number of older adults with declining functional capacities is the priority of EU Member states to keep sustainable social systems of long-term care. For ... -
Sustainable Building Engineering A healthy and beautiful district in a healthy and beautiful historical environment
(Chapter, 2021)This paper is performing the result of an international workshop which was held in Caen by ESITC and it focuses on the impacts that this workshop had on international students, in terms of technical and non-technical ... -
Sustainable building – From role model projects to industrial transformation
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:270, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Background and purpose Improving energy efficiency and sustainability is a challenge for the construction industry. The United Nation’s environment programme (UNEP) and the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive ... -
Sustainable decision-making game for the next generation of smart citizens
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Cities are increasingly facing the consequences of climate change, it is therefore urgent to take actions to reach the targets set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in ... -
Sustainable development: Our Common Future revisited
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)No clear definition of sustainable development exists to guide politicians in solving challenges at the global or regional levels. Rather, the concept's use has increasingly reflected socially desirable attributes of ... -
Sustainable energy in cities: methodology and results of a summer course providing smart solutions for a new district in Shanghai
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A systemic approach for integrated urban energy planning and design can increase energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy sources and bioclimatic strategies to lower the energy footprint at building, district and ... -
Sustainable Gravel Road Construction and Maintenance in Serengeti National Park
(Master thesis, 2017)All weather road networks in protected areas are important to facilitate management of wildlife, routine park operations and to facilitate tourist accessibility to the tourist s attractions sites hence improving their ... -
Sustainable Microalgae Cultivation for Biogas Production: A Technical and Economic Analysis
(Master thesis, 2016)Microalgae cultivation using waste streams as nutrient source in industrial scale is an unconventional, and so far untapped, process pathway to produce microalgae biomass. The main advantage of this approach is the fact ... -
Sustainable Passenger Transport: Back to Brundtland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We argue that there is no clear definition of the concept sustainable passenger transport to help guide politicians in solving challenges at the global or regional level. Rather, the use of the concept has to an increasing ... -
Sustainable Project Management: Reducing the Risk of Cost Inaccuracy Using a PLS-SEM Approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Determining the factors leading to cost inaccuracy in infrastructure projects relates to sustainability by improving the cost performance of the projects (economic sustainability) and reducing the waste of available resources ... -
Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management: From Current Practices to Emerging Nutrient Recovery Technologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Nutrient recovery from secondary resources, such as wastewater, has received increasing attention in recent years. Nutrient cycle sustainability and recycling approaches are important measures under development and ... -
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: Themes of Public Perception—A Case Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate adaptation measures address the challenges that densification and climate change impose on the urban environment. Sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) constructs include the introduction of natural elements, ... -
Sustainable water supply in the rural districts of Mbulu, Hanang and Mkalama, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2018)The lack of sustainability in rural water supply remains a demanding challenge, even after several decades with attention on causes and solutions. Numerous measures have been implemented, but water supply schemes are still ... -
Svalbard fjord environments with land-fast sea ice as arenas for climate research, monitoring, remote sensing validation, and dedicated process studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)During winter and spring, parts of Svalbard fjords are covered with land-fast sea ice. The extent of fast ice areas has decreased during the last two decades, and seasons with fjord ice cover have on average become shorter. ... -
Svartlamon mulighetsstudie; bærekonstruksjon og ombruk
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Byggebransjen står i dag for store deler av klimagassutslippet. De siste årene har det vært økende interesse for bærekraftige bygninger og det er et skifte mot sirkulær økonomi. Denne bacheloroppgaven tar for seg en ...