Browsing Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse by Subject "Industriell Økologi, Environmental Politics and Management"
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Are Plus Houses the Future? A Model for Guiding Decision Makers based on Current Standards for Sustainable Buildings and Plus House Projects
(Master thesis, 2016)Buildings have a massive environmental impact, both in terms of energy use and GHG emissions. However, the improvement potential is substantial. With the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, the construction sector must contribute ... -
Objectifying sustainable city development through the application of standards and indicators
(Master thesis, 2014)The initial assumption was that there exist connections between the development of standards and indicators that enables the assessment of abstract concepts and systems that is enabled by an objectification process. Systems ... -
The CEO Water Mandate and Corporate Water Reporting - A content study assessing the quality of corporate sustainability reporting by participating companies to the UN Global Compact initiative on water
(Master thesis, 2015)Climate change paired with global growth of populations and economies demands improved water resource governance. Freshwater is irregularly and unevenly distributed in a global context. The environmental and social impacts ... -
Waste Management in Norway - A study of possible application of "ISO 37120 Sustainable Development in Communities - Indicators for city services and quality of life"
(Master thesis, 2016)As a contribution in reaching the UN SDGs and towards a circular economy ISO 37120:2014, Sustainable Development in Communities Indicators for city services and quality of life, has been explored to assess its possibility ...