Sökning: "municipal energy planning"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden municipal energy planning.
11. Local environmental governance: Assessing proactive initiatives in building energy efficiency
Sammanfattning : Local governments are increasingly taking the initiative in environmental governance. But can they make any difference in addressing current environmental challenges, which are becoming more and more global in scope? This PhD thesis explores and analyses the outcomes of proactive initiatives in the field of building energy efficiency, and the governance approaches taken. LÄS MER
12. Utilisation of Excess Heat Towards a Circular Economy : Implications of interorganisational collaborations and strategic planning
Sammanfattning : In order to significantly lower the environmental impact from human activities, numerous efforts and approaches related to the transformation of human activities have developed during the last decades. Examples of such efforts are policies and strategies at different levels, some with a top-down approach focusing on extensive institutional changes, and some with a bottom-up approach focusing on industrial actors and industry-led activities. LÄS MER
13. Five factors for urban sustainability - exploring influences on municipal strategic planning
Sammanfattning : In recent decades, there has been increasing consensus that sustainable urban development is critical to the future of human societies and planetary systems. The effects of population growth and the environmental impacts of human activities are evident around the world, observable not only in the rapid urbanisation of many large cities, but also in small-medium conurbations, rural communities, and even uninhabited areas. LÄS MER
14. Environmental System Analysis of Waste Management : Experiences from Applications of the ORWARE Model
Sammanfattning : Waste management has gone through a history of shiftingproblems, demands, and strategies over the years. In contrastto the long prevailing view that the problem could be solved byhiding or moving it, waste is now viewed as a problem rangingfrom local to global concern, and as being an integral part ofseveral sectors in society. LÄS MER
15. Makten över energin : policyprocesser i två kommuner 1977–2001
Sammanfattning : Municipalities have traditionally played key roles in the Swedish energy system as suppliers of gas, electricity and district heating to the public sector and end-use consumers. Sweden has a tradition of strong local self-government, and the municipalities are expected to play important roles in implementing national energy strategies and formulating municipal ones. LÄS MER