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Anton Kleshchov,Dirk Hengevoss,Oleg Terentiev,Christoph Hugi,Artem Safiants,Andrii Vorfolomeiev
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The technology of waste co-processing in cement kilns has proven to be a reliable, efficient and convenient method of waste disposal (domestic and industrial). However, countries around the world face the following key barriers to the implementation of t...
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Serdar Durdyev, Jasper Mbachu, Derek Thurnell, Linlin Zhao and M. Reza Hosseini
Critical issues surrounding the promotion and adoption of building information modeling (BIM) for construction projects are largely country-specific due to contextual socio-cultural, economic, and regulatory environments impacting construction operations...
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Stephen McCallum,Suzette Viviers
AbstractPurpose: Impact investing is one of the fastest-growing responsible investment strategies globally. Although more than two-thirds of global impact investments occur in emerging markets, limited research has been undertaken on the topic in an emer...
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Leigh Whittinghill and Sait Sarr
As urban populations increase, there is growing interest in developing innovative technologies, sustainable urban farming practices, policy measures, and other strategies to address key barriers in urban agriculture that impede improved food security and...
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Savis Gohari, Daniela Baer, Brita Fladvad Nielsen, Elena Gilcher and Welfry Zwestin Situmorang
Citizen participation has become an important aspect in the design of smart cities. This paper investigates the frame and modality of citizen participation in a European Horizon2020 smart city project, +CityxChange, in Trondheim. +CityxChange aims at ena...
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Kristina Lygnerud, Edward Wheatcroft and Henry Wynn
Approximately 1.2 EJ of energy are potentially available for recovery each year from urban heat sources in the EU. This corresponds to more than 10 percent of the EU?s total energy demand for heat and hot water. There are, however, a number of challenges...
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Mona ROMAN,Timo NYBERG
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Entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) is a bottom-up process engaging regional actors from academic, business, government and civil society together to identify new market opportunities and overcome the potential barriers to innovation. While EDP forms...
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Long Seng To, Kingdom Kwapata, Leonard Masala, Virginia Alonso Navarro, Simon Batchelor, Yacob Mulugetta, Andrew Barnett, Stephen Karekezi
Agro-industries have the potential to make a substantial contribution to sustainable energy supply in Africa, including energy access in rural areas. This paper focuses on the drivers and barriers to wider use of cogeneration from sugarcane bagasse in Ma...
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Maryam Navi, Alana Hansen, Monika Nitschke, Scott Hanson-Easey and Dino Pisaniello
Climate-related health indicators are potentially useful for tracking and predicting the adverse public health effects of climate change, identifying vulnerable populations, and monitoring interventions. However, there is a need to understand stakeholder...
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Christian Axelsen, Heather Brookes, Tiina Jauhiainen, Paul Johnson, ... Hamid Zarghampour
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The Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) has carried out a pilot study examining how well the results of its first transnational research programme on Climate Change have been implemented in member states. The study forms part of a wider init...
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Susanne Balm, Walther Ploos van Amstel, Jeroen Habers, Paulus Aditjandra, Thomas H. Zunder
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This paper presents three studies on public procurement and its impact on city logistics. The studies aimed to give an insight into the transport volume related to the delivery of products and services - at a university in Newcastle, two academic institu...
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Mohd Zainudin Othman,Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi,Faizatul Akmar Abdul Nifa,Mazri Yaakob,Khadafi Rofie,Zainal Md Zan,Mohd Affendi Ahmad Pozin
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The Malaysian construction industry has been urged to change from using a conventional method to industrialized building system (IBS) to attain, (1) better build quality and productivity, (2) reduce risks related to occupational safety and health, (3) al...
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Mahabat Baimyrzaeva,H. Omer Kose
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Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) ? key government agencies responsible for auditing how public funds are being spent ? have been traditionally seen as insulated and technocratic entities serving other government organizations and having little to do wit...
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Mahabat Baimyrzaeva,H. Omer Kose
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Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) ? key government agencies responsible for auditing how public funds are being spent ? have been traditionally seen as insulated and technocratic entities serving other government organizations and having little to do wit...
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Zahra Nazari and Petr Musilek
Digital transformation is a phenomenon introduced by the transformative power of digital technologies, and it has become a key driver for the energy sector, with advancements in technology leading to significant changes in the way energy is produced, tra...
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Giacomo Butte, Yady Tatiana Solano-Correa, Maria Valasia Peppa, Diana Marcela Ruíz-Ordóñez, Rachael Maysels, Nasser Tuqan, Xanthe Polaine, Carolina Montoya-Pachongo, Claire Walsh and Thomas Curtis
At the international level, the term ?water security? (WS) has gained increasing attention in recent decades. At the operational level, WS is assessed using tools that define the concept using a variety of dimensions and sub-dimensions, with qualitative ...
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A K M Khabirul Islam, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Neil J. Hewitt, Rose Lenihan and Caterina Brandoni
Billions of litres of wastewater are produced daily from domestic and industrial areas, and whilst wastewater is often perceived as a problem, it has the potential to be viewed as a rich source for resources and energy. Wastewater contains between four a...
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Nadia Ghandour,Ahmad Ghandour
Personally Controlled Health Records (PCHR) are patient-centric tools which allow individuals to own, manage, access and share their health information online from anywhere, at any time. Patient-centric tools have received considerable interest and inves...
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Amar V. V. Nanda, Jeroen Rijke, Leah Beesley, Berry Gersonius, Matthew R. Hipsey and Anas Ghadouani
Environmental management strategies aim to protect or repair ecological assets (ecosystems, species) so that their ecological and social values can be preserved. However, creating an effective strategy is difficult because multiple government departments...
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Erik Glaas, Mattias Hjerpe and Robert Jonsson
Strategy-making is key for realizing sustainable urban water management. Though general barriers and factors for change have been identified, fewer studies have assessed how different conditions influence municipalities? strategy-making ability and, thus...
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