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Bakker, C. (author), Peck, D. (author), Soboll, P. (author), Tempelman, E. (author)As the world moves into an era of significant changes predicated by the challenge of sustainability, the future holds many questions, with serious consequences depending on the answers. Given the implications of these changes, the worlds design community needs to be constantly challenged to respond. To support conversations on what life will be...conference paper 2010
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Saidel, M.A. (author), Favato, L.B. (author), De Toledo, L.M.A. (author), Galvao, C.R. (author), Kurahassi, L.F. (author)The Brazilian pioneer experience in energy efficiency management in public university campi is the Permanent Program in Efficient Energy Use of the University of São Paulo (PURe), running since 1997. Total built area of the university totalizes above 1 million square meters throughout more than 20 cities in the state of São Paulo, which results...conference paper 2010
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Roorda, N. (author)In a series of eight experiments on ESD (education for sustainable development) between 1991 and 2010, a range of different strategies were applied, e.g. the development of a new study program dedicated to sustainable technology, the integration of SD (sustainable development) in existing programs, the development of an ESD assessment tool ...conference paper 2010
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Spangenberg, J.H. (author)When analysing the relation of economic growth and sustainable development, three aspects should be distinguished: 1. The growth discourse; 2. Growth politics and a specific economic ideology; 3. The real impacts of economic growth. Ad 1: The discourse claims that the central factor for social, economic, political and environmental progress is...conference paper 2010
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Höhler, I. (author)Standard fog collectors can be a great help to provide drinking water in isolated areas or those with a low infrastructure. This is proved by the success of several projects, conducted in different countries around the world. Different factors influence the efficiency of fog harvesting. To reach a high yield of collected fog water first suitable...conference paper 2010
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Crul, M. (author), Schnitzer, H. (author)Innovation and Innovation Management are essential instruments and methodologies to manage the changes that society and its productive sector are facing in order to find the right balance between competitiveness, trade demands, social equity and sustainable development. A clear role in this can be played by the local universities and by an...conference paper 2010
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Rui, J. (author), Heijungs, R. (author)With solid theoretical support from industrial ecology, an increasing number of industrial ecosystems (including eco-industrial parks and industrial symbiosis) have been created all over the world. There is no doubt that the Kalundborg symbiosis, which has steadily operates for thirty years, is our successful exemplar, although some problems...conference paper 2010
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Boman, J. (author), Olsson, M. (author)Working on the theme Education for Sustainable Development in the school students on the teacher training program at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, produce sound tracked slideshows together with a short report of the concept behind the slideshow. The slideshows and the report are published on the Web as virtual CDs with a...conference paper 2010
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Papantoniou, L. (author), De Jong, A. (author), Crul, M. (author), Geelen, D. (author), Van Lieshout, M. (author)Industrial designers are used to applying their skills to modify or change users behaviour, inducing attributes to the product to empower/inhibit the use into a certain direction (e.g. scripts). These approaches might bring the desired results, and modify behaviour to one that favors sustainability. Such approaches, however, have a major defect...conference paper 2010
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Brezet, K.M. (author), Brezet, J.C. (author)High schools are increasingly concerned about educating and engaging their students in sustainability issues. Consequently, curricula in many schools are being redesigned in order to focus upon these issues and their consequences. The project Scholen voor Duurzaamheid (Schools for Sustainability, SvD), for example, is being used as a...conference paper 2010
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Velázquez, L. (author), Ochoa, B. (author), Zavala, A. (author), Munguia, N. (author)Think global act locally, it is a phrase used to promote the concept of sustainable community. A sustainable community is often defined as a community which uses its resources to meet current needs without compromising the ability of resource usages of future generations to meet their own needs. However, pragmatic evidence has showed that it has...conference paper 2010
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Andersson, U. (author), Boman, J. (author)For several years, the University of Gothenburg eco-label their courses and programs, as defined in the Swedish Higher Education Act (Chapter 1, Section 5), "In their activities, higher education institution shall promote sustainable development that ensures present and future generations a healthy and good environment, economic and social...conference paper 2010
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Dam, S.S. (author), Bakker, C.A. (author), Van Hal, J.D.M. (author), Keyson, D.V. (author)In an ongoing process, three diverse Home energy management systems (HEMS) have been implemented in the households in the Netherlands. Through a series of questionnaires, interviews, focus groups and usability tests, a wide range of knowledge in being gathered. Because of this broad approach, the insights that are gained are not only limited to...conference paper 2010
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Zilahy, G. (author), Széchy, A. (author)The chemical industry is considered as one of the most important sectors from an environmental point of view. As a result, many chemical companies have been at the forefront of both using innovative technologies and up-to-date environmental management practices. However, the sector faces an ever increasing pressure from its stakeholders and...conference paper 2010
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Stieß, I. (author), Van der Land, V. (author)Private home owners can reduce their energy use significantly and move towards a low carbon lifestyle by retrofitting their homes in an energy efficient standard. Seen from a societal perspective energy efficient refurbishment of homes can play a pivotal role to reach significant reductions of CO2 emissions. However, current experiences are...conference paper 2010
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Otero, G. (author), Benayas, J. (author), Alba, D. (author), Casado, M. (author), Leme, P. (author), Diaz, M.J. (author), Amaral, R. (author), Massambani, O. (author), Lima, E. (author)For several decades, environmental variables have been introduced to universities, either in curriculum activities or campus management. Following such trend, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in Brazil, and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), in Spain, created, throughout the 1990s, organizational structures able to coordinate environmental...conference paper 2010
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Lorek, S. (author)Based on the analysis how the political and scientific discourses on Sustainable Consumption developed during the last two decades the paper develops the concept of Strong Sustainable Consumption Governance. Next to an emphasis that Sustainable Consumption has to consider resource consumption (including the available sink capacity of the...conference paper 2010
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Satric, V. (author), Dunjic, B. (author), Masanovic, I. (author)The future in chemical consumption, without any doubt, belongs to business models which involve intensive dialog, cooperation and pooling of the knowledge and experiences of users and producers. Sustainability goals of producers should include, among others, expansion of the sustainability of their products and services to customers to help them...conference paper 2010
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De Borja, J. (author), Kuijer, L. (author), Aprile, W.A. (author)Activities around food have implications for the environment, personal nutrition, identity, and social relationships. As a way of understanding how daily routines evolve, practice theory (a theory of social action from sociology) provides a framework through which the complexities around consumer food habits can be understood and reveal avenues...conference paper 2010
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Krook, J. (author), Svensson, N. (author), Eklund, M. (author), Johansson, N. (author), Frändegård, P. (author)Landfills have historically been seen as the ultimate solution for storing waste at minimum cost. It is now a well-established fact however that such deposits have related implications such as long-term methane emissions, local pollution concerns and limitations on urban development. Landfill mining has been suggested as a strategy to address...conference paper 2010