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Mastouri, Marouane (author)This thesis aimed to investigate the potential of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to promote sustainable adjustments in the production process of semiconductor machines, considering uncertainties in carbon accounting. The research combines a review of existing literature, a case study analysis of a selected semiconductor...master thesis 2023
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Kyrizakis, Kyriakos (author)The market industry is rapidly changing and modifications are taking place. Over the years, it has been noticed that project success is a challenging issue, which requires several endeavours from project parties. The procurement system is characterized as a tool, the implementation of which delivers project results. The procurement system is...master thesis 2023
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Muhamed Salim, Mehna (author)Sustainability is seen as one of the most important challenges faced by the world today (Silvius, 2017). Within EPC companies, there are quite some ambitions at the strategic level to integrate sustainability into project procurement, but implementation at the project level is still quite limited. Additionally, existing literature focusing on...master thesis 2022
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van Milaan, Ilse (author)The construction sector is experiencing a fundamental shift towards greater digitization. Building information modeling (BIM), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), the internet of things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Digital twins are all becoming more prevalent in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry....master thesis 2022
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Wissingh, Thomas (author), Kuijlenburg, Rachel (author), Joosstens, Frans (author), Poldner, Kim, (author), Mobach, Mark (author)Background and aim - Many countries signed the Paris Agreement to mitigate global average temperature rise. In this context, Dutch government decided to realize a reduction of 50% using resources and raw materials in 2030. This paper explores how practice-based research into facility operations can contribute to this aim. Methods / Methodology -...conference paper 2022
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Miedema, Jillert-Jan (author)Currently, the infrastructure industry is in transformation and moving towards new project delivery approaches. Aiming to improve the predictability of projects and due to a growing desire for collaboration between clients and contractors, the two-phase model has made its entrance in the industry and has been gaining popularity.<br/>During the...master thesis 2022
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Wijnen, Willem (author)To attain a transition such as to a circular economy and built environment, actions at all scales are necessary, which implies that interventions should positively contribute to the transition (Petersen& Heurkens, 2018). Governments see the problems that the linear built environment entails and are making steps in implementing circular...master thesis 2022
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Molaei, M. (author), Koops, L.S.W. (author), Hermans, M.H. (author)Although a considerable amount of literature has addressed the public procurement in the construction industry, still little is known about procurement in small and repetitive activities. In practice, however, public clients are often involved in repetitive tasks such as maintenance activities. Dutch water boards, regional governmental bodies...conference paper 2022
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Herth, A. (author), Blok, K. (author)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive analysis of the carbon footprint of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), including direct and indirect emissions from utilities, logistics and purchases, as well as a discussion about the commonly used method. Emissions are presented in three scopes (scope 1 reports...journal article 2022
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van Driesten, Georgette (author)In order for the construction industry to be climate neutral and circular by 2030, a transition is needed that changes norms & values and the way of working. Within the construction industry 80% of the clients are public organisations, which can steer a sustainable transition by posing a demand for sustainable alternatives. In order to...master thesis 2021
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Tabasha, Ola (author)With the current urgency to become more circular, procurement presents the primary method to deliver the circular policy ambition by purchasing circular products and stimulating circularity in the market. In the building and infrastructure sector, civil engineering projects offer unique opportunities for circularity. This research presents an...master thesis 2021
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Athanasiou, Georgios (author)One of the ways that Transmission System Operators (TSOs) can become more sustainable is by integrating sustainable goals in their projects using the associated procurement and tender processes. However, there are several limitations related to this integration. This research aims to identify these challenges by looking at the Dutch TSO, TenneT...master thesis 2021
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Kupers, Leidy (author)The infrastructure industry is an industry that causes a severe threat to sustainability as it consumes a large amount of energy, resources and materials. The circular economy (CE) provides the opportunity to address this issue because CE is characterised by reducing the carbon footprint, using primary materials and protecting material resources...master thesis 2021
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Pierhagen, Hidde (author)Public organisations are shifting their focus towards the implementation of sustainability into their projects through sustainable public procurement, but recent studies indicated that the implementation is still lacking. Sustainable public procurement is only implemented in around 10% of the Dutch public procurement tenders (Yu et al. 2020)....master thesis 2021
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van Dijk, Menno (author)Digital transformation in procurement is important for Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) organisations to develop global organisational competitiveness. Generally, procurement performance can be determined and improved through the use of a maturity model. Existing models do not cover the latest (e-)procurement processes (E-Sourcing, Procure...master thesis 2021
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Fecondo, Federica (author)From a practical perspective, the UK, like so many other countries, is struggling to have a complete HTM implementation. The sources suggest that British health care managers face financial and personnel availability pressures, and this makes it difficult to follow the instructions provided by the various organizations for the implementation of...master thesis 2021
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Miron, Bogdan (author)With healthcare systems being regarded as one of the critical infrastructure sectors, evaluated as a multi-trillion-dollar industry, and with 5 % to 10 % of total health expenditures allocated to medical devices, it is important to pay special attention to what and how technologies are brought into hospitals. This is heavily influenced by good...master thesis 2021
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van de Vliert, Lennart (author)<b>Background: </b>The construction sector has a 10-year time span to become 50% circular and to reduce carbon emissions by 49% compared to 1990. This time span is even shorter for public clients, as the Dutch government functions as launching customer, and strives make its own...master thesis 2021
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Mohamed, juliette (author)The ambition of the Netherlands is to have a fully circular economy by 2050.<br/>One of the steps to achieve this ambition is that in 2030 the tenders should have<br/>circular ambitions at all governmental levels. However, at the moment, there are<br/>insufficient tools for the municipality to make the practical implications of these<br/...master thesis 2021
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van Baren, Rutger (author)Cybersecurity is important to hospitals and patients alike and is becoming more important as healthcare is experiencing more cybercrime over time. It is the result of complex interactions between actors and their environment during procurement, but research has not yet studied the combination of cybersecurity, healthcare and procurement together...master thesis 2021