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Vernay, A.L. (author), Salcedo Rahola, T.B. (author), Ravesteijn, W. (author)Sustainable urban development projects are initiated almost every day. They are the results of very dynamic processes during which a number of decisions have to be taken according to the local conditions. Eventually each project follows its own path. The aim of this paper is to gain insight in the mechanics of sustainable urban development in...conference paper 2010
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Lozano, R. (author)This article explores the contribution from different corporate voluntary efforts to sustainable development (SD). It aims to provide a brief overview of the most widely used tools, initiatives, and approaches that have been developed by and for corporations to address environmental and social concerns, within and outside the company. The paper...conference paper 2010
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Crabbé, A. (author), Jacobs, R. (author), Van Hoof, V. (author), Bergmans, A. (author)Our paper focuses on the results of a research project called Open Window on innovative material technologies for a sustainable Flemish production landscape (in short: Open Window). In this project, enterprises located in Flanders (Belgium) give testimony of their innovative products and processes. The aim of gathering evidence on material...conference paper 2010
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Wilson, G. (author), Bhamra, T. (author), Lilley, D. (author)Energy use within the UK domestic sector is on the increase, causing significant environmental and social stresses. This increase in energy consumption is not only due to the rising proliferation of technological devices within the home, but also to their context of use, and the behaviours and habits attributed to and enacted through their...conference paper 2010
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Atmoko, T.U. (author)Development of open space and green areas in Jakarta is essential to ensure the development of the city is sustainable. Current development trends in Jakarta are extremely market oriented and have resulted in many environments and socio-economic problems that are unsustainable and dangerous to the continued existence of the city itself. One of...conference paper 2010
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Kellens, K. (author), (author), Dewulf, W. (author)Manufacturing processes are responsible for a substantial part of the environmental impact of products but are still poorly documented in terms of their environmental footprint. The lack of thorough analysis of manufacturing processes has as consequence that optimization opportunities are often not recognized and that improved machine tool...conference paper 2010
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Krozer, Y. (author), Tijsma, S. (author), Brezet, H. (author)The issue that is discussed in this paper is: what strategy can regional policymakers adopt to revive their regional economies with regard to international competition? The province of Fryslân, a North Netherlands economically peripheral region, aims to revive its economic structure. For this purpose an investment program in energy saving and...conference paper 2010
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Overschie, M. (author), Lukosch, H. (author), De Vries, P. (author)This paper presents a critical reflection of the evaluation of learning processes in organizations. Based on learning and evaluation theories and concepts we discuss qualitative and quantitative evaluation processes, and its relationship to short training sessions to foster sustainable development. Short training sessions solve barriers for...conference paper 2010
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Li, X. (author), Leigh, S. (author)This research has explored environmental sustainability related literature and has performed a case study analysis on a timber and building material wholesale company relating to its environmental aspects. Published work focuses on either environmental management systems (EMS) or environmental performance evaluation (EPE). The integration of...conference paper 2010
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Molenaar, N. (author), Keskin, D. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Lauche, K. (author)Traditional approaches to sustainable consumption and production emphasized addressing issues related to the natural environment and sustainability through optimizing existing products, processes and businesses. Even though the conventional wisdom suggests that young and new firms have greater advantages in innovation, there are few studies that...conference paper 2010
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Behrisch, J. (author), Ramirez, M. (author), Giurco, D. (author)This paper assesses the use of ecologically sustainable design approaches by industrial design (ID) consultancies in Australia and Germany. Whilst much academic research has focussed on the development of ecodesign strategies and tools, it remains unclear to whatextent these are actually applied by practitioners. This paper investigates the...conference paper 2010
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Dobes, V. (author)Even the enterprises with very advanced management systems often do not monitor efficiency of use of important energy and material flows within their processes and therefore, have difficulty to effectively manage their resource efficiency. This paper is built upon experiences from a pilot implementation of a new tool for promotion of energy...conference paper 2010
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Panagiotidou, E. (author)The present paper aims at communicating the business world the vision of sustainable competitiveness entailing the adoption of the new business models of producing, selling and maintaining performance over time. These models include strategies that can head firms in designing and producing goods that facilitate the efficient use of resources...conference paper 2010
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Zoller, F. (author)The Hague University of Applied Sciences has set up a new education called Climate & Environment, dealing with climate change in the built environment. The four year Bachelor education is as we call it project based. Every term comprises one project with supporting lectures and three courses. During the first year the students familiarize...conference paper 2010
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Luistro Jonsson, M (author)Collaborations have been the treated as the Holy Grail of sustainable solutions, regarded as a vehicle to either address social issues, transfer knowledge, legitimize institutions, and lately, to foster resilience in communities. Through exposing the complexities of collaborations in general, and the multidimensionality of resiliency and...conference paper 2010
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Mont, O. (author), Kogg, B. (author), Leire, C. (author)Businesses play a vital role in building a more sustainable society by practicing and promoting more socially and environmentally responsible practices along supply chains. The social and environmental conduct of Western companies in their respective countries is usually rather strong due to the existing strong legislation on human rights,...conference paper 2010
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Ziari, R. (author)Traffic congestion and related problems between main cities and new settlements in suburbs and urban fringes is one of the problems that urban and regional planners are always involved with it. This Problem waste the time of citizens, increasing fuel consumption and will cause many environmental impacts. All the mentioned make cities and regions...conference paper 2010
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Van Bommel, H.W.M. (author)The need to pay attention to social and environmental aspects in the supply network of companies is hardly discussed anymore. But how a good strategy and related activities can be selected and implemented is a question that remains. Strategies and activities found in practice seem to be based on ad hoc decisions and not systematic and rational...conference paper 2010
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Pérez-Moya, M. (author), Graells, M. (author), Rodriguez, E. (author), Gallego, R. (author), Meluni, A. (author), Espuña, A. (author)The impact and significance of a training process may not be easily noticeable in the short term, and is difficult to track in the long term. This is more common when training targets are acquiring positive attitudes and competences (i.e. environmental awareness) rather than specific technical procedures. Thus, such training requires specific...conference paper 2010
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Reubens, R. (author), Brezet, H. (author), Christiaans, H. (author)There is a growing demand globally for products which impact sustainability positively. Bamboo fulfills these criteria, since it is a highly renewable timber replacement material which does not cause deforestation. It simultaneously has the potential to create livelihood opportunities for both the urban and rural poor. The eco-friendly potential...conference paper 2010