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Chapter and Conference Paper
From Research to Numbers: Role of Universities in Social Innovation
Commonly, social innovation is defined as new ideas proposals to the needs of humans. However, there is a lack of a well-definition comprehensive leading the fragmentation of field research. On the other hand,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assessing Household Electricity Consumers’ Willingness to Load Shift
This paper focuses on the acceptance and motivations towards load shifting programs in the household sector. The research is based on a questionnaire addressing the Portuguese population and aiming to better u...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Regression Model to Assess the Social Acceptance of Demand Response Programs
Residential demand response has been playing an important role in the low carbon energy system transition. Although this is not a new concept, the popularity of Demand Response (DR) programs is growing, driven...
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Chapter
Students’ Perception of Campus Sustainability in a Brazilian University
Over recent decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) have been recognised as ideal leaders in supporting the transition to sustainable societies. Leading by example, they have been embarking upon committi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Capacity Management Tool for a Portfolio of Industrialization Projects
The management of a project portfolio is a complex decision process because it encompasses the achievement of multiple objectives. A critical point that increases the complexity in the decision-making process...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sustainability Assessment of High Voltage Transmission Lines
This work aims to contribute to the proposal of a multi-criteria based methodology for sustainability evaluation of impacts from high voltage transmission lines integrating indicators reflecting environmental ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Energy End-Use Flexibility of the Next Generation of Decision-Makers in a Smart Grid Setting: An Exploratory Study
Demand Response (DR) mechanisms have been developed to reshape consumption patterns in face of price signals, enabling to deal with the increasing penetration of intermittent renewable resources and balance el...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Risk Response Strategies for Collaborative University-Industry R&D Funded Programs
Universities are centers of knowledge in our societies and their role when it comes to innovation has become more important over the years. Companies have several reasons to engage in research collaborations ...
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Article
Sustainability awareness in Brazilian mining corporations: the case of Paraíba state
Mining and minerals industries are fast-growing, but at the same time, they have gained more attention due to their impacts over the environment and society. This research aims to provide new insights into the...
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Article
Energy and environment: bringing together engineering and economics
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improving and Embedding Project Management Practices in Organizations—The Human Perspective
A conceptual framework of the factors that facilitate embedding useful project management improvement initiatives (PMIIs) was developed from an exploratory study. This paper aims to make some contribution to t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Group Support Systems Features and Their Contribution to Technology Strategy Decision-Making: A Review and Analysis
Collective decision-making processes require careful design considerations in organizations. On one hand, the inclusion of a greater number of actors contribute to a wider knowledge base, on the other, it can ...
