This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

Stefan Nertinger entwickelt geeignete Methoden und Ansätze zur Integration von Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) und Carbon Footprint (CF), um Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, nachhaltigen Erfolg zu erreichen. Seine drei Integrationsmodelle zeigen innovative methodische Verknüpfungen...

Climate change and its implications for consumers and policymakers, have been discussed extensively. Adrian Renner provides a unique perspective on how stockholders react if companies move towards a carbon-conscious future. A multi-country event study approach was used to analyze stock market...

In diesem Buch analysiert Stefanie Brinkel das Phänomen und die Folgen des Klimawandels aus Unternehmenssicht: Es werden umfangreiche Antworten auf die Fragestellung gegeben, wie ein betriebliches Treibhausgasmanagement als Beitrag zum Klimaschutz und zur Anpassung an die Folgen des...

This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental impacts and how the huge global markets...

Innovation is key to achieving a sustainable electricity system. New technologies and organizational changes can bring about more sustainable, climate-friendly electricity structures. This book sets out to explore the dynamics, the drivers and the setting of innovation processes. It is also...

Introduction and Theoretical Framework -- Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany -- Results of the SECO@Home Household Survey and Discrete Choice Analysis -- Firm Strategies and Political Instruments -- Impacts of the...

This volume explores: how conflicting scenarios involving energy use/conservation could be reconciled; how we can shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and the possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future

This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount...