Fuentes Bargues, José Luis; González-Cruz, María-Carmen; González-Gaya, Cristina(MDPI AG, 2017)
[EN] Green Public Procurement (GPP) is defined as a process of contracting products, services, and works with the least possible damage to the environment during their life cycle. In order to improve the knowledge about ...
Radogna, Donatella; Viskovic, Alberto(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-26)
[EN] With the project Valore Paese - Cammini e Percorsi, addressed to the buildings located along the historical-religious itineraries and cycle paths, Italy aims to reclaim the abandoned buildings through the slow tourism ...
Sapargaliyeva, B.; Naukenova, A.; Shapalov, Sh.; Alipova, B.; Rodrigo-Ilarri, Javier(National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Kazakhstan, 2019)
[EN] The given research presents the classification of fire extinguishing and explosion suppression compositions. Phosphogypsum is a large-scale waste from the production of orthophosphoric acid, obtained by extraction ...
This study examined the effects of organic enrichment on water column, sediments and macrofauna caused by a fish farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Samples were collected on four sampling campaigns over a one-year cycle. ...
Nobili, Federica; Bella, Francesco; Llopis-Castelló, David; Camacho-Torregrosa, Francisco Javier; García García, Alfredo(Elsevier, 2019)
[EN] The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of horizontal geometric design and vehicle operation on fuel consumption and gas emissions produced by passenger cars. Continuous speed data were collected along 15 ...
Torregrosa Mira, Miguel Enrique(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-04-15)
Life cycle environmental impact of an electric-assist bicycle has been discussed, and the effectiveness of such bicycle is compared with existing transportation from the viewpoints of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide ...
[EN] Cement concrete is the most widely used construction material worldwide due to its favourable mechanical characteristics. However, it is responsible for 8% of the total carbon emissions in the world, which are generated ...
Belanche Guadas, Ignacio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-25)
[ES] Se realiza una evaluación del ciclo de vida de las emisiones para estudiar si los vehículos de transporte de mercancías son ambientalmente convenientes para ser electrificados
Acero, Patricia; Mandado Collado, Juan Miguel Angel; Gómez, Javier B.; Gimeno, María José; Auqué, Luis Francisco; Torrijo, F.J.(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2003)
In this study, the methodology of geochemical prospecting has been applied to the study of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc dispersion in the fine sediments of the upper course of the Huerva River (Iberian Range, NE Spain). ...
[EN] The objective of this study was to assess the environmental impact of a submerged anaerobic MBR (SAnMBR) system in the treatment of urban wastewater at different temperatures: ambient temperature (20 and 33 degrees ...
Caviedes Rubio, Diego Ivan; Delgado, Daniel Ricardo; Olaya Amaya, Alfredo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-12-22)
[EN] Certification programmes are often promoted as a sustainable solution for the negative environmental and socio-economic effects generated by agricultural activities. This scope review assesses the seven most adopted ...
Cortés, Antonio; Feijoo, Gumersindo; Chica, Antonio; Da Costa Serra, Javier Francisco; Moreira, María Teresa(Elsevier, 2019-10-05)
[EN] Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for energy in the world. With an energy system still based on fossil
fuels, a paradigm shifts towards clean energy production based on available renewable resources is ...
Nagesso, Hassen; Edae, Milkessa(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-03-29)
[EN] Ethiopia has been undertaking numerous development programs and projects with the objective of taking a country to the middle-income countries in the near future. Universal Rural Road Access Program (URRAP) roads being ...
Gabaldón-Estevan, Daniel; Kaufmann, Clemens(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-06-01)
[EN] Urban areas are of increasing relevance when it comes to sustainability.
• First, about half of the world’s population now lives in cities (increasing to 60% by 2030).
• Second, cities are nowadays ...
[EN] Although transportation infrastructure promotes the continuous development of the world economy, it is also responsible for serious pollution problems. These are studied in the analysis of five transportation ...
Segarra Oña, María del Val; Peiró Signes, Angel; Rohit Verma(SAGE Publications (UK and US), 2011-12)
[EN] As the number of hotels that are strongly interested in sustainability-related issues increases, the hotel industry is still seeking consensus on how sustainability can be measured and managed. One standard that ...
L Horta de Valencia is a peri-urban agricultural space with recognized values as a heritage: historic, cultural, agricultural, economic, landscape and natural resource. Across Europe, there are only six similar landscapes ...