The term Slow Fashion was coined by Kate Fletcher in 2007 (Center for Sustainable Fashion, UK). It is a sustainable fashion movement where the fashion industry is currently the second most polluting on the planet. The slow ...
The term Slow Fashion was coined by Kate Fletcher in 2007 (Center for Sustainable Fashion, UK). It is a sustainable fashion movement where the fashion industry is currently the second most polluting on the planet. The slow ...
Pereira Moré, Rafael; Reis Gonçalo, Claudio; Canós-Darós, Lourdes; Santandreu Mascarell, Cristina(Common Ground Publishing España S.L., 2014)
[EN] This paper presents an analysis in the form of a theoretical essay that approaches absorptive capacity as a promoter of organizational innovativeness in which all of the many different activities involved in knowledge ...
Yepes, V.; García Segura, Tatiana; Moreno-Jiménez, J.M.(Elsevier, 2015-09)
This paper proposes a cognitive approach for analyzing and reducing the Pareto optimal set for multi-objective optimization (MOO) of structural problems by means of jointly incorporating subjective and objective aspects. ...
[EN] The current society lives in a tumultuous context, being common people live
more stressed, feeding badly and living less and less with people, losing
opportunities to make and maintain personal relationships. As ...
López Vargas, Cristina; Pérez Rubio, María Dolores(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-07)
[EN] With growing sustainability concern in mind, firms seek to implement reverse logistic systems in their operations. However, if these practices were not properly implemented, they would be costly and even ineffective. ...
Manufacturing systems face the challenge of accomplishing the productive effectiveness and sustainable efficiency goals at operational level. For this, manufacturing control systems must incorporate a mechanism that balances ...
[EN] The praxis of product design, conditioned by social and environmental crises that the world
is facing, must go through the search for increasing efficiency of objects in its
environmental dimension. Although this ...
Segarra Oña, María del Val; Peiró Signes, Angel; Cervelló Royo, Roberto Elías(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2015-12-01)
This paper examines key aspects in the innovative behavior of the
construction firms that determine their environmental orientation while innovating.
Structural equation modeling was used and data of 222 firms retrieved ...
[EN] The urgent need for sustainable development is imposing radical changes in the way manufacturing
systems are designed and implemented. The overall sustainability in industrial activities of
manufacturing companies ...
In recent years, computerized mathematical
modelling has enabled construction-related problems to be
resolved and predictions to be made regarding the behaviours
of buildings and their environments in a more rigorous
...
Autonomous systems based on the use of renewable energy (RE) have proven suitable for providing energy and sanitation services to isolated communities. However, most of these projects fail due to managerial weaknesses. ...
Verdecho Sáez, María José; Alfaro Saiz, Juan José; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Raúl(Springer, 2014)
[EN] Many enterprises have difficulties to understand how sustainability can be managed. This scenario requires new tools that aid to define and collect the necessary information for managing the performance of the network ...
Cárcel Carrasco, Francisco Javier; Agapito, Cassiano Augusto; Mariotoni, Carlos Alberto(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Departamento de Recursos Hídricos, 2012)
In this paper we intend to present an integrated view of biomass production in Brazil. By analyzing biomass potential and biomass production costs we seek to present a broad view of Brazilian competitiveness in the domestic ...
The construction of bridges has been necessary for societies since ancient times, when the communication between and within towns, cities or communities was established. Until recently, the economic factor has been the ...
Segarra Oña, María del Val; de-Miguel-Molina, María; PAYA MARTINEZ, ANA-MARIA(Clute Institute, 2011)
[EN] The aim of this paper is to review the most important literature in relation to the special
characteristics of the eco design as part of the innovation portfolio of companies.
Eco design is a methodology that takes ...
Ocampo, Lanndon; Ocampo, Christine Omela(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-07-10)
[EN] This paper presents a methodology on evaluating sustainable manufacturing initiatives using analytic network process (ANP) as its base.The evaluation method is anchored on the comprehensive sustainable manufacturing ...
Murillas-Maza, Arantza; Moreno, Gala; Murua, Jefferson(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-01-08)
[EN] This article applies the Rapfish methodology, a non-parametric and multi-disciplinary technique, with the objective of defining and evaluating a Sustainability Index of the Basque purse-seine fleet, fishing tropical ...
[EN] Energy services are crucial for eradicating poverty, improving human welfare and raising living standards. Thus, providing appropriate and reliable modern energy and sanitation services using secure and environmentally ...
Salgado de la Rosa, María Asunción; Raposo Grau, Javier Fco.; Butragueño Díaz-Guerra, Belén(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-09-29)
[EN] The model of unlimited growth of the cities has entered into crisis and its consequences collide head-on with the understanding of the building as the ultimate purpose of the architecture. More than ever, it is necessary ...