scholarly journals SEAMS: an alternative techno-economic system to foster the sustainable development of renewable energy use in urban areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 2042 (1) ◽  
pp. 012087
Author(s):  
D Bourguignon ◽  
P Crépeaux ◽  
F Adam
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Heating And Cooling

Abstract To foster the sustainable development of renewable energy use in urban areas, we define an alternative, reciprocity-based, techno-economic system named SEAMS (“sharing energy amongst adjacent buildings”). We demonstrate its relevance through a statistical analysis of linear heat density across coastal cities from Northwestern mainland France, and a comparison of four implementations of three techno-economic systems within the perimeter of two adjacent building blocks, located in the city center of Lorient (Brittany). The SEAMS approach promises to address the multidimensional fragility issues currently surfacing with the conventional, market-based or redistribution-based, techno-economic systems, namely electricity and gas networks (EGN) or district heating and cooling networks (DHCN).

scholarly journals Evolution of auditor’s report in the focus of sustainable development of socio-economic systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 06016
Author(s):  
Bibigul Amanzholova ◽  
Elena Khomenko ◽  
Alina Imansakipova ◽  
Aisulu Kulekeshova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact

The article presents two focuses on the study of the evolution of the audit report. The first is the study of the audit report as an indicator characterizing the sustainability of such a socio-economic system as audit. The second is the study of the audit report as a factor contributing to the growth of trust and increase the information value of reporting for the sustainable development of both separate economic entities and socio-economic systems. The authors established a framework for the functioning of audit as a socio-economic system, which allowed assess the sustainability of this system in dynamics. Based on the analysis of statistical information the authors formulated the proposals on some key matters of the Russian audit. The first is the necessity to clarify the subject and scope of audit activities, taking into account the current needs of audit services consumers and analysis of practice. The second is the possibility of expanding the format of the audit report on the financial statements for different groups of audited entities. The third is the expansion of the practice of performing the audit engagements on non-financial reporting. The authors recognized the evolution of standards, but at the same time, they raised the question of the need to study the effects of changes in the regulation of the audit report. The authors' approach to the audit report investigation launched the prospects for further research. They covers analysis of the contradictions between the audited entity requirements and stakeholders requirements for the audit report; and assessment of the impact of audit report under the standard form on the satisfaction of various groups of the financial statements users, taking into account the considerable differences and contradictions in their requirements.

Analyzing the Russian tool-making industry within the sustainable development concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.N. Ryzhikova ◽  
V.G. Borovskii
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Methods ◽  
Hierarchical Levels ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Intensive Development

Subject. The article explores the economic component of sustainable development through the classification of industries from the perspective of assigning the output goods to fixed or current assets, using different types of resources and assessing their condition. It considers factors of production affecting the achievement of the result and determining the development of economic systems at the meso- and micro-hierarchical level. Objectives. The aim is to assess the function of economic systems of different hierarchical levels on the tool-making facilities case. Methods. We apply an approach using general and special methods of comparative and statistical analysis, synthesis and analogies. Results. The paper analyzes the development of the Russian tool-making industry on the basis of resource-oriented approach to assess the functioning of economic systems at various levels. We review interrelations between resource use efficiency, types of sustainable development of economic systems at various hierarchical levels and strategic security of the country. Conclusions. Any development can be considered sustainable, if there is an increment in the intensive development of economic systems at all three levels.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

scholarly journals A Framework for Assessing Commitment Indicators in Sustainable Development Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5234
Author(s):  
Mustafa S. Al-Tekreeti ◽  
Salwa M. Beheiry ◽  
Vian Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Leaders ◽  
Corporate Decisions ◽  
Waste Energy ◽  
Infrastructure Project

Numerous decision support systems have been developed to address the decision-making process in organizations. However, there are no developed mechanisms to track commitment down the line to the decisions made by corporate leaders. This paper is a portion of a study that establishes a framework for a comprehensive metric system to assess commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) decisions down the line in capital projects, and sets the groundwork for further development of performance indicators for SD outcomes. This ultimately leads to investigating the relationship between commitment to corporate decisions and better project performance in SD parameters. Hence, this study explores the literature to extract relevant parameters that reflect the degree of the project participants’ commitment to SD decisions and to develop commitment indicators. The study created then validated an index to track this commitment along the project stages: the Sustainable Development Commitment Tracking Tool (SDCTT). The SDCTT was tested on an infrastructure project case study. In this paper, techniques relevant to the first stage of projects (planning and definition) are presented. The SDCTT is the groundwork for the future development of performance indicators for SD outcomes, and within the postulated model should ultimately contribute towards reducing project waste, energy use, and carbon emissions.

scholarly journals Expansion of renewable energy resources and energyconscious behaviour at the University of Szeged

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 03006 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Gyarmati
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Investment Planning ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Natural Energy ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The University

At the University of Szeged, as the greenest University of Hungary, the sustainability project is built on two pillars. One of them is based on events and communication campaigns held regularly for the University citizens to prompt environmental-conscious behaviour, whereas the other is built on technological developments and on the extensive use of renewable energy resources. Thus the development of built environment and social responsibility both support the adequacy to sustainability requirements. The spreading of the effective solutions to making more and more buildings of the University energy efficient, numerous investments using renewable energy are also responsible for the decrease of the natural energy use of the institution contrary to the fact that the number of the buildings of the University of Szeged is continually increasing. It can be stated that the University of Szeged is committed to using renewable energy which is taken into consideration of each investment planning. The following examples confirm it: using geothermal cascade system for heating and cooling of five university bulidings, solar panels on 24 builidings and a unique technology of using the heat of wastewater to cool and heat one of the main bulidings of the university, namely the Study and Information Centre.

scholarly journals Management of modernization of heat supply system of the region in the context of its sustainable development

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Tetiana Zheliuk
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Heat Supply ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Heat Supply System ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Supply System ◽  
District Heating System ◽  
The Sustainable Development

Introduction. One of the main directions of ensuring the sustainable development of the national economy and its regions is the reform of the energy sector, which can take place through the modernization or innovation of its components. An important component of these reforms is to provide the population with the environmentally friendly and socially safe thermal energy. At the present stage of management, the heat supply is the most costly branch of public utilities, which is supplemented by the problems of the inefficient fuel balance structure; worn-out infrastructure and low energy efficiency. This highlights the need to study the management of modernization of the heat supply system in the region in view of the declared vectors of the long-term development. Object of research is the process of managing the modernization of the heat supply system in the region. Subject of the research is a set of scientific approaches and practical mechanisms of modernization of the heat supply system of the region in the context of ensuring its sustainable development. Objective. The conceptual foundations of modernization of the heat supply system of the region in the context of its sustainable development through the introduction of the innovative technologies both in the management process and in the energy sector itself is substantiated in the paper. Methods. The following general scientific methods were used during the research process: system, structural analysis, grouping, when studying the structural elements and isolation of problems of development of the heat supply system of the region; historical analysis, when considering the scientific principles and institutional mechanism of modernization of the region’s heat supply system; comparative analysis in assessing the possibilities of the green transition of the heat supply system of the region and also when considering the features of the use of grant resources in the modernization of the heat supply system of the region; economic analysis in assessing the current state of the district heating system, etc. results. The essential determinants of the heat supply system of the region are analyzed, the objective need, organizational and economic mechanisms for managing the modernization of the heat supply, taking into account the need for the balanced development of the energy sector of the region are verified. The scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the substantiation of the conceptual approaches to the management of modernization of the heat supply system of the region by innovating the forms and methods of managerial influence on the heat supply system of the region. The conclusion is made about the following effective approaches in managing the modernization of the district heating system: planning of the sustainable development of the energy sector, development of programs for modernization of the district heating, implementation of the infrastructure and soft projects, implementation of the international projects, motivation of households and entrepreneurship in the heat sector, participation in the grant requests, in state crediting programs, realization of the business projects in the field of production of environmentally friendly fuel; conducting an information campaign among the population and other key market players to raise the awareness of the energy efficiency financing mechanisms. The practical significance of the obtained results is that the developed recommendations will be used to improve the organizational and economic mechanism of management of the district heating system modernization and ensure its sustainable development.

Towards Smart Green Cities: Analysis of Integrated Renewable Energy Use in Smart Cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Vukovic ◽  
Ulyana Koriugina ◽  
Daria Illarionova ◽  
Daria Pankratova ◽  
Polina Kiseleva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Green Cities

This study aims to estimate and explore the experience of introducing renewable energy use in the context of the world’s smart cities. In this regard, the study points out that the use of green energy is an important part of sustainable development. Environmental problems are a matter of global concern. Hence sustainable development is one of the approaches to end the harmful anthropogenic impact. The work includes quantitative assessment methods, for example, statistics, quantitative analysis, analogy, and synthesis. As a result, the analysis confirms that the effective development of a smart green city is impossible without the introduction of several renewable energy sources, the integrated use of which will reduce the likelihood of problems with the city’s energy supply. Likewise, the outcome accentuates that the desire to fully switch to renewable energy sources (RES) can be accompanied by several problems as the creation of RES technologies does not always take the risk of abnormal situations into account. In conclusion, the research findings are recommended to be taken into consideration by researchers in the field of smart and sustainable cities development, as well as urbanists and economists for designing future smart green cities based on renewable energy sources.

Conditions for Development of Renewable Energy in Poland

2016 ◽  
pp. 310-339
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Osiecka-Brzeska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Development Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Provinces Of Poland ◽  
Definition Of

The Paper examines legal and financial tools which are used in Poland to succor the development of energy from renewable resources. In the first part a definition of sustainable development is given and the short history of this idea is shown. Then the concept of Sustainable energy is introduced. The second part describes main policies of European Union on sustainable policy and the Polish Legal System on Renewable Energy is described. The fifth part of the paper analyzes the sustainable development indicators provided by Eurostat for the energy produced from renewable resources. there are 6 indicators analyzed. In the end the forecasts for the development of RES in Poland is given. There are clues for development of different technologies in different provinces of Poland. There are also forecasts for the development of the renewable energy market in Poland.

Biomimetic economy: human ecological-economic systems emulating natural ecological systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-785
Author(s):  
Unai Tamayo ◽  
Gustavo Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of biomimicry to inspire sustainable development in economic systems. The research purpose is to explore the link between ecological systems and economic systems to highlight applied environmental solutions. The goal is to propose some driver to develop sustainable business practices inspired on the principles of biomimicry. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a theoretical approach that builds the basis for a better understanding of the relationship between nature and sustainable economic decisions. The premise is that in the field of sustainable development, strategies based on “learning from nature” are useful. Furthermore, the concept of biomimicry provides principles and tools specifically aimed at design practice. Findings The complexity of economic systems has shown that high levels of abstraction are required when conceptualising problems and explanations related with nature-inspired solutions. Stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinary collaboration are required to face long-term environmental challenges. Moreover, the exploratory analysis applied in this paper appeared suitable to compile existing literature. Practical implications The study provides some general guidelines and empirical approach through case studies that could help decision makers convert nature-inspired alternatives into valuable strategic business opportunities. Although presented practical cases are framed in the local sphere (i.e. the Basque Country), they can serve as references in other international contexts. Social implications New business models should recognize the positive synchronization between well-managed social, environmental and economic systems. Originality/value The proposed ideas deepen the understanding on the sustainable development and the link between ecological and economic systems. In fact, the concept of biomimetic economy has not been dealt with or developed in depth in previous academic works, nor has it been published thoroughly in the field of research.

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