A presente tese examina os contratos de construção de grandes obras e a complexidade do seu programa contratual. Contrato de construção em sentido amplo é aquele celebrado entre o proprietário ou dono da obra, como contratante, e uma pessoa física ou jurídica especializada em engenharia ou arquitetura, como contratada, a qual, em contrapartida ao preço, obriga-se à consecução de um ou mais dos seguintes objetos: elaboração do projeto de engenharia ou arquitetura, execução, supervisão, monitoramento e administração da obra, e ainda, se convencionado, prestação de assistência técnica e operação. O exame concentra-se nas construções das categorias industrial e de engenharia, que desenvolvem projetos de porte e enfrentam desafios técnicos, tecnológicos e financeiros elevados, tais como as obras de infraestrutura e de plantas industriais. Por contratos de construção de grandes obras entende-se um gênero (ou categoria) sob o qual pode subsumir-se uma variedade de contratos que tenham por objeto a prestação, mediata ou imediata, de uma obra. Incluem-se nesse gênero contratos típicos, como os de prestação de serviços de engenharia e arquitetura e o de empreitada, e ainda aqueles atípicos, como os de engineering, procurement and construction, project alliancing e project partnering, dentre outros. A tese identifica a estrutura jurídica e as principais características econômico-financeiras de contratos de construção de grandes obras e investiga as fontes da complexidade do seu programa contratual. Reconhecendo-se o contrato de construção de grandes obras como dotado de complexidade, argumenta-se que a complexidade contratual é relevante, com consequências jurídicas, econômicas e sociais que merecem reflexão. / This dissertation thesis investigates construction contracts and the complexity of the written contract. A construction contract, broadly defined, is the arrangement executed by and between the owner, as principal, and a natural person or a legal entity specialized in engineering or achitecture, as a contractor, who, against compensation, shall deliver one or more of the following objects: an engineering or architecture project, construction, monitoring and management of the works and, if agreed upon, shall render technical assistance and operation. The focus is limited to the construction in the industrial and engineering sectors, in charge of developing large projects that face significant technical, tecnological and financial challenges, such as infrastructure and industrial facilities. Construction contracts of large projects serves as a gender encompassing a broad variety of contracts aimed at delivering a project. The gender includes tipified contracts such as the rendering of services of engineering and architecture and the empreitada, and non-tipified ones, such as the engineering, procurement and construction contract, project alliancing and project partnering, among others. The thesis delineates the legal structure and the main economic and financial characteristics of construction contracts and investigates the sources of their contractual complexity. After recognizing the complexity embedded in the contruction document, it argues that contractual complexity is a relevant issue, with legal, economic and social consequences upon which further thoughts are worthwhile.

The Swedish Transportation Administration started an initiative to create a new e-infrastructure for the railroad sector in Sweden. The purpose is to follow the movement of railroad vehicles on the railway tracks and enhance logistics aspects of the transportation of goods by train. The Swedish initiative works as a pilot project for the railroad sector in the EU and if successful the e-infrastructure could be rolled out in the entire EU. It is a rare opportunity to be a part from the beginning of the creation of such a potential large scale e-infrastructure. The aim of this thesis is to provide advice early in the development process to aid in the success of the design and creation on the e-infrastructure. In the doing of this we will need to evaluate the areas: (1) the current state of the e-infrastructure, (2) the usefulness of the EPCGlobal standard for this e-infrastructure and (3) the usefulness on established e-infrastructures design principles. As a result of the thesis we have provided advice to enhance the design and implementation of the e-infrastructure, also advice is given on how to make the EPCGlobal standard’s more compatibility with the transportation sector. We have found the design principles by Hanseth & Lyytinen (2004) and Eriksson & Ågerfalk (2010) useful for the evaluation of the e-infrastructure. We also advocate that new design principles should be created to encompass the new concept of Internet of Things in e-infrastructures.

The UK’s housing stock is among the oldest and least efficient in Europe. 85% of the UK’s existing homes will still be standing and in use in 2050. Improving the energy efficiency of UK housing stock is an essential requirement in order for the UK to meet its 2008 Climate Change Act obligations. Energy efficiency in buildings is the focus of European (EU) policies with the intention of creating a low-carbon economy by 2020. Reducing energy consumption in existing buildings is essential to achieving this. Government policies are the primary mechanism for lowering energy consumption through changing consumer behaviour, promoting low carbon technology and energy efficient renovations of old building stock.The objective of this thesis is to investigate the effectiveness of UK policies at addressing factors affecting consumer decisions to carry out energy efficient renovations. This is with the intention of determining if UK policies are effectively contributing to the government’s long term climate change commitments.Using a theory developed by Parker (2000) as a conceptual framing of policy compliance, this study conducts interviews with consumers in order to analyse their awareness, understanding and perception of UK energy efficiency policies. Therefore, it can be determined how effective policies are at affecting consumer decisions to carry out energy efficient renovations.The thesis informs that consumers are motivated and willing to comply with policies but there are several key barriers preventing them from complying with these policies and therefore adopting energy efficient renovations. Policies are deemed to be somewhat ineffective at affecting consumer decisions to carry out energy efficient renovations.

Bostads- och servicesektorn står för den största energianvändningen i hela Sverige på 40 %, följt av industrisektorn och transportsektorn. Sveriges riksdag har satt upp ett klimatpolitiskt ramverk från energiöverenskommelsen, bland annat med målet om att energianvändningen ska vara 50 % effektivare till år 2030 i jämförelse med år 2005, uttryckt i termer av tillförd energi i relation till BNP. Det finns stora besparingsmöjligheter att hämta i bostäder, och för att göra en skillnad måste information och kunskap spridas till både fastighetsägare och privatpersoner. Det här examensarbetet är en del av Energikontor Norrs projekt ”Stratus” som arbetar med att stötta 12 kommuner i Norrbottens län, genom att strategiskt arbeta mot att hitta en effektiv och framgångsrik väg för att nå de nationella energi- och klimatmålen anpassad till respektive kommuns förutsättningar.   Syftet med projektet har varit att kartlägga behovet/potentialen för energieffektivisering i olika befintliga byggnader hos alla de 14 kommunerna i Norrbottens län genom analys och bearbetning av data från energideklarationer, lantmäteriet och litteratur.   Byggbeståndet har kategoriserats i fyra byggnadskategorier: ”en- och tvåbostadshus”, ”flerbostadshus”, ”lokal- och specialbyggnader” och ”lokalbyggnader”. Resultatet visar ett energideklarerat byggnadsbestånd där 80 % av byggnaderna har en energiklass mellan D-G, där stor andel av beståndet är byggt under 60–80 talet, därav i behov av någon form av renovering. Byggnadsbeståndet som saknar energideklaration är främst komplementbyggnader som ofta inte behöver en energideklaration, följt av bostäder, där friliggande småhus hör till den största andelen.   Den största besparingspotentialen utifrån förslagna åtgärdsförslag finns att hämta i lokal- och specialbyggnader följt av lokalbyggnader enligt energideklarationerna. En estimerad besparingspotential för energianvändningen i hela Norrbottens län, baserat på åtgärdsförslag från energideklarationerna, visar sig vara 1,65 TWh, mest troligt mycket större än det. Exempel på vanliga förekommande åtgärdsförslag är ”isolera tak” och ”byte/installation av värmepump” för alla byggnadskategorier tillsammans.   En prognos för energiprestandan (kWh/m2 och år) fram till år 2030 visar en minskning med cirka 36 % från hur läget var år 2009 då de första energideklarationerna gjordes i Norrbottens län. Det indikerar att energiprestandan är på rätt väg och potentialen för att minska energianvändningen i våra bostäder finns där, men kommer inte utav sig själv utan det finns fortfarande stora behov av renovering och åtgärder i byggnadsbeståndet. / The housing and service sector accounts for the largest energy consumption, 40 % in Sweden followed by the industrial and transport sectors. The Swedish Parliament has established a climate policy framework from the energy agreement, including the goal of energy use being 50 % more efficient by 2030, compared to 2005, expressed in terms of energy input in relation to GDP. There are great savings opportunities to obtain in housing, and to make a difference knowledge must be disseminated to both property owners and private individuals. This project is part of the Energikontor Norr project "Stratus", which works to support 12 municipalities in Norrbotten County, by strategically working towards finding an effective and successful way to achieve the national energy and climate goals adapted to the respective municipalities' conditions.   The purpose of the project has been to identify the need / potential for energy efficiency in various existing buildings in all the 14 municipalities in Norrbotten County through analysis and processing of data from energy performance certificates (EPC’s), surveying and literature. The building stock has been categorized into four categories: “one- and two-dwelling houses”, “apartment buildings”, “local- and special buildings” and “local buildings”. The result shows an energy-declared building stock where 80 % of the buildings have an energy class between D-G, where a large proportion of the stock is built in the 60-80s, hence in need of renovation to reduce the energy consumption.   The building stock that does not have an EPC is mainly complementary buildings, that do not even need an EPC, followed by housing, where detached houses belong to the largest proportion.   The greatest savings potential based on policy proposal can be found in the “local and special buildings”, followed by “local buildings” according to the EPC’s. An estimated saving potential for energy use in the entire county of Norrbotten, based on policy proposal proposed by the EPC’s, turns out to be 1.65 TWh, most likely much larger than that. Examples of common policy proposal are "insulate roofs" and "replacement / installation of heat pump" for all building categories together.   A forecast for the energy performance (kWh/m2 and year) until 2030 shows a decrease of approximately 36% from 2009 when the first EPC’s in the Norrbotten was made. This indicates that energy performance is on the right track and the potential for reducing energy use in our homes is there, but will not come by itself, there is still a great need of renovation and policy proposal in the building stock.

This diploma thesis deals with the analysis of the environment of the company TEFIS s.r.o., active in the logistics industry. It discusses the assessment and suggestions for changes to the company's information system. Given issues contains the theoretical background to the given issues and analyzes that were carried out in the company environment. Based on the analysis, the work actually includes suggestions for solutions for streamlining the information system and an overall summary.

The thesis describes the 2G, 3G and 4G mobile systems with a focus on the user plane. It decipt the problem of key performance indicators focusing on the characteristics of the user plane. It contains analysis of the basic data transmission services and requirements for their quality. The thesis also describes the user plane protocol stacks.

The aim of this thesis is acquaintance with the EPS system of LTE and IMS subsystem. The thesis is aimed on analysis of the control procedures related to operations between the terminal and the packet core network of the fourth generation such as logging into the system, user authentication, change the viewing area, handover and disconnection from the network.

The aim of the work is the radio access network of mobile networks second, third and fourth generation. The main objective is a description of the radio access network of the second, third and fourth generation, their elements, interfaces and signaling procedures. The next part describes the emergency services and the architecture of the fourth generation mobile networks. The practical part is then devoted to identify actions needed to prepare radio access network to testing emergency services, identify actions needed to conversion of transport protocol fixed part of the radio access network from IPv4 to IPv6 and describe the intervention to radio access network to change the active segment of the core network.

Energy usage deriving from human activities is increasing day by day acting against the quality of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources. The major impact of these actions is reflected on the quality of daily life. In order to face the challenge of preserving an acceptable balance between human needs and environmental status, the combination of proper design and energy simulation of buildings is the key towards smarter and more sustainable solutions. Solutions that covers a respectable percentage of the current domestic energy needs without further environmental foot printing. In the scope of this project, an existing single-family house in Southern Greece (Heraklion, Crete) is modeled using Revit ® Architecture software and then is simulated with IES® VE (plug-in) in order to give the level of energy intensity. The energy model used is fully harmonized with the new rules set by the "National Regulation for Energy Performance of Buildings - (K.En.A.K)" as it was put in force from October 2010 and onwards, and fully complies with the European Standards (EN ISO) published for the various tasks of building`s thermal performance. The structure and contents presented in this report are in full compliance with the technical directives [31, 32, 33] published by the Technical Chamber of Greece, in favour of the complex task of "Energy Certification of Buildings". The most significant capabilities of sophisticated software tools, like Revit® Architecture, IES® VE, Polysun® and PVsyst®, in favour of sustainable building design and simulation are shown throughout the whole report. Moreover, their valuable contribution is highly acknowledged by the engineers encountered with the task of studying the energy performance of existing or newly constructed buildings in Greece and issuing, the mandatory by law, "Energy Performance Certificates".

Dans le contexte actuel de transformation numérique, Air Liquide souhaite moderniser le suivi logistique de ses bouteilles de gaz à l'aide de la technologie d'identification radio (RFID) à ultra haute fréquence (UHF) qui remplacerait la solution code-barres actuelle et permettrait de dépasser certaines de ses limites. La numérisation de la traçabilité aura pour conséquence en outre d'enrichir l'interaction entre les actifs industriels et le système de gestion et de production pour ainsi créer l'écosystème IOT (Internet Of Things) spécifique à l'entreprise. Le recours à la RFID UHF est de nos jours largement répandu pour la logistique et la gestion de stocks. Cependant, les environnements métalliques, comme celui que l'on trouve avec les bouteilles de gaz, induisent des perturbations qui dégradent fortement la qualité de la communication radio fréquence (RF). Cela constitue un frein au déploiement de cette technologie dans un tel cadre. Il est nécessaire de comprendre les perturbations induites par les milieux conducteurs afin de s'en affranchir et ainsi proposer une solution efficiente. En plus de cela, les faibles niveaux d'énergie mis en jeu impliquent qu'une étude de l'ensemble des points d'amélioration des dispositifs RFID UHF tant au niveau matériel que logiciel soit réalisée. De cette étude théorique, nous avons fait le choix de concentrer nos efforts sur la conception d'un tag RFID UHF pour objets métalliques répondant au cahier des charges spécifique de l'industriel. Pour aller plus loin dans l'optimisation de la logistique et de la gestion des stocks, nous nous sommes également penchés sur l'étude et la réalisation d'un circuit de récupération d'énergie RFID UHF pour tag augmenté passif équipé d'un capteur. L'objectif est d'apporter une information sur l'état de l'actif en plus de son identité tout en évitant les contraintes liées à la présence d'une batterie ou d'une pile. / In the current context of digital transformation, Air Liquide explores the use of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) in the gas cylinders supply chain, as a replacement for the current, barcode-based, tracking and inventory solution. Digitalization will also provide the company an opportunity to develop its IOT ecosystem through enriched interaction between assets and their management system. UHF RFID is nowadays commonplace in logistics. However, metal surroundings as found in the gas cylinder's case, yield disturbances in the RF communication, and decreased inventory performances. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the adverse effects of metal surroundings to propose an ad-hoc solution. In addition, dealing with low levels of energy in the RF communication suggests leveraging both hardware and software aspects of RFID devices for potential performance improvements. On the basis of our theoretical study, we focus on the design and testing of an industrial UHF RFID tag suitable for the gas cylinder use case. To enable an even richer, more interactive supply chain, we also design and test an energy harvesting device for the UHF band, to power a tag enriched with an active sensor, without the logistic burden of a battery of limited durability.