Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study the factors affecting consumers while taking decision towards electricity providing company. Theoretical Frame work This academic work starts by presenting the background information of energy market, and then presents concept of green marketing, social responsibility, green energy, and consumer behavior in literature review. In conceptual frame work authors adopt consumer decision model, and strategic model which will answer research question and strategic question respectively.. Methodology /Research Limitations Primary data collected through questionnaire. Quantitative method will be used for analysis of the data. Sample size is limited and research findings are presented in the papers. This study examines few factors influence on consumer in decision making, further researcher needed to study and examine the consumer behavior including more factors. Findings/ Analysis/Recommendation Lower Price, Quality of Service and, Green Marketing efforts influence and develop the consumer behavior towards choosing the green energy. Survey result shows that consumers are willing to pay more for sustainability of environment, but they perceive that the price of green energy is high as compared to the conventional energy. For developing awareness in consumers mind companies should use advertisement and positioned themselves as a socially responsible. Key word: Green Energy, Green Marketing, Green. Consumer Behavior, Consumer Decision. Social Responsibility Paper Types:   Master These Academic work / Thesis Project for ” Tobias Project ”

Adopting green energy initiatives is deemed significant in reducing the carbon footprint of the hotel industry. In general, energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies offer wide applications in the hotel industry. The adoption of these technologies improves energy performance and reduces dependence on fossil fuels. Hotel organizational commitment towards sustainability is highly inconsistent across the industry. Essentially, this industry represents a continuum of adopters; some hotels are leaders who proactively adopt innovative and state-of- the-art technologies, while others adopt only basic practices, such as reusing towels. There exist several challenges to shifting hotel organizations toward implementing green energy measures. Sharing best practices and learned lessons is essential to convince less committed hotel organizations to take action. Along with sharing information, it is important to identify similarities and differences in decision-making on green energy measures in both committed and less committed hotels. This study explores factors affecting decision-making on green energy measures in the hotel industry. In particular, it examines the business case for these measures and identifies challenges that prevent hotel managers from taking action. The study findings suggest that similarities and differences among best practice and other hotels are related to the approaches taken in decision-making by hotel managers in the adoption of green energy measures in terms of short/long term energy planning, resource intensity and views about sustainability. The study further highlights success factors contributing to increased use of green energy measures and areas that need to be addressed in order to encourage hotel managers to adopt green energy measures.

Esta Tese apresenta o desenvolvimento de um protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico para captação de energias residuais baseado no Efeito Seebeck com sistema de transferência de calor intercambiável. Neste sentido, desenvolveu-se dois sistemas de transferência térmica, sendo um para captação do calor residual de processos industriais constituído por um módulo denominado captor de calor intercambiável e por outro módulo para resfriar o sistema. Destaca-se que o sistema térmico desenvolvido permite a sua adaptação ao processo industrial por meio da troca do captor de calor, otimizando a transferência térmica para o microgerador termoelétrico. Com base nos dados medidos fez se um tratamento dos dados obtendo-se uma tensão de circuito aberto de Vopen=0,4306xΔT [mV] e uma resistência interna de R0=9,41Ω, com uma tolerância de ΔRint=0,77Ω tal que Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. As medições feitas com a condição de máxima potência de saída foi obtida em um gradiente de temperatura de ΔT=80°C resultando numa potência máxima Pout≈29W. Como resultado obteve-se o protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico baseado no Efeito Seebeck para captação de energias residuais, customizado e adaptado às características do processo industrial e à respectiva carga (potência e tensão), permitindo a troca e alteração da configuração do sistema de transferência de calor bem como, a reconfiguração do arranjo dos módulos termoelétricos. / This thesis presents the development of a prototype of a thermoelectric microgenerator to energy harvesting based on the Seebeck Effect with interchangeable heat transfer system. In this sense, it developed two heat transfer systems, one for capture of waste heat from industrial processes consisting of a sensor module called interchangeably heat and cool the module to another system. It is noteworthy that the thermal system developed allows its adaptation to industrial process by exchanging the sensor heat, optimizing heat transfer to the thermocouple microgenerator. Based on measured data has a data processing yielding a open circuit voltage of Vopen=0,4306xΔT and an internal resistance of R0=9,41Ω, with a tolerance of ΔRint=0,77Ω such that Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. The measurements made on the condition of maximum output was obtained at a temperature gradient of ΔT=80°C resulting in a maximum power Pout≈29W. As a result we obtained a prototype thermoelectric microgenerator based on Seebeck effect to energy harvesting, energy customized and adapted to the characteristics of industrial process and its load (power and voltage), allowing the exchange and change the configuration of the transfer system heat as well as reconfiguring the arrangement of thermoelectric modules.

Esta Tese apresenta o desenvolvimento de um protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico para captação de energias residuais baseado no Efeito Seebeck com sistema de transferência de calor intercambiável. Neste sentido, desenvolveu-se dois sistemas de transferência térmica, sendo um para captação do calor residual de processos industriais constituído por um módulo denominado captor de calor intercambiável e por outro módulo para resfriar o sistema. Destaca-se que o sistema térmico desenvolvido permite a sua adaptação ao processo industrial por meio da troca do captor de calor, otimizando a transferência térmica para o microgerador termoelétrico. Com base nos dados medidos fez se um tratamento dos dados obtendo-se uma tensão de circuito aberto de Vopen=0,4306xΔT [mV] e uma resistência interna de R0=9,41Ω, com uma tolerância de ΔRint=0,77Ω tal que Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. As medições feitas com a condição de máxima potência de saída foi obtida em um gradiente de temperatura de ΔT=80°C resultando numa potência máxima Pout≈29W. Como resultado obteve-se o protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico baseado no Efeito Seebeck para captação de energias residuais, customizado e adaptado às características do processo industrial e à respectiva carga (potência e tensão), permitindo a troca e alteração da configuração do sistema de transferência de calor bem como, a reconfiguração do arranjo dos módulos termoelétricos. / This thesis presents the development of a prototype of a thermoelectric microgenerator to energy harvesting based on the Seebeck Effect with interchangeable heat transfer system. In this sense, it developed two heat transfer systems, one for capture of waste heat from industrial processes consisting of a sensor module called interchangeably heat and cool the module to another system. It is noteworthy that the thermal system developed allows its adaptation to industrial process by exchanging the sensor heat, optimizing heat transfer to the thermocouple microgenerator. Based on measured data has a data processing yielding a open circuit voltage of Vopen=0,4306xΔT and an internal resistance of R0=9,41Ω, with a tolerance of ΔRint=0,77Ω such that Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. The measurements made on the condition of maximum output was obtained at a temperature gradient of ΔT=80°C resulting in a maximum power Pout≈29W. As a result we obtained a prototype thermoelectric microgenerator based on Seebeck effect to energy harvesting, energy customized and adapted to the characteristics of industrial process and its load (power and voltage), allowing the exchange and change the configuration of the transfer system heat as well as reconfiguring the arrangement of thermoelectric modules.

Esta Tese apresenta o desenvolvimento de um protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico para captação de energias residuais baseado no Efeito Seebeck com sistema de transferência de calor intercambiável. Neste sentido, desenvolveu-se dois sistemas de transferência térmica, sendo um para captação do calor residual de processos industriais constituído por um módulo denominado captor de calor intercambiável e por outro módulo para resfriar o sistema. Destaca-se que o sistema térmico desenvolvido permite a sua adaptação ao processo industrial por meio da troca do captor de calor, otimizando a transferência térmica para o microgerador termoelétrico. Com base nos dados medidos fez se um tratamento dos dados obtendo-se uma tensão de circuito aberto de Vopen=0,4306xΔT [mV] e uma resistência interna de R0=9,41Ω, com uma tolerância de ΔRint=0,77Ω tal que Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. As medições feitas com a condição de máxima potência de saída foi obtida em um gradiente de temperatura de ΔT=80°C resultando numa potência máxima Pout≈29W. Como resultado obteve-se o protótipo de um microgerador termoelétrico baseado no Efeito Seebeck para captação de energias residuais, customizado e adaptado às características do processo industrial e à respectiva carga (potência e tensão), permitindo a troca e alteração da configuração do sistema de transferência de calor bem como, a reconfiguração do arranjo dos módulos termoelétricos. / This thesis presents the development of a prototype of a thermoelectric microgenerator to energy harvesting based on the Seebeck Effect with interchangeable heat transfer system. In this sense, it developed two heat transfer systems, one for capture of waste heat from industrial processes consisting of a sensor module called interchangeably heat and cool the module to another system. It is noteworthy that the thermal system developed allows its adaptation to industrial process by exchanging the sensor heat, optimizing heat transfer to the thermocouple microgenerator. Based on measured data has a data processing yielding a open circuit voltage of Vopen=0,4306xΔT and an internal resistance of R0=9,41Ω, with a tolerance of ΔRint=0,77Ω such that Rint=R0±ΔRint=9,41±0,77Ω. The measurements made on the condition of maximum output was obtained at a temperature gradient of ΔT=80°C resulting in a maximum power Pout≈29W. As a result we obtained a prototype thermoelectric microgenerator based on Seebeck effect to energy harvesting, energy customized and adapted to the characteristics of industrial process and its load (power and voltage), allowing the exchange and change the configuration of the transfer system heat as well as reconfiguring the arrangement of thermoelectric modules.

Climate change and global warming caused by the increasing greenhouse gases emissions (such as CO2) in the atmosphere recently attract the attention of the scientific community. These large emissions have been correlated to the Global Warming effect which has many consequences across the globe, including glacial retraction, ocean acidification and increased severity of weather events. With green technologies still in the infancy stage, it can be expected that CO2 emissions will stay this way for a long time to come. It is necessary to find an alternative way to get rid of the resulting environmentally harmful emissions. A promising solution is the use of CO2-free electrical energy produced, for example, by renewable or nuclear sources, for dissociation of CO2 or other greenhouse gases, followed by their conversion into easily storable fuels. In this context, the CO2 re-utilization to synthesize syngas, fuels or chemical compounds as well as pure CO2 dissociation into CO and O2, is of a special interest. Among the different methods to convert CO2 into added-value products (thermolysis, thermochemical cycles, electrolysis, photocatalysis, etc), the discharges sustained by microwave radiation combining high electron and low gas temperature have already demonstrated huge potential for plasma-assisted CO2 conversion. The present research work is targeted to the systematic investigation of the microwave-assisted conversion of various CO2-based gas mixtures being especially focused on plasma catalysis. The different physical effects affecting the efficiency of plasma catalysis are considered, for a better understanding of the synergistic effects between plasma and catalyst. The characterization of microwave discharges is performed by various plasma diagnostics methods, including optical spectroscopy and gas chromatography. In addition, the catalysts have been characterized by the state of art material characterization techniques, such as Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, etc. Such a combined characterization of both plasma and catalysts is performed for the sake of better understanding of the plasma-catalytic processes.In the first part of this study, the different dissociation pathways of the studied molecule as a function of different plasma parameters are considered by evaluating the composition with different plasma diagnostic techniques. A simple increase of Specific Energy Input (SEI) is not a promising solution since in this case the energy efficiency drops. The beneficial effects of lowering the pulse frequency for increasing CO2 conversion efficiency are observed and discussed. The obtained results are explained by the relation between the plasma pulse parameters and the rates of the relevant energy transfer mechanisms in the discharge. Simultaneous dissociation of CO2 and H2O has been investigated as well. It was clearly demonstrated that both H2 and CO productions are strongly affected by the different plasma parameters. The second part of this study deals with the effects of catalyst preparation method, nature of plasma activation gas, gas admixture, as well as NiO content and their influences on the CO2 conversion and energy efficiencies in microwave plasma. It was found throughout this work that the catalyst preparation method has a significant effect on the chemical and physical properties of the catalysts, which in turn strongly influences CO2 conversion and energy efficiencies of this process. In particular Ar plasma treatment results in a higher density of oxygen vacancies and a very favorable distribution of nickel oxide on the TiO2 surface. It is concluded that, the oxygen vacancies are the key factor explaining high catalytic activity in CO2 decomposition. The dissociative electron attachment of CO2 at the catalyst surface enhanced by the oxygen vacancies and plasma electrons can explain the observed increase of CO2 conversion efficiency as well as the energy efficiency. A mechanism explaining the observed plasma–catalyst synergy is proposed. The overall aim is to establish a model describing the interaction between highly reactive species produced in plasma discharge and supported catalyst for the conversion of CO2 into useful compounds. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Thesis (M. Com. (Accounting)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Since 2008, South Africa has been experiencing significant bottlenecks in its energy supply. The transition to renewable energy is no longer just an option but a necessity. In demonstrating the commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, which requires a reduction in greenhouse gases and is a response to the electricity crisis, various mechanisms have been applied to stimulate renewable energy production. This study examines the effect of the influencing factors and enablers on renewable energy generation in selected developing countries. To this end, the study investigated if the amount invested in renewable energy, economic, governance, environmental and social factors have an impact on renewable energy output produced in the selected emerging economies. Secondary data which comprised of the renewable energy output, investment and proxy data for the other factors being tested was used in the investigation. A quantitative research design was used, and panel data for the periods 2000-2016 was analysed. Results of the study revealed that the renewable energy generation is impacted diversely by the elements tested. A positive causal link was found between the dollar amount invested and the production of renewable energy. Additionally, the study found that governance, economic, environmental, and social factors can influence renewable energy output favourably or unfavourably. Results of the study suggest that policymakers should consider the effect of these variables when formulating policies to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy supply system. Furthermore, the results provide possible solutions for budgetary constraints which have limited the transformation of the energy industries in the selected developing countries. Potential to investigate this study further on a country by country basis as data becomes available exists. Additionally, mixed methods may be applied to explore a qualitative element in the study. Keywords: Renewable Energy, Non-renewable energy, Green energy

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Blockchain technology has attracted a lot of interest recently. Many different sectors from all over the world are now researching the technology to find any prospective uses that can enhance their company. This is because, by introducing new processes, blockchain technology has the ability to fundamentally alter the way that current systems now handle all types of transactions. The loyalty reward program sector, which deals with the exchange of loyalty points, may be able to take advantage of blockchain technology’s potential. Different Loyalty Reward Program models, however, define the Loyalty Reward Programs sector. Therefore, the current study investigates how blockchain technology may affect the development of a new loyalty reward program. To conduct the research, an exploratory multiple-case study was employed. In this thesis, we first investigate the use of blockchain in energy communities and their consumer incentives. Then we proposed a model for a novel blockchain-based rewarding system and examined multiple case studies of their usage in energy communities. Our results show that using a blockchain-based rewarding system in energy communities can benefit the community, environment and energy consumers.

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