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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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I bronsålderns gränsland : Uppland och frågan om östliga kontakter

Ojala, Karin January 2016 (has links)
In archaeological research, the province of Uppland has often been viewed as the northern ‘periphery’ of the Nordic Bronze Age region. At the same time, many researchers have also emphasized the distinctive and ‘independent’ regional character of Uppland and northern Mälardalen. Throughout the twentieth century, Late Bronze Age contacts between Uppland and areas to the east – especially Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia – were much discussed and played an important role in the creation of Mälardalen as a distinctive Bronze Age region. This dissertation examines how images of the Late Bronze Age in the Mälardalen region, more specifically Uppland, have been formed from the late nineteenth century until today, and how views on eastern contacts have affected interpretations of Bronze Age Uppland. The study consists of three parts: 1) A critical discussion on political dimensions of archaeology and archaeological concepts of contact, interaction, similarity and difference, with a special focus on Bronze Age research. 2) A historical examination of representations of the Late Bronze Age in Mälardalen and Uppland, including a discussion about contacts with northern Sweden and a case study of Broby, a Late Bronze Age site near Uppsala. 3) An analysis of debates on contacts between Mälardalen and areas further to the east, through case studies of bronze axes, so-called Mälar celts and Ananino celts, ceramics and inhumation burials. In the analysis, special focus is placed on the Volga-Kama region in Russia and archaeological research in Russia and the Soviet Union. The study shows that discussions on contacts and interaction between ‘East’ and ‘West’ have, in many ways, been affected by the changing political situation during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Knowledge about archaeological research in Russia and the Soviet Union has been very limited among archaeologists in Sweden. In order to further investigate the character and importance of eastern contacts during the Late Bronze Age, more collaboration and exchange between researchers in the different countries is needed. Furthermore, in order to better understand eastern contacts, it is also necessary to investigate in greater depth the relations between Mälardalen and northern Sweden.
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The environmental and social impact from digitization in buildings : A case study of the transformation and current conditions on the University hospital of Northern Sweden

Melén, Matilda, Wenhov, Alma January 2022 (has links)
To improve sustainability, social, environmental and economic aspects needs to be considered. The most optimal result appears when all three aspects are balanced equally, this is however often overseen by private investors, who focuses only on reaching economic sustainability at the expense of social and environmental sustainability. Building digitization is one way to potentially improve the sustainability of a building socially, environmentally and economically. Focusing on the aspects that often are neglected, this thesis aims to investigate if digitizing a building improves social and environmental sustainability. The investigation is made by evaluating the implementation of a digital building automation tool from selected social and environmental sustainability criteria at the University hospital of Northern Sweden. This by performing an interview survey with the maintenance organisation and the tenants in the building, as well as performing CO2-e calculations on emissions connected to energy usage, transportation and production of HVAC-products. The evaluation indicated that the implementation had resulted in improved sustainability in the studied building, both socially and environmentally. Showing that digitizing a building improves social and environmental sustainability. The social sustainability had been positively affected from increased efficiency and effectiveness of the maintenance work in the building and improved well-being of the maintenance staff. However, the tenants were not completely satisfied when asked if reported errors were being solved, but on the other hand had the maintenance organisation experienced an improvement in satisfaction among the tenants since the implementation of the digital building automation tool. Furthermore, the tenants were generally more satisfied than dissatisfied with the indoor climate, except for experienced low temperatures in the winter and dry air. The environmental sustainability had been improved from a reduction in emitted CO2-e, generated from less energy usage and minimized transportation connected to maintenance operations. Furthermore, an estimation on increased technical lifetime of HVAC-products demonstrated on a potential further reduction in emitted CO2-e during the building's whole life span. Finally, the evaluation identified two combined effects between social and environmental sustainability. First, the increased efficiency and effectiveness of the maintenance work was one direct factor for the decrease in CO2-e emissions connected to transportation. Second, the tenants in the building expressed that they would feel prouder of their choice of employer if their employer focused more on reducing their climate impact, which motivates to work with environmental sustainability to achieve satisfaction and moreover an improved social sustainability.  The results of this case study indicate that digital building automation improves the social and environmental sustainability of a building, strengthening the statement on potential sustainability improvements from building digitization. For property owners wanting to increase their building's sustainability, digital building automation is therefore a proposed course of action. However, the performance on sustainability and the balance between the different aspects should continuously be evaluated, as the study showed that further improvements on the social and environmental sustainability still could be made. Property owners working towards an improved sustainability through digitization will both see long term positive effects on people's health, as well as help fulfilling the climate goals in the Paris agreement, resulting in a more sustainable world for present and future generations. / För att skapa en bättre hållbarhet måste hänsyn tas till både den sociala, miljömässiga samt den ekonomiska aspekten. Fokuset på dessa tre aspekter bör balanseras lika för att uppnå optimal hållbarhet, dock efterföljs detta inte vanligtvis av privata investerare som ofta endast fokuserar på att uppnå ekonomisk hållbarhet på bekostnad av den sociala- och miljömässiga hållbarheten. En byggnads hållbarhet kan potentiellt förbättras genom digitalisering av byggnaden, vilket kan förbättra den sociala, miljömässiga och ekonomiska hållbarheten. Genom att fokusera på de aspekter som ofta blir nedprioriterade undersöker denna studie om den sociala och miljömässiga hållbarheten i en byggnad ökar vid digitalisering. Detta genom att utvärdera implementeringen av ett digitalt verktyg på Norrlands Universitetssjukhus från några utvalda kriterier för social och miljömässig hållbarhet. Den sociala hållbarheten utvärderas med hjälp av en intervjustudie med underhållspersonalen och hyresgästerna i byggnaden, medan den miljömässiga hållbarheten utvärderades genom att beräkna CO2-e utsläpp kopplade till energianvändning, transporter samt produktionen av HVAC-produkter. Utvärderingen indikerade att implementeringen hade resulterat i en ökad social och miljömässig hållbarhet i byggnaden, vilket visar att en byggnads sociala och miljömässiga hållbarhet kan förbättras genom digitalisering. Den sociala hållbarheten hade ökat på grund av en ökad effektivitet i underhållsarbetet samt ett förbättrat välmående hos underhållspersonalen. Dock visade undersökningen att hyresgästerna i byggnaden inte var helt nöjda med arbetet kring felanmälningar, underhållsorganisationen hade dock upplevt att hyresgästerna var nöjdare efter implementeringen av det digitala verktyget än de var innan. Hyresgästerna var också mer nöjda än missnöjda med inomhusklimatet, förutom att de upplevde låg inomhustemperatur på vintern och att luften var torr. Den miljömässiga hållbarheten hade förbättrats genom en minskning av CO2-e utsläpp från minskad energianvändning och minskade transporter kopplade till underhållsarbetet. Den estimerade ökningen av den tekniska livslängden på HVAC-produkter visade också på potentiella minskningar av CO2-utsläpp under byggnadens hela livslängd. Denna studie identifierade också två kombinerade effekter mellan social- och miljömässig hållbarhet. Den första var att genom ökad effektivitet i arbetet för underhållspersonalen så minskade även CO2-e utsläppen från transporterna. Den andra var att hyresgästerna i byggnaden uttryckte att de skulle känna sig stoltare över sitt val av arbetsgivare om deras arbetsgivare fokuserade mer på att minska sin klimatpåverkan, vilket motiverar att arbeta med miljömässighållbarhet för att uppnå ökad tillfredsställelse hos hyresgästerna och därav ökad social hållbarhet.  Resultaten från denna fallstudie indikerar att digital fastighetsautomation förbättrar den sociala och miljömässiga hållbarheten av en byggnad, vilket styrker argumentet att en byggnads hållbarhet potentiellt kan förbättras genom digitalisering. För fastighetsägare som vill öka en byggnads hållbarhet är digital fastighetsautomation därför rekommenderat. Hållbarheten samt balansen mellan de olika hållbarhetsaspekterna behöver däremot kontinuerligt utvärderas, eftersom denna studie har visat att den sociala- och miljömässigahållbarheten fortfarande kan förbättras. Fastighetsägare som arbetar med att öka hållbarheten i byggnader genom digitalisering kommer uppleva långvariga positiva effekter för människors hälsa samt så kommer de bidra till att uppnå klimatmålen i Parisavtalet. Detta resulterar i en mer hållbar värld för nutida och framtida generationer.

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