The aim of this study was to determine a Green approach towards systems development methodologies and to investigate influences that affect the adoption of Green Information Technologies and Green Information Systems in South Africa. A literature review was done in order to determine which empirical is required to achieve the research objectives. The positivistic paradigm was found to be the most suited paradigm for this study. A survey was used as the research method and conducted in South Africa. The data was collected using a questionnaire, after determining that it was the most suited data collection method. The questionnaire was validated using structural equation modelling in order to determine if the data that was collected is valid. The valid data was then evaluated using different statistical methods, such as correlations, t-test, ANOVA tests and Cross-Tabs. The study revealed that the different characteristics of organisations can influence different aspects, such factors that inhibit or motivate the adoption of Green IT and Green IS. Interestingly, characteristics of individuals had no impact. It was also revealed that organisational culture and national culture had an impact on factors that motivate the adoption of Green IT initiatives. / MSc (Computer Science), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

The aim of this study was to determine a Green approach towards systems development methodologies and to investigate influences that affect the adoption of Green Information Technologies and Green Information Systems in South Africa. A literature review was done in order to determine which empirical is required to achieve the research objectives. The positivistic paradigm was found to be the most suited paradigm for this study. A survey was used as the research method and conducted in South Africa. The data was collected using a questionnaire, after determining that it was the most suited data collection method. The questionnaire was validated using structural equation modelling in order to determine if the data that was collected is valid. The valid data was then evaluated using different statistical methods, such as correlations, t-test, ANOVA tests and Cross-Tabs. The study revealed that the different characteristics of organisations can influence different aspects, such factors that inhibit or motivate the adoption of Green IT and Green IS. Interestingly, characteristics of individuals had no impact. It was also revealed that organisational culture and national culture had an impact on factors that motivate the adoption of Green IT initiatives. / MSc (Computer Science), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

El objetivo del estudio es analizar el sistema sostenible de Rincón de Ademuz, donde perdura en el tiempo un poblado que permanece asentado desde hace dos mil años. / Ji, W. (2014). A study into the sustainable system between the wind and the villages in Rincón de Ademuz. Spain [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/39001 / TESIS

Un des fondements de l’Ingénierie Système réside dans la compréhension et la formulation des exigences de différentes parties prenantes pour mieux maîtriser et contrôler la complexité du système à concevoir. L’évaluation des performances du système nécessite par ailleurs la prise en compte des expertises interdisciplinaires qui peuvent être incertaines, voire incomplètes. La prise en compte des interdépendances entre plusieurs domaines d’activité dans la conception et le déploiement d’un système de mobilité urbaine durable est un bon exemple, qui reflète la problématique de l’élicitation des connaissances pluridisciplinaires, puis de leur utilisation dans la définition d’une architecture distribuée. Le renouveau de la mobilité urbaine a en effet fait émerger des alternatives aux déplacements habituels, faisant place à la mobilité douce, à l’usage raisonnée des véhicules personnels, à la multimodalité et à l’inter-mobilité. Dans ce contexte, la convergence tend à s’opérer vers des plateformes numériques offrant des services variés, à la demande, adaptés aux besoins immédiats des usagers. Ces services sont généralement développés par des acteurs du secteur privé qui détiennent à la fois l’expertise et la technologie pour les déployer. Il s’agit donc, pour les pouvoirs publics considérés comme organe de contrôle et de régulation de la mobilité, de définir quelles infrastructures et quels services offrir et selon quelles modalités. Le travail de recherche effectué dans cette thèse vise à proposer puis valider, une démarche générale pour accompagner les décideurs des villes dans la conception et la mise en place des solutions de mobilité du futur. Un cadre méthodologique prenant en compte l’aide au choix de politiques et de partenaires cibles a pour cela été proposé, basé sur une méthode d’analyse multicritère, dans un cadre de décision collective et sous incertitude. Un méta-modèle d’un système de mobilité durable a ensuite été élaboré, à partir des connaissances élicitées d’un ensemble de standards et référentiels, de même qu’une architecture distribuée du système. Afin d’étudier la faisabilité de l’implémentation de cette architecture, en considérant le point de vue de l’aide à la décision, une roadmap de mise en œuvre a enfin été proposée, basée sur un système de recommandations visant à optimiser la réalisation de projets de mobilité nouveaux / One basics of System Engineering consists in understanding and formalizing the requirements ofdifferent stakeholders in order to better control and handle the complexity of the system to bedesigned. The evaluation of the system's performance also requires taking into accountinterdisciplinary expertise, which may be uncertain or ill-known. The consideration ofinterdependencies among several fields of activity in the design and deployment of a sustainableurban mobility system is a good example, which reflects the issue of the elicitation ofmultidisciplinary knowledge, then its use in the definition of a distributed architecture. The renewalof urban mobility has indeed given rise to alternatives to the usual forms of travel, leading to softmobility, rational use of personal vehicles, multi-modality and inter-mobility. In such a context,convergence is tending towards digital platforms offering various services, on demand adapted tothe immediate needs of end-users. These services are usually developed by private companieswho have both the expertise and the technology to deploy them. It is therefore a matter for thepublic authorities, considered as a regulating and controlling organism of the urban mobility, todefine which infrastructures and which services to offer and under which conditions. The presentresearch work aims at proposing and validating a general method to assist city decision-makers inthe design and implementation of mobility solutions for the future. A methodological frameworktaking into account a support in the choice of targeted policies and partners was proposed for thispurpose, based on a multi-criteria analysis method, within a group decision-making framework andunder uncertainty. A meta-model of a sustainable mobility system was then elaborated, based onthe knowledge elicited from a set of standards, as well as a distributed architecture of the system.In order to study the feasibility of implementing this architecture, from a decision support point ofview, a deployment roadmap was finally proposed, based on a system of recommendationsaiming at optimizing the implementation of new mobility projects.

Theatrical scenography is developing its methods to address its ecological impacts. This research observes the stages already accomplished by certain theaters and scenographers. Also acknowledges how expertise in sustainable product design can be transferred to scenography design and processes. The results of this research offer insights into how to apply sustainability criteria in relation to scenographic processes analysing how international practitioners work. The study also offers a qualitative assessment tool as a means of estimating the overall sustainability of scenographic practices. This tool monitors the entire scenographic cycle from conception to recycling and helps to visualize and compare weaknesses and achievements. / La escenografía teatral está desarrollando sus métodos para hacer frente a sus impactos ecológicos. Esta investigación observa las etapas ya cumplidas por algunos teatros y escenógrafos. También reconoce cómo la experiencia en el diseño de productos sostenibles puede transferirse al diseño y los procesos de la escenografía. Los resultados de esta investigación ofrecen ideas sobre cómo aplicar criterios de sostenibilidad en relación con los procesos escenográficos analizando cómo trabajan los profesionales internacionales. El estudio también ofrece una herramienta de evaluación cualitativa como medio para estimar la sostenibilidad global de las prácticas escenográficas. Esta herramienta supervisa todo el ciclo escenográfico, desde la concepción hasta el reciclaje, y ayuda a visualizar y comparar los puntos débiles y los logros. / L'escenografia teatral està desenvolupant els seus mètodes per a fer front als seus impactes ecològics. Aquesta recerca observa les etapes ja complertes per alguns teatres i escenògrafs. També reconeix com l'experiència en el disseny de productes sostenibles pot transferir-se al disseny i els processos de l'escenografia. Els resultats d'aquesta recerca ofereixen idees sobre com aplicar criteris de sostenibilitat en relació amb els processos escenogràfics analitzant com treballen els professionals internacionals. L'estudi també ofereix una eina d'avaluació qualitativa com a mitjà per a estimar la sostenibilitat global de les pràctiques escenogràfiques. Aquesta eina supervisa tot el cicle escenogràfic, des de la concepció fins al reciclatge, i ajuda a visualitzar i comparar els punts febles i els assoliments. / <p></p><p>www.uniarts.se/folk/studenter/marta-banal-fernandez</p><p>www.sustainablescenography.com/</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>