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Green marketing in supermarkets: Conventional and digitized marketing alternatives to reduce waste
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This article seeks to identify and analyze green marketing actions that can reduce food waste (FW) of short shelf life (SSL) products by retailers and to propose effective FW mitigation strategies. The article is based on ...
Technologies Serving Concrete for Economy, Durability and Sustainability
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Concrete comes as the second most used material after water in the world, but it is the
first used construction material especially in Middle East. World population is increasing
while resources are decreasing. Therefore, ...
Sustainability in Construction: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle for a Greener Qatar
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, an innovative Engineering Sustainability Policy (ESP) and a new Sustainable
Engineering Index (SEI) is proposed on the basis of testing results obtained within the
context of the DN16 project in the State ...
Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems
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Nature Research
, 2022 , Article)
Robotics and autonomous systems are reshaping the world, changing healthcare, food production and biodiversity management. While they will play a fundamental role in delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals, associated ...
Sustainable Alternatives for Concrete by adding Different Types of Natural and Industrial Waste Materials
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
The construction industry accounts for a high percentage of global energy-related CO2 emissions (37 % in 2021 based on data from United Nations Environmental Program - UNEP) leading to an increasing need for solutions to ...
Application of solar PV in the building sector: Prospects and barriers in the GCC region
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) can make a significant contribution towards reducing the energy and environmental footprint of buildings. Helped by features like scalability, ease of use, and declining price, PV has become the ...
Unpacking the complexity of the polyethylene food contact articles value chain: A chemicals perspective
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article Review)
Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely used type of plastic food packaging, in which chemicals can potentially migrate into packaged foods. The implications of using and recycling PE from a chemical perspective remain ...
Development of a Comprehensive Pavement Design System for Roads in Wind and Solar Farms
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
This paper briefly, illustrates the structure and contents of an ongoing research program aimed at developing a set of procedures and tools to be used for the design of pavements in renewable energy projects and mainly in ...
The simultaneous impact of EV charging and PV inverter reactive power on the hosting distribution system's performance: A case study in kuwait
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
Recently, electric vehicles (EVs) have become an increasingly important topic in the field of sustainable transportation research, alongside distributed generation, reactive power compensation, charging optimization, and ...
Frugal innovation as a source of sustainable entrepreneurship to tackle social and environmental challenges
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Sustainable entrepreneurs have increasingly faced challenges in achieving triple-bottom-line objectives. The study portrays frugal innovation as a source to foster sustainable entrepreneurship to move the debate beyond ...