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Research Articles (Sustainable Life Cycle Management)
Recent Submissions
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Brent, Alan Colin; Pretorius, Marthinus W.
(Energy Research Institute, University of Cape Town, 2011-11)
The authors wish to thank the team members of the larger
DST project that contributed to the development of the
SETRM, and in particular those individuals that provided
meaningful inputs to improve and finalise the ...
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Gouws, P.A.; Brent, Alan Colin; Pierce, W.T.
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2012-05)
Internationally, governments and lobby groups increasingly put pressure on organisations to
reduce their impact on the environment. To this end, various studies show the drivers,
barriers, and contributions of energy ...
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Barry, Marie-Louise; Steyn, Herman; Brent, Alan Colin
(Elsevier, 2011-04)
Renewable energy technologies need to be implemented to improve the current lack of access to energy on the African continent. However, the implementation of renewable energy technologies in Africa often fails, or the ...
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Kehbila, Anderson G.; Ertel, Jurgen; Brent, Alan Colin
(John Wiley & Sons, 2010)
In the past decade, the plea for corporate sustainability has gathered momentum and protecting the environment is one aspect for organizations to address if they are to conduct business in a sustainable manner. In this ...
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Ndeke, Musee; Brent, Alan Colin; Ashton, Peter J.
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010-03)
The South African perspective on nanotechnology, recently articulated through its national strategy,envisages nanotechnology to provide solutions to some of the country’s key development challenges,such as the provision ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Hietkamp, Sibbele; Wise, Russell M.; O’Kennedy, Kenney
(Juta, 2009)
The carbon footprint of materials and products is becoming an increasingly important factor in
international trade. At present the carbon emissions balance of the South African economy is
not well understood, especially ...
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Barry, Marie-Louise; Steyn, Herman; Brent, Alan Colin
(Journal of Contemporary Management, 2009)
Quantitative management research on the African continent is often hampered by the lack of large data sets and the unreliability of electronic as well as conventional communication. This paper advocates the use of qualitative ...
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Lotz, Marco; Brent, Alan Colin; Steyn, Herman
(Juta, 2009-06)
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects have additional technical, financial and regulatory
requirements that are not fully addressed by classic project management approaches. Research
has been done on individual novel ...
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Lubbe, Francois H.; Brent, Alan Colin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-11)
International technology transfer (ITT) processes are complex, risky, and often fail. When financial services organisations have the opportunity to transfer their business model and
core technologies to a foreign market, ...
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Lotz, Marco; Brent, Alan Colin; Steyn, Herman
(Journal of Contemporary Management, 2009)
The paper investigates the potential of a stage/phase and gate process as a general approach to manage project risks. The use of stages/phases and gates as a project management approach is well established in literature ...
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Barry, Marie-Louise; Steyn, Herman; Brent, Alan Colin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-11)
The supply of sustainable energy is crucial for sustainable development in Africa. The aim of the study summarised in this paper is the identification, and prioritisation, of the factors
that must be taken into account ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Van Erck, Ron P.G.; Labuschagne, Carin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
The development and management of new technologies is fundamental to the
manufacturing sector as a core operational initiative. Managers of a new technology
are increasingly pressurised to consider the economic, ...
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Kalenga, C.E.; Brent, Alan Colin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)
The South African automotive industry faces increasing challenges for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers to produce high-quality products at low costs. Items purchased by OEMs from the supply chain ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Labuschagne, Carin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-05)
The principles of operational research (OR) and related mathematical methods have been applied to environmental issues for the past five decades. However, the increasing pressures experienced by industry over the last ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Rogers, David E.C.
(Elsevier, 2010-01)
The investigation summarised in this paper applied a sustainability assessment methodology on a renewable energy technological system in a rural village project that was commissioned by the South African Department of ...
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Bubou, G.M.; Brent, Alan Colin; Tredoux, C.
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-06)
Unresolved social issues between the local community and the petroleum industry plague
the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. These concerns are addressed by introducing a social
sustainability assessment framework for the ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Kruger, Wikus J.L.
(Elsevier, 2009)
Sustainable energy provision is regarded as one of the most significant challenges facing the realm of development, especially in Africa where large proportions of the population still lack access to energy services. ...
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Pandey, A.K.; Brent, Alan Colin
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)
Environmental degradation is a burgeoning problem owing to the continual expansion of industrial production, and high-levels of energy and material consumption associated with economic growth. Cleaner Production (CP) is a ...
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Brent, Alan Colin; Oelofse, Suzan; Godfrey, Linda
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2008-02)
Industrial ecology seeks to apply the knowledge of systems in nature to the design and operation of industrial activities, to achieve integrated and sustainable relationships between the natural world and industry. Although ...
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Haffejee, Mehmood; Brent, Alan Colin
(Water Research Council, 2008-04)
The water utility sector in South Africa is presently facing numerous challenges. Amongst the most urgent and important priorities is ageing infrastructure, which has the potential to end in failures with detrimental impacts ...
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