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Innovative Financial Instruments: An alternative to traditional grants
Jelínek, Tomáš ; Teplý, Petr (advisor) ; Víšek, Jan Ámos (referee)
Innovative financial instruments in the Czech Republic and their hypothetical use in the field of energy efficiency are analysed and assessed in this thesis. We address lim- ited awareness about multiple benefits of energy efficiency improvements and also emerging innovative financial instruments that are promoted by the European Com- mission as a way to multiply impacts of limited public budgets. Then we identify a suitable segment, Czech residential housing stock and public support of insulation, and compare several forms of possible public support in this field. As the main driver of space heating costs, we predict the future development of heat prices, and assess po- tential energy savings resulting from renovations. Finally, we assess and also simulate the potential of such an initiative and identify four suitable settings of the innovative financial instrument for a majority of stakeholders. Our findings support an idea that this innovative financial instrument offers a valuable alternative to traditional grants. It also suggests that such an initiative can be interesting for a private sector as well as a public sector, with benefits to public budgets, equity investors, households and many other stakeholders. Moreover, this initiative can be sustainable in the long run. JEL Classification G23,...
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Method and economy of waste heat utilization at selected biogas plants
ZAJÍC, Pavel
The thesis is focused on economy and different ways how to use the waste heat which is created during combustion of biogas in cogeneration units. The utilization of residual heat enables to significantly increase the energetic efficiency of existing and newly built biogas stations. There is the description of the biogas station in Třeboň, Pleše and Kardašova Řečice and the technical and economic analysis of utilization of biogas in the place of heat consumption. These biogas stations have different methods how to use the waste heat. In Třeboň, there is this method: made biogas is transported by gas pipeline to the place where it is used. By contrast, the heat is used in the place where is created, but the heat is used for different purposes in Pleše and in Kardašova Řečice.
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Application of sustainable practices of tourism development in hotel industry
Gerlová, Martina ; Indrová, Jarmila (advisor) ; Petrů, Zdenka (referee)
This thesis concentrates on sustainable development of tourism and application of these sustainable practices in hotel industry. The aim of this thesis is analysis of concrete practices of the biggest hotel groups in the world and outline appropriate trend in this field. The theoretical part of this thesis concentrates on the definition of sustainable development of tourism as well as on its history. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on certification of sustainable development in hotels. In the analytical part there are already analyzed concrete practices and approaches of the biggest hotel groups sustainability reports. The practices focus on energy efficiency, waste production, water conservation and production of carbon emissions. At the end of this analytical part there is sum up of these concrete practices and approaches and outline appropriate trend.
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The intilization of waste heat from biogas plants
ZAJÍC, Pavel
?Utilization of waste heat from biogas stations? The thesis is focused on problems of utilization of waste heat which is created during combustion of biogas in cogeneration units. The utilization of residual heat enables to significantly increase the energetic efficiency of existing and newly built biogas stations. There is the description of the biogas station in Třebon and the technical and economic analysis of solutions to the physical separation of production and utilization of biogas in the place of heat consumption. This case, where the produced biogas is transported by a gas pipeline to the newly built space for heat consumption, is one of the prospective solutions how to use the available heat from biogas stations.
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