Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Engineering and Technology Management
Brent, AC
BEng (Stell) MSc (Chalmers) PhD(Pret) - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: Y1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3929
Fax number: 012 362 5307
E-mail address: alan.brent@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Life Cycle Engineering
Scope and structure of engineering management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Kehbila AG, Ertel J, Brent AC: 2009. Strategic corporate environmental management within the South African automotive industry: motivations, benefits, hurdles. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 16 (6), pp 310-323.
Kehbila AG, Ertel J, Brent AC: 2009. Sustainability appraisal of used vehicle trade policy options in sub-Saharan African countries. Environmentalist, 29 (4) / Dec, pp 360-370.
Brent AC, Wise R, Fortuin H: 2009. The viability of the South African biofuels industrial strategy. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 39 (1/2), pp 74-91.
Lotz M, Brent AC, Steyn HdeV: 2009. Investigating the risk management potential of a stage/phase-gate project management approach. Journal of Contemporary Management, 6, pp 253-273, Full Text
Barry ML, Steyn HdeV, Brent AC: 2009. The use of focus group technique in management research: the example of renewable technology selection in Africa. Journal of Contemporary Management, 6, pp 229-240, Full Text
Brent AC, Kruger WJL: 2009. Systems analyses and the sustainable transfer of renewable energy technologies: A focus on remote areas of Africa. Renewable Energy, 34 (7) / Jul, pp 1774-1781, Full Text
Lotz M, Brent AC, Steyn HdeV: 2009. Addressing the need for a clean development mechanism (CDM) specific project management strategy. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS), 12 (2) / Jun, pp 228-241, Full Text
Brent AC, Brent AC, Hietkamp S, Wise R, Okennedy K: 2009. Estimating the carbon emissions balance for South Africa: Microsimulation. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS), 12 (3), pp 263-279, Full Text
Bubou GM, Brent AC, Tredoux C: 2009. Towards assessing the social sustainability performance of the petroleum industry in the Niger delta region of Nigeria. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 20 (1) / May, pp 119-131, Full Text
Barry ML, Steyn HdeV, Brent AC, Brent AC: 2009. Determining the most important factors for sustainable energy technology selection in Africa. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 20 (2) / Nov, pp 33-51, Full Text
Lubbe FH, Brent AC, Brent AC: 2009. The transfer and commercialisation of technology from South Africa to foreign markets in the financial services industry. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 20 (2) / Nov, pp 69-80, Full Text
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Lotz M, Brent AC: 2009. Towards a comprehensive Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) appoach for biodiesel. In Energy and Sustainability II, WIT Press, pp 279-290.
Barry ML, Steyn HdeV, Brent AC: 2009. Selection of renewable energy technologies in Africa: The case of efficient stoves in Malawi. In Energy and Sustainability II, WIT Press, pp 117-127.
van Zyl-Bulitta VH, Amigun B, Brent AC: 2009. Towards a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) model to assess financing options of renewable energy technologies. In Energy and Sustainability II, WIT Press, pp 91-102.
Brent AC: 2009. The principles of sustainability science to assess alternative energy technologies. In IAMOT 2009 Proceedings, International Association for Management of Technology, p. CD.
Barry ML, Brent AC, Steyn HdeV: 2009. Selection of renewable energy technologies in Africa: The case of bio-gas in Rwanda. In IAMOT 2009 Proceedings, International Association for Management of Technology, p. CD.
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