Public lighting’s primary purpose is nighttime visibility for security and safety. How to meet so many requirements of so many stakeholders? The key to developing a good plan is to relate lighting to functions of public spaces, because street lighting is more than a technical requirement, a security …

Paper over een generiek kader voor het herontwikkelen van duurzame beschermde monumenten, toegepast rondom het vraagstuk rond schade, comfort en kostenreductie bij de het rijksmonument de Sint Petruskerk in Eindhoven.

In dit onderzoek is gekeken naar de invloed die persuasieve technologie kan hebben op het energieverbruik van individuele huishoudens. Meer specifiek zijn de effecten van drie energie monitoring systemen getest op het energiebewustzijn en het energiebesparend gedrag van de eindgebruikers. Tevens is in …

'… En ieder zingt zijn eigen lied...': personhood, singing in a choir and dementia. In the book 'Dementia Reconsidered' (1997) Tom Kitwood formulates what the point of departure should be with regard to the care for people with dementia: the safeguarding of someone's personhood by fulfilling the five …

Innovation and entrepreneurship are considered to be renewal, revitalisation and growth engines. However, their impact is highly uncertain, unpredictable and frustrating managers, who are pushed outside their comfort zones. Growth through Innovation explores how organisations typically confront reality …

This report examines the possibilities of using a solar chimney in a highland tropical climate to promote thermal comfort, air‐quality and energy consumption. The study is carried out using modeling and simulation techniques and is conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. A model is …

The conservation of our heritage buildings is a European wide policy objective. Historical buildings are not only works of art, but embody an important source of local identity and form a connection to our past. Protection agencies aim to preserve historical qualities for future generations. Their work …

1e alinea column: Fressen oder Moral, zullen we elkaars zakken gaan vullen? We hebben nu wel genoeg gelezen dat je uit je comfort zone moet stappen om echt te veranderen. Dat er nu een tijd ontstaat waarin we sharen, transparant naar elkaar zijn, stoppen met elkaar de tent uit te vechten. Leiderschap …

This paper explores the impact of the physical and social dimensions of the work environment on satisfaction and perceived productivity of knowledge workers in Dutch universities of applied sciences. The approach took the form of a literature review, multiple case study of six research centres using interviews …

In discussions on smart grids, it is often stated that residential end-users will play a more active role in the management of the electric power system. Experience in practice on how to empower end-users for such a role is however limited. This paper presents a field study in the first phase of the …