The transition towards more sustainable business practices requires the changing of products, services, processes, policies and resources of organizations. Acknowledging the role projects play in these changes, the concept of sustainability should be integrated in the way projects are selected, prioritized, …

At the University of Applied Science Utrecht we have been working on optimising the sustainable use of space for a long time. There are various reasons for this, such as the high costs per square meter, the shortage of space at peak times and the vacancy rate at off-peak moments. There are complaints …

This Powerpoint is part of the project Twomes. This deliverable contains a description of the digital twin, i.e. the inverse grey-box analysis model and of the tools used to analyze home heating data in order to derive building model parameters, installation model parameters and comfort need model parameters. This …

Deze presentatie maakt deel uit van het project Twomes. Deze deliverable beschrijft de methoden die we hebben ontwikkeld om data te verzamelen in het project Twomes : Digital Twins voor de warmtetransitie. Ook verwijst deze deliverable naar diverse GitHub repositories waar de meettechnieken als open …

This dataset is part of the project Twomes. Dataset containing anonymized energy and temperature data from homes in the Assendorp neighbourhood in Zwolle, the Netherlands. This project is supported by TechForFuture (https://techforfuture.nl), the Centre of Expertise HTSM Oost, an initiative of Saxion …

In the last decade, the number of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has increased in western European countries. Although several success factors and barriers in the development of LEIs have been studied by other scholars, there has been limited scholarly interest in the overall impact of LEIs so far. …

Global climate agreements call for action and an integrated perspective on mobility, energy and overall consumption. Municipalities in dense, urban areas are challenged with facilitating this transition with limited space and energy resources, and with future uncertainties. One important aspect of the …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a research by design strategy, focusing on the generation of innovative climate adaptation solutions by utilizing the Design Thinking Process. The proposed strategy has been developed and tested in a research and design studio, which took place in 2020 at a Master …

By making fashion with data as a material, we believe that we can critically create for everyone; no matter what shape,size or color. Data is the key to personalized fashion as it empowers and enables individuality yet retains the social potential of fashion. Fashion has believed for centuries that clothes …

The rapid implementation of large scale floating solar panels has consequences to water quality and local ecosystems. Environmental impacts depend on the dimensions, design and proportions of the system in relation to the size of the surface water, as well as the characteristics of the water system (currents, …