Objective The Plants for Joints (PFJ) intervention significantly improved pain, stiffness, and physical function, and metabolic outcomes, in people with metabolic syndrome-associated osteoarthritis (MSOA). This secondary analysis investigated its effects on body composition. Method In the randomized …

Experimental learning and innovation environments, such as living labs, field labs, and urban innovation labs, are increasingly used to connect multi-stakeholders in envisioning, creating, experimenting, learning, and trying out novel responses to diverse societal challenges. With designers facilitating …

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are a promising approach to urban energy transformation, aiming to optimize local energy systems and deliver environmental, social and economic benefits. However, their effectiveness and justification for investment rely on understanding the additional value they provide …

Given the urgency of global energy transition, small- and medium-sized cities often undergo rapid changes. What is often missing, however, is a better understanding of how residents of those places perceive, and relate to the various aspects of local energy transition process and spatial outcomes. This …

Positieve Energiewijken zijn energie-efficiënte en energie-flexibele stedelijke gebieden of groepen van onderling verbonden gebouwen die netto nul broeikasgasemissies produceren en actief een jaarlijks lokaal of regionaal overschot aan hernieuwbare energie beheren. (def. JPI-Urban Europe)foto: © NOVAR …

Resultaten van het project TSDCE - van Tractiesysteem naar Slim DC Elektriciteitsnet.

Dealing with and maintaining high-quality standards in the design and construction phases is challenging, especially for on-site construction. Issues like improper implementation of building components and poor communication can widen the gap between design specifications and actual conditions. To prevent …

Webinar Establishing A Positive Energy District - Legal Aspects and Challenges.This webinar is taking place as part of the European MAKING-CITY project, a large-scale demonstration project aiming at the development of new integrated strategies to address the urban energy system transformation towards …

Efforts to create age-friendly cities progressively intersect with goals for environmental sustainability. The older people’s beliefs, behaviours and financial aspects regarding environmental sustainability in their lives are an understudied topic and not well understood. Therefore, a representative …