This graduation project, led by the Smart Industry research group at Saxion together with the Ambient Intelligence research group (AmI), aims to create an energy analysis tool for the SERENE/SUSTENANCE projects in the Dutch sustainable communities of Vriendenerf and Aardehuis. The goal of the project …

Recommenders play a significant role in our daily lives, making decisions for users on a regular basis. Their widespread adoption necessitates a thorough examination of how users interact with recommenders and the algorithms that drive them. An important form of interaction in these systems are algorithmic …

Design education has a nuanced relationship with examples. Although they are considered useful teaching tools, their use is often restricted to illustrating the design theories and principles around which the curriculum is structured. In contrast, professional designers view examples as autonomous entities …

Built on and inspired by existing knowledge, we have conceptualised a model in which two different user types (occupants and facility managers) are positioned to the building and its climate and regulatory systems. Thus, a feedback loop and interaction take place among all actors involved. The users, …

Voice intelligence is a revolutionary “zero-touch” type of human-machine interaction based on spoken language. There has been a recent increase in the number and variations of voice assistants and applications that help users to acquire information. The increased popularity of voice intelligence, however, …

To assess the acceptance of urban air vehicles by the general public, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is conducting a study with a mixed reality air taxi cabin simulator. This simulator needed a user interface (UI), that visualizes information to increase the passengers’ feeling of safety. The competition …

Several carbon-neutral towns are investigating novel technological solutions to enable a green energy transition that incorporates increasing proportions of locally generated energy. More efficient integrated energy solutions for electricity, heat, water, waste, and transportation infrastructure must …

This thesis is the result of the graduation phase of the HBO-ICT: Soft-ware Engineering bachelor degree by Thymo van Beers. A researchproject was conducted at BauWatch lasting 20 weeks. Bauwatch pro-vides outdoor security throughout Europe using thousands of cam-eras. The goal of this thesis is to design …

Het doel van dit project is om een framework of een set van best practises te hebben. Dezeframework of best practises zullen een leidraad vormen om meerdere tools te integreren. Uit hetgesprek kwam naar voren dat deze oplossing ervoor zal zorgen dat tools binnen zo min mogelijk tijd,gelieve 1-3 dagen …

Bachelor thesis on the development of a VS Code extension to help developers with developing Homey Apps. This thesis contains details about the research conducting beforehand, a detailed functional design as well as the technical design.