In het hoofdstuk wordt ingegaan op de innovaties in de Europese gassector, met een speciale focus op de invoeding van groen gas (ook wel biomethaan) in het aardgassysteem. Er wordt een algemeen juridisch kader geschetst en er vindt een rechtsvergelijking plaats van de nationale rechtsordes aangaande …

Presentation during national symposium 'Bevolkingsdaling' in Heerlen. Presenting EDRiT as one the 3rd round krimp-experiments of Platform 31

A presentation for two Rotaryclubs, one from the Netherlands and the other from Germany focussing on the living lab.

In the current discourses on sustainable development, one can discern two main intellectual cultures: an analytic one focusing on measuring problems and prioritizing measures, (Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Mass Flow Analysis (MFA), etc.) and; a policy/management one, focusing on long term change, change …

To contribute positively to systemic transitions within local communities, architects need to be critical, reflective, far-sighted communicators. This paper presents educational practices developing adaptive, systemic and co-creative approaches within the training of architectural Masters students. It …

For successful energy transitions, social acceptance of innovative technologies is essential. In order to determine the contributing factors, the acceptance of bio-digestion in The Netherlands was analyzed. A discourse analysis of 200 newspaper articles was conducted to answer the question: how do different …

Recent years have shown the emergence of numerous local energy initiatives (prosumer communities) in the Netherlands. Many of them have set the goal to establish a local and sustainable energy provision on a not-for-profit basis. In this study we carried out exploratory case studies on a number of Dutch …

The grassroots of sustainable transition: a generic approach to describe local energy initiatives in the Northern Netherlands.IST conference, Zürich, 19-21 June 2013.

There is growing realisation amongst local communities that the organizations and societies within which they live and work need to become more sustainable in order to secure their social, environmental and economic futures (Coyle 2011, Müller et al. 2011). The underlying motivations vary but are often …