Greenhouse transitionzone

The Airey building blocks in Amsterdam currently don’t meet regulations set for 2020 that state that buildings should operate in an energy neutral manner. The goal of this research is to establish whether addition of greenhouses can improve indoor thermal comfort and reduce total energy use in such a way that they contribute to energy neutrality...

Design for Life: From Built Environment to Living Environment

Design for Life underlines the key-role of the architect in contributing to life. Life meaning both the functioning of life systems as well as the quality of life. It shows that, even though architects tend to mainly focus on practical and technical solutions, contributing to the quality of life is evenly essential for it creates the opportunity...

Dwelling Configurator: Inciting sustainable renovation for owner-occupied housing

This thesis tries to provide an answer to the question: How can owner-occupiers of single-family dwellings be effectively incited to renovate their dwelling with the prime reason to improve its energy performance? The research involves influential factors such as statistics on Dutch renovation, awareness, knowledge, building process and...