Leverage smart utility networks to benefit Aerotropolis

Since 2008 humanity is officially and urbanized species. Homo Urbanus consumes 75% of energy in buildings and transportation [Battle 2006]. Thus, the key to finding solutions to the effects of climate change is to be found in urban areas. This article focuses on the aerotropolis with at their core the airport. It explores how these regions can...

Prêt-à-Loger: Zero-energy home with maximum living quality increase

At the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 (SDE2014) competition (Versailles, France), the team from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) took a stance by not constructing a new-built house but demonstrating the energy renovation of a typical Dutch terraced house. Around a quarter of Dutch housing consists of terraced houses built between 1946...

The gap between plan and practice: Actual energy performance of the zero-energy refurbishment of a terraced house

Prêt-à-Loger, TU Delft’s entry to the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 (SDE2014), demonstrated the conversion of a common terraced house to energy neutrality, whilst adding value to its living quality. The house was retrofitted according to principles of smart & bioclimatic design, using local circumstances intelligently in the sustainable redesign....

The impact of greening systems on building energy performance: A literature review

Scarcity of resources and environmental issues caused by human activities stimulate designers and policy makers to search for energy efficient strategies for sustainable development. A considerable amount of energy consumption and CO2 emission comes from the building sector which today accounts for 40% of the world’s energy use. Greenery systems...

Integrating Life Cycle Energy into the Design of Façade Refurbishment for a Post-War Residential Building in The Netherlands

The existing building stock has been in the focus of European Union policies for energy savings. Nevertheless, energy certification schemes refer mostly to operational energy and usually do not consider aspects related to the life cycle of the building. To look at the overall energy cost during the lifespan of a building, the energy used to...

Mapping and Managing essential resource flows in airport regions - the case of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Metropolitan airports are focal points of large amounts of essential resource flows, such as energy, materials, water and food. These flows are predominantly linear, whilst externalising both the negative and positive impacts associated with them. Moreover, qualitative and quantitative understanding regarding the throughput of these flows is...

The Energy Master Plan: Transition to self-sufficient city regions by means of an approach to local energy potentials

City regions and metropolitan areas form the scale on which the battle for will be won or lost, and the level at which cities can become resilient and even self-sufficient. A master plan for a sustainable energy system for city regions is not a luxury anymore. An energy master plan will be based on incremental steps of transition. The approach...

A Comparative Study of Design Strategies for Energy Efficiency in 6 High-Rise Buildings in Two Different Climates

Due to the ever growing trend of urbanization and population growth, the construction of high-rise buildings is inevitable and will also continue at an ever increasing pace. However, typical high-rise buildings (the traditional template of a rectilinear, air-conditioned box) are not energy efficient in many aspects of their design. In this...

Better Airport Regions: Schiphol

Grote internationale luchthavens vormen nog geen duurzaam onderdeel van de stedelijke gebieden waarin ze zich bevinden. Dat komt vooral omdat luchthavens afhankelijk zijn van externe aan- en afvoer. Dit zijn vaak lineaire stromen in plaats van duurzame cycli. Het project Better Airport Regions (BAR) richt zich op een beter begrip van de relaties...

Energiepotentiestudie Oostland

De leerstoel Climate Design & Sustainability van de faculteit bouwkunde aan de TU Delft heeft een energiepotentiestudie uitgevoerd voor het door kassen gedomineerde gebied Oostland, bestaande uit de gezamenlijke gemeenten Pijnacker-Nootdorp en Lansingerland. De studie is geïnitieerd door lokale vooruitstrevende ondernemers. Onder anderen de...

SREX: Synergie tussen regionale planning en exergie

De komende jaren is een transitie nodig van eindige fossiele naar oneindige duurzame energiebronnen. Dit kan niet zondermeer in het huidige systeem en vraagt om een aanpassing van ruimtelijke planning. Duurzame energiebronnen komen in verschillende kwaliteiten voor en zijn meer gebonden aan hun locatie. Daarom is het voor een duurzame...