Development of improved models for the accurate pre-diction of energy consumption in dwellings

This report presents the results of the second part of the Monicair project1, which aim was to explore in how far the better determination of a number of parameters, which up to now were measured on-ly seldom, could support the development of better prediction models for the heating energy con-sumption in dwellings. Energy labelling calculations...

QuickScan van buitenlandse stelsels van kwaliteitsborging voor het bouwen: Duitsland, Engeland & Wales, Frankrijk, Ierland, Noorwegen, Zweden en Australië

Onderzoek uitgevoerd in opdracht van Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties DG Wonen en Bouwen.

Individual markers of resilience in train traffic control: The role of operators’ goals and strategic mental models and their implications for variation, expertise and performance.

Objective:<br/>The aim of this study was to examine individual markers of resilience and obtain quantitative insights into the understanding and the implications of variation and expertise levels in train traffic operators’ goals and strategic mental models and their impact on performance.<br/>Background:<br/>The Dutch railways are one of the...

Assessing gaming simulation validity for training traffic controllers.

Background. The Dutch railway company ProRail is performing large-scale capacity upgrades to their infrastructure network. As part of these upgrades, ProRail uses gaming simulations to help prepare train traffic controllers for new infrastructure situations. Researching the validity of these gaming simulations is essential, since the conclusions...

Energy regulations for housing and the performance gap

The goals of energy saving and CO2 reductions to create an energy neutral building stock seem only to be reached by strict and supportive governmental policies. In Europe the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive are driving forces for Member States to develop and strengthen energy performance regulations...

Are building regulatory systems in European countries climate proof?

Demands on the energy performance of new and existing buildings hold a prominent place in the regulations of all European countries. The influence of EU policy goals and contents of EU Directives reverberate strongly in the energy regulations. Goals set by the European Union are that all newly built constructions must have a zero energy level by...

A new Dutch building control system: Lessons to be learned from neighbours?

Traditionally quality control of construction work in Europe was a governmental responsibility. In most European countries local authority building control were responsible for the issuing of planning or building permits and carried out plan approval, site-inspections and checks on completion of constructions. During the last decades however...

Energy regulations for houses in the Netherlands: Theory and practice

Regelgeving ter voorkoming van koolmonoxide-ongevallen in België, Denemarken, Duitsland en Engeland

Joint Road Forward: a new set of tools for including excluded perspectives on transport infrastructure

Planning of transportation infrastructure is built upon an established set of planning methods to estimate the need for and specifications of roads, amongst others. The abstraction from the real world as needed for applying clear planning tools has grown to considerably differ from the complex urban fabric of activities underlying the transport...

WP3 – Total cost of ownership – Eindrapport

Reducing the Performance Gap by Analysing Specific Combiantions of Occupant and Building Characteristics

The energy saving policies of governments are not resulting in the energy saving they were aiming for[1]. Theoretical energy saving predictions are an important and frequently used tool for policy makers to develop energy saving policies and to set energy saving targets. Majcen et al. [2] showed a discrepancy between actual and theoretical...

Debriefing Research Games: Context, Substance and Method

Background. Debriefing is an intrinsic part of games for learning and proper<br/>debriefing can also be beneficial to research games. However, the literature<br/>on how to debrief research games is sparse and only provides the professional<br/>with an abstract topic guide.<br/>Aim. The purpose of this study was to design a framework for the...

Integration of Energy and Material Performance of Buildings: I=E+M

A new methodology is proposed to assess integral performance of building with respect to energy and materials requirement over the building life cycle. Because the method builds on existing methods for Energy Performance and Materials Performance of Buildings, as defined by Dutch National Building Code, it provides an easily applicable method...