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Daniel, D. (author), Djohan, Dennis (author), Machairas, Ilias (author), Pande, S. (author), Arifin, Arifin (author), Djono, Trimo Pamudji Al (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Background: There is increasing recognition of the complexity underlying WASH conditions in developing countries. This article explores the complexity by assessing the vulnerability of a specific area to poor WASH conditions using a qualitative approach. Methods: We present our findings for the district of East Sumba in Indonesia. This area...journal article 2021
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Blank, J.L.T. (author)Building operations and construction are responsible for a large part of global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. In this paper, we present an analysis of the efficiency and productivity of the provision of school buildings by Dutch municipalities. A cost function is estimated for the years 2005–2016 using stochastic frontier methods...journal article 2021
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Friedericy, Herman J. (author), van Egmond, Cas W. (author), Vogtländer, J.G. (author), van der Eijk, A.C. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)The widespread use of single-use polypropylene packaging for sterilization of surgical instruments (blue wrap) results in enormous environmental pollution and plastic waste, estimated at 115 million kilograms on a yearly basis in the United States alone. Rigid sterilization containers (RSCs) are a well-known alternative in terms of quality...journal article 2021
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Khan, Umara (author), Zevenhoven, Ron (author), Stougie, L. (author), Tveit, Tor Martin (author)The use of Stirling-cycle-based heat pumps in high-temperature applications and waste heat recovery at an industrial scale is of increasing interest due to the promising role in producing thermal energy with zero CO2 emissions. This paper analyzes one such technology as developed by Olvondo Technology and installed at the pharmaceutical company...journal article 2021
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van de Kaa, G. (author)In the past century, the amount of information that is generated has increased at an exponential rate. As a result of this information saturation process or ‘information overload’, people cannot keep pace with the information flowing towards them. Organizations can take steps towards sustainability by improving the health conditions in their...book chapter 2021
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Ekici, B. (author), Kazanasmaz, Tugce (author), Turrin, M. (author), Tasgetiren, Fatih (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)High-rise building optimisation is becoming increasingly relevant owing to global population growth and urbanisation trends. Previous studies have demonstrated the potential of high-rise optimisation but have been focused on the use of the parameters of single floors for the entire design; thus, the differences related to the impact of the dense...journal article 2021
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Ekici, B. (author), Kazanasmaz, Tuğçe (author), Turrin, M. (author), Tasgetiren, Fatih (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)Designing high-rise buildings is one of the complex tasks of architecture because it involves interdisciplinary performance aspects in the conceptual phase. The necessity for sustainable high-rise buildings has increased owing to the demand for metropolises based on population growth and urbanisation trends. Although artificial intelligence (AI)...journal article 2021
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Heurkens, E.W.T.M. (author), Dabrowski, M.M. (author)Circular economy (CE), the new ‘buzzword’ in urban and regional studies and policy debates, is about shifting from a linear production process towards a circular one in which the generation of waste is minimised, materials circulate in ‘closed loops’, and waste is not considered a burden but rather a resource that brings new economic...journal article 2021
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Tensa, Melissa (author), Wang, Jenna (author), Harris, Roscoe (author), Faludi, Jeremy (author), DuPont, Bryony (author)This study user-tested different data visualizations for highly uncertain life cycle assessments (LCAs) to determine what best supported decision-making. Precise LCAs can only be performed once designs are finalized, due to the information necessary to complete them, but design changes in such late stages are costly. If designers could have...journal article 2021
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Sumter, Deborah (author), de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author), Bakker, C.A. (author), Balkenende, R. (author)In a recent study, we identified seven key circular competencies for design: (1) Design for Multiple Use Cycles, (2) Design for Recovery, (3) Circular Impact Assessment, (4) Circular Business Models, (5) Circular User Engagement, (6) Circular Economy Collaboration, and (7) Circular Economy Communication. These were derived from small‐scale...journal article 2021
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Daniel, D. (author), Prawira, Julivius (author), Djono, Trimo Pamudji Al (author), Subandriyo, S. (author), Rezagama, Arya (author), Purwanto, Aries (author)The sustainability of the water supply program in developing countries is influenced by many inter-linked and dynamic factors, suggesting the need to analyse the system behaviour of the water supply program. However, no study analyses factors influencing the sustainability of rural drinking water supply programs holistically, and this study...journal article 2021
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Ackermann, L. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author), Mugge, R. (author)Product care is defined as all activities initiated by consumers that encourage an extension of product lifetimes, such as repair, maintenance, and/or careful handling. A product care scale was developed and validated in a set of four related studies. In study 1, we asked experts to examine the face validity of a set of 35 items. In study 2,...journal article 2021
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Gebremariam, A.T. (author), Vahidi, A. (author), Di Maio, F. (author), Moreno-Juez, J. (author), Vegas-Ramiro, I. (author), Łagosz, Artur (author), Mróz, Radosław (author), Rem, P.C. (author)This study focuses on formulating the most sustainable concrete by incorporating recycled concrete aggregates and other products retrieved from construction and demolition (C&D) activities. Both recycled coarse aggregates (RCA) and recycled fine aggregates (RFA) are firstly used to fully replace the natural coarse and fine aggregates in...journal article 2021
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Daniel, D. (author), Djohan, Dennis (author), Nastiti, Anindrya (author)It is argued that there are interconnected and dynamic factors that influence the sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in developing countries. Five sustainability factors are often mentioned by literature: financial, institutional, environmental, technical, and social (FIETS) factors. This article aims to...journal article 2021
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Silvestre, José Dinis (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author), Bragança, Luís (author)This research applies the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to measure the gap between designers’ intentions towards heritage conservation and the actual design decisions. It aims at contributing to identify which psychological constructs (attitude, norm, perception of control) are hindering the implementation of sustainable conservation...journal article 2021
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Guillen Mandujano, Georgina (author), Quist, J.N. (author), Hamari, Juho (author)Considering how wicked problems, such as overconsumption, climate change, or the management of the COVID-19 pandemic rely on multiple stakeholder groups’ deliberation, this study investigates gamification's potential in participatory backcasting processes to support the emergence and growth of social innovations towards sustainability....journal article 2021
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Sustainable Passive Design for Building Performance of Healthy Built Environment in the Lingnan AreaLi, Bin (author), Guo, Weihong (author), Liu, Xiao (author), Zhang, Yuqing (author), Russell, P.J. (author), Schnabel, Marc Aurel (author)Having a healthy built environment becomes increasingly important, especially under the effects of COVID-19. This paper intends to combine sustainable goals based on climate change with passive design principles to achieve a healthy built environment regarding the building performance of residential buildings. The Yuedao Residential Community in...journal article 2021
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Silvestre, José Dinis (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)Despite the recognised importance of built heritage for sustainable development, and the multiple tools, recommendations, guidelines, and policies developed in recent years to support decision-making, good sustainable conservation practices often fail to be implemented. Challenges faced by practitioners often relate to external factors, and...journal article 2021
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Cañizares Gaztelu, J.C. (author), Copeland, S.M. (author), Doorn, N. (author)While resilience is a major concept in development, climate adaptation, and related do-mains, many doubts remain about how to interpret this term, its relationship with closely overlap-ping terms, or its normativity. One major view is that, while resilience originally was a descriptive concept denoting some adaptive property of ecosystems,...journal article 2021
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Milchram, C. (author)Smart grids within the transition to sustainable energy systems Smart grid systems are widely considered as crucial in the energy transition, because they allow for greater flexibility in bridging temporal gaps between electricity supply and demand in renewable energy systems. To do so, the systems make use of information and communication...doctoral thesis 2020