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Fröwis, Alexandra (author)The climate crisis poses a significant threat to our planet, and the building sector plays a big role in that regard, as it is responsible for 30% of energy consumption and 27% of emissions globally [IEA, 2022]. The sector aims to reduce its impact on the environment through different strategies like transitioning to a circular economy or...master thesis 2023
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Belt, Britt (author)As climate change and resource shortages increasingly threaten our planet, the built environment sector is under scrutiny due to its significant contribution to carbon emissions and global raw resource extraction. A transition towards a circular economy, replacing the prevailing "take-make-dispose" model, is crucial. This research explores the...master thesis 2023
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Guijt, Andries (author)The building and construction industry is one of the main polluting sectors contributing to climate change, and is responsible for around 37% of global CO2 emissions. A circular approach is needed to address the global demand for construction materials and resources in a sustainable way. Steel is a commonly used material in construction and...master thesis 2023
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Stuer, Hanlin (author)The misguided idea of permanence in architecture has proven to be an illusion (Brand, 1994; Ford, 1997). Present-day solutions such as the adaptive and circular design of buildings strive to enable frequent changes in buildings to satisfy the needs of users in our transient society. However, this challenges the idea of permanence in architecture...student report 2023
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Nossbaum, Nadine (author)The building industry is one of the largest producers of waste materials worldwide. Construction waste can include various materials such as concrete, wood, glass, metals, plastics, and hazardous materials. These wastes streams can pose significant environmental challenges and contribute to pollution and depletion of natural resources. However,...student report 2023
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Ebbers, Rik (author), Jocker, Florens (author), Rautela, Preksha (author), Valcarcel Wolloh, Ariana (author)The Earth is experiencing an increase in global surface temperature due to a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions, mainly caused by the production of fossil-fuel-based energy using non-renewable resources. The heavy industries, predominantly comprising refineries, are the primary contributors to these emissions. As the primary source...student report 2023
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Hettema, Maud (author)This research investigates a way to engage end-users in creating circular school buildings as a bottom-up approach is needed to create a more circular built environment. This is important as the goals of the Paris Agreement are not reached if we are not doubling global circularity.<br/>This research is executed based on the following research...master thesis 2023
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Winiarczyk, Kevin (author)Nowadays, air ducts components for ventilation used in offices, hospitals and schools are made from non-renewable materials mainly sheet metal and plastics. Continuing to feed the high demand of metals is a challenge and could result of depletion of natural resources. This raises the importance to look into renewable resources with a lower...master thesis 2023
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Nguyen, Binh Minh (author)An increasing massive volume of wind turbine blades are coming to end-of-life in the Netherlands. These components contain mostly fibre-reinforced plastics, which has been banned from landfill and incineration. Since then, companies and institutions have spent their efforts to expand the lifetime of this material by developing a circular wind...master thesis 2023
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Koot, Veerle (author)The healthcare sector uses a lot of on single use medical products, causing large amounts of CO₂ emissions and excessive amounts of waste. This project contributes to a circular Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by investigating the barriers and possible solutions for a transition from single use video laryngoscopes (VL) to (partly) reusable ones, in...master thesis 2022
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Arts, Bente (author)Textiles are unimaginable out of our lives - from the moment a human is born until existence stops - textiles are touched by wearing, seeing and feeling them. Where it once was fundamental for survival, today, the textile industry has grown towards a system that prioritises speed, efficiency and uniformity (Goldsworthy & Politowicz, 2018)...master thesis 2022
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Spek, Mike (author)The first part of this thesis investigated different pre-treatment methods of the fine glass dust in order to increase the reactivity when it was used as a cement replacement in cementitious mixtures. The results showed that the optimal pre-treatment for the fine glass dust was a heat-treatment at 600∘C for 1 hour combined with a grinding...master thesis 2022
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Grünewald, David (author)The housing crisis has resulted in a shortage of one million homes in the Netherlands. The dilemma: simply ramping up housing production fails to solve the problem, as common methods of construction and project development repeatedly prove to be socially and environmentally unsustainable. <br/><br/>Transit Village explores a variety of...master thesis 2022
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Nieuwhoff, Koert (author)The reuse of secondary materials will be important in achieving a circular built environment. But now, this is challenging since material streams are not synchronized in terms of space and time. Building material hubs, a location where materials are gathered, examined, and momentarily stored before being packed and sent to the building site...master thesis 2022
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Noordhoek, Thijs (author)Waste generation is one of the main environmental problems and is a result of the current linear economy. Materials/elements are used whereafter they are wasted which is a problem considering the finite material supply on earth. Therefore, the current linear economy needs to move towards a circular one in which materials are reused and thus kept...master thesis 2022
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Delzenne, David (author)Many recycled materials in different industries are traceable. The recycled content is often known in percentages. Steel is a material which gets recycled almost 100%. However it is not common practice to specify the recycled content for steel products. From a sustainability point of view this information can be very valuable. This thesis...master thesis 2022
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Antony Joseph Valiaveetil, AJV (author)The aerospace industry and TU Delft have set stringent climate goals for themselves and with each passing year, these goals seem all the more implausible. While sustainability in the aerospace industry is envisioned as futuristic, circular, net-zero aircraft, the change rarely comes from the grassroots. Although these technological solutions are...master thesis 2022
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Amini, Mohammad (author)The construction and waste industry would move towards applying Circular Economy (CE) strategies, to meet the circular ambition of the Dutch government before 2050. In order to accelerate this transition, it is necessary to explore and adopt more innovative and sustainable solutions within the construction and waste sector. A small amount of...master thesis 2022
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Brouwer, Joost (author)We are currently facing a transition of economy. Previous years were focused on a linear economy, consisting of the make-waste concept. The products that are made with raw materials are thrown away after its use. Unfortunately the Earth does not contain an unlimited source of materials and we need to focus on reusing materials. Concluding to...master thesis 2022