Sustainable Design Development of a Concrete Lock Chamber: Reaching a Sustainable and Durable Design of a Ship Lock Concrete Hard Structure, Enabling Navigation Through the Haringvliet Storm Surge Barrier as Part of the Delta21 Project

Concrete is the second most used material in the world after water and recent trends show no slowing down of the concrete use around the world. Concrete is also a huge contributor to CO2 emissions as it makes up 8% of emissions. This study investigates the optimization of concrete structures to reduce environmental impact while maintaining...

Ex-ante viability of wonder nanomaterials from waste CO2: An ex-ante techno-economic and environmental assessment of CO2 based carbon nanomaterial production and comparison with status quo

The primary objective of this study was to address the lack of understanding of the commercial- scale implementation of novel CO2 based carbon nanomaterial (CNM) production and its comparison with status quo CNM production processes using unsustainable fossil resources. To accomplish this objective, first, a literature review was performed on...

Una reunión educativa con el bambu (An educational meeting with Bamboo)

The thesis is a research driven design study of a multiple floor/"high-rise" building with a structure of Laminated Guadua bamboo in Guayaquil Ecuador. Dealing with earthquakes, context, structure and sustainability issues. The Thesis is strongly oriented to structure, the industry and the state of the industry itself but always driven by...

Design of Sustainable Bridges

In the upcoming years a few hunderds of pedestrian bridges in Rotterdam have to be replaced. At Agentschap NL and at Ingenieursbureau Gemeente-werken Rotterdam (IGWR) there is the desire to take sustainability into account when replacing pedestrian’s bridges. There was however not much information available yet about the criteria that make a...

The search for the most eco-efficient strategies for sustainable housing construction; Dutch lessons