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Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)Sustainable development is the goal of a balance between economy and the environment, whilst establishing a better spread prosperity across the world. In order to make this possible, the environmental load of our commodities needs to be reduced by a factor of 20. This factor 20 can also be translated to the office market. The PhD research...doctoral thesis 2004
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Mols, B. (author)All over the world hundreds of thousands of initiatives are being developed to generate sustainable energy. The great majority of these are aimed at solar and wind energy, if only because they are available all over the world. Whats more, the initial investments required are relatively low and are often helped by government support, so even...journal article 2005
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Nilsson, M.A. (author)The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to understanding what makes a policymaking system better at integrating sustainability concerns into its processes. Three questions are in focus. First, how can policy integration be understood analytically and what is its actual status in sector policy? Second, what conditions have facilitated or...doctoral thesis 2005
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Wilsenach, J.A. (author)Abstract not availabledoctoral thesis 2006
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Beerepoot, W.M.C. (author)The passing by the European Parliament of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in 2003 obliges all European member states to implement energy regulations for buildings based on the concept of energy performance by the year 2009 ultimately. Given the importance of the development of innovations in energy technology, and a...doctoral thesis 2007
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Guerra Santin, O. (author)Buildings consume resources and produces emissions to the environment during their life cycle. They consume materials during their construction, maintenance and renovation activities, consume energy and water during their use, and produce waste at the end of their useful life. There are several sustainable building methods for environmental...conference paper 2008
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Mlecnik, E. (author), Kaan, H. (author), Hodgson, G. (author)According to the popular definition, passive houses have to reach a target energy demand for heating less than 15 kWh per square meter and per year. This criterion is used as a basis for quality assurance procedures and certification of passive house projects. This paper identifies the experiences in several western European countries concerning...conference paper 2008
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De Jong, H.M. (author)This study focuses on the processes through which the rules and regulations that govern European electricity markets - and inherently, their integration process - are established. So far, European policy makers have largely followed a 'trial-and-error' approach to finding an appropriate regulatory mode (process) for dealing effectively with...doctoral thesis 2009
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Bos, F.P. (author)This dissertation proposes the Integrated Approach to Structural Glass Safety, based on four clearly defined element safety properties, damage sensitivity, relative resistance, redundancy, and fracture mode. The Element Safety Diagram (ESD) is introduced to provide an easy-to-read graphical representation of these properties. The safety...doctoral thesis 2009
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Lattemann, S. (author)Seawater desalination is a rapidly growing coastal-based industry. The combined production capacity of all seawater desalination plants worldwide has increased by 30% over the last two years: from 28 million cubic meters per day in 2007—which is the equivalent of the average discharge of the River Seine at Paris—to more than 36 million cubic...doctoral thesis 2010
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Stougie, L. (author), Van der Kooi, H.J. (author)The worldwide demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is growing, which results in numerous LNG import terminals being under construction. In the interest of sustainable development, it is important to decide carefully upon which technology to apply for evaporating the LNG to natural gas. Three options for the evaporation of LNG have been...conference paper 2010
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Heidenstrøm, N. (author), Stø, E. (author), Strandbakken, P. (author), Throne-Holst, H. (author)Largely unnoticed by the media and the public, the electricity consumption of Norwegian households has stopped growing and even decreased since 1990. The project, financed by the Norwegian Research Council, aims at defining what factors that might explain this rather unanticipated development. This paper is, however, restricted to accounting for...conference paper 2010
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Wilson, G. (author), Bhamra, T. (author), Lilley, D. (author)Energy use within the UK domestic sector is on the increase, causing significant environmental and social stresses. This increase in energy consumption is not only due to the rising proliferation of technological devices within the home, but also to their context of use, and the behaviours and habits attributed to and enacted through their...conference paper 2010
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Strydis, C. (author)HEALTHCARE in the 21st century is changing rapidly. In advanced countries, in particular, healthcare is moving from a public to a more personalized nature. However, the costs of healthcare worldwide are increasing every year. Better use of technology can and should be used to get control of these costs. At the same time, implants have clearly...doctoral thesis 2011
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Stougie, L. (author), Van der Kooi, H.J. (author)A thorough investigation of literature about the relation between exergy and sustainability was conducted in September 2010. An overview of opinions and methods in the field of exergy analysis and sustainability is briefly presented. Exergy analysis has several advantages compared to energy analysis, but a careful underpinning of the relation...conference paper 2011
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Alders, E.E. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author), Van den Ham, E.R. (author)Many theories on thermal comfort exist and there are many ways to deliver this in an energy efficient way. Both aspects are often studied in a static way and most of these studies only regard one of the aspects, seldom investigating what influence the way of delivering thermal comfort has on the actual perceived thermal comfort. This paper...conference paper 2011
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Thompson, S.E. (author), Harman, C.J. (author), Konings, A.G. (author), Sivapalan, M. (author), Neal, A. (author), Troch, P.A. (author)Watersheds can be characterized as complex space?time filters that transform incoming fluxes of energy, water, and nutrients into variable output signals. The behavior of these filters is driven by climate, geomorphology, and ecology and, accordingly, varies from site to site. We investigated this variation by exploring the behavior of...journal article 2011
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Ketter, W. (author), Collins, J. (author), Reddy, P. (author), Flath, C. (author), De Weerdt, M.M. (author)This is the specification for the Power Trading Agent Competition for 2012 (Power TAC 2012). Power TAC is a competitive simulation that models a “liberalized” retail electrical energy market, where competing business entities or “brokers” offer energy services to customers through tariff contracts, and must then serve those customers by trading...report 2011
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Verdult, E. (author)TU Delft students are participating for the fourth time in the world championship solar boat race in Friesland, which begins on 8 July. Expectations are high because the TU Delft students were world champions in 2006 and 2008. In 2010, the solar boat was equipped with hydrofoils for the first time. Unfortunately, the hydrofoils caused the boat...journal article 2012