Policies to promote sustainable consumption: First results from an EU-wide impact evaluation project

The development of policies to promote sustainable consumption is a growing and demanding task of today. Many different actors have to cooperate, or even integrate their strategies and portfolios from the local to the international level, and across sectors. In order to achieve effective and coherent policies, many uncertainties have to be dealt...

Participation and behaviour: Key issues in local energy policies

The ladder of influence by Arnstein (1969) shows steps from manipulation to citizen control. The level of interaction between citizens, authorities and institutions can be placed on this ladder. In the Netherlands new strategies for empowerment in the field of energy performance are emerging, for instance the Climate Festival, the mobile energy...

What, Where, and Which? A Nested Logit Model for Dutch Housing Choice

In the Netherlands, changes on the housing market and overloading of the transport system require a policy that pays attention to both sides of the coin. To make projections of possible scenarios, under different policies, models are developed to study the transport system, the housing market and their interaction. To investigate residential...

A new life: Transformation of vacant office buildings into housing

Office buildings are experiencing vacancy. This leads to financial problems for the owners and social problems for the community, e.g. vandalism and deterioration. A solution may be found in transformation of vacant buildings and changing the buildings’ program. In the Dutch situation, housing is a valid function, given the tight market. Housing...

Integrating health and sustainability in Life Cycle Assessment

Water neutrality and housing in the Dutch water-metropolis

Health performance evaluation of housing