Social practice theory as design approach for reducting energy use for indoor climate management in Dutch dwellings

Sustainable education: An educational building on sustainable energy solutions in Haarlem Spaarnwoude

A 68 meter high sustainable university building and a discovery museum on the topic of sustainable energy.

Flexibility as foundation of Sustainability: Lifecycle focus as a process approach towards 'Evolving Buildings' in our 'City of Tomorrow

Our society and economy are constantly changing. In spite of this the demands and wishes of users also changes. Most of the current building stock is developed as mono-functional buildings to fulfil the demand at a particular moment. They are not designed for the lifespan in which they are functional. Because of their shortcomings in...

Improving the sustainability of project organisations: Making the activities of Rijkswaterstaat more sustainable

A case study research was executed to determine how Rijkswaterstaat can improve the current way of implementing sustainability into its construction and maintenance projects. Deficiencies and plus-points of the current approach were identified and recommendations are formulated to resolve the deficiencies. The recommendations are based on best...

Reclaiming the industrial landscape through sustainable transformation

The title of the graduation project is Reclaiming the industrial landscape through sustainable transformation. The generalized crisis of several industrial sectors contributed to the appearance of derelict industrial areas. The establishment of new and more severe environmental legislation associated with an increasing public pressure related...

The Integration of Sustainability in the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation within the context of SMEs

By covering the literature related to innovation processes, new value creation and sustainable innovation, the literature review conducted for this thesis highlights that the integration of sustainability issues in the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation (FFE) is an ill-addressed area in scientific literature. To tackle the problem, the research...

Het inbrengen en borgen van duurzaamheid in het ontwerpproces: Implementing and assuring sustainability in the design process

In order to contribute to and assure sustainable ambitions in the design process of utility buildings, a framework was developed. This framework the ‘STODUR’ enables parties from all levels to discuss the subject of sustainability. In the framework attention is given to the strategical- and tactical aims of sustainability in a building project....

Awareness Creation for the Carbon Policy among Employees

This graduation project has been performed at AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals in order to attain the Master of Science degree at the Faculty Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology. In this executive summery an overview of the most important information is given. AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals consists of a managerial...

Sustainable automotive retailer of the future

This master thesis is about the car retail industry of the Netherlands. The goal of this master thesis is to adjust the decision making process of consumers that are buying a car in a way that sustainability, new developments and an improved vision on mobility is taking into account. The current retail channel does not meet the needs of today's...

GeneScape: Agent Based model of Gene Flow from crops and its implications for sustainability of Genetic Modification

If Genetic Modification is to be accepted as a sustainable technological development its social, ecological and economical impacts must be understood.<br/>One important tool in determining the environmental and human risks of a technological development such as Genetical Modification (GM), is the Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA). QRA can...