From Energy Measurement To Big Data

This report consummates the Bachelor Project TI3806 course. To accumulate a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, it is compulsory to pass this course. The project, spanning a duration of ten weeks, is described in this report. The project client was Adviesgroep Strategisch Gebouwbeheer...

Dimmable fenestration and incorporated photovoltaic design: Smart Window design with PDLC and AL-BSF cells

The built environment contributes with 39% of the CO2 emissions in the world [3]. At the same time it is a sector that is expected to grow from US$10.9 trillion (2017) to US$12.9 trillion (2022) [4]. A sector with such an economic growth but with a negative environmental impact needs to innovate in order to reduce its carbon footprint. These are...

Investigation of active learning techniques for dynamic Time-of-Use (dToU) tariff policy design for residential users

The active learning approach is a special case of semi-supervised machine learning which is able to interactively query the user to reduce the uncertainty of the machine learning model. The approach is useful to minimize the data labeling cost. The project aims to study and use this method to characterize residential electricity users’ demand...

Improving identification of HT-ATES performance drivers and -barriers

High temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) can potentially solve the mismatch between heat supply and demand. It can provide a large scale seasonal heat storage solution. Thereby it enables an increase in full load hours of the base heat source, which can benefit project performance on both costs and emissions. However, the...

Grip on Energy: with Blockchain Technology

Switching energy suppliers can be a time consuming process and the manner in which permissions regarding consumer data are stored lacks transparency. To overcome these issues, a solution was proposed in the form of a mandate register. Said register keeps track of which consumer gave what permission, regarding energy data, to whom. In this...

A life cycle perspective of water conservation and resource recovery strategies in the urban water system

The transition towards sustainable and resource efficient urban water systems is a major challenge nowadays. To meet the high demands of urban life resources need to be efficiently used and resource recovery from generated “waste” streams should become a “new normal”. Water and wastewater can provide an alternative and environmentally viable...

Interventions for an inclusive energy transition in Amsterdam Zuidoost: An ethnographic research on inclusivity of the LIFE project

In order to overcome the existential threat of climate change the energy transition is needed. The energy transition has multiple challenges, one of them being that it risks increasing inequality. This challenge also occurs in Amsterdam Zuidoost. In Amsterdam Zuidoost almost one out of five households lives already in energy poverty, which risks...

On the Behaviour of Sea-Salt Batteries

To enable affordable and environmentally friendly eletrical energy storage, a battery was designed using sea-water as electrolyte. The performance of this battery was tested through repeated cycling under a variety of circumstances. The Coulombic and energetic efficiency were around 80% and 68% respectively. The battery saw a strong drop in...

The heat is on: examining the weights of factors influencing the choice between residential heating systems and their differences across the Netherlands

Living With Data

The research and design hypothesize how data centers can complement the urban environment rather than make a negative impact, both environmentally and spatially. Data centers consume and produce a variety of valuable flows, ranging from electricity, cooling/heating and water use. The aim of the research is to discover whether it is possible to...