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- Hasselaar, E. (author), Klunder, G. (author), Morawska, L. (author) conference paper 2003
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Nieboer, N.E.T. (author)With 35% of the total housing stock in the Netherlands (Ministry of VROM, 2004), the social rented sector plays an important role in Dutch housing, and its management can be of great importance to the success or failure of sustainability programs. Although sustainable building has been high on the national political agenda, and although this was...conference paper 2004
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Wever, R. (author), Boks, C. (author), Stevels, A. (author)Two major changes are currently taking place in the world of Consumer Electronics. They are, first, the relocation of production to low-wage countries, in particularly China. This results in longer distribution distances, which lead to a higher relative importance of this phase in the entire life cycle. To make this phase as efficient as...conference paper 2006
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Thomsen, A.F. (author), van der Flier, C.L. (author)What is better: renovation or new construction? Following the plenary debate on the ENHR 2007 conference in Rotterdam we continued our search for the answer to this question. The choice between reuse and replacement of existing buildings is a vital but very difficult one, involving a wide range of aspects and affecting contradictory and often...conference paper 2008
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Stougie, L. (author), Van der Kooi, H.J. (author)A thorough qualitative investigation of the relation between exergy losses and environmental problems has been conducted. Environmental effects being taken into account include climate change, acidification, eutrophication, disposal and dissipation. It is concluded that almost all environmental effects can be taken into account by studying the...conference paper 2009
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Zijlstra, H. (author)The work of architect Gerrit Th. Rietveld (1888 – 1964) is appreciated throughout the world. Many of the well-known buildings he designed have survived to the present. Some have been restored or refurbished, depending on the condition of the building, current needs of the building users, etc. Rietveld himself had a very clear vision about...conference paper 2009
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Matsuhashi, N. (author), Kuijer, L. (author), De Jong, A.M. (author)This paper explores a design method to generate insights for designing less resource-intensive forms of everyday life. This study takes the assumption that looking at cultural diversity can widen the variety of insights which can be used as a source of inspiration for designing sustainable practices. However, there is a lack of clear-cut...conference paper 2009
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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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Ketola, T. (author)During this decade forest companies have been diversifying their operations and product ranges from traditional forestry, timber and pulp and paper both to energy and biofuels and to RFID technologies, labels, wood and plastic composites, and biochemicals. Basic products and high tech products are developed side by side. Each company desires new...conference paper 2010
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Dissanayake, G. (author), Sinha, P. (author)There has been a significant increase in volume of new clothing sales over the last ten years; indeed it is the fastest growing waste in household waste stream, raising the potential for a similar increase in volume of textile waste dispose in landfill sites and the resultant harm to the environment. As volume of throwaway fashion increases and...conference paper 2010
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Rubik, F. (author), Scholl, G. (author), Teufel, J. (author)Several product labels provide information to the consumer on different product characteristics. Nowadays, a huge variety of labels give information on ecological and/or social aspects of products. Unfortunately, only some aspects of the products sustainability are represented by those labels. Most of them are mere Eco-labels, discounting...conference paper 2010
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De Borja, J. (author), Kuijer, S.C. (author), Aprile, W.A. (author)Activities around food have implications for the environment, personal nutrition, identity, and social relationships. As a way of understanding how daily routines evolve, practice theory (a theory of social action from sociology) provides a framework through which the complexities around consumer food habits can be understood and reveal avenues...conference paper 2010
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Lockton, D. (author), Harrison, D. (author), Stanton, N.A. (author)Influencing more environmentally friendly and sustainable behaviour is a current focus of many projects, ranging from government social marketing campaigns, education and tax structures to designers work on interactive products, services and environments. There is a wide variety of techniques and methods usedwe have identified over 100 design...conference paper 2010
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Saidel, M.A. (author), Favato, L.B. (author), De Toledo, L.M.A. (author), Galvao, C.R. (author), Kurahassi, L.F. (author)The Brazilian pioneer experience in energy efficiency management in public university campi is the Permanent Program in Efficient Energy Use of the University of São Paulo (PURe), running since 1997. Total built area of the university totalizes above 1 million square meters throughout more than 20 cities in the state of São Paulo, which results...conference paper 2010
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Otero, G. (author), Benayas, J. (author), Alba, D. (author), Casado, M. (author), Leme, P. (author), Diaz, M.J. (author), Amaral, R. (author), Massambani, O. (author), Lima, E. (author)For several decades, environmental variables have been introduced to universities, either in curriculum activities or campus management. Following such trend, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in Brazil, and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), in Spain, created, throughout the 1990s, organizational structures able to coordinate environmental...conference paper 2010
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De Borja, J. (author), Kuijer, L. (author), Aprile, W.A. (author)Activities around food have implications for the environment, personal nutrition, identity, and social relationships. As a way of understanding how daily routines evolve, practice theory (a theory of social action from sociology) provides a framework through which the complexities around consumer food habits can be understood and reveal avenues...conference paper 2010
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Brandli, L.L. (author), Frandoloso, M.A.L. (author), Fraga, K.T. (author), Pereira, L.A. (author), Vieira, L.C. (author)The Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher Education (AISHE) is an assessment instrument developed specifically for higher education. The AISHE had been applied in many institutions in its first version (AISHE 1.0) and has a new version the AISHE 2.0, with new elements for evaluation (ROORDA, 2008). This paper shows the results of...conference paper 2010
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Zachrisson, J. (author), Boks, C. (author)Increased focus in research on the environmental consequences of behaviour and product usage the last decade has resulted in a number of different design strategies. The strategies are meant to stimulate desired behavioural patterns or to avoid undesired ones. Although this provides understanding of how behaviour may be changed, there has been...conference paper 2010
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Martinho, A.P. (author), Nicolau, P.B. (author), Caeiro, S. (author), Amador, F. (author), Oliveira, C. (author)Promoting effective environmental citizenship is one way to achieve sustainability - people should be encouraged to act to preserve the environment and the common good. The citizens qualities and attitudes will determine the evolution of our society at all levels. Individuals must develop a cultural capacity that in modern society turn them...conference paper 2010
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Van Bommel, H.W.M. (author)The need to pay attention to social and environmental aspects in the supply network of companies is hardly discussed anymore. But how a good strategy and related activities can be selected and implemented is a question that remains. Strategies and activities found in practice seem to be based on ad hoc decisions and not systematic and rational...conference paper 2010