Teaching environmental sustainability in higher education

The challenges of sustainable engineering and design are complex and so are the challenges of teaching sustainability to higher education students. This paper deals with teaching environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on the sustainability of buildings. The paper addresses specifically the higher professional and academic education....

Effects of the Dutch energy performance regulations on energy savings in dwellings

In the Netherlands the energy consumption of new buildings is subject to performance based legislation, based on the Energy Performance Coefficient (EPC). The norm has been compulsory for almost 15 years, but only three surveys, one of them by the authors, were conducted to assess its effectiveness to reduce the actual energy use. The research...

A sustainable built environment: A new text book based on ecosystem theory

With half of the world population living in urban areas and with the building sector as the largest industrial sector in the US and Europe, the built environment makes a significant contribution to sustainability problems, in terms of energy use, material extraction, waste production and land conversion. In a search for a common theoretical...

Effectiveness of energy performance certification for the existing housing stock

LCA-based scenario study of housing maintenance: Energy or materials?

Duurzaamheid en klimaatverandering: Hoe verder?

Hoogbouw

Duurzaam onderhoud van gevelopeningen: Achtergrondrapport

Milieueffecten van renovatie activiteiten

Milieueffecten bij de renovatie van de referentiewoningen 'bestaande bouw'

The generation of EPDs for activities related to building maintenance

Analysis of the exergy-consumption of four types of buildings

Analysis of the exergy-consumption of four types of buildings

Implementation of exergy-calculations in an existing software tool forenergy-flow calculations in the early design stage

The use of simulations to support the retrofitting of a dutch monastery, listed as a historic building and being re-used as an office building

The use of simulations to support the retrofitting of a dutch monastery, listed as a historic building and being re-used as an office building

Wet compression-resorption heat pump cycles: Thermodynamic analysis and design, Natte compressie-resorptie warmtepomp cycli: thermodynamische analyse en ontwerp