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Marrero, Madelyn (author), Martin, C.L. (author), Muntean, Radu (author), González-Vallejo, Patricia (author), Rodríguez-Alba, MD (author)Several strategies are presented to teach university students and professionals in the sector how to reduce the environmental impact of our cities. First, the European City-zen project is summarized and its application to the city of Seville, more specifically to Tiro de Linea, a working class neighborhood, is described; the viability and...conference paper 2018
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Prendeville, S.M. (author), Cherim, Emma (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author)Urbanisation and climate change are urging cities to chart novel paths towards sustainable futures. Many cities are turning to the alluring 'circular economy' (CE) concept to guide this redirection. The CE concept re-imagines how flows of resources moving through economies might be 'closed'. Here, we explore this new 'circular city' agenda by...journal article 2018
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van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Martin, C.L. (author), Keeffe, Greg (author), Pulselli, Riccardo (author), Vandevyvere, Han (author)IIn the challenge for a sustainable society, carbon-neutrality is a critical objective for all cities in the coming decades. In the EU City-zen project, academic partners collaborate to develop an urban energy transition methodology, which supports cities in making the energy transition to sustainable lifestyles and carbon neutrality. As part of...journal article 2018
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Bekebrede, G. (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author), Wenzler, I. (author), van Veen, A.J. (author)Cities face a challenging task in reducing CO2 emissions. Multiple technical solutions on district level as well as household level are available; multiple stakeholders with different values and possibilities to intervene are involved; and their actions highly influence the performance. To get a better understanding of these complexities and to...conference paper 2018
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Tummers-Mueller, L.C. (author)Following the UN world summits on Climate Change (Paris 2015) and Habitat (Quito 2016), most European cities assume an active role to implement internationally agreed goals related to climate change, translated in the so-called New Urban Agenda. At the same time, the urban housing market is increasingly inaccessible for low- and middle-income...doctoral thesis 2017
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Vogtländer, J.G. (author), Scheepens, A.E. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Peck, David (author)Eco-efficient Value Creation is a method to analyse innovative product and service design together with circular business strategies. The method is based on combined analyses of the costs, market value (perceived customer value) and eco-costs. This provides a prevention-based single indicator for ‘external environmental costs’ in LCA. The...journal article 2017
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de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author)Growing unsustainable consumption in Vietnam is a pressing issue, especially in urban areas. The effects of rapid economic growth, industrialization and increasing wealth in combination with a young, growing population makes that the middle class of Vietnam is on the rise. This movement within the population is making room to form and introduce...doctoral thesis 2017
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de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author)Co-creation for sustainable products and actions is a new approach to most of Vietnamese enterprises and consumers. The co-design workshop between companies and customers is an innovative way to bring them together, create mutual understanding and put the spotlight on sustainability. Through the GetGreen Vietnam project promoting sustainable...book 2017
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Martin, C.L. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Keeffe, Greg (author)Sustainability needs professionals and methodologies that can bring the architecturally qualitative and scientifically quantitative together to reveal the latent potential of our cities and people. These experts must have the necessary communication skills, personalities and backgrounds to firmly place city stakeholders at the heart of this...conference paper 2017
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Heurkens, E.W.T.M. (author)Strategies and partnerships for delivering sustainable private sector-led urban development projects are yet to be effectuated. Despite the fact that actors in real estate development increasingly incorporate sustainability features into decision-making, it seems that developing sustainable urban areas – taking into account more complex social,...conference paper 2017
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Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Bijvoet, Xanna (author), Oei, A. (author)In order to attain a truly sustainable society it is necessary for people to make ‘the sustainable choice’ in daily life, business and governance. Instrumental in increasing the awareness and understanding about sustainability issues and improving people's behaviour regarding sustainability issues is sustainability education. However,...journal article 2017
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Sauerwein, M. (author), Bakker, C.A. (author), Balkenende, R. (author)Circular product design is a relatively new approach to design suitable strategies to realize circular products. Additive manufacturing (AM) is seen as a promising enabling production process. It has digital and additive characteristics, which makes AM different from conventional production techniques. However, it is yet unclear how this...conference paper 2017
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Kersten, W.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Crul, M.R.M. (author)Many global sustainable development issues affect large numbers of people, e.g. clean cooking. Most current projects focus on a specific use context, therefore do not scale well to new contexts and consequently do not reach enough beneficiaries. We present an approach, Context Variation by Design (CVD), in which insights from different contexts...journal article 2017
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Sauerwein, M. (author), Karana, E. (author), Rognoli, Valentina (author)The use of materials derived from waste is one of the prominent ways to contribute to sustainable product design. However, there is a stark gap in literature concerning how people appraise such materials. In this paper, we present our initial attempts to understand the aesthetic appreciation of materials, in particular those derived from...journal article 2017
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Knickel, K (author), Redman, M. (author), Darnhofer, I. (author), Ashkenazy, A. (author), Calvão Chebach, T. (author), Šumane, Sandra (author), Tisenkopfs, Talis (author), Zemeckis, R. (author), Atkociuniene, V. (author), Rivera, M (author), Strauss, A (author), Kristensen, L. S. (author), de Schiller, S (author), Koopmans, M. E. (author), Rogge, E. (author)This paper explores the connections between farm modernisation, rural development and the resilience of agricultural and rural systems. The paper starts by ascertaining why agricultural and food systems need to change systemically. Evidence from case studies in fourteen countries is used to explore the possibilities for, and drivers and...journal article 2017
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Rieck, F.G. (author), Machielsen, C. (author), van Duin, Ron (author)Will the Automotive era come to an end in the 21th century? Looking at today’s environmental and economic challenges of the use of cars based on last century technology and listening to some trend watchers one could think so. Cars can be regarded, as an old school status product indeed, for which there is no use, no place, no money and no...conference paper 2017
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Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the quality control systems for constructions in seven countries in Europe with the purpose to trace innovative approaches and best practices that can serve as examples for other countries. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a series of research projects carried out over a number of years....journal article 2017
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Geißdörfer, M. (author), Savaget, Paulo (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Hultink, H.J. (author)While the terms Circular Economy and sustainability are increasingly gaining traction with academia, industry, and policymakers, the similarities and differences between both concepts remain ambiguous. The relationship between the concepts is not made explicit in literature, which is blurring their conceptual contours and constrains the...journal article 2017
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Quist, W.J. (author), Zijlstra, H. (author), Spoormans, L.G.K. (author)Het doel van dit rapport is het identificeren en benoemen van de kernkwaliteiten van het bouwsysteem (en de hiermee gerealiseerde woningen en wijken) op basis van waarnemingen aan Airey-complexen zoals die er nu bij staan en gerelateerd aan historische informatie. Hiertoe is met behulp van google-streetview een overzicht gemaakt van de meeste...report 2017
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