Assessing Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Water and Development Cooperation: a Multi-Actor System Perspective

Water and development projects are development cooperation’s specifically focused on the water sector such as sanitation, drinking water, and water management. In these type of development programmes, governmental or public organizations that manage the water sector in a country are usually involved. These organizations use their financial...

Policy application to RTI pooler networks for optimized relocation planning: Optimizing RTI pooling management for reducing operational costs and increasing sustainability in supply chains

In this thesis, the optimization of inventory management within RTI pooler networks is considered. The inventory management by RTI poolers consists of the network configurations on which the network relies, as well as the relocation schedule of RTI poolers that determines the functionality of the system.

Decarbonisation of the Dutch ceramic industry: A techno-economic analysis of decarbonisation options

The manufacturing processes of the Dutch ceramic plants are energy intensive with high temperatures. Most heat is generated by firing natural gas, which causes CO2 emissions. According to the Dutch Climate Agreement, the ceramic plants need to abate their CO2 emissions by 2030. This study intends to provide an analysis of applicable...

Improving Energy Access for Displaced Populations: An institutional analysis for the potential of community solar mini-grids in refugee camps

There is a pressing need for sustainable energy solutions in refugee camps. Community solar mini-grids, with their costs, reliability, and ease of installation can meet this energy need and contribute to the development and empowerment of camp residents. This research aims to answer the question of "To what extent can community-based governance...

The trade-off between reliability and affordability of a hydrogen grid from the perspective of households: A stated choice experiment used to analyze preferences of households

The built environment needs to become completely sustainable before 2050. Hydrogen is seen as a suitable resource to help in achieving this goal. In a hydrogen system, the predefined high level of reliability, as stands today, affects the affordability of the system. The households are the users and payers of the system. The method used is...

The geopolitical implications of renewables: Evidence from the increasing share of wind energy in the Danish electricity system

Abstract The technical and geographical characteristics of fossil fuels have shaped interstate energy relations for decades. The ongoing energy transition leads to an increasing share of renewables in the electricity mix. Since technical and geographical characteristics of renewables differ significantly from those of fossil fuels, it is likely...

Evaluating Capacity Development in the Water Sector from an Institutional Perspective: A case study on developing Capacity for Participatory Institutional Analysis in the urbanizing delta of Khulna, Bangladesh

The Global South is facing severe water and delta management challenges. Strong institutions are necessary to find solutions to these water challenges. To improve the understanding on institutions, development of knowledge and skills on institutions could be strengthened among local stakeholders. This process can be referred to as institutional...

Property Rights for Decentralised Organic Waste Processing

The increase in consumption of resources has led to more waste being generated, which then needs to be managed at the end of their life-cycle as waste. Current practices of waste management are not efficient as they lead to a release of emissions and a loss of value that is present in the resource, which is discarded as waste. New legislation...

Financial Incentives for the Development of Industrial Energy Community Systems: Modeling of renewable energy generation in undustrial clusters

The development of energy communities across the globe is a landmark for the development of decentralized generation, supporting the transition to renewable energy sources. However, energy communities focus on households with little attention to industries or towards the development of Industrial Community Energy Systems. A central issue is the...

A Process Design Towards the Yacht Environmental Transparency Index

A trend in current society is reducing the environmental impact of products. One of the industries in which this trend is noticeable is the yachting industry. Yachts with a lower environmental impact are being demanded. Furthermore, regulations are being put in place that are likely to limit the effect yachts can have on the environment. One...

The challenges of integrating hydrogen in the Dutch natural gas infrastructure: A socio-technical analysis on the challenges of integrating hydrogen in the Dutch gas infrastructure for the provision of gas to the built environment

The Dutch government has announced that 7 million houses and 1 million buildings in the service sector need to be provided by sustainable heat in 2050 (Klimaatberaad, 2018b). This is an enormous challenge considering that over 90 percent of the houses and service sector buildings in the Netherlands are currently heated by the local combustion of...

Impact of expected network effects on the choice of openness of a financial platform

Financial institutions want to participate in the digitization services demanded by consumers. “Banking-as-a-platform” is an increasingly popular business model. By way of this business model, traditional banks and fintechs move from a fully controlled environment, with a full end-to-end product or service without external service suppliers, to...

Integration of dynamics into input-output analysis: Integration of dynamic features representing demand change and production technology change into the input-output analysis framework

The transition to a circular economy requires drastic changes to the economy. A tool for macro-economic analysis of structural changes in the economy, input-output analysis, lacks dynamic features. This thesis set out to integrate dynamic features representing demand change and technological change. A conceptual model is designed that integrates...

An agent-based study of the influence of institutional design on the robustness of collective action on community gardens

In this research, an Agent-Based Model is developed in order to gain insight in the effect of the design principles on the robustness of collective action on community gardens. The model is based on among others Elinor Ostrom's design principles, the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, the Theory of Reasoned Action and a case study...