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Raji, B. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, A. (author)Scarcity of resources and environmental issues caused by human activities stimulate designers and policy makers to search for energy efficient strategies for sustainable development. A considerable amount of energy consumption and CO2 emission comes from the building sector which today accounts for 40% of the world’s energy use. Greenery systems...journal article 2015
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Raji, B. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)Due to the ever growing trend of urbanization and population growth, the construction of high-rise buildings is inevitable and will also continue at an ever increasing pace. However, typical high-rise buildings (the traditional template of a rectilinear, air-conditioned box) are not energy efficient in many aspects of their design. In this...conference paper 2014
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Van Dijk, S. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)Recently, the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) theory set ground in the Netherlands, propounding that environmental impact reduction can provide a positive economical impulse to stakeholders. The building industry has warmly received this approach and considers it to be a solution to the above-mentioned burden. However, if the building sector wants to...conference paper 2012