REL22 Reinventing Energy Landscapes

REL22 was an international summer school program launched by the Institute of Landscape Architecture of RWTH Aachen University (Prof. Frank Lohrberg, Silvia Beretta) together with the Master’s Programme in „Landscape Architecture and Landscape Heritage“ of Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Antonio Longo) and<br/>the Master’s Programme in “Landscape...

Transitioning Together, sparking change towards the energy transition: A handbook on Social Contagion

Having directly observed one of the most rapidly spreading global pandemics, we understand more than ever the power of contagion. In today’s interconnected world, trends originating in one corner, whether it’s a disease, clothing fashion, or an online social media challenge, can swiftly gain momentum on the opposite side of the globe, often...

Waterstof voor gebouwverwarming: Naar 500.000 woningen op waterstof in 2030

For the transition of the built environment towards carbon neutrality, heating with green hydrogen can obtain a key role, especially in countries with a well developed natural gas infrastructure, like the Netherlands. Leading studies show that the existing transport and distribution gas network can be transformed for hydrogen transport at...

8th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2019): Book of Abstracts

Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) is an emerging renewable energy technology that aims to replace the use of fossil fuels for energy production on an economical basis. A characteristic feature of the various AWE concepts is the use of tethered flying devices to access wind energy at higher altitudes where the wind is more consistent. Over the past...

Designing Sustainable Energy for All: Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy

This open access book addresses the issue of diffusing sustainable energy access in low- and middle-income contexts.<br/><br/>Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low-<br/>income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity. <br/>Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE...

The International Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2015: Book of abstracts

Airborne wind energy is an emerging field in the renewable energy technologies that aims to replace the use of fossil fuels for energy production on an economical basis. A characteristic feature of the various concepts that are currently pursued is the use of tethered flying devices to access wind energy at higher altitudes where the wind is...

Smart Energy Management for Households - A practical guide for designers, HEMS developers, energy providers, and the building industry

This publication is an extended version of the summary and conclusions of the doctoral thesis ‘Smart Energy Management for Households’. It is specifically intended to give practitioners dealing with HEMS in their day to day profession practical tools to strive to improve the use and effectiveness of HEMS. This booklet gives a concise summation...

Welcome to The Green Village

A sustainable world can only be achieved by an open collaboration between science, business and the public. That is why we create the Green Village: an innovative, lively, interactive and challenging environment where entrepreneurs, innovators, companies, artists, teachers and visitors can meet, work and play to develop, apply and experience...

Innovation development for highly energy-efficient housing: Opportunities and challenges related to the adoption of passive houses

In previous years we have seen a recognition of the significant potential that exists for reducing energy use through innovation in residential buildings. This study investigates innovation challenges and identifies opportunities that could lead to a rapid increase in the adoption of highly energy-efficient housing concepts, particularly that of...

SREX: Synergie tussen regionale planning en exergie

De komende jaren is een transitie nodig van eindige fossiele naar oneindige duurzame energiebronnen. Dit kan niet zondermeer in het huidige systeem en vraagt om een aanpassing van ruimtelijke planning. Duurzame energiebronnen komen in verschillende kwaliteiten voor en zijn meer gebonden aan hun locatie. Daarom is het voor een duurzame...

Environmental impacts during the operational phase of residential buildings

To date, the focus in the field of sustainable building has been on new building design. However, existing residential buildings inflict great environmental burden through three causes: continuous energy consumption, regular building maintenance and replacements. This publication analyses and compares these three causes of environmental burden...

Minimum impact house prototype for sustainable building

The Minihouse is a prototupe for a sustainable townhouse. On a site of only 29 sqm it offers 154 sqm of urban life. The project 'Minimum Impact House' adresses two important questions: How do we provide living space in the cities without distroying the landscape? How to improve sustainably the ecological, economical and socio-cultural...

Duurzame energie: Een nuchter verhaal

Een samenvatting van het boek 'Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' van David J.C. MacKay. Professor MacKay is hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Cambridge en Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change van de Britse regering. In het boek vergelijkt hij het gebruik van energie met de hoeveelheid energie die...

Series Resonant Power Converter for Contactless Energy Transfer with Improved Efficiency

The development of more efficient power converters is the most important and challenging task for Power Electronics specialists. In the same time, many currently existing or yet to appear future applications require full mechanical independence between the transmitter and receiver of the electrical energy. This contactless form of energy...