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Visser, Berend (author)In response to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions, bike-sharing systems have gained prominence in supporting an eco-friendly means of commuting. Within this landscape, Skopei, a forward-thinking company specializing in innovative sharing propositions, has developed a smart bike lock capable of autonomous rentals and...master thesis 2024
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Balakina, Lena (author)This thesis investigates the transition of traditional houses into Smart Homes, emphasizing the improvement of residents’ well-being, particularly for those aged 50 to 60. It is set against the rapid growth of Smart Home Devices enabled by the Internet of Things, facilitating easy control and monitoring of home features. There has been a...master thesis 2024
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Ibrahim, Yara (author)Despite being a critical aspect in improving the building stock’s environmental performance and achieving the global environmental goals, the retrofit of traditional historic buildings is hindered by a lack of comprehensive guidelines tailored to their complex building physics and heritage preservation requirements. The conventional retrofit...master thesis 2023
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van der Ham, Anja (author)Renovation of existing buildings is proposed as a solution for buildings that do not fit the Climate Target Plan 2030. In the Netherlands, there is a new mandate requiring Dutch office buildings to attain a minimum EPC class C rating by January 1st, 2023. Recent studies indicate that 10% of Dutch office buildings are currently rated at EPC class...master thesis 2023
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Schippers, Tjalling (author)By bringing landscapes inside, this project is opening up nature to the people of Berlin, with a multi climate approach in the city. This prototype for condensed public green, is the starting point for creating a new modular building type with integrated urban gardening. Other Berlin neighbourhoods already have temporary communal gardens and...master thesis 2023
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MARATHE, VISHAKHA KIRAN (author)This thesis project has been done with Crownstone, a subsidiary company of Almende. One of their project goals was to develop indoor localization algorithms to determine room-level location of an asset within the Crownstone network for smart-building, home automation and healthcare applications. An asset is a wireless device transmitting...master thesis 2023
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Biliński, Filip (author)Indoor localization is an actively researched field due to there not being a universal solution found yet. Applications of such systems include but are not limited to indoor wayfinding and automated tour guides. In previous years multiple solutions were proposed. This work looks into the performance of an indoor location sensing system in the...bachelor thesis 2023
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Chan, Michael (author)The ability to accurately determine the location within indoor settings is crucial for various applications such as indoor navigation, interactive floor plans, and room-specific services. While GPS technology has revolutionized outdoor positioning, it falls short in providing precise location information within buildings due to signal blockage....bachelor thesis 2023
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Yüksel, Serhan (author)Occupants are often unaware of window opening strategies that can enhance their well-being and reduce energy consumption. Window feedback systems that indicate when to manually operate a window have become a strategy for enhancing the indoor climate, occupant’s satisfaction and energy efficiency. These systems are recognized for providing the...master thesis 2023
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Rajappa, Naveen (author)The primary objective of this research is to develop an energy management system for the Co-creation center (CCC) that maximizes the use of passive energy sources while maintaining indoor thermal comfort. Passive energy sources have the potential to significantly reduce the energy consumption of the building. However, to achieve optimal energy...master thesis 2023
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Keijser, Jens (author)As the indoor cycling trainer industry keeps innovating, a cycling trainer that has a similar longitudinal motion to outdoor cycling does not yet exist. Therefore, this thesis aimed to design a simulator controller that can actively simulate longitudinal cycling motion and assess its performance in translating outdoor longitudinal cycling...master thesis 2023
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de Koning, Quinten Damy (author)In the last few years the smart building market has grown exponentially and is estimated to be worth around 100 billion by the year 2025. The amount of active competitors, combined with the required time and effort to launch a new sensor-based product, makes it difficult to enter the market and slows innovation. WeAreReasonablePeople (WARP), a...master thesis 2023
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Dechamps, Louis (author), van Esch, Marieke (author), Hengelmolen, Maren (author), Kan, Leo (author), Yang, Yue (author)Blind and visually impaired people currently have inconveniences locating themselves in the indoor environment. No standardized system exists for them yet. After an inventory of the requirements of blind people, different representations do qualify for providing specific information blind people need. The main research question is: "How can...student report 2022
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Mainelli, Xenia Una (author)The kinds of physical spaces present in the real world are becoming ever more complex, and the locations defining the boundaries between these spaces are often arbitrary. Distinguishing between which spaces count as `outdoors,' and which count as `indoors,' becomes more difficult when `semi-outdoor' and `semi-indoor' spaces are considered....master thesis 2022
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Palakodeti, Anitej (author)Generating synthetic images has wide applications in several fields such as creating datasets for machine learning or using these images to investigate the behaviour of machine learning models. An essential requirement when generating images is to control aspects such as the entities or objects in the image. Controlling this helps in creating...master thesis 2022
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Faisal, Irum (author)One of the major risks to our planet today is climate change, which is a problem that worries people all over the world. There is a rise in global temperature levels and greenhouse gas emissions. The building industry has a huge share in this aspect. The current built environment accounts for almost 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2...master thesis 2022
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Dardavesis, Ioannis (author)Nowadays, the evolution of localisation and navigation technologies is vast, aiding towards facilitating users’ guidance in various environments. Outdoor positioning can be easily achieved, with the widely used Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), which comprise a universal standard for positioning and are included in every person’s...master thesis 2022
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Triantafyllou, Giorgos (author)Nowadays, humans rely in technology more and more when it comes to navigation and localisation and in many aspects of life as well. While most concepts related to localisation and navigation of outdoors environments are already well derived from various researches and softwares, the indoor environment remains a significantly unexplored area....master thesis 2022
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de Nooijer, Arend-Jan (author)In this thesis the passive humidity control of indoor air is laid under review. This is primarily interesting for museum rooms, where strict requirements apply to the indoor air humidity. Passive humidity control is promising to contribute to stabilizing the relative humidity levels in a room. <br/><br/>Besides, the use of passive humidity...master thesis 2022
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Prins, Marnix (author)The Festival Machine is an experiment that tests the feasibility of the urbanization of the contemporary festival. The project provides a sustainable indoor festival experience that encourages the exploration of music, which is a hybrid between an outdoor music festival and indoor music venue. It covers a wide spectrum of music genres that...student report 2022