Panorama: The effectiveness of thermal buffering systems in the monumental Panorama Mesdag museum

The combination of the monumental building, the Rotonde, and the panoramic painting ‘Panorama Mesdag’ is one of the few remaining exhibitions of its kind. The organization of the museum aims to preserve the building and painting while also wanting to decrease the carbon footprint of the museum. The objective of this research is to design a...

CONVERGE: low energy with active passiveness in a transparent highly occupied building

This research gives an overview of the current comfort and energy performance, and optional future design of highly transparent and lightweight buildings. The transparent Co-Creation Centre in the Green Village at the TU Delft, has a combination of active and passive climate control measures. The aim of the research is to show how transparent...

Liquid circulation cooling vest for factory- and warehouse workers

This graduation report describes the design of an ice cooled liquid circulation cooling vest for INUTEQ, a company specialized in personal cooling. The new design, the INUTEQ ICE, is made for warehouse and factory workers. They need cooling vests, because they work in large buildings with flat roofs. Large buildings cannot be cooled by air...