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Wendt, Carla (author)
master thesis 2022
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Jones, Thomas (author)
Jordaan’s Driehoekstraat Hostel targets a group of people that are intent on learning more about material consumption and shared knowledge potentials for more sustainable living. The building and its architecture aims to underline the sustainable values that will lead Amsterdam and various other European cities into a new circular economy. Its...
master thesis 2021
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Grover, Rahul (author)
The building industry accounts for almost 40% of the total carbon emissions that are directly responsible for climate change. The buildings are now deploying energy-efficient solutions to lower carbon emissions from the operational phase. This adversely affects the share of embodied carbon emissions of building materials. The graduation thesis...
master thesis 2020
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Soni, Gaurav (author)
This thesis report helps to identify which business strategies can make product-service systems a feasible business model for cradle-to-cradle certified products. Cradle-to-cradle is a product certification that highlights the material re-utilization and material health of any products. Product-service systems are the business models that...
master thesis 2019
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Salfner, S. (author), Lang, W. (author)
Energy-plus houses have been taking on particular significance in future-oriented residential construction. Therefore, it should be possible to build CO2-neutral buildings that can meet their own energy demand and in fact supply energy for additional consumers, e.g. electromobility. Based on the example of Cradle to Cradle® (C2C), the aim is...
conference paper 2017
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Geldermans, Bob (author)
Circular building concepts, as proposed within e.g. Circular Economy and Cradle-to-Cradle frameworks, imply radical changes for the construction sector. Cradle-to-Cradle® in particular has put forward the idea of buildings as material banks, radically altering the way material flows need to be managed. The notion of material banks (temporary...
journal article 2016
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Prins, M. (author), Mohammadi, S. (author), Slob, N. (author)
Recently the Circular Economy (CE) concept has gained momentum in the Netherlands, propounding that environmental impact reduction can provide a significant positive economical impulse. The government, larger parts of the industry as a whole, as well as the construction industry, has warmly received this approach. At first sight the CE concept...
conference paper 2015
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De Pauw, I.C. (author)
Product designers can apply different strategies, methods, and tools for sustainable product development. Nature-Inspired Design Strategies (NIDS) offer designers a distinct class of strategies that use ‘nature’ as a guiding source of knowledge and inspiration for addressing sustainability. Biomimicry and Cradle to Cradle, two Nature-Inspired...
doctoral thesis 2015
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Steigenga, T.C.B. (author)
Material and Activity in Resonance
master thesis 2015
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De Pauw, I.C. (author), Kandachar, P.V. (author), Karana, E. (author)
In the field of sustainable product development, a new perspective for approaching sustainability has been advocated, challenging designers and engineers to aim beyond ‘reducing unsustainability’. Several design strategies – including Biomimicry and Cradle to Cradle – have been suggested for developing truly sustainable, or ‘beneficial’,...
journal article 2014
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Kokorikou, A. (author)
The project’s goal was to design a lightweight, sustainable and comfortable aircraft seat for the economy class. It was done in cooperation with the company Optimares based in Italy. The company’s economy seat “Sabre” was studied and used as a reference point for this project. The project was executed in four main phases: the research and...
master thesis 2014
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Rybak, M.J. (author)
The problem of the expanding suburbs of the cities, and the increasing number of abandoned office buildings seems to be a challenge for architects. Responding to the demand of spatial and functional urban circumstances, research assumed the redesign of the existing facilities in accordance with the principle of flex-buildings, based on the...
master thesis 2014
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Wever, R. (author)
Packaging has always received a lot of attention within the field of design for sustainability. The classical approach has been to mainly focus on reducing the impact of the packaging. This approach stems from the ill-informed position that packaging is superfluous, or at best there only for marketing reasons. This is a rather guild-based...
conference paper 2014
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Kulik, M.J. (author)
The impact of urbanizing 400 million people in China in 20 years - a comparative analysis of common structural materials with bamboo as a promising alternative for (semi) high-rise developments. Transport, End of Life scenarios and Lifespan are essential factors in a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). The Building Energy Use itself is becoming less...
master thesis 2013
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Van 't Hof, K.F. (author)
This graduation project is a research on a new sustainable cartridge solution for Tonerpearls ink. The Tonerpearls cartridge is part of the Colorwave printer, positioned in the market as a ‘green’ flagship. The challenge The report addresses three problem owners: the company; its customers and the environment. The company aims for a cartridge...
master thesis 2013
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Baartmans, I.J. (author)
Sustainable construction is about a new manner of thinking. This research defines a sustainable construction process as a cyclic manner of organizing a process, opposed to the current construction process which is organized in a linear manner. The achievement of a sustainable construction process involves various obstacles. This research...
master thesis 2013
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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
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De Pauw, I.C. (author), Karana, E. (author), Kandachar, P.V. (author)
In design practice, Nature-Inspired Design Strategies (NIDS) can be applied when developing sustainable products. However, knowledge on how this actually helps designers is lacking. This study explores the effects of applying Cradle to Cradle and Biomimicry in student projects, as compared to using Ecodesign. The findings indicate that NIDS...
conference paper 2012
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Van Klaarbergen, S. (author)
During this graduation project a sustainable activity for the C2C-Islands was researched and designed, with Ameland as main context. It was chosen to develop a C2C picnic set, because this matches the current activities (mainly outdoor) that are undertaken and possibilities that are available (local foods and excellent picnic facilities). The...
master thesis 2011
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Regelsberger, M. (author), Junge, R. (author), Schuetze, T. (author)
conference paper 2011
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