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Kolmas, Mats (author)This paper investigates the potential of passively lowering the operational energy requirement of performance buildings in the Central European Climate. The energy consumption of this typology is largely caused by mechanical ventilation to cool and ventilate the theatre during shows, necessary for the thermal comfort and ventilation requirements...master thesis 2023
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Boot, Bas (author)For this thesis we have compared communication times of different control schemes on a wireless control network for a water irrigation system. Therefore a control application which can run different protocols was created. We have shown that a significant reduction of communication time can be achieved by using event-triggered control (ETC), and...master thesis 2021
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Vovos, Iason (author)Current renovation practices cannot reach the energy reduction goal that the European Union has set by 2050. The traditional renovation methods are very time-consuming and cannot ensure the final energy improvement. The aim of this thesis focuses on the design of a prefabricated modular façade system that can be adaptable to different building...master thesis 2021
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Minor, Ann-Joelle (author)Extractive distillation with organic solvents as entrainers is one of the most commonly used separation techniques for azeotropic mixtures in the chemical industry. To reduce the large energy requirements, and the secondary pollution problems, both of which are associated with the use of organic solvents, the search for alternative entrainers...master thesis 2020
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Reinders, Daan (author)The built environment is a major consumer of energy in which many improvement steps have to be made. This project investigates how energy can be more efficient by reducing, reusing and producing energy on an urban and building scale. The research showed that the implementation of a sustainable collective heating system around the Palace of...master thesis 2020
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Ramkhelawan, Carmen (author)Energy consumption around the world increases by the day. The primary energy usage has risen with approximately 49% and the CO2 emissions with 43% during only the last two decades. The building sector in the Netherlands contributes for approximately 36% to this energy consumption and office buildings are one of the larger consumers (Rijksdienst...master thesis 2019
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Jansen, Annabel (author)The Dutch government claims that upgrading office buildings to an energy label C building is enough to reduce the environmental footprint of companies for now. Research has shown that when a building receives an energy label, it does not mean that the operational energy use of the building is in line with the received energy label; this results...master thesis 2019
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Montenegro Cardona, Lorena (author)The building sector uses 40% of the primary energy worldwide. Energy demand in a non-residential existing building is rising due to higher comfort conditions, population growth and the enhancement of the building services. On the other hand, renewable energy technologies are every time more accessible for the built environment, especially the...master thesis 2019
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Simmering, Mick (author)Problem Definition and main objective: Current prefabricated building envelope systems utilised for energy reduction renovations are expected to be a long-lasting solution. In practice, the building envelope systems are not adapted to facilitate future updates due to changing regulations or changing standards. Furthermore, in most renovation...master thesis 2019
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van Duin, Ron (author), Geerlings, Harry (author), Verbraeck, A. (author), Nafde, Tushar (author)The increase in population, high standards of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated containers (reefers) play an important...journal article 2018
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Mees, H.O. (author)Bananas are the fourth most eaten product in the world. In Europe almost 4 million tonnes of bananas are consumed every year. These bananas need to be imported from plantations in, among others, Latin America. Due to the perishable nature of bananas the transport from plantation to Europe is done in cooled reefer containers. During transport the...master thesis 2017
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van Duin, Ron (author), Geerlings, Harry (author)De toename van de bevolking, hoge levensstandaard en snelle verstedelijking heeft geleid tot een toenemende vraag naar voedsel over de hele wereld. De wereldhandel heeft het mogelijk gemaakt deze vraag te vervullen door het vervoer van verschillende voedingsproducten van het ene deel van de wereld naar het andere toe te laten. In deze handel...journal article 2017
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Kalatha, A. (author)Modern office buildings commonly have fully glazed façades in order to reflect a luxurious appearance while maximizing the daylight penetration to the interior space. Though glass façades provide plentiful natural light, the amount of energy needed to maintain indoor thermal comfort poses a great challenge to the designers with the cost of what...master thesis 2016
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- Roelvink, K. (author) master thesis 2016
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Garay Garcia, O. (author)Energy reduction has been on the political agenda since the last couple of decades. One of the most common policies to reduce energy consumption has been improving efficiency. However, the phenomenon called the rebound effect may threaten the effectiveness of policies aiming to reduce consumption by improving efficiency. The rebound effect is...master thesis 2016
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Cohen, I. (author), Turrin, M. (author), Heinzelmann, F. (author), Welzner, I. (author)A method of integration of game mechanics and game dynamics into a user interface for a home automation system as means of reducing the inhabitant’s environmental footprint is described and detailed up to the point of proof of concept. In detail, the paper describes the game framework and the method in which the competitivegame could be balanced...conference paper 2013
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Bakker, M. (author), Rajewicz, T. (author), Kien, H. (author), Vreeburg, J.H.G. (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)WTP Gruszczyn supplies drinking water to a part of the city of Pozna?, in the Midwest of Poland. For the optimal automatic pressure control of the clear water pumping station, nine pressure measuring points were installed in the distribution network, and an active pressure control model was developed and installed. This model is a hybrid form of...conference paper 2013
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Bakker, M. (author), Verberk, J.Q.J.C. (author), Palmen, L.J. (author), Sperber, V. (author), Bakker, G. (author)Half of all water supply systems in the Netherlands are controlled by model predictive flow control; the other half are controlled by conventional level based control. The differences between conventional level based control and model predictive control were investigated in experiments at five full scale water supply systems in the first half of...conference paper 2011
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Tenpierik, M.J. (author)Due to sustainability and due to international treaties, it is desired and required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically. One contributor to these emissions is the burning of fossil fuels for generating power and electricity to be used in and for buildings. Buildings and building-related processes are responsible for about 40% of the...doctoral thesis 2010
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- De Langen, P.J. (author) doctoral thesis 2009