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Smouter, Chris (author)To deal with the pressure on urban energy infrastructures, renewable urban planning is on the rise and ambitious sustainability targets have been set to transform cities. Although these targets have resulted in many sustainable policies, the implementation of sustainability policies is lagging, hindering the energy transition. One such case, is...master thesis 2023
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Navandar, Aditya (author)In recent years, the concept of sustainability has grown in popularity and has become a critical strategic component for businesses (Garza, 2013). Corporate organizations, as the industry's productive drivers, play a crucial role in attaining sustainable development. Thus, the problems have shifted from "WHY" to "HOW" to integrate sustainability...master thesis 2022
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Kanters, Mark (author)The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of implementing circularity in infrastructural construction projects. As a very polluting sector, circularity is becoming a more and more popular theme in the construction industry. Driven by both governmental regulations of reaching a full circular economy in 2050 and intrinsic motivation,...master thesis 2022
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Boorsma, N.E. (author)BoorsmaRemanufacturing is one of the product recovery approaches in a circular economy. In the remanufacturing production process, used products are returned to their original product specifications. When compared to original manufacturing, remanufacturing results in lower raw material consumption and reduces carbon emissions. Despite having...doctoral thesis 2022
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Jansen, Nicki (author)The Dutch government has set an ambitious goal: by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands should be 49% lower than they were in 1990.But even though geothermal energy is gaining recognition given the high heating demand in the Netherlands and its subsurface potential, implementation of this technology, especially in urban areas, is...master thesis 2022
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Mulder, Tara (author)In a competitive marketplace, brands need to stand out to stay relevant. This means that it is important to keep evolving as a company and to find the whitespace to grow. The brand centered in this research is TBWA\NEBOKO, a big advertising agency located in Amsterdam. Their job revolves around finding this whitespace for other brands and...master thesis 2022
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van Dis, Martijn (author)This research focuses on the effects of the socio-technical boundary conditions on the success of chatbot implementation in organizations. To do so, different actor perspectives on "successful implementation" are explored and 33 boundary conditions are proposed. The findings suggest that satisfying the boundary conditions has a positive effect...master thesis 2022
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Halvorsen, Stijn (author)Wind energy plays an essential role in the transition to a sustainable future and wind turbines allow us to utilize it. Wind turbines are often installed in close proximity to make the best use of the given space and to save costs. This also has the disadvantage that the turbines influence each other due to wakes. This is where wind farm control...master thesis 2022
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Troost, Léander (author)Integration of the sensory systems inside patient-specific medical devices (e.g., implants or prosthesis) can provide additional measurement data at different time points. This can result in improving the traditional designs of those medical devices, and consequently leading to increasing the patient’s comfort and quality of life. By doing...master thesis 2022
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Zeng, Shi (author)More than 3 billion plastic bags are consumed every day in China, posing a huge challenge for solid waste management. And scientists estimate that online food delivery businesses in China generated 1.6 million tons of packaging waste in 2017, nine times more than two years ago. This includes 1.2 million tons of plastic boxes, 175,000 tons of...student report 2022
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Bar-Maor, Amir (author)Esri's ArcGIS second generation of the parcel fabric was designed with LADM in mind. Unlike LADM which is conceptual, the parcel fabric information model is a physical information model. The parcel fabric is designed to meet the industry needs for the next 15-20 years. This paper will map the parcel fabric to LADM, use LADM abstract test suite...conference paper 2022
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HarĐarson, Daníel (author)The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, and entire industries are seeking to reap the benefits resulting from the use of the technologies that the revolution brings. Waste management is one of those industries. The rapid growth of the human population causes more consumer goods to be produced every day. This underlines the importance of...master thesis 2022
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Bots, P.W.G. (author)This chapter discusses the threefold challenge of designing effective interventions in engineering systems that are constantly changing: (1) a designed socio-technical artefact should improve system performance not only under present conditions, but it must also be functional when conditions change, be it autonomously or due to interventions...book chapter 2022
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Shah, Tirth (author), Patel, Nirmal (author), Lomas, J.D. (author), Sharma, Aditya (author)Technology aided learning is becoming increasingly popular. In some of the countries, online learning has taken over for traditional classroom-based learning. With this, educational data is being generated in vast amounts. Knowing the potential of this data, many education stakeholders have turned to evidence-based decision making to improve the...conference paper 2022
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Du Preez, M. (author), Arkesteijn, M.H. (author), den Heijer, A.C. (author), Rymarzak, M. (author)Internationally, the ambition to achieve a sustainable built environment is becoming urgent. On the university campus, this vision, combined with unparalleled access to innovative technologies for sustainable development enables/urges universities to implement more innovative solutions more often. As a prime test location, the university campus...journal article 2022
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Boone, Frida (author), van Loenen, B. (author)The creation of open data has seen a series of waves in which every growing resources of data are becoming accessible to a growing number of users from a diversifying number of public entities. The European Commission anticipates this movement by setting a new scope to the re-use of Public Sector Information Directive. Instead of exclusively...journal article 2022
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Owusu, A.G. (author), Mul, Marloes (author), van der Zaag, P. (author), Slinger, J (author)The provision of flows for the environment, e-flows, is a means to restore the benefits of naturally flowing rivers. Despite the development of numerous methodologies to determine e-flows and optimize dam releases, actual implementation is relatively limited. Examples of successful e-flows implementation through dam reoperation exist in...journal article 2022
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Rotteveel, A. H. (author), Lambooij, Mattijs S. (author), Over, E. A. B. (author), Hernández, J.I. (author), Suijkerbuijk, A.W.M. (author), de Blaeij, A.T. (author), de Wit, G.A. (author), Mouter, N. (author)Introduction<br/>Currently, it is not known what attributes of health care interventions citizens consider important in disinvestment decision-making (i.e. decisions to discontinue reimbursement). Therefore, this study aims to investigate the preferences of citizens of the Netherlands toward the relative importance of attributes of health care...journal article 2022
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Sadik, Md Shibly (author), Hermans, L.M. (author), Evers, Jaap (author), Nguyen, Hong Quan (author), Khan, Malik Fida A. (author), Ahmed, Sadiq (author)Exploring whether society is sufficiently equipped and motivated to adopt planned interventions is vital for modern plan development trajectories. The Motivation and Ability (MOTA) framework offers a tool to assess the societal adoptability of plans by exploring stakeholders' motivations and abilities. It was originally developed to assess plan...journal article 2022
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Luthra, Sunil (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Rana, Nripendra P. (author), Yadav, Gunjan (author), Dwivedi, Yogesh K. (author)Purpose: Blockchain technology (BCT) can be used for a wide variety of applications across domains and can bring many benefits. BCT-based applications can be beneficial for the government as well as businesses. Despite the many promises, BCT implementation lags behind. The purpose of this research is to identify a roadmap of critical...journal article 2022