Educational framework

Not only within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, but throughout Delft University of Technology, the City of the Future Graduation Lab proves to have a truly unique position. It is a laboratory where students are challenged to think beyond their own discipline, creating an interdisciplinary synergy between different fields...

City of the Future Graduation Lab: Experiences in Multidisciplinary Education

The Cross Domain City of the Future Graduation Lab, situated in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft, has been a pioneer in experimenting with a multidisciplinary approach to education on the built environment. Drawing upon this expertise over the past years, this book reflects on multidisciplinarity in the built...

The Influence of Logistics Decisions on Transport Decarbonization: Lessons from Local to Global Scale

One of the proposed approaches to decarbonize freight transport systems is to internalize the environmental costs of transport, by means of carbon emission-based taxes. The expected impact is a reduction of transport demand and an increased use of environmentally friendly transport technologies. The magnitude of the impact will depend on the...

3D Printers and Transport

3D printing (3DP) is an emerging technology associated with a more tailor-made, distributed way of manufacturing which, if successful, is bound to have repercussions on transport, supply chains, and logistics. This contribution delves into what 3DP is, how it will influence consumer wants and needs, location choices and transport resistance, and...

Data fuelling Scania's future business

Scania is a Swedish manufacturer of trucks, busses and marine engines. With more than a hundred years of manufacturing experience Scania has built a track record of highly reliable and energy efficient trucks. Over the years Scania has been expanding its offering with maintenance services and later with data driven services to assist their...

Aircraft Specific Carbon Emission Calculations For Air Freight Transportation: A Systematic Approach to Model Development to Promote Sustainable Purchasing and Green Market Positioning at PostNL

Commercial greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are proliferating, as is the concern among freight carriers to minimize their carbon footprint. From a corporate point of view, the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) expects aircraft emissions to triple by 2050, with aviation accounting for 25% of the world's carbon...

Data-driven service innovation strategy for Scania

Scania is one of the world-leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport, combined with an extensive product-related service offering. This thesis proposes a data-driven service innovation strategy to leverage the potential of data and data intelligence for Scania's future business in the truck segment. The freight transport...