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Deroo, Pepijn (author)
For over 50 years, hydrazine has been the industry standard for monopropellant propulsion systems, widely used in satellite attitude and orbit control systems. However, hydrazine’s toxicity necessitates expensive handling procedures and may lead to a future ban of the propellant in Europe. This has motivated the development of novel...
master thesis 2024
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Zhu, Xuezhen (author), Zhang, Minghu (author), Shi, Jinyan (author), Weng, Yiwei (author), Yalçınkaya, Çağlar (author), Šavija, B. (author)
High-strength engineered cementitious composites (ECC) typically require higher cement content, which is negative from the sustainability point of view. To alleviate this problem, herein a low-cost and eco-friendly high-strength ECC (with a compressive strength of over 100 MPa) was developed, and diatomite was used to replace a small amount...
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de Smid, Julia (author)
This thesis analyses the policy for environmentally sustainable events of the City of Amsterdam by performing an ex-post policy analysis and developing a method for assessment and monitoring of environmental sustainability of events. The research question is "How can the City of Amsterdam monitor and improve its policy for environmentally...
master thesis 2023
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Lammers, Tom (author)
Over the past decades, global efforts have been made to address climate change and improve the well-being of our planet. The European Union (EU) has set ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets and strategies to combat climate change. Bio-energy, specifically biofuels produced from biomass, has gained significant attention as a...
master thesis 2023
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Żarnowska, Agata (author)
The current impact of the aviation industry on climate change poses little choice for aviation companies but to invest in sustainability. One way to do this is to develop and implement sustainable innovations in aircraft. However, the question is how it can be validated whether an innovation is sustainable. To do so, this research uses...
master thesis 2023
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Spruijt, Thomas (author)
master thesis 2023
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Peters, Elena (author)
Sustainability is a crucial topic in the day to day life as well as in industries. With the help of innovation and new technologies, the negative impacts on sustainability can be decreased. During the development of technologies, the concept of sustainability should be included at all times. This can be done with the help of sustainability...
master thesis 2023
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Aleo, Ottavia (author)
Improving sustainability in industrial processes is a key topic for the welfare of the environment. One of the major environmental problems caused by industrial processes is industrial waste production. In the automotive industry, the use of polymers such as PA12 for prototyping produces tons of waste per year which are generally destined to...
master thesis 2023
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Thomas, Robert V. (author), Nair, Deepa G. (author), Enserink, B. (author)
Growing global demand for sustainable development places immense pressure on the construction industry to select and promote sustainable construction practices. The selection of sustainable construction practices is a challenging task, as there are numerous variables and uncertainties involved in the concept of sustainability and a consistent...
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Du, Yawei Du (author), Ye, Qing (author), Liu, Hongjiang (author), Wu, Yuting (author), Wang, F. (author)
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play an increasingly significant role in the practice of sustainability. For HEIs in their early stages of sustainability, they are still in need of sustainable assessment tools (SATs) that are suitable for their local context and also lead international sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is...
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CARINI, Gian Carlo (author)
In a time of increasing awareness regarding environmental and social concerns, urban area developments have been framed within ambitious goals which require the collaboration of developers and other parties. The complexity behind pursuing sustainable goals brings several challenges to the feasibility and financing of projects since private...
master thesis 2022
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van Belzen, Dieko (author)
In the past decades, sustainability has become increasingly important for the construction industry, in particular highway infrastructure, as it can generate both positive and negative impacts on the social and physical environment. As a result of the impact on the environment and the growing awareness of environmental protection, the effects on...
master thesis 2022
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Bhambhani, A. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)
Resource recovery solutions are an essential part of a sustainable water sector. Sustainability of these solutions needs to be analysed to assess, compare and optimize them. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is the most commonly used framework for sustainability assessment. This review paper discusses three critical characteristics of...
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Dinis Silvestre, José (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author), Bragança, Luís (author)
Purpose: This research presents the development of a Building Passport for Sustainable Conservation (BPSC) as a questionnaire with a set of 23 core indicators, for a baseline assessment of heritage buildings. The aim of this tool is to identify priorities for future interventions, by recognising the contributions of heritage buildings to...
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van Kootwijk, Wouter (author)
As of 2016, governments globally adopted the task to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability by committing to the targets from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs incorporate a set of 17 goals and 169 targets accompanied with more than 200 indicators that can guide towards achieving sustainable development by...
master thesis 2020
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Du, Y. (author), Arkesteijn, M.H. (author), den Heijer, A.C. (author), Kun, Song (author)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) in both early and mature stages of sustainable development (SD) have been moving toward sustainability. Methods for assessing SD have been developed from global and regional contexts to support sustainability efforts. The purpose of this paper is to formulate guidelines as input to develop a sustainable...
journal article 2020
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Kehrein, P.A. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Dewulf, Jo (author)
This paper guides decision making in more sustainable urban water management practices that feed into a circular economy by presenting a novel framework for conceptually designing and strategically planning wastewater treatment processes from a resource recovery perspective. Municipal wastewater cannot any longer be perceived as waste stream...
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Wang, Z. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)
The life cycle human health (HH) impacts related to aviation biofuels have been understood in a limited way. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods for assessing HH are often associated with a high level of uncertainty and a low level of consensus. As a result, it remains challenging to perform a robust assessment of HH impacts with a...
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Kheybari, Siamak (author), Mahdi Rezaie, Fariba (author), Rezaei, J. (author)
Environmental problems, combined with a finite supply of fossil fuels, have made the use of renewable energy sources necessary. Biomass is a renewable source of energy that has played a very important role in energy production in recent years. Because there are a number of technologies that can be used to convert biomass into energy, it is...
journal article 2019
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Maragakis, A. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Maragakis, Alexandros (author)
Higher education institutions play an important role in sustainability, in their own management and operation, in research and education, and in the undergraduate and graduate degrees they deliver. Often ignored, economic sustainability and future perspectives of students are important indicators too. The research presented in this paper...
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