ECO coin implementation at DGTL: Designing the ECO-coin implementation at DGTL to stimulate sustainable behaviour in the festival audience

The ECO coin is a new currency that values sustainable behaviour. This projects aim was to integrate the ECO coin into the festival environment, emphasizing on the users needs. Finally a system was created which allows users to trace their impact, teaches them about sustainability and fits their festival needs.

Making people aware of energy consumption at IDE: The design of an interactive installation

Energy waste is an issue of considerable size. Not only at home, but more increasingly so in public spaces. The TU Delft has set itself a number of sizeable energy saving goals for the near future, but with current initiatives focusing mostly on efficiency and responsible sourcing, not much is being done about altering the demand for energy. In...

Loop, a vision on consumption: Stimulating sustainable consumption behavior through design

The stimulation of sustainable consumption behavior through design. “How can we develop a service-design that frames sustainable consumption as a personally valued asset, rather than a collective one?” Central to this research through design project was the exploration of new ways of sustainable consumption.This reasearch through design project...

Design for attitude-behavior consistency: A study on sustainable meat consumption

This research and design graduation project revolves around two topics: sustainable meat consumption and the impact design can have on attitude-behavior consistency. The project is a collaboration between Wageningen UR Livestock Research (WUR) and Delft University of Technology. WUR is currently seeking solutions to increase the sustainability...

Low energy residences and their users

In order to meet the requirements set by the national government and European Union concerning energy reduction, the EPC of houses will have to drop to 0.4 by 2015 and 0 by 2020. To achieve these target, it is necessary to gain more knowledge about the real performance of current new realized buildings, to see how these buildings can be improved...

Changing the behavior of the inhabitants of the Dutch island Goeree-Overflakkee towards a more sustainable lifestyle

That less unsustainability is not equal to more sustainability is something that is not being recognized in many current strategies said to be dealing with the twin crisis of climate change and/ or resource scarcity. If sustainability is defined as a community taking care of it’s own needs and flourishing in ways important to it, that means that...