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Al, J.P. (author)Rotterdam is known as a creative city, and successful projects as the van Nelle factory, the Maassilos and the Groothandelsgebouw are there to prove this. The city is rightfully proud of this reputation. But unfortunately, these centers for creative business are not so visible in the city itself. The Creative Connection uses the program of the...master thesis 2011
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Rozendal, R.A. (author)Graduation pfoject in both architecture and building technology. Architecture: The design of a Science Business Center, a public building in Technopolis science park, near the campus of Delft university. Building technology: a comparison of two curtain wall façade systems, the unitized façade and the traditional post- and- rail façade.master thesis 2011
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Knuvers, B. (author)Design proposal for a new Science Business Center (SBC) in the Technopolis area south of TU Delft campus. This SBC will be a meetingplace for students and (innovative) companies to share their ideas and thoughts on a formal and informal way. Main principles for this design are the dutch landschape (with the water and green that play an important...master thesis 2011
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Hollands, J. (author)Solar public lighting is an attractive way to provide public lighting in South Africa. This report presents the development of a sustainable way to do business for Philips in this new market. The business does not damage or deplete economic, social and eco-environmental resources. The Philips Light4Life business model addresses municipalities'...master thesis 2010
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Verkruijsse, L.C.G. (author)Breakthrough technologies can be defined by ‘new-to-the-world’ or ‘radical (improved)’ technologies which have the capacity to change the behaviour of end-users. The journey these technologies practise towards the mainstream market can be regarded as a dynamic process with lots of uncertainties. Companies investing in the development of these...master thesis 2010
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Carmona Benitez, R.B. (author), Lodewijiks, G. (author)A mathematical model to estimate the average airlines operational costs and airports charges per route is important for airlines companies trying to open new routes and for data generation for other purpose such as transport modeling, simulation modeling, investment analyses for airlines and airports, etc. In this paper, a mathematical model is...conference paper 2010
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Vermaas, D. (author)Grid operators in the Netherlands are forced by regulations to introduce the smart metering service in the Netherlands. Consumers in the household have a better insight in their energy usage using the smart metering service. There are opportunities for the grid operator to cooperate with other service providers to share costs regarding the...master thesis 2010
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Van der Horst, P. (author)For many years Capgemini has been using the Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF) as guide for the formation of an enterprise architecture. The Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF) constitutes four abstraction levels: the contextual, the conceptual, the logical and the physical abstraction level. When forming an enterprise architecture, one...master thesis 2010
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Van Toorn, T.W.A. (author)Design for the Science Business Center located in the new Technopolis area, extention of the TU Campus which is connected by the Mekelpark. A center where people from the TU can meet people from de R&D industry. Learn, see and show what they are doing or looking for. Main functions are conference, expositions and public functions.master thesis 2010
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Weterings, R.F.M. (author)The expectation is that different socio-economic trends will have a significant impact on the technical, economic and institutional structures of the Dutch electricity system. As a result, different solutions, applications, technologies, etc. are popping up in the Dutch electricity sector, which support this development. Literature names several...master thesis 2010
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Kotonen, U. (author), Harjula, N. (author), Guzman Monet, J.C. (author), Seppälä, S. (author)The purpose of the paper is to introduce the sustainability focused Master Degree Program in International Business Management at the Faculty of Business Studies, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland. As background information, there is a short overview to the sustainability and corporate social responsibility issues as a part of...conference paper 2010
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Ravesteijn, W. (author), Sjoer, E. (author)Present sustainability problems require a new type of techno-entrepreneurship, in which traditional entrepreneurial qualities are combined with new capabilities related to the role, mission and responsibilities of future engineers. There are two sources of these new capabilities: Innovation Systems of which engineer-entrepreneurs are architects...conference paper 2010
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Lüdeke-Freund, F. (author)Theorists and practitioners highlight the importance of business for progress in sustainable consumption and production (SCP). In this context business models are discussed as meta factors that can support the adoption of cleaner products and processes, sustainable supply chains and further contributions towards SCP. The article is about...conference paper 2010
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Ravesteijn, W. (author), Sjoer, E. (author)Present sustainability problems require a new type of techno-entrepreneurship, in which traditional entrepreneurial qualities are combined with new capabilities related to the role, mission and responsibilities of future engineers. There are two sources of these new capabilities: Innovation Systems of which engineer-entrepreneurs are architects...conference paper 2010
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Weijs, R. (author), Faber, N. (author)The concept of sustainable innovation goes beyond realizing technical solutions. For innovation to be effective, knowledge that is developed during the innovating activity requires to be dispersed to assure benefit of the innovation in production, use, maintenance and disposal. Actually doing so might jeopardize an organizations competitive...conference paper 2010
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Dewulf, K.R. (author)Dealing with sustainability in the fuzzy front end of innovation is complex and often hard. There are a number of tools available to guide designers, engineers and managers in the design process after the specifications of the product or service are already set, but methods supporting goal finding for sustainable innovations are rare (Hassi et...conference paper 2010
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Venselaar, J. (author), Van der Kelft, D. (author), Van Aart, R. (author)Most companies find it difficult to integrate sustainability in their business strategy in such way that it will pay off?. Sustainability with its opportunities and challenges are not understood in its real meaning for their business. A major factor is that a distinction in essential and non-essential (and even irrelevant) issues for the core...conference paper 2010
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Weijs, R. (author), Faber, N. (author)The concept of sustainable innovation goes beyond realizing technical solutions. For innovation to be effective, knowledge that is developed during the innovating activity requires to be dispersed to assure benefit of the innovation in production, use, maintenance and disposal. Actually doing so might jeopardize an organization’s competitive...conference paper 2010
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Dewulf, K.R. (author)Dealing with sustainability in the fuzzy front end of innovation is complex and often hard. There are a number of tools available to guide designers, engineers and managers in the design process after the specifications of the product or service are already set, but methods supporting goal finding for sustainable innovations are rare (Hassi et...conference paper 2010
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Satric, V. (author), Dunjic, B. (author), Masanovic, I. (author)The future in chemical consumption, without any doubt, belongs to business models which involve intensive dialog, cooperation and pooling of the knowledge and experiences of users and producers. Sustainability goals of producers should include, among others, expansion of the sustainability of their products and services to customers to help them...conference paper 2010