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The Potential of Small, Low-carbon, Zero-energy Housing: A Multidimensional Approach

Souaid, C. (author)

This thesis examines the potential of small, low-carbon, (near) zero-energy dwellings as a solution that would both address sustainability challenges and answer to the growing housing shortage in North-West Europe. It adopts a multidimensional outlook that encompasses institutional, social and technical aspects surrounding the dwellings. The...

doctoral thesis 2024

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A critical assessment and summary on the low carbon energy pile technologies based on the life-cycle perspective: Challenges and prospects

Zhang, Linfeng (author), Han, Haozhe (author), Li, Wenxin (author), Guo, Kewei (author), Yuan, Minglu (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)

Energy piles, a technology integrating the heat exchange component within building pile foundations for shallow geothermal energy utilization, have proven economically efficient. They outperform conventional ground source heat pumps by mitigating additional borehole costs and space requirements. This paper systematically examines low-carbon...

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Maximizing eco-environmental gains: Exploring underground wastewater treatment plants in Beijing for sustainable urban water management

Zhang, Lujing (author), Hu, Yuchen (author), Li, Peng (author), Wei, Renke (author), Pang, Hongtao (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author), Qu, Shen (author), Lam, K.L. (author), van der Meer, Walter (author), Liu, G. (author)

This study assessed the evolution of wastewater systems during the rapid urbanization of Beijing, with special focuses on the carbon footprints and growing underground WWTPs (u-WWTPs). Specifically, the Bishui plant (in situ constructed u-WWTP) was assessed in detail regarding eco-environmental benefits. Our results showed that, the direct...

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Designing a reliable-sustainable supply chain network: adaptive m-objective ε-constraint method

Sepehri, A. (author), Tirkolaee, Erfan Babaee (author), Simic, Vladimir (author), Ali, Sadia Samar (author)

In the current era emphasizing sustainability and circularity, supply chain network design is a critical challenge for making reliable decisions. The optimization of facility location-allocation inventory problems (FLAIPs) holds the key to achieving dependable product delivery with reduced costs and carbon emissions. Despite the importance of...

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Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Healthcare: Implementing a Heat Exchanger for Carbon Footprint Reduction

Alkemade, Selwin (author)

This paper addresses the urgent need to optimize the GreenCycl facilities energy utilization, by harnessing heat from the effluent of three thermal washing-disinfection machines into the preheating of cold clean water. Currently for every washing-disinfection cleaning program, 60 times a week, 105 liters of water with a temperature of 60 \degree...

master thesis 2023

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Reuse of scrap wood: in a building product

Mantje, Meike (author)

Climate is changing. The average temperature on earth is rising due to excessive emissions of greenhouse gasses such as CO2. In the meantime the economy is a linear economy where a produced from exhaustive materials are consumed and turned into waste. In order to fight climate change and exhaust the earth less the greenhouse gas emissions need...

master thesis 2023

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The influence of environmental concerns and psychosocial factors on electric motorbike switching intention in the global south

Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy (author), Nguyen, Nguyen An Ngoc (author), Tran, Phuong Thi Kim (author), Pham, Huong Giang (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Motorcycle riding is the principal mode of travel in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Motorcycle-based transport is regarded as highly problematic today due to reliance on fossil-based fuels, which contributes to climate change. Additionally, emissions from fuel combustion release air pollutants in urban areas, resulting in public...

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The estimation of carbon imbalance and driving factors in China's urban residential building sector

You, Kairui (author), Chen, Liu (author), Huang, R. (author)

Understanding the imbalance of carbon emissions in the urban residential building (URB) sector is beneficial for equitable and effective emission reduction policies. However, carbon imbalance in URB and its major driving factors remain unclear. Therefore, according to the Kaya identity and Zenga index, this study aims to analyze the imbalance...

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From circular strategies to actions: 65 European circular building cases and their decarbonisation potential

Nußholz, Julia (author), Çetin, Sultan (author), Eberhardt, Leonora (author), De Wolf, Catherine (author), Bocken, Nancy (author)

The application of the circular economy (CE) in the building industry is critical for achieving the carbon reduction goals defined in the Paris Agreement and is increasingly promoted through European policies. In recent years, CE strategies have been applied and tested in numerous building projects in practice. However, insights into their...

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Exploring the emergence of waste recovery and exchange in industrial clusters

Noori, S. (author), Korevaar, G. (author), Stikkelman, R.M. (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)

Self-organized industrial symbiosis (IS) starts with one actor's decision to invest in a waste recovery plant and the other actors' decision to buy the recovered flow. Technical and institutional conditions of the cluster influence actors' decisions. This paper explores the emergence of IS collaborations in industrial clusters under different...

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Gravity center change of carbon emissions in Chinese residential building sector: Differences between urban and rural area

Wang, Jiebing (author), You, K. (author), Qi, Lingling (author), Ren, Hong (author)

In China, dynamic spatial–temporal evolution and urban–rural gap in carbon emissions of residential building sector are crucial for understanding the current state, which is faced with great challenges related to emission mitigation. To overcome the challenge, this study employed the gravity center model to explore spatial–temporal evolution...

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Make your home carbon-free. An open access planning tool to calculate energy-related carbon emissions in districts and dwellings

Ligardo Herrera, I.E. (Ivan) (author), Quintana-Gallardo, Alberto (author), Stascheit, Christian Wolfgang (author), Gómez-Navarro, Tomás (author)

Reducing the carbon emissions of buildings and whole districts is one of the main objectives of sustainable development goals. Both policymakers and end-users need reliable information to take actions that lead to achieving those goals. For this, an innovative open access planning tool has been developed to assess the effect of energy...

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Reducing committed emissions of heating towards 2050: Analysis of scenarios for the insulation of buildings and the decarbonisation of electricity generation

Kaandorp, C. (author), Miedema, T. (author), Verhagen, J.D. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Abraham, E. (author)

Infrastructure for heat provision in the built environment needs to change remarkably to support lowering carbon emissions and achieving climate mitigation targets before 2050. We propose a computational approach for finding a mix of heat options per neighbourhood that minimises cumulative carbon emissions between 2030 and 2050, referred to as...

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Environmentally sustainable development and use of artificial intelligence in health care

Richie, C.S. (author)

Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform health care by delivering medical services to underserved areas, while also filling gaps in health care provider availability. However, AI may also lead to patient harm due to fatal glitches in robotic surgery, bias in diagnosis, or dangerous recommendations. Despite concerns ethicists have identified...

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Towards fossil free cities – Emission assessment of food and resources consumption with the FEWprint carbon accounting platform

ten Caat, P.N. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Sanyal, Tithi (author), Tillie, Nico (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Thün, Geoffrey (author), Cullen, Sean (author), Nakayama, Shun (author), Karanisa, Theodora (author), Monti, Stewart (author)

Current urbanization rates concentrate the ever growing demand for food, energy and water (FEW) resources particularly in cities, making them one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. The FEW nexus integrative approach offers a potential framework for sustainable resource management in cities. However, existing nexus evaluation...

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Carbon sequestration in young temperate food forests: A case study analysis on a chronosequence of the transition from grassland to food forests

Wendel, Bram (author)

The food sector plays a crucial role in exceeding several planetary boundaries. Currently, humanity has the challenge to stay between these boundaries. Food forests are an approach for improving ecosystems in soil quality, sequestering carbon and enhancing biodiversity while providing food. However, this concept is yet nearly unstudied in...

master thesis 2021

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The artificial carbon sink: Using products to fight climate change

Bessai, Riel (author)

This project considers the implications of carbon-negative materials in product design. It speculates on a future where decarbonization of different sectors of the economy increases the ubiquity of carbon-negative materials. Under these conditions, certain materials become a source of negative emissions, and their consumption benefits the planet...

master thesis 2021

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Cost-effectiveness of decarbonisation options for the vegetable-oil and -fat industry in the Netherlands

Altenburg, M.D. (author), Schure, Klara M. (author), Blok, K. (author)

There is significant emission reduction potential in the Dutch vegetable oil and fat industry, which consists of seven companies each producing more than 10 kt CO2 per year, emitting a total of 0.36 Mt CO2 in 2018. Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves are constructed to provide an overview of the most cost-effective decarbonisation options. Both...

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Unaccounted CO₂ leaks downstream of a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir

Calamita, Elisa (author), Siviglia, Annunziato (author), Gettel, Gretchen M. (author), Franca, M.J. (author), Scott Winton, R. (author), Teodoru, Cristian R. (author), Schmid, Martin (author), Wehrli, Bernhard (author)

Recent studies show that tropical hydroelectric reservoirs may be responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, yet emissions from the surface of released water downstream of the dam are poorly characterized if not neglected entirely from most assessments. We found that carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission...

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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

Chaturvedi, Rishabh (author)

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...

master thesis 2020