Urban Symbiotic Greenhouse: An integrated approach to improve building performance

The population of the world is increasing at a rapid rate and is expected to reach 9.7billion by 2050. Out of this, around 6.3billion people will be living in urban areas. With an ever increasing population, the demand for energy and resources is also increasing. It is becoming difficult to meet these demands with the existing supply conditions....

Syn-energy: An interconnected, renewable and fair energy system in South Holland, by 2050

Our society is dealing with multiple wicked problems: the Climate Crisis, poverty, inequality and our need for a sustainable and healthy environment to live in. The Climate Crisis increases the urge to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels and requires a structural transformation to our management and distribution of space, economy and community...

Integrated movement: The reintegration of the marine establishment into the public space of Amsterdam

The marine area in Amsterdam, currently only partially publicly available, needs to be reintegrated into the public space. To start the reintegration process, a swimming pool and spa, which both meets the identity of the area and the vision of the municipality, will be added to this area. A new central route is placed through the marine area on...

Energy flatness in the renovation of non-residential existing buildings: Reducing the energy mismatch between demand and supply in the Gemini south building

The building sector uses 40% of the primary energy worldwide. Energy demand in a non-residential existing building is rising due to higher comfort conditions, population growth and the enhancement of the building services. On the other hand, renewable energy technologies are every time more accessible for the built environment, especially the...

Therme Biomass: Future biomass power plant integrated with recreation activities

Parkstad is now facing urban shrinkage. The development of biomass probably can provide a change to this region. Therme Biomass, as a power station, will produce energy and resource to Parkstad. Integration with bath center will attract guests to come here and know more knowledge about this renewable energy and technologies. In this case, the...

Evaluation of the applicability of an energy method to calculate the damping in a lab-scale structure

The aim of this paper is to identify the local energy dissipation in a lab-scale structure by means of the energy flow analysis. In most of the existing approaches the damping is identified either in terms of the modal damping factors or at the material scale. In this paper, an alternative method to these global and material-based approaches...

Het concept Stedelijk Metabolisme: Verkenning van het concept ‘Stedelijk Metabolisme’ met het oog op de bruikbaarheid ervan voor duurzame stedelijke ontwikkeling.

This study aims to determine the usefulness of the concept of Urban Metabolism for sustainable urban development. In this concept, the total of urban flows (like building materials, food and waste) together with the processes which transform those flows are metaphorically viewed as the metabolism of a city. The thesis starts with a search for a...