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van Tankeren, Wouter (author), Danivska, Vitalija (author), Smit, Bert (author)Background and aim - The university campus is a built environment facilitating activities centred around learning and knowledge development. This confluence of activities makes the university campus uniquely suited to bring together stakeholders and to generate meaningful experiences to not only learn about but also further develop the...conference paper 2022
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Vega Sanchez, Sergio (author), Homann, Klaus (author), Privenau, Jacqueline (author), Säteri, Jorma (author), Martinez, David (author)Background and aim - Emerging digital technologies are defining the future of FM. In this process of transformation, stakeholders involved must ensure balanced development. This paper presents the results of an extensive survey on the perception of digital trends in FM. Purpose of the survey was to identify possible awareness gaps between end...conference paper 2022
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Wijnja, Jaap (author), Nijkamp, Jeannette (author)Background and aim - Facility management is the art of facilitating the core process of a company, providing an inspiring and healthy environment for both employees and clients. When the perspective would be broadened from healthy buildings to healthy cities, what value could be added by an “Urban FM” approach, facilitating living in a city,...conference paper 2022
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Wills, Nadine (author), Díaz, Joaquín (author)Background and aim - Facility management (FM) refers to multidisciplinary activities pertaining to performance-based or results-based delivery. Although results-based delivery provides economic benefits, missing definitions of the demands on executing facility services (FS) present a challenge to contractors. Existing sensor-based systems for...conference paper 2022
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Wissingh, Thomas (author), Kuijlenburg, Rachel (author), Joosstens, Frans (author), Poldner, Kim, (author), Mobach, Mark (author)Background and aim - Many countries signed the Paris Agreement to mitigate global average temperature rise. In this context, Dutch government decided to realize a reduction of 50% using resources and raw materials in 2030. This paper explores how practice-based research into facility operations can contribute to this aim. Methods / Methodology -...conference paper 2022
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Bernhold, Torben (author), Wiesweg, Niklas (author), Löhmer, Thomas (author), Lill, Susanne (author)Background and aim - The objective and research question is to measure the satisfaction of internal customers with various real estate services in the context of the operational utilization phase. Methods / Methodology - Methodologically, the study is based on the context-related application and use of the structural equation model for measuring...conference paper 2022
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Buitelaar, Maarten (author)A dam-break wave can result in considerable damages and casualties. Events that can lead to such waves include dike and dam breaches, storm surges and impulse waves. Dutch history is familiar with a number of coastal dike breaches but also river dike breaches have occurred, resulting in dam-break waves reaching far inland. Beyond the Netherlands...master thesis 2022
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Novell Morell, Mònica (author)Tailings storage facilities (TSF) are engineered structures that retain mixed waste material (known as mine tailings material) from mining processes in liquid or slurry form. One of the issues regarding TSF management is the lack of site investigation and sample analyses, which cause the uncertainty of geotechnical properties of mine tailings...master thesis 2022
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Krom, Johan Klaas (author)This study has investigated the effect of the urban environment on pedestrian route choice behaviour, for walking routes to and from train stations in the Netherlands. To the best knowledge of the author, this is the first pedestrian route choice study which is performed at country-level scope. This was made possible by applying an innovative...master thesis 2022
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van der Voordt, Theo (author)Architectural design may be defined as a synthesis of form, function, and technology, in a particular context, taking into account legal and financial preconditions. This book shows the need to also incorporate societal values. In the area of Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facilities Management (FM), a growing awareness comes to the...book chapter 2022
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Pirzadian, J. (author), Souhoka, T. (author), Herweijer, M. (author), van Heel, M.E. (author), van Wamel, W. J.B. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Severin, J. A. (author), Vos, M. C. (author)In hospitals, sinks act as reservoirs for bacterial pathogens. To assess the extent of splashing, fluorescein dye was added to four hospital sinks previously involved in pathogen dispersal to the environment and/or transmission to patients, and one sink that was not. Applying dye to the p-trap or tailpiece did not result in any fluorescent...journal article 2022
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Zhang, D. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Because of COVID-19, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in sports facilities has been a concern to environmental health practitioners. To develop an overall understanding of the available guidelines and standards and studies performed on IEQ in sports facilities, an extensive literature study was conducted, with the aim of identifying: (1)...journal article 2022
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Borkowski, Esther (author), Luna-Navarro, Alessandra (author), Michael, Michalis (author), Overend, M. (author), Rovas, Dimitrios (author), Raslan, Rokia (author)The thermal performance of adaptive building envelopes can be evaluated using building performance simulation tools. Simulation capabilities and accuracy in predicting the dynamic behaviour of adaptive building envelopes can be enhanced through co-simulation. However, it is unclear how accurately co-simulation can predict the performance of...journal article 2022
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Meijer, Allard (author)In Mashhad, one million - a third of the people - live in marginal settlements also known as slums. Migrations from the countryside and Afghanistan to Mashhad, and housing crisis have pushed many to settle in the literal margins of the city. However, their life is everything but settled: their existence can instead be characterized as a nomadic...master thesis 2021
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Borgdorff, Sophie (author)AGE deals with how to integrate elderly in society in a way that they can receive the care that they need, in which there are no barriers to meeting other people and in which they feel stimulated to do so.master thesis 2021
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Nanova, Raya (author)This paper is part of a master’s degree in Architecture at Delft University of Technology. It is addressing single-person households as they are found to be the most affected group from the current state of the Dutch housing market. This forms the relevance of this study and formulates the research objective.<br/>The theoretical part describes...master thesis 2021
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Zuo, Junyi (author)As a part of the General Extension Plan of Amsterdam, the Brettenzone was supposed to be a green recreational area and one of the green ‘wedges’ bringing nature and air into the city. The Brettenzone area divides the Amsterdam West into two parts, business area and harbor district in north and residential area in south, and the large greenery...master thesis 2021
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Bovy, Casper (author)With global urbanization, cities all around the world are changing. Rotterdam is expected to grow significantly in the upcoming decades and therefore will experience densification. This densification takes shape in the form of Rotterdam’s high-rise strategy and will have a direct influence on the way residents live in the inner city center of...master thesis 2021
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van der Harst, Jasmijn (author)Today, our world is in crisis. No single part of the world can withstand the destructive effects of climate change. So it’s time for action! Rethinking the future presents a blueprint for a new way of life that maximizes the density of a city while creating the highest quality of life for it’s citizens. A new way of life with the smallest carbon...master thesis 2021
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Olberts, Olof (author)The Dutch railway system is subject to maintenance, which is carried out by a group of rail contractors who need parking space to park and prepare trains in between projects. The objective of this study is to minimise the total costs as a result of the distance travelled by maintenance trains and the preservation of the included parking...master thesis 2021