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

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...

Pneumatic barriers to reduce salt intrusion through locks

Extensive areas in the low-lying parts of the Netherlands are below average sea level. They are divided up into polders in which the water levels are controlled by pumping. The water that seeps upwards in the soil together with surplus rain water is pumped into canals encirc1ing the polders; the canals are linked and serve as collectors, the...