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Kassels, Sander (author)The global ever growing energy demand, quest for renewable alternatives for fossil fuels and desire to reduce dependency on single countries has driven the increasing demand for offshore wind energy production. The advancing technologies that enable offshore wind turbines to gain efficiency go hand in hand with increasing sizes of components and...master thesis 2023
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Grevet, Camiel (author)The utilization of water electrolysis for hydrogen production is expected to increase significantly in the upcoming decades. Modular system design offers great advantages for emerging markets, whilst providing the necessary flexibility in capacity that intermittent renewable energy sources require. Literature research reveals little information...master thesis 2023
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Garimella, Mounik (author)This master's thesis presents the design and analysis of the inverter stage and controller architecture for a modular Solid-State Transformer (SST) to interconnect DC microgrids and a 10kV AC grid for bidirectional power flow. The research focuses on inverter topologies, modulation techniques, and modular controller architecture.<br/><br/>The...master thesis 2023
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Mahajan, Mihir (author)The remarkable expansion of the PV industry can be attributed to cost reductions and technological advancements, resulting in solar energy becoming an appealing and sustainable option. However, there is a growing concern regarding the environmental impact of disposing decommissioned solar panels. To address this issue, Biosphere Solar, a startup...master thesis 2023
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Duzijn, Yannick (author)<br/>With increasing healthcare demand, environmental concerns and waste management in healthcare, particularly in the operating room (OR), are significant issues. Disposable surgical energy devices, like vessel sealers, gain popularity in veterinary healthcare, but reusing them is officially forbidden by law and presents challenges. Objective:...master thesis 2023
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Jaspers, Geert (author)2022 SODAQ, manufacturer of the general purpose asset tracker: TRACK, committed itself to take environmental and social responsibility and got rebranded as a ‘World-friendly IoT’ company. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the current TRACK product, performed by an external company, proved that decreasing the impact of the enclosure might provide...master thesis 2023
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Müller, Thijs (author)The productivity and sustainability issues in the construction industry are leading to the consideration of systemic innovations such as modular construction. The industry's complex and fragmented structure resulting in an established practice of aligning knowledge with specific tasks impedes the adoption of such innovations. This phenomenon,...master thesis 2023
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Bomben, Benjamin (author)There is a significant problem with how we conceive our built environment, the traditional nature of the construction industry lags in innovation compared to nearly every other industry. As a result, the industry is unable to quickly respond to changing social, environmental and economic contexts. Requiring new methods of construction and ways...master thesis 2023
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Andruszkiewicz, Paweł (author)This Master Thesis is an attempt to address the lack of a sufficient number of affordable and qualitative student housing by creating an experimental, universal design strategy called MODULE+, combining computational design and modular architecture. The strategy consists of three main elements - individually designed flexible timber modules, an...master thesis 2023
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Vida, Philomena (author)Challenging a predominant focus in academia on studying societal and spatial challenges primarily in the Global South or non-Western environments, this project investigates the urban fabric and hidden socio-political mechanisms of precarity in the city of Munich, Germany. Houselessness appears as the manifestation of a global housing crisis and...master thesis 2023
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Belt, Britt (author)As climate change and resource shortages increasingly threaten our planet, the built environment sector is under scrutiny due to its significant contribution to carbon emissions and global raw resource extraction. A transition towards a circular economy, replacing the prevailing "take-make-dispose" model, is crucial. This research explores the...master thesis 2023
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Bain, Kayla (author)The importance of this project is to make a creative center in Berlin, Germany that supports all forms of creative expression. A Potluck Creative Center will add space for creative ambitions and give communal enjoyment (value), to the neighborhood. A condenser for all informal creative forms, where persons who practice different forms can teach,...master thesis 2023
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Lemnawar, Anwar (author)This thesis explores and analyses the usage of modular architecture and mixed buildings and their role in solving the Dutch housing crisis. The Dutch housing market is in a crisis due to various reasons that can be solved partially in the design process and partially by regulation changes. The mixing of production and living has become more...master thesis 2023
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Consoli, Gabriella (author)The rise in average surface temperature has intensified the need to explore new<br/>methods to address climate change. Housing sector is one of the leading contributors to the total energy consumption. As a solution, there has been a growing emphasis on the application of passive strategies in buildings that leverage local climatic conditions....master thesis 2023
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Smith, Tijmen (author)The essence of my project is to present a prototype as a statement against the ridiculousness of building a permanent stadium used only or mostly during a major international temporary sports events. In which the inhabitants of the place gain no real benefit from the investments of such a building after the tournament is finished. My prototype...master thesis 2023
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Brink, Paul (author)<b>Problem definition:</b> In the car park industry, a new trend has emerged, shifting the demand for parking from permanent one-of-a-kind parking structures towards temporary modular structures (Drenth, 2020). Meanwhile, the building industry faces a transition into a more sustainable industry. This requires rethinking of the design process,...master thesis 2023
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Vafa, Sarah (author)In recent years, the housing market has been under pressure due to growing demand for (inner-city) housing and a lack of supply. Housing is in high demand as a result of factors such as population growth, rapid urbanization, smaller households, the freezing of "mobility in houses, and so on. The low developing speed to cater to these issues...master thesis 2023
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Baczkowski, Jacek (author)The goal of my thesis work was to experiment with potential approaches to addressing issues haunting housing across developed world countries. Namely, housing being: dehumanizing, unaffordable, wasteful in production, and under-performing. The main objective was to define the principles that would help creating the process which would enable...master thesis 2023
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Tabadkani, Amir (author), Nikkhah Dehnavi, Arman (author), Mostafavi, F. (author), Naeini, Hoorie Ghorbani (author)In shared office spaces, occupants' comfort criteria are limited to locally controlled zones while ambient features of the environment and the potential negative impacts of others' behavior require a well-designed control system, especially over adaptive façade elements. This means setting up control strategies for a wider spectrum of varying...journal article 2023
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Reinders, J.S. (author)Compilers transform a human readable source language into machine readable target language. Nanopass compilers simplify this approach by breaking up this transformation into small steps that are more understandable, maintainable, and extensible. We propose a semantics-driven variant of the nanopass compiler architecture exploring the use a...conference paper 2023