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Franx, Laura (author)The Netherlands faces climate change due to global warming and earthquakes due to gas production. To decrease both earthquakes and CO2 production, the government aims to half the gas production in the coming four years and aims for an entire stop by 2030. Over 80% of Dutch houses are heated with gas; 20% were built in the late post-war era (1960...master thesis 2018
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de Rouw, Jordy (author)The built environment has an important role to play in sustainable development. The Dutch government estimates that the build environment is responsible for 50% of resources used, 40% energy use, 30% of water use, 35% of CO2 production and 40% of the total waste production in the Netherlands. Because of these relatively high numbers, changes in...master thesis 2018
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Henry, Quirine (author)In de Paris Climate Agreement the goal is set to reach an energy neutral built environment by 2050. As a result, there is a high demand for energy neutral refurbishment of the existing housing stock. With the currently low refurbishment rate is it expected to take around 250 years to reach this goal. Due to the high initial investment costs of...master thesis 2018
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Yao, Xiaoyi (author)This Project primarily focused on two theme topics, elderly adapted housing and energy refurbishment in order to make an integrated design with the existing Intervam flats in Utrecht. The whole graduation project is consisted of two part, research and design. In the research part, the greenhouse was studied as an integrated approach, its value...master thesis 2018
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Snijders Blok, Iris (author)The objective of this research is to decrease the energy and material consumption of TU Delft’s building stock, by providing the university with a refurbishment method. Refurbishments can have a large impact on the energy and material consumption of the Built Environment, as it focuses on the majority of the Built Environment. By designing net...master thesis 2017
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Evertzen, Mark (author)Thirty-one percent of all the energy used in the Netherlands is used by households. Considering the fact that it is technically easily possible to built energy neutral dwellings this quite big percentage. But with the speed we are currently constructing houses, we will build less than 10 percent of the currently existing building stock in the...master thesis 2017
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van den Boom, Ruben (author)The project concerns the refurbishment of post-war housing, specifically the Camera Obscura in Utrecht. The proposed plan is based upon: 1) technical parameters for energy neutrality, 2) the problems specified by the building analysis and 3) four types of flexibility, to enable inhabitants to influence their dwellings.master thesis 2017
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Balkuv, Faik (author)In recent years the world is becoming more aware on the burden of the fossil fuels on the planets ecosystem as well as climate. One of the major reasons is, due to greenhouse gasses in which most of them are caused by carbon release by consumption of fossil fuels. The building sector in almost every country is a major contributor to the...master thesis 2017
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Safari, I. (author)Within the context of today’s linear economy refurbishment constitutes a promising strategy in recovering critical resources. However, the value of refurbishment is currently explored only within specific product categories. This graduation assignment aims to provide insights into the factors affecting consumer acceptance of different product...master thesis 2017
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Folkertsma, L.M. (author)Since the current linear economy is unsustainable, it is necessary to shift towards a circular economy that focuses on limiting the extraction of raw materials and producing less waste. By refurbishing products, their high residual value is preserved and less new products have to be produced. Unfortunately, consumers are often unaware of the...master thesis 2017
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Hammer, L. (author)The purpose of this research is to explore the energy balance within an offshore accommodation. The research is done In cooperation with Keppel Verolme BV. and the TU Delft for the department of Building Technology. The offshore accommodation is analysed in terms of structure and energy consumption, as is the typical environmental conditions in...master thesis 2016
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Jonathan, T.T. (author)There are more and more smart technological solutions on the market for the Net Zero Energy Refurbishment of the current building stock. The Delft University of Technology developed a Net Zero Energy Renovation (NZER) concept as part of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 competition: Prêt-à-Loger. Many other NZER concepts are developed within...master thesis 2016
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Boorsma, N.E. (author)This thesis presents the results of a single case study performed at Philips Refurbished Systems, focusing on a medical imaging system: interventional X-ray, which enables Image Guided Therapy (IGT). The goal of the study was to add value to the refurbishment activities at Refurbished Systems by developing design rules for refurbishment. This...master thesis 2016
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Greco, A. (author)Net zero energy is already an ambitious target for several buildings, especially since the DIRECTIVE 2010/31/EU that requires increasing the number of nearly zero-energy buildings. The existing commercial building stock needs to be included, in order to achieve the 2020 EU environmental targets. The main barriers of zero-energy refurbishment of...master thesis 2016
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Assad, A. (author)The goal to achieve the EU mission 20-20-20 through energy neutral buildings is a hot topic in Dutch building industry. Nowadays the focus lies in renovating the existing building stock to achieve the EU goal. Besides improving the energy efficiency a couple more issue needs attention. The acceptance of the occupants, the neighborhood and new...master thesis 2016
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Swier, P.A. (author)My graduation project was split up into a generic exploration which resulted in a research paper and a specific design in which I have tested the results of the generic part. I explored the potential of applying the Earth, Wind and Fire (EWF) concept on vacant office buildings in the Netherlands. In order to find a specific solution that I could...master thesis 2016
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Jockin, B.G.W. (author)This research aims to uncover the factors influencing the customer acceptance of refurbished products. To gain insight in these factors, a quantitative study (N = 250) on the response of customers to the proposition of refurbished smartphones was conducted in cooperation with Fairphone. Fairphone is a social enterprise start-up, aiming to open...master thesis 2015
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De Jong, W. (author)Previous studies showed that the consumer acceptance of refurbished products is not optimal. This experimental quantitative study investigates three potential ways to influence the consumer acceptance, being the existence of wear and tear on the product, providing additional information about the previous use or providing additional information...master thesis 2015
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Martjanova, I. (author)In this thesis the strategies for the refurbishment of post-war multi-flat residential buildings in Lithuania are discussed. The main focus is not only on the improvement of the energy efficiency of the building, but also on possibilities to introduce additional non-energy related refurbishment benefits, that eventually could stimulate the...master thesis 2015