Policy-based initiatives on promoting China's affordable housing: Challenges and opportunities

The construction industry's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality has underscored the urgency of promoting green and low-carbon sustainable affordable housing. However, the development process has encountered several challenges, including conflicts between the central and local governments arising from differences in value preferences,...

The role of emergent and developing countries in the 21st century: A vision for sustainable housing development in Benin

At the same time that we’re solving climate change, we are building cities for another 3 billion people until 2050. That’s a doubling of the urban environment. The most extensive of this construction, and especially housing projects for the coming decades, will take place in emergent and developing countries. We, as architects, engineers,...

Housing co-op: a new sustainable housing form?

Europe has witnessed the re-emergence of different self-organized forms of housing initiatives. One type of this self-organized form of housing, that is currently re-emerging in European cities, is the housing cooperative, e.g. housing co-op. Members of a housing co-op jointly own the building and are together responsible for the design,...

Unlocking Grey Scientific Data on Resident Behaviour to Increase the Climate Impact of Dutch Sustainable Housing

A “community of knowledge” of representatives of the housing sector in the Netherlands investigated the impact of the behaviour of residents in sustainable housing, both newly constructed and renovated stock. For this, grey scientific data were used, i.e., data and reports from non-university agencies reflecting research commissioned by civil...

CLT based opportunities for a resilient housing sector in Zuid-Holland: a scenario analysis of a CLT industry in Zuid-Holland

This research focused on the role of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the transition to a circular and bio-based housing sector in the province of Zuid-Holland (PZH). A scenario-model framework was used to assess the socio-economic and environmental impacts on the construction sector, as a result of CLT construction in general and as a result of...

Circular and Flexible Infill Concepts: Integration of the Residential User Perspective

Circular building has gained considerable attention in the Netherlands during the past decade. It is rooted in concepts such as circular economy (CE) and Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C®), accentuating the closing and coupling of material loops to establish effective and efficient resource flows. Moreover, those concepts adhere to a systemic, holistic...

The Refugee City

In most emergency outbreaks a huge amount of people flee to refugee camps and are in need of protection, shelter, food and medics for an unknown amount of time. The duration of their stay depends on the pace of the war or natural disaster. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has been utilising a variety of solutions to...

The ERA of Sustainable Housing Transformation

A research on the possibilities for a sustainable transformation of post war gallery flats in occupied state to an energy neutral building, taking in account the wishes and preferences of the existing residents. This research was followed by a design proposal for the ERA-1 complex in rotterdam.

Uitdagend en waardevol

Uitdagend en waardevol Intreerede Uitgesproken op 7 mei 2008 ter gelegenheid van de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar Sustainable Housing Transformation aan de Faculteit Bouwkunde van de Technische Universiteit Delft door Prof. Dr. Ir. J.D.M. van Hal.

Towards an integral approach of sustainable housing in Indonesia: With an analysis of current practices in Java

How can the concept of sustainable housing be implemented in Indonesia? Prompted by various housing problems, especially in dense urban areas, this research proposes an integrated approach towards the sustainability of housing projects, which emphasizes the importance of community participation and the use of local solutions and resources. In...

Vinex: Compacte stad met hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer? Een onderzoek naar de ruimtelijke samenhang van de doelstellingen uit de vierde nota ruimtelijke ordening extra tussen compacte verstedelijking en inpassing van hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer.

De Vinex-locaties zijn tot stand gekomen als uitvloeisel van de vierde nota ruimtelijke ordening extra (VINEX), een traject dat loopt vanaf eind jaren tachtig. Inmiddels is de vijfde nota ruimtelijke ordening aangenomen, maar is de uitvoering van de VINEX nog niet ten einde. In dit onderzoek is de uitvoering van de VINEX geevalueerd. De relatie...