Blue spaces in cities are often regarded as adaptation measures that effectively reduce urban heat. Therefore, urban professionals like to integrate blue infrastructures in climate resilient designs. However, several studies indicated that the cooling effect of small water bodies is often small or absent. …

This paper presents five design prototypes for cool urban water environments developed in the 'Really cooling water bodies in cities' (REALCOOL) project. The REALCOOL prototypes address an urgent need: urban water bodies, such as ponds or canals, are often assumed to cool down their surroundings during …

Door verregaande elektrificatie van onze samenleving veranderen de ontwerpcriteria voor het elektriciteitsnet van de netwerkbeheerders. Door de netbelasting van “all-electric” (gasloze) woonwijken te meten en te modelleren bepalen we welke invloed verregaande elektrificatie in de toekomst zal hebben …

Presentation was developed for the Springtij convention (on the island of Terschelling).

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. Such a hybrid energy network could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational flexibility. Nowadays, the expectations on Natural Gas …

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of the independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. In addition to an increase in exergy efficiency, such a Hybrid Energy Network (HEN) could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational …

Urban green and shading are adaptation measures that reduce urban heat. This is evident from meteorological measurements and investigations with surveys and has been described in many papers (e.g. Klemm et al., 2015). The cooling effect of these adaptation measures is reflected by lower air temperatures …

Vandaag was het HEAT House, een faciliteit voor het meten en testen van verwarmingssystemen, overgedragen door GasTerra aan Henk Pijlman, voorzitter van het College van Bestuur van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen.

Breaking the lock-in: transitioning beyond gas

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. Such a hybrid energy network could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational flexibility. Nowadays, the expectations on Natural Gas …