Interactive reading: Energy transition 4.0; lessons from previous energy transitions

The threat of climate change and the Paris agreement to limit global temperature rise to well below 2?C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5?C has stimulated research on and broad commitment to community energy. We investigate this research. We assess how nine different approaches study community …

This research report is a result of the joint initiative of researchers and the professorship internationalisation of the Research Centre Business Innovation -KcBI, in particular Monique Abbenbroek (CMI/Communication), Tineke van der Gaast (RBS/Internationalisation), Helen de Haan-Cao (RBS/International …

Energy cooperatives are beginning to expand their role from stimulating small-scale electricity production to developing local energy systems, including cooperatively owned energy storage solutions. However, many technical, social and financial obstacles are encountered in this process. It is as yet …

In this paper we investigate laypersons’ valuation of historic buildings, their experiences of thermal comfort in those buildings and contrast this with their views on the appropriateness of energy efficiency measures. This paper presents four case studies of medieval churches in Groningen, Netherlands. …

De huidige energietransitie is niet nieuw, in het verleden hebben al energietransities plaatsgevonden. Vanuit een historische perspectief worden de uitgangspunten en oplossingen van eerdere energietransities toegelicht. Vervolgens is in workshopvorm met studenten van het kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte en …

De opdracht van organisatie Samen Sterk Zonder Stigma was te onderzoeken of constructief georiënteerde berichtgeving een bijdrage kan leveren aan minder stigmatiserende beeldvorming rond mensen met een psychische aandoening. Op de lange termijn is de verwachting dat constructieve elementen in de berichtgeving …