A unique way of teaching practical aspects of renewable energy technologies has been experimented in the University of Oldenburg since 1987. An energy laboratory (Energielabor), built in 1982 and powered by renewable energy sources, has been used for practical training, lectures and office space for …

While Making is often seen as a hedonistic pass-time activity, is it attracting growing interest in many industries. Globally, big players have started to fund Fab Lab on a substantial scale. Schlumberger is supporting the development of Fab Labs in Russia, Aramco sponsored the first Fab Lab in Dhahran …

Guest lecture: professional practice for interior designers at the College of Human Sciences. Stillwater, OK, USA: Oklahoma State University. 15 September 2014.

This report is written for the design of a new production facility to product the Ginaf HD5380T mining truck. Several requirements were studied to reach an output of five trucks per week. The study relates to: • Purchasing, which parts should be purchased centrally at Ginaf Veenendaal and which products …

Purpose This paper's aim is to determine whether shopping facilities in a waiting area influence customer behaviour and whether these behaviours positively influence their satisfaction and related sales of the displayed products. Design/methodology/approach The approach used was a field experiment. At …

Light pollution is one of the fastest growing and most pervasive of environmental pollution (Chepesiuk, 2009). In the last couple of years, a lot of research has been done about the effects of light pollution. The interest in light pollution has been growing in many fields of science, extending from …

Societal developments show that future demands for visualization can be expected to grow. In many areas of organized human activities organizations may turn away from textual and numerical flatlands, and rely on the convenient and multidimensional digital worlds. Virtual worlds for facility management, …

Wat onderzoeken onze lectoren en onderzoekers? Wat is het verband tussenonderzoek en onderwijs? Het kenniscentrum Gebiedsontwikkeling NoorderRuimte organiseert ook dit jaar een aantal lunchlezingen en presentaties door lectoren, onderzoekers en promovendi over actuele onderwerpen. Doel is kennis en informatie …

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Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Ericsson. In december 1999 is de start gemaakt met de implementatie van een innovatieve kantoorconcept. In eerste instantie is de nieuwe manier van werken geïmplementeerd bij drie afdelingen, als pilot. Dit verslag beschrijft het onderzoek naar de huidige situatie …