On April 2001, the EcoCity Augustenborg was inaugurated and during the following 20 years it has been the inspiration for social sustainability and storm water management for people all over the world.On April 21st, 2021, as a part of the 20-year Anniversary festivities, we are hosting a digital blue-green …

To decrease the environmental impact that the textile industry is responsible for, new materials are constantly being innovated. However, there is a forgotten fiber that was eliminated by the American government and big companies who wanted to push the cotton and synthetic fiber industry forward almost …

The aim of this research was to find out in how far the Netherlands could learn from Sweden regarding the use of manure, in order to create awareness within the equine sector on sustainable solutions. The number of horses in Europe exceeds 5 million and keeps increasing, therefore contributes to greenhouse …

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have deployed various strategies in motivating businesses to source sustainably, such as the co-development and promotion of sustainability certification and direct collaboration in cross-sector partnerships (CSPs). This is an important current-day priority, given the ambitions …

Researchposter which describes a researchproject supervised by dr. ir. A.J. Smit. The main goal of this project is to develop business model patterns for the economic viable production of biogas for restaurants and breweries. Actual projects with breweries in Groningen are used to collect data in order …

Tijdens de Hanze Research Day is BioPower2Gas gepresenteerd door middel van deze posterpresentatie

A large consortium of project-partners joined forces to rethink the modern use of fuel in aviation. Contributing to this cause is Clean Tech Aviation B.V., which was officially opened on the 27th of october. Several speakers took the stage that day and Prof. dr.ir. J.A.M. Dam was one of them.

Management Summary Litter is a social and environmental problem with undesirable consequences. Facility managers and cleaning companies of universities of applied sciences, consider indoor litter as a hot topic. Universities should take the litter issue serious. Less litter could contribute to cost …

Background: Every day rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients make many decisions about managing their disease. An online, computer-tailored, self-management program can support this decision making, but development of such a program requires the active participation of patients. Objective: To develop an …

Author supplied: Within the Netherlands the interest for sustainability is slowly growing. However, most organizations are still lagging behind in implementing sustainability as part of their strategy and in developing performance indicators to track their progress; not only in profit organizations …