To help the cities realise their positive energy districts, the Atelier project includes a capacity building programme, in which professionals in the partner cities can learn from each other and experts how to make their ambitions come true. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is one of the partners …

In the research and design studio ‘World of wood’ from September to December 2021, we dealt with the global production chain behind wood. In other words: we challenged students to not only see this renewable and bio-based material as a raw material or construction material with which architectural and …

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are potential high-impact climate change mitigation actions towards low carbon or even climate neutral cities. This implies that the energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions of PEDs need to be assessed. To this end, an accounting methodology, metrics, supporting …

The sustainable energy transition asks for new and innovative solutions in the way society, government, energy market and clients (end users) approach energy distribution and consumption. The energy transition provides great opportunity to develop innovative solutions where in the dense built environment …

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) have the potential of accelerating the decarbonization of urban areas and promoting scalability between cities. The development and real-world implementation of such innovative concepts can be enhanced through urban energy modelling. However, assessing PEDs can be challenging, …

Christian van Someren en Ruud Welling hebben een presentatie verzorgd over Nul op de Trafo in de Houtlaan in Assen. De volgende presentatie ging over Making City, steps towards a ‘positive energy district’ in Hoogkerk en werd verzorgd door Ifigeneia Psarra (Hanzehogeschool) (in English).

Rwanda is landlocked and does not have other resources, so the population depends on agriculture as the main economic activity. It is from agriculture that the majority of the people get food for their survival. However, people in the country have been practising subsistence agriculture using traditional …

Een korte samenvatting van de vorderingen van de plannen voor de waterstofwijk Hoogeveen

Urban planning for climate change is a complex topic for historical and large cities like Alexandria, which are also coping with economic and demographic pressures. In this project the design of water engineering is drawn into the horizon of the local population, by mapping several containment measures …

Making City is een Europees project waarin o.a. onderzoek wordt gedaan naar PED’s (positive energy districts). Het onderzoek wordt gedaan in verschillende Europese gemeenten en de gemeente Groningen is daar één van. Making City werkt nauw samen met wijkorganisaties en buurtinitiatieven, Wijkbureau Paddepoel …