Hoe meer sensoren, hoe meer informatie. Met meer informatie zijn processen beter te optimaliseren. DWG wil het daarom haalbaar maken om meer draadloze sensoren te plaatsen bij bedrijven in de industriële sector. Op deze manier kunnen ze meer waarde leveren aan hun klanten met de ITS software. Om dit …

By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …

The Netherlands has a mission to use 16% of sustainable energy by 2023, and 100% of sustainable energy by 2050, thus making green energy to be the only source of energy in the future. Foundation Loswal “De Bonnen” has 17.5 hectares of raw land where they want to develop a digester. The aim of this paper …

Dit opdrachtgever van dit afstudeerrrapport is Wiebo Lamain, van het Lectoraat Communication, Behaviour & The Sustainable Society van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Energiecoöperaties spelen een belangrijke rol in de energietransitie, doordat ze duurzame initiatieven van bewoners ondersteunen. In …

Energy usage is a fundamental property of injection molding machines. The development of these machines is accompanied by two contradictory objectives. On the one hand, a producer wants to produce as quickly as possible, cycle times must be as short as possible, and the number of products produced simultaneously …

A design report of the design of an energy efficient garden woodstove

The study was conducted in commission of New Industrial Order (N.I.O), a laboratory for Fashion-On-Demand based in Amsterdam. A knowledge gap in literature was identified concerning the environmental performance of On-Demand manufacturing. To fill the gap, a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment was initiated, …

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 …

Renewable energy systems are a crucial technological development needed to combat climate change. This thesis covers the design and implementation of a mathematical optimization model, which calculates the lowest cost of hydrogen for certain renewable energy system configurations. The output of the model …

This research is focusing on the sedentary behaviour in the work environment, which is linked to a higher risk on chronic diseases, especially for long periods of sitting of 30 minutes or more. Of all European countries, the sedentary behaviour of Dutch people is on average the highest, which highlights …