New technologies or approaches are being widely developed and proposed to be deployed in real energy systems to improve desired objectives; however, supporting decision making processes to select best solutions in terms of performance and efficiently following cost-benefit analysis require some sort …

Met het project Samen Besparen hebben de gemeente Assen, de provincie Drenthe, Actium, i-Routes en de Hanzehogeschool Groningen een gezamenlijk lange termijn doel voor ogen gehad: het verduurzamen van een ‘robuust GGW-gebied’ (een gebied waarin de leefbaarheid onder druk staat en gebiedsgericht werken …

Some people are better at looking at things from a wider perspective than others – they can think outside the box. Individuals, companies and organizations strive for continuity to provide basic safety. Innovation is crucial to survive in the modern world. Sometimes we need to be quick and exploit new …

Dutch existing building stock has, according to Dutch governmental policy derived from the European goals, to be renovated towards NetZero in about 2050. However, this goal will not be reached without new digitalized tools, like BIM, 3D scanning and printing, automation and robotization of production …

Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the young, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and helping them to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology …

Publicatie ism TU Delft voor Proceedings of DESRIST 2018, 3-6 June, Madras, India. As digital technologies are transforming enterprises, the interest in business models is increasing. Technological disruptions like the Internet of Things (IoT) drive enterprises to redefine their business models to create …

Verkorte workshop met de We-Energy Game voor internationale relaties van Noorderruimte ter kennismaking met de tools die de Hanzehogeschool ontwikkeld heeft.

In this short paper, we give an overview on how this major trend is unfolding and, specifically, how it affects cities. We take the following starting points: • Digitalization is a strong force that “happens” everywhere in the (urban) society. It has positive and negative effects – explored later in …

The internship takes place in the department of technique Randstad, being involved in various projects related to the ground, infrastructure and water sector. Together with other public and private organizations Sweco agreed to work towards a sustainable sector by signing the Greendeal sustainable GWW …

Social media and sharing economy platforms do not only disrupt industries. They also bypass democratic institutions. That’s not without risk, because the dominant Silicon Valley based online platforms are designed to create shareholder value, not to strengthen society or democracy. Which is unfortunate, …