Urban Living Labs as Innovation Infrastructure for Local Urban Intervention Acceleration and Student Social Learning: the Impacts on Community Wellbeing in Heerlen
Abstract Cities are championing urban experiments in order to address societal challenges and increased urban complexity. In fact, and following fellow researchers, urban experiments are used as a method in a broader trend in public policy to align urban planning with citizen needs by viewing cities as platforms for societal transformation that require, and should […]
What Was the DRIVE0 Project Sbout? A Full Publishable Report on the Project’s Results
«DRIVE 0 – Driving decarbonization of the EU building stock by enhancing a consumer centred and locally based circular renovation process»
The DRIVE 0 project deals with the promotion of strategies for the decarbonisation of the existing building stock through the implementation of deep renovation interventions. The project aims at promoting the adoption of a circular approach in renovation processes that, in order to be attractive and effective, must be based on the customer’s actual needs.
According to the DRIVE 0 approach, circular retrofitting is based on the use of energy from renewable sources and the use of materials from biological or technical cycles, in which waste production is minimised and end-of-life strategies with a positive impact on the environment are envisaged.
Are Energy Decisions About Energy? A Study of Homeowners’ Decision-making Processes in the Transition to Low-carbon Housing in the Netherlands.
The transition to a low-carbon housing stock must increase more rapidly to meet the European climate goals: 55% reduction of greenhouse gasses in 2030 and becoming climate neutral in 2050. This transition can be realised by implementing residential low-carbon measures such as insulation, high-efficiency glazing, efficient heating and ventilation systems, and residential renewable energy production […]
Assessing the Circular Re-design of Prefabricated Building Envelope Elements for Carbon Neutral Renovation
Buildings and the construction industry at large are significant contributors to the catastrophic climate breakdown. The built environment is responsible for 37% of the total global carbon emission, of which about a third arises from the energy used to produce building and construction materials, usually referred to as embodied carbon. One of the key strategies […]
Placemaking and the Urban Living Lab for Students’ Social Learning and Innovation in Education: The Case of Heerlen
The neighbourhood GMS in Heerlen-Noord, the Netherlands, is currently struggling to overcome its socio-urban challenges due to the historical context. Placemaking and Urban Living Labs as concepts both offer potentials to address the current socio-urban challenges, by explicitly involving students. In fact, this paper shows that while drawing on both including an inclusive co-creation process […]
The future is WOOW
Deze krant werd gepubliceerd ter afronding van het WOOW project in 2023. Download
Crossing Multiple Solar Energy Gaps: A Dutch Case-study on Intermediation for Building-integrated Photovoltaics
Het artikel geeft inzicht in welke knelpunten er nog zijn in het besluitvormingsproces van huiseigenaren over BIPV, en hoe bemiddeling (intermediation) door formele en informele partijen, zoals de overheid, BIPVNL, architecten, consultants, energy coaches, maar ook vrienden en familie in het sociaal netwerk van huiseigenaren, kunnen bijdragen in de versnelling van de opschaling van BIPV […]
Placemaking in the Urban Living Lab Heerlen and Aurora flat courtyard intervention: learning towards urban vitality in vulnerable and cultural diverse neighbourhoods
Abstract The neighbourhood GMS in Heerlen-Noord, the Netherlands, is one of the 16 Dutch neighbourhoods that need extra focus to its livability and socio-economic challenges due to the historical development in the area and its current stigma in society. Placemaking as a planning philosophy and urban living labs as a planning approach both offer potential […]
Justice in Social Housing: Towards a People-centred Energy Renovation Process
he annual renovation rate of the existing housing stock must increase rapidly to reach climate neutrality by 2050. This transition will require major investments but will also need to be affordable for everyone. Affordability is especially relevant for vulnerable and low-income households, many of which live in social housing in the Netherlands. Previous studies show […]
Degrowth als Ontwikkelperspectief voor ‘Capabilitygebaseerde’ Ruimtelijke Rechtvaardigheid.
Artikel geschreven voor de Degrowth krant over ruimtelijke rechtvaardigheid, toegankelijk via onderstaande link. Download