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Corona & Climate update: the R-value of Climate

3 januari 2021admin
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There are many similarities between the Corona crises and the climate crises. But there is 1 difference: there is no vaccine against climate change, after which we can pick up where we left off. That is more or less the… Continue Reading →

climate, CO2, corona, pandemic, policies, society

Wish you a Better New Year!

1 januari 2021admin
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2020-2040: What goes up, must come down…

21 december 2020admin
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Last year I wrote about a publication from 20 years ago, in which prominent figures looked 20 years ahead. [1] The result was not that good, the future is always more different as expected. However, a number of reactions wondered… Continue Reading →

climate, CO2, economy, future, innovation, policies, politics, society, transition

Embodied energy data from building installations

6 december 2020admin
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There is growing need for information of embodied energy impacts. As I argued in a Linkedin article last week: Needed: A international Embodied Energy Data Authority’.* But here I want to address the lack of data for especially installations. Mainly… Continue Reading →

building, embodied energy, materials, research, resources

land (-potential) as the new money standard

22 november 2020admin
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Someone suggested recently to think about a new money standard. Well, thats a challenge, so I did. Since money is a virtual unit of trade, not based on any actual value. Not anymore, at least, since we left the barter… Continue Reading →

agriculture, biomass, capital, economy, Embodied Land, future, land, landuse, money, policies, solar energy, value

Solar panels are not the solution…

7 november 2020admin
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Before we hurry covering everything with solar panels, let’s reason a bit further, because since my first experiences with renewable energy, many new insights have emerged. Those first experiences I had when building a “Bicycle wheel windmill”, as described in… Continue Reading →

assessment, climateneutral, CO2, embodied energy, energy, future, money, policies, politics, resources, solar energy, solarpanels, transition

Solar panels: ≤ 1m2 PV per m2 floor …

26 oktober 2020admin
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As we want to get rid of fossil fuels, we will at least have to develop everything now without fossil fuels. And in any case the operational energy. In the case of new buildings this leads to “0-energy buildings”, which… Continue Reading →

0-energy, architecture, climate, climateneutral, CO2, embodied energy, energy, energyneutral, materials, nZEB, resources, solar energy, solarpanels, transition

How to distribute the remaining Carbon budget ?

10 oktober 2020admin
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A few years ago, together with colleagues Guillaume Habert from Switzerland and Thomas Lützkendorf from Germany, I started exploring the CO2 budget that was still available, and the consequences for construction. This budget of maximum remaining CO2 emissions to stay… Continue Reading →

building, CO2, housing stock, policies, politics, population, society

Electric cars : the broader story

27 september 2020admin
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Researchers and other involved parties are regularly at odds with each other: does buying an electric car compared with a fuel driven car reduce CO2 emissions or not. A few weeks ago, another such investigation was in the news. [1]… Continue Reading →

assessment, CO2, materials, mobility, policies, system boundaries, transport

Throwing money around….

13 september 2020admin
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I can’t resist putting some thoughts about ‘money’ on paper again. I am not an expert in this field, but is anybody really? Like many others, I follow the discussions about throwing money around during and after corona. And of… Continue Reading →

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  • Solar panels are not the solution…
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