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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

Urban heat islands, a growing problem

4 december 2019admin
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Urban heating, or at least the increase thereof, has been in the spotlight for some time. And the basic effects were known to me. But after hearing a lecture by Math Santamouris during a recent Conference, a whole new world… Continue Reading →

architecture, building, climate, CO2, housing stock, materials, smartcities, solar energy, urban

How (and why) to avoid high-rise buildings…

18 mei 2019admin
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Architects love to be able to design and build an iconic tower. And a city counselor can leave his signature with it. Well, it happens that the world is urbanizing, and that we see a lot of high-rises in planning,… Continue Reading →

architecture, CO2, embodied energy, energy, politics, smartcities, society, urban

Circular cities..? Real time material flows for London

11 februari 2019admin
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Since it looks as if we are going to introduce the climate measures for buildings mainly via municipalities or cities, I have recovered some of my older research material about urban sustainability, developed when I worked at Wageningen University. The… Continue Reading →

architecture, building, circular, Embodied Land, materials, politics, resources, smartcities, system boundaries, tools, urban

From ZEB to ZEEB : 0-embodied energy buildings 2/2

9 juli 2018admin
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In principle, its impossible to create a 0-embodied energy house, energy will always be needed. However, in the present time 0-embodied energy it is understandable as 0-fossil embodied energy, exa house exclusively based on renewable energy. 0-embodied energy, if that… Continue Reading →

architecture, biobased, building, embodied energy, materials, resources

Vertical F(r)a(r)ming …

28 mei 2018admin
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There are some strange excesses in the need for more sustainability, and especially with regard to the undefined “greening” of things. One of these, and you notice it more and more, is the tendency to plant trees on buildings. Not… Continue Reading →

architects, architecture, building, materials, smartcities, urban

The kg/m2 and kWh/m2 (and embodied energy) 2/2

10 mei 2018admin
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It is remarkable that the kg/m2 approach for buildings , as described in the previous article, is nearly completely absent. That is, nowadays. More then 100 years ago it was regularly used a a criterion in architectural competitions, the lower… Continue Reading →

0-energy, aluminium, architecture, biobased, building, embodied energy, materials

The kWh/m2 and the kgh/m2 1/2

27 april 2018admin
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Strange, really, that calculating in kWh seems normal for everyone. Especially in this time, because kWh does say nothing about the origin of the energy, which can be anything, from labor, wind turbines, or coal to nuclear energy. Currently it… Continue Reading →

architecture, biobased, building, embodied energy, energy, materials, resources, sustainable, tools

‘Circular building’ , now what is it really ?

9 maart 2018admin
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(master-classes on this topic and others, see on the right) ” What is Circular Building really?” , a Dutch journalist twittered, being confused about the debates going on. Its not clear yet, apparently, so lets give it a try. The… Continue Reading →

aluminium, architects, architecture, biobased, building, circular, future, materials, recycling, resources

The Week: PEFCR, ETS, INBAR, DDW, MVRDV, CO2

1 november 2017admin
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Last week, was a week with some Aha moments, and forced to rethink a few issues. Among these a continued discussion in The Netherlands with Jan Willem van de Groep, the passionate protagonist of Nill Onthe Meter retrofits (NOM). Nothing… Continue Reading →

architects, architecture, bamboo, biobased, building, future, resources

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