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A New Year, New chances…: ‘Homo Vermis’

28 december 2019admin
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It is now exactly 10 years ago around Christmas that I struggled with the interpretation of ‘cycles’. Why I wondered, is everyone convinced there are two resource cycles, as promoted nowadays in whats called the circular economy? And why would… Continue Reading →

blog, circular, cycles, Embodied Land, history, MAXergy, research, society

A 0-marginal resource society does not exist

21 juni 2019admin
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Rifkin some time ago wrote about the 0-marginal cost society. The book had a lot of attention. But cost is a complete different measuring unit as energy or greenhouse gasses. A 0-marginal cost society is not the same as a… Continue Reading →

0-energy, circular, economy, exergy, labor, materials, resources, society, transition

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

Every agriculture hectare requires 7,7 ha input…. Embodied Land

26 januari 2019admin
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Before going into agriculture, and the available figures for it, I will briefly summarize how evaluate keeping resource loops closed. Fot this a calculation method has been developed, called MAXergy, with Embodied Land as a measuring unit. To close resource… Continue Reading →

assessment, circular, ecology, Embodied Land, exergy, MAXergy, resources, sustainable

The end of the ‘road’…

6 oktober 2018admin
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The national organization for road works in the Netherlands, RWS, has a slogan: from A to Better. It has not brought us much so far: The roads are widened, more traffic lanes , so now we are not in a… Continue Reading →

circular, energy, resources, smartcities, society, transport

From Tetra Materia, to Trias eXergetica 2/2

22 september 2018admin
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The Tetra Materia (see previous article) approach might be useful for practice, its not the whole story. It guides direction, but does not set targets. And our system has an overall limit as well. Materials, even renewables, come exclusively from… Continue Reading →

circular, energy, exergy, materials, resources, system boundaries, tools

Building wind turbines to dry laundry…?

15 april 2018admin
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Do we really want a CO2-neutral society, or even a society with closed cycles? If yes, a lot will have to change and we will need to become extremely creative. And not directly with the input of a lot of… Continue Reading →

assessment, building, circular, CO2, Embodied Land, lca, MAXergy, resources, society, solar energy, tools

A Circular road…. ?

1 april 2018admin
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( picture: borrowed  from: Agent Bob) … Well, then, what is a circular road? was a question that was asked , after the previous article. To answer, lets first analyze what happens when constructing a highway with current approach. Then… Continue Reading →

assessment, circular, Embodied Land, materials, resources, system boundaries

‘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 energy ‘Jouliette’ : Swapping real value with blockchain

17 februari 2018admin
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Recently I wrote about the Bitcoin, and other crypto currencies, as being the clothes of the emperor. They represent “ NOTHING”. Have no other value as ‘faith’. Which will become problematic, when it turns out there is no ‘heaven’. No… Continue Reading →

0-energy, circular, CO2, economy, energy, future, innovation, resources, smartcities, technology

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