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Continue partying, or (CO2) lockdown ?

14 april 2022admin
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There are actually only two options (‘scenario’s’): Either we go into CO2 lockdown, or we party on until the whole thing collapses…. The latest IPCC report makes that perfectly clear again. What we are doing now is a case of… Continue Reading →

behaviour, climate, CO2, consuming, economy, future, IPCC, lifestyle, news, policies, society, transition

a CO2 budget for a municipality

29 januari 2022admin
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Slowly understanding growth that with regard to CO2, it is not so much about gradual reductions, but about staying within an absolute maximum: the Carbon budget. The maximum amount of CO2 that can still be emitted to maintain a chance… Continue Reading →

0-energy, behaviour, CO2, lifestyle, municipality, society

Golf – the decadence in our use of space

5 december 2021admin
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For a new book, I explore the space-time relationship of many human activities, as a measure of our system impact, and to see if there are alternatives that can do with less. Space time in the sense that the conversion… Continue Reading →

Embodied Land, future, land, landuse, policies, society, sports

Living of presents , all year round…

8 november 2021admin
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In the coming weeks, the Black-Peter discussion will undoubtedly re-surface: its a Dutch tradition celebrating Saint Nicolas assisted by “black Peters’ coming from ‘Spain’ and distributing presents for children in shoes next to the fire place, by Black Peters climbing… Continue Reading →

behaviour, climate, consuming, society

DELY : Disabled Earth Life Years

9 oktober 2021admin
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We can develop beautiful so-called scientific methods to calculate all the effects of our impact, but in the end only two data are relevant: energy and material use, and the rest is derived from that: all emissions, to air or… Continue Reading →

agriculture, assessment, biodiversity, biomass, ecology, future, health, landuse, people, resources, society

Double dilemma? discussions as Fellow

4 september 2021admin
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In recent years I was a Fellow of the Technical University of Eindhoven, more precisely working with the Building Physics department, in particular with Prof. Wim Zeiler, Installation Technology. And we had interesting discussions, because we strive for the same… Continue Reading →

architecture, building, comfort, future, innovation, resources, society, transition

Jaime Lerner – Curitiba

20 augustus 2021admin
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Just recently, in May, Jaime Lerner passed away. He more or less invented sustainable urban development. A little tribute. Everything has to be sustainable or circular these days, including the cities. Now, is there a city that has already applied… Continue Reading →

architects, history, innovation, people, policies, politics, smartcities, society, urban

Energy poverty ? No, energy luxuriance

26 juni 2021admin
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I recently was triggered a few times by the term: ‘Energy Poverty’ in all kinds of reports and tweets [1-4] . Usually referred to as having little access to oil, gas and coal, in what is then called the poorer… Continue Reading →

behaviour, biomass, comfort, energy, future, labor, land, lifestyle, policies, society

Corona, the built environment, & The Species vs the Individual

19 april 2021admin
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The Species vs the Individual, in the Built Environment? The Corona lockdown and approach continues to surprise: both in what the government does and how people deal with it. What is particularly striking in this phase of Corona is the… Continue Reading →

behaviour, blog, commons, housing stock, lifestyle, policies, politics, population, society

On books: Tip 1: don’t buy Bill Gates’ book.

4 april 2021admin
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We are bombarded with books that know how to deal with climate and the environment, and especially how we can improve the situation. And yes, I am also participating in that, since last week I published a new book that… Continue Reading →

architects, architecture, book, future, innovation, policies, politics, society

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Form Follows Fysics - reinventing the built environment (2021)
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