Publicaties

Influence of blue-green roofs on surface temperature and indoor temperature on building scale

Blue-green roofs have been utilized and studied for their enhanced water storage capacity compared to conventional roofs or extensive green roofs. Nonetheless, research about the thermal effect of blue-green roofs is ...

Stakeholder prioritizations for electric vehicle charging across time periods

Electric vehicles have penetrated the Dutch market, which increases the potential for decreased local emissions, the use and storage of sustainable energy, and the roll-out and use of electric car-sharing business ...

Sensemaking and evidence in criminal investigations of organised crime: A literature review

Producing evidence that can be used in court is a central goal of criminal investigations. Forensic science focuses with considerable success on the production of pieces of evidence from specific sources. However, ...

Computer leert wijktypen bepalen voor heel Nederland

Het beschrijven van een bebouwd gebied kan in algemene termen, zoals ‘in het centrum’ of ‘in een groene wijk’. Voor een meer specifieke beschrijving geeft alleen de aanduiding van een ...

Goed verpakt

Honger is nog steeds een wereldwijd probleem, terwijl iedereen genoeg te eten zou hebben als we het beschikbare voedsel goed zouden verdelen en benutten, en het niet zouden verspillen. Maar alleen al in Nederland ...

Cool Towns Intervention Catalogue

Built environments are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Most European towns and cities have developed horizontally over time but are currently in the process of further densification. ...

In situ detection of product age and argon concentration as measure of the re-use potential of insulating glass units in buildings

High level circular use of post-consumer insulating glass units will contribute to lower the environmental and social impact of insulation glass industry. The application of various circular strategies for insulating ...

Distinguishing happiness and meaning in life from depressive symptoms: A GWAS-by-subtraction study in the UK Biobank

Hedonic (happiness) and eudaimonic (meaning in life) well-being are negatively related to depressive symptoms. Genetic variants play a role in this association, reflected in substantial genetic correlations. We ...

An Agent-Based Model for exploring behaviour change policies for improving waste separation at SMEs

Waste separation at companies is considered a priority to achieve a circular and sustainable society. This research explores behaviour change poli-cies for separating the organic fraction of municipal solid waste ...

Simulating waste separation policies for the circular economy

This research contributes to understanding and shaping systems for OFMSW separation at urban Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs, such as offices, shops and service providers). Separating SMEs’ organic fraction ...

Towards Onsite Age Estimation of Semen Stains Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy

The age estimation of biological traces is one of the holy grails in forensic investigations. We developed a method for the age estimation of semen stains using fluorescence spectroscopy in conjunction with a ...

Bloodstain pattern analysis & Bayes: A case report

The findings from a bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) may assist in formulating or falsifying scenarios that are considered in the investigative stages of a criminal investigation. When a case proceeds to trial the ...

Gezonde koele buitenruimte in dichtbevolkte wijken

Klimaatverandering heeft wereldwijd een aanzienlijke impact en één van de gevolgen is de toename van hittestress in steden, wat een negatief effect kan hebben op de gezondheid van de inwoners. Het ...

Use of Lateral Flow Assays in Forensics

Already for some decades lateral flow assays (LFAs) are ‘common use’ devices in our daily life. Also, for forensic use LFAs are developed, such as for the analysis of illicit drugs and DNA, but also for ...

Cooperative behaviour at public electric vehicle charging stations

Underutilised charging stations can be a bottleneck in the swift transition to electric mobility. This study is the first to research cooperative behaviour at public charging stations as a way to address improved ...

The Circular Wood KPI-framework

Wood is an increasingly demanded renewable resource and an important raw material for construction and materials. Demands are rising, with a growing attention for re-use and upcycling. This opens opportunities for ...

Research Challenges In City Logistics For Circular Supply Chains Of E-Waste

This paper presents challenges in city logistics for circular supply chains of e-e-waste. Efficient e-waste management is one of the strategies to save materials, critical minerals, and precious metals.

Battery Supported Electric Vehicle Charging Plaza Using a Limited Capacity Grid Connection

This study used historical data from a Park & Ride facility in Amsterdam to build a validated computer (Python) model to optimize battery and grid connection sizing.

Op naar een rechtvaardige energietransitie

Dat de wereld van techniek niet erg divers is, is bij veel mensen bekend. Ook op de HvA is de faculteit Techniek onder studenten en medewerkers op veel plekken geen afspiegeling van de samenleving en zeker niet van ...

Sustainability in the future of design education

The Future of Design Education working group on sustainability developed recommendations for integrating sustainability into higher education design curricula. The recommendations provide a foundation for design ...

Well packaged: Tradeoffs in sustainable food packaging design

Making food packaging more sustainable is a complex process. Research has shown that specific knowledge is needed to support packaging developers to holistically improve the sustainability of packaging.

Factsheet Laadpaalkleven

Fact sheet that may be used to make decisions on how to deal with hogging at charging stations.

Praktijkgids transdisciplinair werken

Transdisciplinair werken is noodzakelijk om in deze tijd van transitie naar de circulaire economie sneller tot toepasbare kennis en oplossingen te komen.

Politieoptreden op het dark web

Online criminaliteit stelt de politie voor nieuwe vraagstukken. Zo kunnen daders op het internet met Anonieme Communicatie Netwerken (ACN’s) acteren zonder daarbij hun identiteit of locatie prijs te geven.

BASSTA

Om naar een circulaire economie te bewegen moet zoveel mogelijk van ons afval weer als grondstof toegepast worden. Het goed scheiden van afval is daarvoor een belangrijke voorwaarde.

Introducing a Rapid DNA Analysis Procedure for Crime Scene Samples Outside of the Laboratory—A Field Experiment

Technological innovations enable rapid DNA analysis implementation possibilities. Concordantly, rapid DNA devices are being used in practice. However, the effects of implementing rapid DNA technologies in the crime ...

Stedelijke logistiek anders organiseren: de aanleiding voor de ontwikkeling van een cityport in Cilolab2

De aanleiding voor deze bijdrage is het onderzoek geplande onderzoek in CILOLAB2 dat antwoord moet gaan geven op de centrale vraag: “op welke wijze en in welke mate kan een ‘cityport’ bijdragen aan ...

Challenges in city logistics and circular value chains for e-waste

Little progress has been made in recent years toward achieving a fully circular economy by 2050. Implementing circular urban supply chains is a major economic transformation that can only work if significant ...

Handreiking droogte en groen

Deze handreiking bestaat uit zes praatplaten (drie wijktypes met een onderscheid voor hoog en laag Nederland) die dienen als toekomstschetsen om visueel inzichtelijk te maken hoe groen in de wijk droogtebestendiger ...

AI Application in Transport and Logistics

The aim of this research/project is to investigate and analyze the opportunities and challenges of implementing AI technologies in general and in the transport and logistics sectors. Also, the potential impacts of AI ...

Charging after Lockdown: The Aftermath of COVID-19 Policies on Electric Vehicle Charging Behaviour in The Netherlands

During the COVID-19—related lockdowns (2020–2022), mobility patterns and charging needs were substantially affected. Policies such as work from home, lockdowns, and curfews reduced traffic and commuting ...

Specific fluorescent signatures for body fluid identification using fluorescence spectroscopy

Non-invasive, rapid, on-site detection and identification of body fluids is highly desired in forensic investigations. The use of fluorescence-based methods for body fluid identification, have so far remain ...

The role of purchasing in raising the maturity of smart maintenance management

The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1) assessing current SMM maturity and (2) ...

Public Spaces and Urban Resilience: state of affairs in Dutch cities and exploring human and non-human perspectives

This collection of articles contains contributions to the research project ‘From Prevention to Resilience’ (FPtP). In this project, the research team has generated insights and tools for designers, ...

Reporting on forensic biology findings given activity level issues in the Netherlands

There appears to be some hesitation within the forensic biology community to formally evaluate and report on findings given activity level propositions. This hesitance in part stems from concerns about the lack of ...

X-TEAM D2D Project: Designing and Validating a Concept of Operations for Door-To-Door Multimodal Transport

The project X-TEAM D2D (extended ATM for door-to-door travel) has been funded by SESAR JU in the framework of the research activities devoted to the investigation of integration of Air Traffic Management (ATM) and ...

A paradoxical transition of citizen participation in housing developments

Current planning policies place great expectations on citizen participation to resolve complex societal and spatial challenges such as urban renewal and housing development.

The Relational Dimension of Radicalization: Context and Tie Formation in Dutch Salafi-Jihadi Networks

Despite the widely held notion that processes of radicalization tend to happen in relation to others, systematic evidence on the social context in which actors meet and form ties is scarce. This is problematic, as ...

Crafting intrapreneurial stewardship

Research suggests that construction clients, as building owner-occupier, are struggling to implement smart maintenance.

Comparison of genotyping and weight of evidence results when applying different genotyping strategies on samples from a DNA transfer experiment

In this study, we assessed to what extent data on the subject of TPPR (transfer, persistence, prevalence, recovery) that are obtained through an older STR typing kit can be used in an activity-level evaluation for a ...

Friction ridge impressions

Fingermarks have proven to play an important role in criminal investigations for identification purposes. However, in some cases, the donor of the fingermark is not disputed but the activity that led to the ...

Comparison of genotyping and weight of evidence results when applying different genotyping strategies on samples from a DNA transfer experiment

In this study, we assessed to what extent data on the subject of TPPR (transfer, persistence, prevalence, recovery) that are obtained through an older STR typing kit can be used in an activity-level evaluation for a ...

Evaluation and assessment framework for FTMAAS Living Lab

With the increasing uncertainty surrounding unexpected events like Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and the threats of international financial and economic crisis, technological innovation, automation, and ...

Methods for integrated simulation

This note summarises the current status of the work of EUROSIMs ans ASIMs Technical Committees "Data Driven System Simulation" - with main emphasis on Big Data integration in simulation.

Methods for integrated simulation

This note summarises the current status of the work of EUROSIMs ans ASIMs Technical Committees "Data Driven System Simulation" - with main emphasis on Big Data integration in simulation.

AI-based exhaust gas temperature

Data-driven condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) strategies have emerged over recent years and aim at minimizing the aviation maintenance costs and environmental impact by the diagnosis ...

AI-based exhaust gas temperature

Data-driven condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) strategies have emerged over recent years and aim at minimizing the aviation maintenance costs and environmental impact by the diagnosis ...

The added value of behavioural information in crime scene investigations

Forensic and behavioural science are often seen as two different disciplines. However, there is a growing realization that the two disciplines should be more strongly integrated. Incorporating psychological theories ...

Explaining the growth in light electric vehicles in city logistics

Research finds that the global market value of cargo bikes will hit 2.4 billion euros by 2031.

Explaining the growth in light electric vehicles in city logistics

Research finds that the global market value of cargo bikes will hit 2.4 billion euros by 2031. Analysts with Future Market Insights assessing the growth of cargo bikes have placed the parcel courier industry as a key ...

The Urban Heat Atlas

With increase in awareness of the risks posed by climate change and increasingly severe weather events, attention has turned to the need for urgent action. While strategies to respond to flooding and drought are ...

Energy matching: exploring the value of demand flexibility in educational office buildings

This research presents a case study exploring the potential for demand side flexibility at a cluster of university buildings. The study investigates the potential of a collection of various electrical devices, ...

Stille getuigen?

Na een misdrijf blijven sporen achter die kunnen helpen bij het opsporen van personen en het reconstrueren van de gebeurtenissen. Deze stille getuigen spelen een steeds belangrijkere rol in het strafrechtelijk ...

Exploring the Efficiency of Future Multimodal Networks: A Door-to-Door Case in Europe

It is expected that future transportation technologies will positively impact how passengers travel to their destinations. Europe aims to integrate air transport into the overall multimodal transport network to ...

State of Competition in the Dutch EV charging sector

In the Netherlands and some neighbouring European countries, the electric vehicle (EV) charging sector is receiving attention from market regulators. Concerns relating to competitive processes in this developing and ...

Exploring the Efficiency of Future Multimodal Networks: A Door-to-Door Case in Europe

It is expected that future transportation technologies will positively impact how passengers travel to their destinations. Europe aims to integrate air transport into the overall multimodal transport network to ...

Bouwlogistiek op weg naar zero emlssie

Nederlandse gemeenten hebben te maken met een grote bouwopgave. Dit zorgt voor veel voertuigbewegingen van en naar bouwprojecten.

Ontwerp- en gedragsonderzoek om scheidingsgedrag te verbeteren

De Hogeschool van Amsterdam doet met het project BASSTA onderzoek naar het verbeteren van het scheidingsgedrag van huishoudens. Middels doe-boeken is onderzocht hoe mensen thuis met hun afval omgaan. Op basis van ...

Trade-offs in the landside operations of air cargo hubs: Horizontal cooperation and shipment consolidation policies considering capacitated nodes

Landside operations in air cargo terminals consist of many freight forwarders (FFWs) delivering and picking up cargo at the capacity-constrained loading docks at the airport's ground handlers' (GHs) facilities. To ...

A multi-level Thermal Comfort Assessment (TCA) to identify and mitigate heat stress risks in urban areas

The liveability of cities worldwide is under threat by the predicted increase in intensity and frequency of heatwaves and the absence of a clear spatial overview of where action to address this. Heat stress impairs ...

Presenting a Dynamic User Experience Assessment (D-UXA) for Enhancing Urban Research and Design Practice

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, important social studies already indicated the severe negative feedback associated with high-rise developments. During the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens were confronted with their ...

Resource Orchestration and Opportunity Beliefs in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives for Sustainability

Our world is increasingly faced with wicked environmental sustainability challenges, requiring entrepreneurs to work in multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) to address these challenges. Network orchestration is ...

Developing Educational Escape Rooms for Experiential Entrepreneurship Education

Educational escape rooms (EERs) are increasingly used in education as learning innovations for non-digital and game-based learning (GBL) since EERs positively influence student motivation. They are common in ...

An End-to-End Pipeline for Uncertainty Quantification and Remaining Useful Life Estimation: An Application on Aircraft Engines

Estimating the remaining useful life (RUL) of an asset lies at the heart of prognostics and health management (PHM) of many operations-critical industries such as aviation. Mod- ern methods of RUL estimation adopt ...

Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and design responses in public space: Towards strategies for resilient post-Covid cities

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered governments and designers to revalue and redesign public spaces. This paper focuses on the various design responses to Covid-19 proposed and implemented in public spaces.

Simulating industrial symbiosis

The European Commission aims for a full circular economy (CE), an economy that aims to reuse all resources in 2050. CE is a promising way to increase welfare and wellbeing while decreasing environmental footprints. ...

Impact of battery developments on the future of charging infrastructure deployment

Developments in battery technology have made it able to increase the range of electric vehicles without increasing the price. To combat range anxiety among potential customers OEMs are expected to keep adding range ...

Flexpower3: Significant increase in grid hosting capacity without comfort loss, by smart charging based on clustering and non-firm capacity

A novel Smart Charging strategy, based on low base allowances per charger combined with clustering of chargers on the same part of the grid and dynamic non guaranteed allowance, is presented in this paper.

The long-term effects of COVID-19 Lockdowns on electric vehicle charging behaviour

The COVID-19 lockdowns showed that working from home and conducting meetings online can change mobility patterns and needs substantially. This global pandemic may have also substantially changed mobility patterns on ...

Reducing CO2 emission and disrupting car travel habits through personalized feedback

This paper presents the results of an experimental field study, in which the effects were studied of personalized travel feedback on car owners’ car habits, awareness of the environmental impact of their travel ...

Explainable artificial intelligence for exhaust gas temperature of turbofan engines

Data-driven modeling is an imperative tool in various industrial applications, including many applications in the sectors of aeronautics and commercial aviation. These models are in charge of providing key insights, ...

Digitale sporen in smartphones. Een kennismaking met <i>pattern-of-life forensics</i>

Mensen laten in het dagelijks leven steeds meer digitale sporen achter in computers, tablets en smartphones die waardevol kunnen zijn voor de opsporing en voor de bewijsvoering in strafzaken. Naast sporen die we ...

Re-organise: Game-Based Learning of Circular Business Model Innovation

This study furthers game-based learning for circular business model innovation (CBMI), the complex, dynamic process of designing business models according to the circular economy principles.

VAP-DC - Veilig Autonoom PV laadplein met DC distributie

In this charging plaze energy exchange will be done by a DC microgrid between PV, V2G electric cars and lighting. Control is done autonomous with Droop Rate Control.

Vooronderzoek LEVE: Maximale Impact voor Warmtepompen

Research has been done on how the implementation of heat pumps in dwellings could have the maximum impact on energy savings.

Implementing organisational change in a digitalising facilities management organisation through stewardship interventions

While digitalisation requires facilities management (FM) organisations to change at an increasing rate, little is known about the mechanisms that create ownership and enable individuals to implement changes in ...

A Low-cost Fresnel Lens Fluorometer to Detect Fecal Contamination in Drinking Water in Realtime

We report the detection of tryptophan at sub-ppb levels for a fluorometer based on Fresnel lenses and low-cost electronics. These fluorometers can be used to detect fecal contamination in drinking water, indicated by ...

Koelen blauw-groene daken de stad?

Stel, we maken alle mogelijke daken in de stad goed verdampend en groen. Kunnen we daarmee een stad koel houden tijdens een snikhete dag? Dat valt tegen: in een stad als Amsterdam is het verschil kleiner dan 0,3 ...

What is the thermal effect of 'blue' in blue-green roofs?

Green roofs received increased scientific attention with respect to climate adaptation in urban environments for their hydrological, biodiversity and insulative capacities. Yet, the thermal properties of roofs with ...

A validated agent-based model for stress testing charging infrastructure utilization

Deployment and management of environmental infrastructures, such as charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV), is a challenging task. For policy makers, it is particularly difficult to estimate the capacity ...

Hitte (onderzoek HVA)

De Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) heeft in RESILIO onderzoek gedaan naar het koelende en isolerende effect van BG-daken op de binnentemperatuur. Het project bood een unieke gelegenheid om recent ...

"We moeten de stad op een aantrekkelijke manier zien te verdichten"

Voor het project Sensing Streetscapes sprak Hogeschool van Amsterdam-onderzoeker Frank Suurenbroek met Ton Schaap, senior stedenbouwkundige bij de gemeente Amsterdam.

Indoor and outdoor heat stress reduction

Within the Resilio project, the Hogeschool van Amsterdam has researched the cooling and insulation effect of blue-green roofs on the indoor temperature.

"Torens zijn in Utrecht altijd onderdeel van een groter bouwblok"

Voor het project Sensing Streetscapes sprak Hogeschool van Amsterdam-onderzoeker Frank Suurenbroek met Marlies de Nijs, senior stedenbouwkundige bij de gemeente Utrecht.

Emiel Arends: "Als we de binnenstad willen verdichten ontkomen we er niet aan om de hoogte in te gaan."

Voor het project Sensing Streetscapes sprak Hogeschool van Amsterdam-onderzoeker Frank Suurenbroek met Emiel Arends, ruimtelijk adviseur Stadsontwikkeling bij de gemeente Rotterdam en docent Watermanagement aan de ...

Institutional complexities of smart maintenance purchasing in higher education institutes: setting the scene

This paper analyzes the institutional context of maintenance purchasing in higher education. It aims to provide insights into the institutional complexities of smart maintenance purchasing in higher education institutes.

Innovations in the Aviation MRO

This book is both a short introduction to the recent developments, challenges and opportunities in Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul(MRO), and at the same time, a presentation of the research focal areas and ...

Repurpose

We beseffen steeds meer het belang van overschakelen van een lineaire naar een circulaire economie, waarin producten zo lang mogelijk worden gebruikt en afval geen afval is maar dient als grondstof voor nieuwe ...

Analyse kosteneffectiviteit Electric Road Systems (ERS) voor Nederland

Voor emissievrije transportsector is het van belang dat bedrijven kunnen beschikken over een goed netwerk om de batterij van hun elektrische vrachtwagen op te laden. In dat kader heeft een consortium van Decisio, ...

Understanding Complexity in Charging Infrastructure through the Lens of Social Supply–Demand Systems

Since the first release of modern electric vehicles, researchers and policy makers have shown interest in the deployment and utilization of charging infrastructure. Despite the sheer volume of literature, limited ...

Understanding Complexity in Charging Infrastructure through the Lens of Social Supply–Demand Systems

Since the first release of modern electric vehicles, researchers and policy makers have shown interest in the deployment and utilization of charging infrastructure. Despite the sheer volume of literature, limited ...

Handboek voor erfafscheidingen

Praktisch handboek met voorbeelden en richtlijnen.

An Actionable Guide to Creating Educational Escape Rooms

The UNLOCK project - Creativity through game-based learning at higher education – aims to equip HEIs to design, set and facilitate escape room games in their learning experiences, to foster the creativity and ...

Eindrapport KIEM-CE Project WOW - Waste-On-Water

In de binnenstad van Amsterdam wordt door infrastructuurproblematiek en het drukke verkeer de problematiek van bedrijfsafvalinzameling nog meer uitvergroot, naast dat de gemeente uitgesproken ambities heeft voor ...

“Once my front door – now my coffee table”; Advanced computational design and robotic production with waste wood

Growing volumes of wood are being used in construction, interior architecture, and product design, resulting in increasing amounts of wood waste. Using this waste is challenging, because it is too labor-intensive to ...

Appropriating Relational Value from Collaborative Networks for Sustainability

Our study elucidates relational value creation and appropriation in collaborative networks for sustainability (CNfS), which focus on grand societal challenges and include a multiplicity and diversity of actors.

Positieve energie in de stad: innovatie voor een duurzame transitie

De klimaatverandering dwingt tot een versnelling van de energietransitie. Een stad als Amsterdam heeft hierin hoge ambities. Het lectoraat Energie & Innovatie werkt hieraan mee door technologische interventies te ...

An analysis and design for the repair process of Late Show shipments in the Export Cargo Process at SPL HUB

Export shipments arriving late at the freight building of KLM Cargo at Schiphol Airport is a trigger to deviations in the standard acceptance process. These Late Shows are currently handled ad-hoc making it difficult ...

Opinie: ‘Wanneer mogen wij als Amsterdammers mee-investeren in onze binnenstad?’

Met steun van de gemeente heeft NV Zeedijk negen kapitale panden op de Wallen gekocht. Goed nieuws, maar om deze ingreep echt effect te laten hebben, zullen buurtbewoners betrokken moeten worden bij het investeren in ...

Developing a 360° built-environment assessment for urban research and planning practice

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the vital role urban areas play in supporting citizens’ health and well-being. In times of (personal) vulnerability, citizens depend on their neighbourhood for performing ...

Expanding the environmental scope

Identifying modifiable factors associated with well-being is of increased interest for public policy guidance. Developments in record linkage make it possible to identify what contributes to well-being from a myriad ...

Flexpower3

Final report of the Flexpower3 project. The project aims to develop a solution that creates more potential for electrifying mobility than previous smart charging concepts. The current charging stations have a high ...

Design framework for neighbourhood resilience

The current Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of urban public spaces in achieving health and social well-being, prompting policymakers and urban planners to rethink their approach to the design of these ...

An outline of a concept of operations for integration of ATM and air transport into multimodal transport system for door-to-door travel

In the framework of the research activities supported by SESAR JU, dedicated research stream is devoted to investigation of integration of Air Traffic Management (ATM) and aviation into a wider transport system able ...

Van dieselbus naar vrachtfiets?

De weg naar zero-emissievervoer begint niet bij het voertuig. Dit is de eerste conclusie van het project Gas op Elektrisch dat in maart 2021 tot een einde is gekomen. Maar wat is dan wel een goed startpunt om die ...

Assessing the performance of Positive Energy Districts: The need for innovative methods

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are potential high-impact climate change mitigation actions towards low carbon or even climate neutral cities. This implies that the energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions of ...

BASSTA: Encouraging sustainable waste behavior

Every year, an average Dutch household produces 1165 kilogram of waste. For high-quality recycling of this waste, we need to separate the waste properly, as placing something in the wrong container may jeopardize the ...

3D Printing Protocol

This is the first draft of the large scale 3d printing protocol for granulated thermoplastics.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Dutch Flower Trade-Logistics Node

Cut, cooled, packed, transported and traded all over the world, flowers represent a showcase of a worldwide integrated trade-logistics system. As one of the most perishable, vulnerable and time-critical products, ...

LocalDNA: de ontwikkeling en werking van een snelle DNA-onderzoeksroute in de opsporingspraktijk

Vanuit de professionals in de strafrechtketen is er een grote behoefte aan snelle en betrouwbare DNA-analyses die buiten de laboratoria op of nabij een plaats delict kunnen worden uitgevoerd. Een sneller ...

Explainable and Interpretable AI-Assisted Remaining Useful Life Estimation for Aeroengines

Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation is directly related with the application of predictive maintenance. When RUL estimation is performed via data-driven methods and Artificial Intelligence algorithms, ...

Flexpower3

In het project Flexpower3 is de vermogensvraag van het laden van elektrische voertuigen, in tegenstelling tot de situatie in de voorgaande projecten, voor de netbeheerder 100% beheersbaar gemaakt. Elke laadpaal ...

Distance to cool spots, a practical design guideline for heat resilient urban areas

In the Netherlands municipalities are searching for guidelines for a heat resilient design of the urban space. One of the guidelines which has recently been picked up is that each house should be within a 300 meter ...

Assessing the performance of Positive Energy Districts: The need for innovative methods

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are potential high-impact climate change mitigation actions towards low carbon or even climate neutral cities. This implies that the energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions of ...

Explainable and Interpretable AI-Assisted Remaining Useful Life Estimation for Aeroengines

Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation is directly related with the application of predictive maintenance. When RUL estimation is performed via data-driven methods and Artificial Intelligence algorithms, ...

Opsporen, vervolgen en tegenhouden van cybercriminaliteit

Nederland heeft een snelle, stabiele en betrouwbare digitale infrastructuur, waar zowel nationaal als internationaal veelvuldig gebruik van wordt gemaakt. Die sleutelpositie geeft economische kansen, maar schept ook ...

Handreiking hitte in de bestaande woningen

Steden zijn gevoelig voor de effecten van klimaatverandering, waaronder hittegolven. Daarmee nemen ook de problemen rondom hittestress toe: doordat gebouwen en gebouwde gebieden niet ontworpen zijn op de hogere ...

Enhancing a simulation-based Allocator Software with machine learning and genetic algorithms for improving the gate assignment problem

Assigning gates to flights considering physical, operational, and temporal constraints is known as the Gate Assignment Problem. This article proposes the novelty of coupling a commercial stand and gate allocation ...

Conceptual structural design

The subject of this textbook is a methodical approach on the complex problem-solving process of conceptual structural design, leading to a controlled build-up of insight into the behaviour of the structure and ...

Energy Citizenship in New Energy Concepts

It is assumed by the projects demonstrating Positive Energy District (PED) concepts in cities across Europe that citizens should want and need to be involved in the development of new energy concepts, such as PEDs ...

Energy Citizenship in New Energy Concepts

It is assumed by the projects demonstrating Positive Energy District (PED) concepts in cities across Europe that citizens should want and need to be involved in the development of new energy concepts, such as PEDs ...

Forensisch adviseurs actief bij alle gerechten in Nederland: tijd voor een terugblik

Sinds eind 2020 beschikken alle gerechten in Nederland over interne forensische ondersteuning in de vorm van ‘forensisch adviseurs’. Deze functie bestaat sinds 2012 en resulteerde uit de inspanningen die ...

Agent-based modelling and simulation for circular business model experimentation

The viability of novel network-level circular business models (CBMs) is debated heavily. Many companies are hesitant to implement CBMs in their daily practice, because of the various roles, stakes and opinions and ...

Factors influencing physical distribution structure design

This thesis studies the factors that influence physical distribution structure design. Distribution Structure Design (DSD) concerns the spatial layout of the distribution channel as well as the location(s) of ...

Agent-based modelling and simulation for circular business model experimentation

The viability of novel network-level circular business models (CBMs) is debated heavily. Many companies are hesitant to implement CBMs in their daily practice, because of the various roles, stakes and opinions and ...

Bureaustudie rondom de invloed van omgevings- en gebouwkenmerken op hitte in de woning

Het doel van deze bureaustudie is om de beschikbare kennis over de invloed van gebieds- en gebouwkenmerken op hitte in de woning samen te brengen.

Programming for the subliminal brain

The use of biometric monitoring allow researchers insight into the processing of environmental data by our central nervous systems. As a result we can determine precisely which stimuli cause arousal or draw our ...

Behavioural perspective on car owners’ uptake of shared e-mobility

In the Interreg Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs project, electric shared mobility is offered through eHUBs in the city. eHUBs are physical places in<br/>neighbourhoods where shared mobility is offered, with ...

Behavioural perspective on car owners’ uptake of shared e-mobility

In the Interreg Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs project, electric shared mobility is offered through eHUBs in the city. eHUBs are physical places in neighbourhoods where shared mobility is offered, with the ...

DNA Transfer in Forensic Science: Recent Progress towards Meeting Challenges

Understanding the factors that may impact the transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery of DNA (DNA-TPPR), and the availability of data to assign probabilities to DNA quantities and profile types being obtained ...

Are We Satisfying the Right Conditions for the Mobility Transition?

Global climate agreements call for action and an integrated perspective on mobility, energy and overall consumption. Municipalities in dense, urban areas are challenged with facilitating this transition with limited ...

Are We Satisfying the Right Conditions for the Mobility Transition?

Global climate agreements call for action and an integrated perspective on mobility, energy and overall consumption. Municipalities in dense, urban areas are challenged with facilitating this transition with limited ...

What fingermarks reveal about activities

Dissertation concerning the evaluation of fingermarks given activity level propositions to determine what fingermarks reveal about activities.

Practical guidelines for designing recycling, collaborative, and scalable business models: A case study of reusing textile fibers into biocomposite products

Our current take-make-dispose economic model faces a vital challenge as it extracts resources from the natural environment at faster rates than that the natural environment can replenish. A circular economy where ...

Collaboration in the local DHC-chain: A bottom-up integrated framework fostering broad-based solutions

The sustainable energy transition asks for new and innovative solutions in the way society, government, energy market and clients (end users) approach energy distribution and consumption.

Gedragsanalyse huishoudelijk afval

Om gemeenten en gemeentelijke diensten te ondersteunen bij het verbeteren van de bronscheiding door bewoners is de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) maart 2021 een onderzoek gestart, genaamd BASSTA. In dit rapport ...

Tweede monitorronde evaluatie ANPR-wetgeving 126jj Wetboek van Strafvordering.

Op 1 januari 2019 is de wet ‘Vastleggen en bewaren kentekengegevens door de politie in werking getreden. Op basis van het nieuwe artikel 126jj Wetboek van Strafvordering (in de rest van het rapport aangeduid ...

A broadband, high common-mode rejection ratio instrumentation amplifier

An operational amplifier based instrumentation amplifier (IA) with a common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) independent of resistance tolerances is presented in this paper. The CMRR is determined by the operational ...

Computational design applied to small room acoustics: creating and evaluating custom solutions

This paper evaluates a design procedure which is able to scale one-dimensional quadratic-residue diffusers, with integrated Helmholtz resonators.

Extended ATM for Seamless Travel (X-TEAM D2D)

X-TEAM D2D project is focused on integrating Air Traffic Management and Urban Air Mobility into an overall multimodal transport network to address the potential increase in efficiency of the overall transportation ...

Identifying Maturity Dimensions for Smart Maintenance Management of Constructed Assets: A Multiple Case Study

While smart maintenance is gaining popularity in professional engineering and construction management practice, little is known about the dimensions of its maturity. It is assumed that the complex networked ...

Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach

Industrial Symbiosis Networks (ISNs) consist of firms that exchange residual materials and energy locally, in order to gain economic, environmental and/or social advantages. In practice, ISNs regularly fail when ...

Circular Business Model experimentation: local biodigestion network (version 1.1.0)

The purpose of the model is to explore the influence of the design of circular business models (CBMs) on CBM viability.

Industrial Symbiosis Network implementation ABM <i>(version 1.1.0)</i>

This is a repository containing an agent-based model (code, data, documents and results) of Industrial Symbiosis Network implementation. The repository is related to the publication: Lange, K.P., Korevaar, G., ...

Benchmark Prijstransparantie

This benchmark stems from the objective in the National Agenda Charging Infrastructure to make prices transparent to end users. The benchmark measures price transparency for publicly accessible charge points in The ...

Accessibility of green areas for local residents

Green spaces play an important role in urban areas. We study the accessibility of green urban areas by combining open data sets about green with population size data. We develop a mathematical model to define the ...

Accessibility of green areas for local residents

Green spaces play an important role in urban areas. We study the accessibility of green urban areas by combining open data sets about green with population size data. We develop a mathematical model to define the ...

Repurpose Driven Design

Circular economy as a system change is gaining more attention, reusing materials and products is part of this, but an effective method for repurposing seems to be missing.

Valuing Value in Innovation Ecosystems: How Cross-Sector Actors Overcome Tensions in Collaborative Sustainable Business Model Development

This article aims to uncover the processes of developing sustainable business models in innovation ecosystems. Innovation ecosystems with sustainability goals often consist of cross-sector partners and need to manage ...

Charging infrastructure roll-out strategies for large scale introduction of electric vehicles in urban areas

On the eve of the large-scale introduction of electric vehicles, policy makers have to decide on how to organise a significant growth in charging infrastructure to meet demand. There is uncertainty about which ...

Decarbonizing by 2050

The air transportation sector once believed that the best it could do globally speaking would be to reduce its net-carbon output by 50% below 2005 levels by 2050. That view placed the sector out of sync with what the ...

Een blauwdruk voor de monitoring van transities in de logistiek van mainports

Een blauwdruk voor de monitoring van transities in de logistiek van mainports.

Benutten datacenter restwarmte: casus Amstel III

Deze publicatie beschrijft de aanpak en de tools die ontwikkeld zijn in het RiRa: Amstel III project, dat de totstandkoming van een open warmte en koudenet in Amstel III onderzocht.

Using case specific experiments to evaluate fingermarks on knives given activity level propositions

Bayesian networks have shown to be a useful tool for the evaluation of forensic findings given activity level propositions. In this paper, we demonstrate how case specific experiments can be used to assign ...

Buurtdragers in de Couperusbuurt

Onderzoek naar buurtdragers en buurtbinding in de Couperusbuurt Amsterdam Nieuw West

Gas op elektrisch

Deze publicatie presenteert de resultaten van het ‘Gas op Elektrisch’ project: een onderzoek naar zeroemissieservicelogistiek (ZE-servicelogistiek) in stedelijke regio’s. Servicelogistiek omvat het ...

Benchmark prijstransparantie: Onderzoeksmethode

Het Klimaatakkoord bevat meer dan 600 afspraken om de uitstoot van CO2 tegen te gaan. Een belangrijk deel van deze afspraken gaat over mobiliteit. Bij het verminderen van de uitstoot binnen het domein mobiliteit ...

Air taffic management during rare events such as a pandemic

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was the second European airport in terms of traffic in 2019, having transported 76.2 million passengers. Its large infrastructures include four runways, a large taxiway network, and ...

Rethink Kaartenset voor Duurzaam Verpakken

De kaartenset is een hulpmiddel om out-of-the box ideeën te genereren voor het integraal verduurzamen van bestaande product-verpakkingscombinaties.

Restart: analysis of post-COVID 19 capacity in security checkpoints at Mexico City Airport

COVID-19 arrived in the world suddenly and unexpectedly. It caused major disruptions at economical, operational and other levels. In the case of flight traffic, the operations were reduced to 10% of their original ...

Ondergrondemancipatie in ruimtelijke planning: een agenda

Of het nu gaat om de energietransitie, klimaatadaptatie of verdere verdichting in steden: in de ondergrond wordt naar oplossingen gezocht en vaak ook gevonden. Dat is mooi, maar zorg is op zijn plek. Op strategisch ...

Het gebruik van DNA in het opsporingsproces

Jaarlijks stellen forensisch rechercheurs van de politie ongeveer 27.000 biologische sporen veilig die ze doorsturen naar het Nederlands Forensisch Instituut (NFI) voor DNA-onderzoek (Kruize & Gruter2018). Deze ...

Business model innovation for sustainability

Business model innovations emerge over time and are influenced by managerial interaction with stakeholders. Especially with regard to business model innovation for sustainability, manager-stakeholder interaction can ...

Educational escape rooms in practice: research, experiences, and recommendations

The following e-book was prepared as part of the Erasmus+ UNLOCK project, which has the objective of identifying the use of educational escape rooms (EERs) in higher education environments and examining the role of ...

A health monitoring modelling case study

This work focuses on humidity effects of turbofan engines, in order to identify the magnitude of the error in operational conditions and the implications on maintenance decision support.

COVID-19-related challenges for new normality in airport terminal operations

Airport operations are undergoing significant change, having to meet pandemic requirements in addition to intrinsic security requirements. Although air traffic has declined massively, airports are still the critical ...

Ondergrondemancipatie in ruimtelijke planning: een agenda

Of het nu gaat om de energietransitie, klimaatadaptatie of verdere verdichting in steden: in de ondergrond wordt naar oplossingen gezocht en vaak ook gevonden. Dat is mooi, maar zorg is op zijn plek. Op strategisch ...

An AI-based Digital Twin Case Study in the MRO Sector

In this work, the concept of an Artificial Intelligence-based (AI) Digital Twin (DT) of an aircraft system is introduced, with the goal to improve the corresponding MRO Operations. More specifically, the current ...

Climate resilient urban retrofit at street level

Fast Charging Systems for Passenger Electric Vehicles

This paper explores current and potential future use of fast charging stations for electric passenger vehicles. The aim of the paper is to analyse current charging patterns at fast charging stations and the role of ...

Hitteproef in woningen

Het rapport vat de resultaten samen van het onderzoek Hitteproef in woningen dat tot doel heeft meer inzicht te krijgen in de koelbehoefte van woningen en de factoren die van invloed zijn op oververhitting van ...

Reducing airport environmental footprint using a disruption-aware stand assignment approach

Modern airport management is challenged by the task of operating aircraft parking positions most efficiently while complying with environmental policies, restrictions, schedule disruptions, and capacity limitations. ...

The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. To better design disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures ...

RAAK MKB project "De infiltrerende stad

RAAK MKB project "De infiltrerende stad met Werkpakket 3: Innovaties onderzoeken in proefopstelling.

A sectoral perspective on distribution structure design

This paper studies the factors that drive distribution structure design (DSD), which includes the spatial layout of distribution channels and location choice of logistics facilities. We build on a generic framework ...

KPI results - baselines and final results

SEEV4-City is an innovation project funded by the European Union Interreg North Sea Region Programme. Its main objective is to demonstrate smart electric mobility and integration of renewable energy solutions and ...

Final report – Loughborough Operational Pilot

This OP was deployed in two phases, focusing on Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). Its first phase took place at a private residence in Loughborough and ran from March 2017 up to December 2017. This ...

De ondergrond terug op de ruimtelijke agenda

De aandacht voor de ondergrond was het afgelopen decennium tanende in ruimtelijke planning. Grootschalige milieuoperaties uit de jaren tachtig en negentig waren afgerond. Nieuw beleid was niet meer nodig. ...

Fingermarks beyond the source

fingerprints are a commonly exploited type of evidence and can be crucial in a criminal investigation. The process of individualization or exclusion of a donor relies on the comparison of ridge detail characteristics ...

Praktijkonderzoek Hitte richtlijnen

Gemeenten hebben aangegeven voor hitte behoefte te hebben aan concrete richtlijnen voor een hittebestendige stad. In het RAAK-project ‘De hittebestendige stad’ zijn naar aanleiding van deze behoefte drie ...

Samenwerken in de tansitiearena

De ontwikkeling van een duurzame samenleving staat prominent op de agenda van de Amsterdamse regio. De ambities zijn torenhoog: in 2050 is Amsterdam klimaatadaptief, klimaatneutraal en 100% circulair. Dit lijkt ver ...

Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Assembly for Architectural Hybrid Structures

The Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Assembly (D2RP&A) process developed at Delft University of Technology (DUT) has been scaled up to building size by prototyping of-site a 3.30 m high fragment of a larger ...

Case: PV generation and Electricity demand at the Johan Cruijff Arena

PV systems are used more and more. Not always is it possible to install them in the optimal direction for maximum energy output over the year. At the Johan Cruijff ArenA the PV panels are placed all around the roof ...

Shaping sustainable business models

Recent economic crises, environmental problems and social challenges have urged us to drastically change our consumption and production patterns and transform organisations to contribute to socio-technical ...

Themanummer Publieke Ruimte

Sluimerend vindt een strijd om de schaarse stedelijke openbare ruimte plaats. In onze sociaal gefragmenteerde, geïndividualiseerde en verdichtende steden is die gedeelde openbare publieke ruimte echter cruciaal. ...

Drukte in de openbare ruimte

In Covid-19 tijd blijkt hoe belangrijk de stedelijke publieke ruimte is. Als die voor iedereen te gebruiken is, en ruim genoeg, dan waarderen we dat, onder meer omdat social distancing wat gemakkelijker is. Wanneer ...

Eye-tracking street users' visual exploration of buildings across the Western World

People in western countries spend approximately 90% of their time indoors. This severely affects their health (WHO 2013; Klepeis et al. 2001). The health risks are exacerbated if people travel between indoor spaces ...

Zelf hitte meten

Als professionals en burgers gaan samenwerken ontstaan er nieuwe inzichten. In Amersfoort leidde samenwerking tussen burgers en professionals tot een completer beeld van het hitteprobleem in de stad en de ...

WP2: functioneren van infiltrerende verharding in de praktijk

Final report – Johan Cruijff ArenA operational pilot

The Johan Cruijff ArenA (JC ArenA) is a big events location in Amsterdam, where national and international football matches, concerts and music festivals take place for up to 68,000 visitors. The JC ArenA is already ...

Using neuro-architecture to reinforce participatory planning and design

Urban renewal and urban area development projects are by nature highly complex processes involving a multiplicity of professionals, stakeholders, and conflicting interests. Adding to this complexity are the ...

Next-level city logistics

‘Efficiënter en groener’, dat vat samen wat moderne stadslogistiek kan brengen. De realisatie van deze voordelen is niet altijd eenvoudig gebleken. Stadslogistiek wordt een succes als verzenders, ...

Agent-based model property rights for decentralized organic waste processing

The increase in consumption of resources has led to more waste being generated, which then needs to be managed at the end of their life-cycle as waste. Current practices of waste management are not efficient as they ...

Structural Safety in the Netherlands

In response to present-day societal and technological developments, the national concrete association BV, the national steel association BmS, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Science-including their ...

Analyse potentiële snellaadlocaties Den Haag

Publicatie over analyse potentiële snellaadlocaties in Den Haag.

Final report - Leicester City Hall Operational Pilot

A large council building in Leicester, its central HQ called City Hall, aims to link on site renewable energy (PV) generation to electric vehicles (EVs) used by the Council staff. Leicester City Hall based staff are ...

Outdoor performance of Infra integrated PV

The Netherlands is aiming for the roll-out of more solar PV. However like many densely populated countries, the country is running into issues of lack of space. Opportunities around infrastructural works like ...

Het gebruik van bewaarde kentekengegevens in de opsporing

Op 1 januari 2019 is de wet “Vastleggen en bewaren kentekengegevens door de politie” in werking getreden. Op basis van het nieuwe artikel 126jj Wetboek van Strafvordering is het voor de politie mogelijk ...

RAAK MKB project "De infiltrerende stad"

RAAK MKB project "De infiltrerende stad" met Werkpakket 1: Systeemanalyse.

Tackling uncertainty for the development of efficient decision support system in air traffic management

Airport capacity has become a constraint in the air transportation networks, due to the growth of air traffic demand and the lack of resources able to accommodate this demand. This paper presents the algorithmic ...