Amsterdam Metabolism video released (Urban Pulse project)

Amsterdam Metabolism video released (Urban Pulse project)

Recently, a video has been released on some of the the key findings of the Urban Pulse project in Amsterdam. The animation focuses on the consumption of bottled drinking water as a means to reveal some of the complexities of the urban metabolism from source to sink. Watch the video...

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Presentation at SASBE conference in Pretoria/South Africa

Presentation at SASBE conference in Pretoria/South Africa

From 9 till 11 December NRGlab researcher Ilse Voskamp attended the Smart and Sustainable Built Environment conference (SASBE) in Pretoria, South Africa. There she presented selected results of the Urban Pulse research project (2014 -2015), one of the three kick-start projects of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS). In her SASBE presentation, Ilse discussed what information on resource flows is needed by utility...

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Sven Stremke joins EU COST action RELY

Sven Stremke joins EU COST action RELY

In October 2015, Sven Stremke joined RELY: EU COST action on Renewable Energy and Landscape Quality. The action facilitates knowledge dissemination, international exchange and research collaboration on the subject of energy landscape. From the RELY website: The main objective of the Action is to develop a better understanding of how European landscape protection/management and renewable energy deployment can be reconciled to contribute...

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Urban Metabolism workshop @ AMS

Urban Metabolism workshop @ AMS

On the 20th of May, an Urban Metabolism workshop was held at AMS institute in Amsterdam, organized by the research groups Environmental Technology (Wageningen UR) and Environmental Technology and Design (TU Delft). The goal was bringing together design sciences and sustainability technology for sharing research results, strategies and questions on Urban Metabolism as a common ground. The workshop sessions provided the opportunity of getting...

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New member NRGlab: Daniela Perrotti

New member NRGlab: Daniela Perrotti

In March 2015, Daniela Perrotti joined the NRGlab at Wageningen University as visiting fellow with a senior grant from the Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK). In the next three months, she will prepare a research proposal connected to the URBAN PULSE project and provide guest lectures within the Landscape Architecture and Planning program at Wageningen University. She will also collaborate in Master thesis...

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New member NRGlab: Roberta Pistoni

New member NRGlab: Roberta Pistoni

In March 2015, Roberta Pistoni joined the NRGlab at Wageningen University for a two-month academic internship. She will work in the URBAN PULSE project team, foscusing on the energy metabolism of the city of Amsterdam. Roberta graduated in Architecture at the Technical University of Milano in 2013. During her master thesis entitled ‘I paesaggi dell’energia’ she conducted research and designed a set of Italian energy...

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