While Renée presented to the delegates of the NVTL on the 22nd of March, Sven gave a guest lecture at the Academy of Architecture (Amsterdam School of the Arts). His talk on the exploration of alternative energy landscapes was part of the ‘Aspects of Regional Landscapes’ course coordinated by Harm Post. During the class, first, the five-step approach to the design regional energy landscapes was explored before the students were...

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The Province of Gelderland has initiated the Duurzame Transportcorridor Betuwe (DTB) project to investigate the potentials for energy savings and renewable energy provision in the Betuwe transport corridor (1st and 2nd step trias energetica). The Betuwe corridor streches from East to West Gelderland and comprises the freeway A15, the Betuwe railroad and the area between the two rivers Nederijn and Waal (see map below). The NRGlab has been asked...

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Recently, our analysis of the 36 entries for the regional design competition was published online by the Eo Wijers foundation. In the 9th edition (2011-2012), sustainable energy was one of the core themes and WUR was asked to perform the analysis. Title: 9e Eo Wijers prijsvraag 2011-2012, Nieuwe energie voor de Veenkoloniën, op zoek naar regionale comfortzones, Plananalyse (only available in Dutch) Authors: Annet Kempenaar, Renée de Waal and...

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Tim Snippert, who conducted his MSc thesis under supervision of Sven Stremke and Rudi van Etteger, received the 2011-2012 best thesis award from the chair group of Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University. In his final thesis, Tim explored a joint approach to energy transition, population decline, water issues and agricultural problems in the Dutch Peatcolonies. His thesis has also been nominated to participate in the Wageningen...

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