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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New project: Amsterdam Urban Pulse (UP)

New project: Amsterdam Urban Pulse (UP)

URBAN PULSE: Understanding the dynamics of resource flows in Amsterdam. To reduce the environmental impact of cities and to safeguard access to energy, water, food and raw materials, a transition towards a circular urban metabolism is advocated by researchers and governments worldwide. The aim of the URBAN PULSE project is to inform this transition by understanding spatial and temporal dynamics of resource flows in the city of Amsterdam: the...

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Presentation at Landschapscafé Energielandschappen

Presentation at Landschapscafé Energielandschappen

Thursday the 12th of December, Sven Stremke will give an invited presentation at the Landschapscafé Energielandschappen hosted by Ingeborg Thoral, special adviser for spatial quality in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. The afternoon will focus on sustainable energy transition in general, and on the effects of this transition on the landscapes in particular. The detailed program for the event can be found below. Please note that all...

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New project Sustainable Transport-corridor Betuwe (DTB)

New project Sustainable Transport-corridor Betuwe (DTB)

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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