June 22, Sven Stremke presented at the design atelier urban energy transition in Zwolle. He was invited to speak about recent work on high-density energy landscapes with examples from the PALET project and serve as guest critic to the six design teams that explored innovative design ideas. This Atelier was the second in a sequence of three events that address energy transition across three scales: the building, the city and the landscape. The...

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April 27, Sven Stremke will give a presentation at a conference hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The event is part of Landschaftsbild und Energiewende research program conducted by Technical University Dresden, Kassel University, HHP and Weihenstephan University of Applied...

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Recently, Dirk and Sven were invited to present some work of the NRGlab at the Permanent European Conference on the Study of Rural Landscapes (PECSRL). This conference will be held from 8– 12 September 2014 in Gotheborg and Marienstad (Sweden). They will participate in a session titled Unraveling the Logics of Renewable Energy Landscapes organized by Kira Gee. The invitation followed the submission of a conference abstract on the process and...

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The city region Parkstad Limburg has initiated a new project in order to transform from a region relying almost entirely on fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Aim of the PArkstad Limburg Energy Transition (PALET) project is to investigate the potentials for energy savings and provision of renewable energy in Parkstad Limburg, ultimately leading to a concrete, realistic and accepted ambition. The Parkstad Limburg region consists of eight...

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