Around 60% of drinking water in the Netherlands is from groundwater, often containing high concentrations of dissolved iron. This is generally removed by aeration, which is an important process in both drinking- and waste water treatment. The known disadvantages are high energy consumption relative to …

This literature review is written for those concerned with the protection of oceans, reefs and communities as well as anyone interested in it. The literature study focuses on answering the question ‘what are the consequences for coral reefs if corallivorous fish become extinct?’. Accelerated trends in …

Tropical deforestation is one of the main causes for habitat destruction and fragmentation for bird communities worldwide, but Costa Rica is one of the few countries where forest cover increased. Biodiversity in Costa Rica is astonishing, especially in the isolated cloud forests of the ecoregion ‘Talamancan …

The Netherlands has a mission to use 16% of sustainable energy by 2023, and 100% of sustainable energy by 2050, thus making green energy to be the only source of energy in the future. Foundation Loswal “De Bonnen” has 17.5 hectares of raw land where they want to develop a digester. The aim of this paper …

Ammonia is heavily used in agriculture as a fertilizer and in industry as a raw material for the production of various organic nitrogen compounds. Its high hydrogen content and its established infrastructure for both storage and distribution makes ammonia a prominent candidate for storing fluctuating …

Energy usage is a fundamental property of injection molding machines. The development of these machines is accompanied by two contradictory objectives. On the one hand, a producer wants to produce as quickly as possible, cycle times must be as short as possible, and the number of products produced simultaneously …

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 three tensions: the tension of value creation versus value capture, the tension of mutual …

Emancipation of law, violence and information dehumanizes us and therefore makes us a little more dangerous. The more "technical" the communication is, the lower the threshold for colliding with each other. Technology (or methodology) makes it possible to sharpen the contours of the conflict and thus …

Academic procrastination is one of the leading factors that makes students dropping out from school in The Netherlands. Especially among students in higher education. Saxion University of Applied Sciences has started an extensive research on academic procrastination. The purpose of this study is to investigate …

I have a special and personal connection with the French Pays d’Auge. I appreciate its beauty and qualities but I am also seeing it decaying. My personal motivation, my role and mission as urban designer pushed me to think of a way to save – or better, upgrade – this beautiful valley. We know that …