Occupational stress can cause health problems, productivity loss or absenteeism. Resilience interventions that help employees positively adapt to adversity can help prevent the negative consequences of occupational stress. Due to advances in sensor technology and smartphone applications, relatively unobtrusive …

Om het organisch afval zoveel mogelijk waarde te geven in de context van de stad wordt een scala aan lokale oplossingen ontwikkeld, zoals lokale wormenhotels of schillenboeren die het gft aan huis ophalen. Hoewel er hiermee meer gft gescheiden en apart verwerkt wordt is echter niet goed vast te stellen …

The increasing rate of urbanization along with its socio-environmental impact are major global challenges. Therefore, there is a need to assess the boundaries to growth for the future development of cities by the inclusion of the assessment of the environmental carrying capacity (ECC) into spatial management. …

Recycling of cotton waste into high value products is a longstanding goal in textile research. The SaXcellTM process provides a chemical recycling route towards virgin fibres. In this study a Life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted to measure the impact of the chemical recycling of cotton waste on the …

From the article: "To enable selection of novel chemicals for new processes, there is a recognized need for alternative toxicity screening assays to assess potential risks to man and the environment. For human health hazard assessment these screening assays need to be translational to humans, have …

Anaerobic digestion (AD) can play an important role in achieving the renewable energy goals set within the European Union. Within this article the focus is placed on reaching the Dutch local renewable production goal set for the year 2020 with locally available biomass waste flows, avoiding intensive …

Biogas produced through Anaerobic Digestion can be seen as a flexible and storable energy carrier. However, the environmental sustainability and efficiency of biogas production is not fully understood. Within this article the use, operation, structure, validation, and results of a model for the environmental …

The environmental impact of Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) production from wood gasification is analysed, focusing on the comparison of two continuous processes (CO2 removal and Fuel-assisted hydrogen addition) to balance the gas mix for the methanation, and their coupling to an intermittent process (Full …

In opdracht van het Expertise centrum zal in 2016 een Sustainable Urban Vehicle gebouwd worden. Het is de bedoeling dat er gekwantificeerde groene concepten ontwikkeld worden alvorens een prototype gemaakt kan worden. In dit vroege stadium van het project is gekeken naar de belasting van brandstof, …

Het doel van dit onderzoek is inzicht krijgen in hoe een openbare ruimte Cradle to Cradle in te richten is, zodat de onderzoeksresultaten uiteindelijk ook toe te passen zijn in het plan voor het Zandweteringpark te Deventer. Belangrijk aspect hierbij is inzicht krijgen in de levenscyclus van de meest …