Closed loop or ‘circular’ production systems known as Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle represent a unique opportunity to radically revise the currently wasteful system of production. One of the challenges of such systems is that circular products need to be both produced locally with minimum environmental …

“De weg van duurzaamheidsbeleid naar realiteit” is een scriptie over hoe het Rijksvastgoedbedrijf energietransitie-doelen tijdig kan behalen, aangaande defensiekantoren in de regio Zuid-Nederland. Aanleiding Defensie heeft een grote diversiteit aan kantoren in haar portefeuille. Deze kantoren vragen …

The hospitality industry contributes significantly to global climate change through its high resource consumption and emissions due to travel. As public pressure for hotels to develop sustainability initiatives to mitigate their footprint grows, a lack of understanding of green behavior and consumption …

In the next 20 years we are dealing with a growing population, regional growth is 8% and worldwide even 20%. Due to the effect we as inhabitants of planet earth have on the planets climatological systems, our awareness of the amount of resources we use has grown. This is called the ecological footprint …

Dit onderzoek komt voort uit de vraag of op basis van blockchain-technologie datadeling tussen logistieke partijen mogelijk is, waarbij vooral gekeken wordt naar de vraag of het mogelijk is om een CO2-footprint vast te stellen op productniveau. In de huidige praktijk is exacte CO2 monitoring op productniveau …

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. …

Culture has freed us to some extent from nature, first through language and religion, and almost simultaneously through technology. From the control of the fire and the first tools until now - smart technology - technological development has taken a long cultural path, with many challenges and possibilities. …

Vanuit de melkveehouderij worden maatregelen genomen voor een zo efficiënt mogelijke mineralen-kringloop en voor kostenbesparing. Zo wordt bijvoorbeeld gestreefd naar een hogere voerefficiëntie: dit leidt tot een efficiëntere mineralenstroom en geeft daarnaast een hoger voersaldo. Bovendien zorgt een …

This study was conducted in Ziway - Hawassa milk shade, found in Oromia administrative region, Ethiopia with the objective to design suitable business models through quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from smallholder milk producers. Five districts (Shashemane, Arsi - Negelle, Kofelle, Adami …

The reduction of water and energy consumption are two of the main focuses of action of the cheese companies with the aim of minimising their environmental impact. The research team of the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences dairy research team is working on new possibilities for the cheese …