News & Calendar

19 February 2019

TU Delta: Capturing the heat from below

TU Delta: Capturing the heat from below

Foundations for a new building at the Green Village contain 40 metre long tubes to exchange heat with the soil. Researchers will monitor the ‘energy piles’ in action.

14 February 2019

New MOOC: Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

New MOOC: Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

Learn how to get to a net zero energy use of an existing building.

04 February 2019

A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments

A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments

TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. The findings were presented on Monday 4 February in Nature Energy.

30 January 2019

The (im)practibility of materials in a circular economy

The (im)practibility of materials in a circular economy

Our growing world population and increasing prosperity is putting more and more pressure on global energy consumption and the demand for materials. The challenges in the area of energy consumption, materials consumption and climate change are closely interlinked, but the use of materials is often something we take for granted.

23 January 2019

How sustainable is electric heating? Laure Itard does the math

How sustainable is electric heating? Laure Itard does the math

The gas industry is being phased out and the trusty gas boiler will need to be replaced by electric forms of heating. Energy epidemiologist Prof. Laure Itard (Architecture and the Built Environment) calculated the CO2 emissions. Is electric always sustainable?