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Heating is a fundamental aspect of the human need for shelter in our colder climates. Providing heat is a key aspect of social life. It reaches far into people's homes and private lives, involving everyday habits and negotiations between building occupants and family members. Heat is a cultural service that cannot be seen through the lens of economic efficiencies and return on investments only. In the transition to sustainable heating, homeowners and local communities therefore form essential parts of the system. Their contribution to this low carbon transition by adopting sustainable heating technology for their homes and buildings is key to making it happen, and co-creation provides the space. In contrast to traditional policy-making processes, co-creation engages and empowers local communities and allows them to co-design or even co-decide the planning and implementation of sustainable heating strategies. How does this translate into practice, especially during a pandemic crisis?

In the newly acquired EU H2020 project HERoS (Health Emergency Response in interconnected Systems), researchers of the faculty of TPM, as part of a larger consortium, will integrate behavioural and informational dynamics in epidemiological and supply-chain models.

Annebeth Erdbrink, Rens Kortmann and Alexander Verbraeck contribute on behalf of TU Delft to the Luistermutant 2020 performance of Micha Hamel and Arlon Luijten with the GAMPSISS research project. The performance can be seen on June 21 at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam.

Gerdien de Vries gaat met onderzoekers van de faculteit Bouwkunde en partners Milieucentraal, Enpuls en Gemeenten Amsterdam en Den Haag interventies bedenken om bewoners te helpen duurzaam te renoveren.

NWO has granted the research proposal “On the Move: Transition towards Sustainable Mobility”. This is a joint project of Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen and TU Delft. In collaboration with public stakeholders and private companies, this project develops and tests an innovative approach that systematically deals with uncertainties in a mobility system that needs to become more sustainable.