Centre of Applied Research Technology
Projects
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A selection of projects conducted at the Centre for Applied Research Technology is included below. Please visit our Dutch site for a comprehensive list of our projects.
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Upscaling circular wood applications for hospitality (Circular Wood 4.0)
1 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2024On average, a hospitality business renovates its entire interior every seven years, which constitutes an very high turnover and intense use of new materials for furnishing, wall paneling or other. Can that be done ...
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A second life for discarded hard foam (Circular Foam)
1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2026From freezers to wall panels: polyurethane hard foam can be found in many products and objects. Though it is a valuable material, with excellent insulating properties, it often ends up in the incinerator or in ...
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How neighbourhood hubs bring added value for liveable cities
1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2022Logistics are crucial for a liveable city, but should not lead to excessive cars and emissions. Hubs for (de)clustering goods at the neighbourhood level may provide a solution. What is the added value of such sites ...
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The digital intake of residual wood (Data Wood)
1 May 2021 - 30 Apr 2022Wood is an important construction material, found in window frames, roofs and furniture, among other things. After production, leftover material always remains: residual wood. This usually is burned or downcycled ...
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Circular urban furniture (Making the Green Mile)
1 Feb 2021 - 30 Jun 2022Using computational design and robotic production to transform waste materials into sustainable urban furniture – this is central to Making the Green Mile, a collaboration between the Amsterdam University of ...
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From Prevention to Resilience: Designing Public Spaces in Times of Pandemics
1 Sep 2020 - 1 Sep 2022Circles appeared on the grass in parks, streets and sidewalks were cordoned off for 1.5 meters. In cities all over the world, measures were and are being taken to keep people at a sufficient distance from each other. ...
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Circular Wood for the Neighborhood (CW4N)
1 Apr 2020 - 1 Apr 2022The Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS) investigates, together with two Amsterdam housing corporations, TU Delft, TNO, Metabolic and building industry, how to give new life to used wood that is released ...
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IMHOTEP: Integrated Multimodal Airport Operations for Efficient Passenger Flow Management
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Aug 2022The airport of the future is expected to become a multimodal connection platform, allowing travellers to reach their destination through the most efficient and sustainable combination of modes. It will also allow the ...
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X-TEAM D2D: eXTEnded AtM for Door2Door travel
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Aug 2022The research group of X-TEAM D2D develops a set of formal methods and multimodal system simulation models to enable door-to-door connectivity in up to four hours between any location in Europe. By defining, ...
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Positive energy district in Buiksloterham (ATELIER)
1 Nov 2019 - 30 Oct 2024Amsterdam has received a European grant for the development of a ‘positive’ energy district in the city’s Buiksloterham neighbourhood. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) research groups ...
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Future Charging
1 Nov 2019 - 31 Oct 2023The Netherlands' ambition is to allow only electric cars onto the market in 12 years' time. How are we going to supply all these cars with electricity? In the Future Charging project Urban Technology are ...
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Rethinking Amsterdam Waste to Upcycling (RAW2U)
1 Sep 2019 - 30 Apr 2020Discarded items, such as sofas and mattresses, usually end up with our bulky waste and subsequently end up in the incinerator. The City of Amsterdam finds this a waste, given that the products, and the components and ...
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OPEN COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MODELLING FOR THE PACKAGING VALUE CHAIN (CIRCULAR PACKAGING)
1 Sep 2019 - 1 Jun 2020In the Circular Packaging project, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is applying a new and proprietary methodology – Open Collaborative Business Modelling (OCBM) – in order to develop value ...
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Taking cool measures against urban heat (Cool Towns)
1 Sep 2018 - 1 Oct 2022Heat stress in big cities is a topic that’s high on the agenda in Europe for many years already. Heat stress is not limited to the metropolises: small and mid-sized cities are affected too. The Amsterdam ...
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The Value of Organic Waste (Re-StORe)
1 May 2018 - 30 Apr 2020The waste policy for organic waste in Amsterdam is less developed than the policy for glass, paper and plastic. Organic waste is little collected and is often contaminated. A missed opportunity, because decentralized ...
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Data Mining in MRO
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Mar 2019The project “Data Mining in MRO” will be executed by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences with a wide range of partners, including universities and companies. The project ...
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Application of low-temperature heating network in the city (HeatNet)
15 Sep 2016 - 14 Jul 2020We aim to make our cities future-proof. Among other things, this means that our cities must become energy-neutral. Switching to district heating and cooling (DHC) networks forms an important part of this energy ...
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Smart, clean Energy and Electric Vehicles for the City (SEEV4-City)
1 Sep 2016 - 1 Jan 2020SEEV4-City is an innovative project funded by the EU Interreg North Sea Region Programme. Its main objective is to demonstrate smart electric mobility solutions, integrating renewable-energy sources and encouraging ...
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LEVV-LOGIC
1 Sep 2016 - 1 Sep 2018The LEVV-LOGIC project investigates the use of light electric goods/freight vehicles for the delivery of goods in cities. In this project the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Hogeschool Rotterdam and HAN, together with ...
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me2
1 Jun 2016 - 1 May 2018In June 2016 the European smart city project "me²" started. The project is coordinated by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences within the framework of the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Cities and ...
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Optimization-simulation implementations for harmonizing operations at large airports
1 Jan 2016 - 7 Oct 2019Today’s constant air traffic growth has led to congestion problems at airports across the globe. This project looks at ways to optimize integrated airport operations to help deal with this problem. Unlike other ...
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Re-Using Circular Urban Fibres and Bio-based Plastics in Urban Products (RECURF)
1 Sep 2015 - 1 Sep 2019RECURF focuses on the possibilities to process the new material combinations of bio-based plastics and textile residues in attractive circular products for interior and exterior uses. Together with clothing ...
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Measuring Safety In Aviation – Developing Metrics For Safety Management Systems
1 Sep 2015 - 1 Aug 2019The project “Measuring safety in aviation – developing metrics for Safety Management Systems” will be executed by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences with a wide ...
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Prerequisites for safety culture development
1 May 2015 - 31 Jul 2015“Prerequisites for Safety Culture Development” is a project that the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences executed following a request from a European Nuclear Power Plant ...
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Effectiveness of Safety Investigations and Recommendations Generation
1 Oct 2014 - 28 Feb 2015“Effectiveness of Safety Investigations and Recommendations Generation” was a project executed by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences following a request from a European ...
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Maintain your competitive edge
1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014"Onderhoud je marktpositie" or "Maintaining your competitive edge" is a project executed by the Amsterdam University of Applied Science focused on finding custom-made process improvement methods ...