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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1001 Hot Nights (Night-time heat)
1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027Due to climate change, we are experiencing more frequent and prolonged heat. Prolonged heat causes buildings and homes to heat up, preventing residents from cooling down at night and causing poor sleep. This leads to ...
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A blueprint for urban heat resiliency (Cool Cities)
1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2027Due to climate change, European cities are experiencing higher temperatures more often and for longer periods of time. This puts people at greater risk of heat stress: they experience physical and mental complaints ...
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Innovative circular solutions for a sustainable construction sector (WOODCIRCLES)
11 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2027The construction sector is responsible for over 35% of the EU’s total waste generation, and accounts for about 50% of all extracted resources and an estimated at 5-12% of total GHG emissions. With the ...
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Helping urban households sort waste better (BASSTA Plus)
1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2025Proper sorting of waste flows creates opportunities for recycling and other circular applications. Yet a lot of food scraps still end up in the plastic waste bins and vice versa. Amsterdam University of Applied ...
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Researching hereditary brain disorders (CureQ)
1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026Hereditary brain disorders often do not become apparent until middle age, when they drastically impact the lives of the patient and their family. Patients generally become fully dependent on care and often die at a ...
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No Trace to Waste (Geen Spoor te Verliezen)
1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026When a crime has been committed, traces of DNA and fingerprints often remain at the crime scene. These traces can play a vital role in investigating and prosecuting crime. The process of seeking, detecting, selecting ...
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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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Towards the sustainable transport of goods (Greening Corridors)
1 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2026Making optimal use of goods transport corridors will help us achieve a more sustainable transport system. In the SPRONG research project Greening Corridors, AUAS is working together with four other universities of ...
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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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Building for Well-being
1 Jan 2022 - 15 Jun 2024How can we address the housing shortage while at the same time boosting the well-being of urban residents? This is the question Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) investigates in Building for Well-being, ...
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Every windowpane a second life (Reused insulation glass)
1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2023Old insulation glass often ends up in relatively low-value applications such as glass wool or packaging materials. That's a shame, considering how much energy it takes to produce glass. In the Reused Insulation Glass ...
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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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Creating 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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Circular transition at the Johan Cruijff ArenA: a unique reception desk
1 Jan 2020 - 1 Sep 2020Since summer 2020, special guests invited to the VVIP Lounge on Level 6 of the Johan Cruyff ArenA are welcomed at an eye-catching reception desk, made from residual wood. The desk was designed and manufactured by the ...
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Integrated Multimodal Airport Operations for Efficient Passenger Flow Management (IMHOTEP)
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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EXTEnded AtM for Door2Door travel (X-TEAM D2D)
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Aug 2022With the X-TEAM D2D project, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) developed a set of formal methods and multimodal system simulation models to enable door-to-door connectivity in up to four hours ...
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Positive energy district in Buiksloterham (ATELIER)
1 Nov 2019 - 30 Oct 2025Amsterdam 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 - 30 Apr 2024The 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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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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Data Mining in MRO
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Mar 2019The project Data Mining in MRO aimed to help MRO SMEs in the aviation industry to improve their maintenance process by developing new knowledge of - and a method for - data mining. The project has been executed by ...
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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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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. In this project, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has looked at ways to optimize integrated ...
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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 has been executed by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences with a wide range of partners, including authorities, universities and companies.