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A second life for discarded hard foam
19 April 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyFrom 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 research project kicks off
15 March 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyHow can we promote urbanites’ well-being at the same time as tackling the housing crisis? The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is researching this question using new technologies in the Building ...
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KNMI and AUAS establish new Climate Literacy research group
3 March 2022How do we ensure that professionals interpret climate change data correctly? And that they translate this information into a clear message for the general public? These questions are the focus of the new L.INT ...
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Minor Robotic Production and Circular Materials (RP&CM)
14 February 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyFrom clothes hangers that can be converted into a retail chandelier to a tailor-made room divider made from seaweed – there was one creative design after another in the final presentations of the students for ...
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Using eye tracking to see how people experience high-rises
18 November 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesDuring the next decade, cities will become more crowded – and taller. The Netherlands aims to build an additional 1 million homes in 10 years, the majority of them in cities, alongside existing buildings. How ...
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From old floor parts to urban element
1 November 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyThis prototype of a sturdy wooden urban furniture, the size of a parking lot space, is the outcome of the two-week Makeathon of the Robotic Production and Circular Materials minor, hosted by the Robot Lab of the ...
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AUAS professor Jeroen Kluck wins IXA Impact Award 2021
28 October 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyFlooded streets, basements full of water and people getting ill or even dying during heatwaves. The Netherlands is already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Jeroen Kluck, Professor of Water in and ...
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From an old window frame to a hip custom furniture piece
15 October 2021You can make trendy things with wood from renovation projects. This has been proven by students and researchers of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Using digital technology and robots, they ...
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The future of interactive architecture on display in Amsterdam
18 June 2021 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCITechnology affects us imperceptibly and can help society, but it can also undermine it. Awareness of this fact is at the heart of the Media Architecture Biennale (MAB), which is to be held in the Netherlands from 24 ...
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Reusing wood the size of Oosterpark
7 June 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyWood, metal, plastic, stone: many materials come available in renovation projects. But a clear overview of amounts and quality is lacking. Which is unfortunate, because they offer opportunities for reuse. A material ...
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AUAS realises positive energy districts throughout Europe
4 June 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyA year and a half ago, Amsterdam received a European grant for the development of a positive energy district (PED) in the city. The result: Buiksloterham PED. The Centres of Expertise Urban Technology (CoE Urban ...
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Service engineers must soon enter cities without diesel vans
19 March 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyService engineers install and repair charging stations and solar panels for sustainable energy, but still drive around in diesel vans. In the Netherlands, service logistics is responsible for 25 to 35% of the ...
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AUAS award for research on smart charging of electric cars
11 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe research project SEEV4-City (Smart, Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles for the City) by the Faculty of Technology and the Centre of Expertise on Urban Technology is the big winner of the 2021 ‘AUAS Research ...
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Robot makes desk for Johan Cruijf ArenA from residual wood
4 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research Technology"Soon we will ask robots to produce objects from residual wood according to our design choices" says Marta Malé-Alemany, leader of the Robot Studio and head lecturer in digital production at ...
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Three new neighbourhood campuses in Amsterdam
3 February 2021 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) are joining forces to create Neighbourhood Campuses. These are physical places in OBA branches where Amsterdam residents from ...
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Get rid of the throwaway mentality
1 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe ambition is for the Dutch economy to run entirely on reusable raw materials by 2050. This requires consumers to shift from ‘ownership to use’. It also requires manufacturers to change their views on ...
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THE FUTURE: 100% FOSSIL-FREE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AT AUAS
16 November 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise Urban Technology of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is entering into a ten-year partnership with the energy provider Vattenfall in order to work towards 100% fossil-free energy ...
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Boost to circular business via new task force
10 November 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe circular economy offers many opportunities for businesses, but continues to struggle with a lack of awareness regarding the subject outside the sustainable sector. A group of organisations from Amsterdam and the ...
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Mark Rutte lauds UASNL during EU launch event
10 November 2020 | Communication“Universities of Applied Sciences are important players in the region. They connect theory and practice, ideas and implementation, research and applications. This makes them a linking pin spanning research and ...
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PUSHCHAIR TURNED SOAPBOX CAR
26 October 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyWhether its materials used in an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum or Bugaboo pushchairs that the kids no longer fit into: these are materials and products that are too valuable to throw away after use. And after all, ...
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Research accelerates the sustainability of heating
9 October 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe international research project HeatNet is all about making heat more sustainable. Less use of natural gas and more use of sustainable heat sources such as the residual heat from data centres. The project aimed to ...
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Renée Heller New Professor of Energy and Innovation
23 September 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) senior lecturer-researcher Renée Heller has been appointed professor of Energy and Innovation as of 1 September, taking over from Robert van den Hoed. This ...
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AUAS unveils climate-proof ‘RESILIO’ rooftop
30 June 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyA rooftop that improves urban biodiversity whilst protecting us against high temperatures and collecting and regulating excess water after heavy showers. Although this idea has a utopian ring to it, Amsterdam Oost ...
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HOW LEFTOVERS CONTRIBUTE TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
18 June 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyOrganic waste, such as asparagus peel, apple cores or leftover potato mash, is collected separately on a very small scale in the major cities of the Netherlands. Usually it disappears into the incinerator with the ...
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From timber waste to designer pieces using DPRG
5 February 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAlthough wood waste is a complex residual stream, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has identified opportunities for it to be turned into high-quality products at its Robotlab. Alongside project ...
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From an ArenA seat to a designer chair
4 February 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyHow do you go about creating new products out of discarded materials and products and their components from SMEs, such as old seating from the Amsterdam ArenA stadium or the yellow NS railway signs listing departure ...
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From jeans to wall panel
3 February 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyWorking alongside Ahrend, Sympany and Starbucks, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) used its RECURF and RECURF-UP! projects to examine how value could be created using discarded materials that were ...
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AUAS students pitch circular designs to experts such as Nike
7 November 2019 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyBags made out of discarded advertising banners, festival ponchos made from old tent fabric and a water drinking station fashioned out of rejected pipes. Three circular products designed by Product Design students ...
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Michiel Horikx appointed Professor of Structural Safety
24 September 2019 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyDr Michiel Horikx was appointed professor by special appointment in Structural Safety at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 September 2019, . This concerns a new research group that ...
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Congestion poses a threat to hospitality industry distribution
2 July 2019 | CommunicationIn the major shopping cities in the Netherlands, almost one in four retail establishments is a restaurant, hotel, bar or cafe, and this number is increasing. These thousands of hospitality entrepreneurs receive their ...