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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 ...
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AUAS lands 1.3 million grant for sustainable district research
17 May 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam has received a European grant for the development of an ‘energy-positive’ district in the Buiksloterham neighbourhood. Part of this grant, amounting to 1.3 million euros, will go to research ...
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Students envision the future of new mega library
27 February 2019 | CommunicationIn 2025, the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) will open a new mega library (OBA XL) in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district. How can this become a place that brings cultures together, where young and old are ...
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AUAS researchers help accelerate energy transition
27 November 2018 | CommunicationAn all-encompassing climate agreement is around the corner. In The Hague tension is mounting around the negotiating table. The stakes are high, but one thing is clear: it’s going to be a very tough job to ...
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AUAS to host Media Architecture Biennale 2020
19 November 2018 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIThe prestigious Media Architecture Biennale 2020 (MAB20) will be jointly organised by various AUAS faculties, including the Play & Civic Media research group (DMCI Faculty) and Frank Suurenbroek’s ...
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AUAS researchers to make Amsterdam’s rooftops climate-adaptive
24 October 2018 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAmsterdam will install smart ‘blue-green’ roofs on social housing buildings. These roofs allow for extra (blue) water to be stored beneath the green surface, better protecting the homes and their ...
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Nanda Piersma professor by special appointment Urban Analytics
7 June 2017 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Executive Board has appointed Nanda Piersma as professor by special appointment researching ‘Urban analytics’. Piersma's appointment will start on 1 ...
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More compost from underground worm hotel by AUAS students
23 May 2017 | CommunicationFour AUAS students have designed a shredder with which vegetables, fruit and garden waste (known in Dutch as GFT) can be shredded and fed to worms. This would mean that GFT waste from local residents in Amsterdam can ...
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Solar power storage by citizens stagnating
9 May 2017 | CommunicationElectric cars can function as power plants for solar power. The technology already exists, but is not being widely applied at street and neighbourhood level. The main reason is the lack of financial benefits for ...