Projects
13 Results
The current research portfolio of Urban Technology comprises over 60 projects. We present a selection here.
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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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Upscaling circular wood applications for hospitality (Circular Wood 4.0)
1 Sep 2022 - 31 Jan 2025On 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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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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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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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 ...