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02 February 2022

TU Delft campus climate neutral by 2030

By 2030, TU Delft aims to be operating in a completely sustainable manner. All activities on and from the campus will then be carbon neutral, circular, climate adaptive and contributing to the quality of life for its users and for nature. Together with all staff, students and partners of the university, sustainability coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen is working hard to realize this ambition. Everyone can follow the progress on a new website.

27 January 2022

Why doesn't it work and can it be fixed?

Everyday annoyances: the hoover that suddenly stops working, the washing machine that refuses to spin. Or, a small disaster for the at-home worker, the coffee machine that refuses to give you fuel. And yes, of course you can order a new one, but if you want to contribute to a circular economy, you might also want to see if there is anything that can be repaired. PhD researcher Beatriz Pozo Arcos studied how easily defects in household appliances can be diagnosed, and how design can help users do this.

12 November 2021

Climate Neutral 2030 Tour

At TU Delft, researchers work every day on solutions for societal challenges, including sustainable innovations. As a climate university, TU Delft is also progressive in its own climate policy.

12 November 2021

TU Delft explores options for large-scale underground heat storage

In 2020, for the WarmingUP/WINDOW research project, a feasibility study (haalbaarheidsonderzoek) was carried out for heat storage with an open geothermal energy system on the campus.

12 November 2021

TU Delft in discussion with ABP

A delegation of TU Delft professors has been talking to board members of ABP and its asset investor APG about sustainable targets for pension money investment.

29 October 2021

A better environment from the comfort of your chair

A modular chair made of blocks in which CO2 has been stored and that can be converted into other pieces of furniture. With his special design - Unito - Riel Bessai, who recently graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Design, wants, above all, to tell a story. “With my chair I am making the global CO2 problem tangible and I hope to encourage people to view our consumer society from a different perspective.”

30 August 2021

Solar energy on campus

TU Delft is planning to install photovoltaics (PV) on a larger scale. In March 2021 an elaborate study was finished on the PV potential of the TU Delft campus [Zhou & Fremouw 2021].

27 August 2021

Aquathermal energy

TU Delft is collaborating with Firma van Buiten, for their new building in TU Delft Campus South, which needs to become a circular, energy-neutral premise.

27 August 2021

Impact of corona on carbon emissions

The TU Delft carbon accounting report of 2020 provides interesting insights into the impact of corona on our carbon emissions.

27 August 2021

A biodiversity plan for TU Delft

Suxin Liaw designed a plan for the TU Delft campus that accommodates many more types of biotopes, which increase the biodiversity and reduce the climate vulnerability of the area.

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