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12 oktober 2025

Glass Sustainability: Reduce

In this video Mauro Overend and Rebecca Hartwell outline strategies to meet EU net-zero targets by addressing both demand-side and supply-side emissions. Demand-side approaches, influenced by designers, include using less material through efficient structural design, relaxing deflection limits to allow for thinner glass, and improving building energy performance with high-performance glazing. A key focus is increasing the use of recycled glass cullet, which can reduce melting energy and process emissions, though current post-consumer cullet use remains below 5%. Supply-side approaches involve the glass industry switching to low-carbon energy sources like hydrogen or electricity and exploring alternative raw materials to reduce process emissions. The video concludes that a combination of smarter design, increased recycling, and cleaner production is essential for reducing the glass sector's environmental footprint. The video was produced by the Open GLASSroom project. Special thanks to Mauro Overend and Rebecca Hartwell for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Mauro Overend, Rebecca Hartwell

2 januari 2021

Sustainable Urban Development

Did you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth’s land surface, but more than 50% of the world’s population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the global emissions? Large cities and their hinterlands (jointly called metropolitan regions) greatly contribute to global urbanization and sustainability challenges, yet are also key to resolving these same challenges. If you are interested in the challenges of the 21st century metropolitan regions and how these can be solved from within the city and by its inhabitants, then this Sustainable Urban Development module is for you! There are no simple solutions to these grand challenges. Rather the challenges cities face today require a holistic, systemic and transdisciplinary approach that spans different fields of expertise and disciplines such as urban planning, urban design, urban engineering, systems analysis, policy making, social and environmental sciences and entrepreneurship. This course is all about this integration of different fields of knowledge within the metropolitan context. The course is set up in a unique matrix format that lets you pursue your line of interest along a specific metropolitan challenge or a specific theme. You will discover possible solutions for your city’s challenges and what it takes to implement these solutions. We invite you to take the first steps in understanding the principles that will be essential to transform metropolitan regions into just, prosperous and sustainable places to live in! This course forms a part of the educational programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and is developed by Wageningen UR and TU Delft, two of the founding universities of AMS Institute. These materials relate to the collection "Governance and Institutional Arrangements of Complex STE Systems."

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Machiel van Dorst et.al.

5 oktober 2020

Heatwaves in Tokyo

This report discussed the heatwave shocks happening in Japan and the corresponding solution to the shocks. Heatwaves in Tokyo usually happen in summertime and causes great damage to human health, urban transportation and contributes to power shortage. Citizens especially the aged group suffer a lot from the heat-related diseases and the government faces great challenge to solve the shock. Still, possible solutions exist. First the government need to mitigate global warming by increasing urban green area and cut down carbon emission. Second, citizens need to learn how to deal with the heatwaves. The effects of heatwaves can be mitigated by joint effort of the government and the citizens.

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Hao Liu

23 augustus 2023

Interactive session: Environment impact - carbon footprint

Assessing AI's role in reducing carbon emissions. Analyzing the environmental benefits and drawbacks of AI implementation. Identifying strategies for optimizing AI systems to minimize carbon footprint.

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HCAIM Consortium

2021

Biobased Construction: Introduction

With biobased building materials, you could even build carbon-negative buildings. The natural materials in use have taken emissions out of the atmosphere and stored them for the lifetime of the building or beyond.

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Gie Steenput

2 januari 2021

Introduction to Climate Change

Climate change is a problem that concerns us all and is closely related to urban development. In this video, we will provide you with knowledge about basic concepts, issues, regulations and challenges related to climate change and cities. With this knowledge, between Professor Dr. Rik Leemans and Professor Dr. Huub Rijnaarts will discuss climate change problems and possible solutions to address climate change. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~12 min long)

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Rik Leemans, Huub Rijnaarts

5 april 2023

Designing Climate-Neutral Industry and Electricity Generation

Learn about types and sources of industrial emissions and tools to mitigate them. Learn what the options are for climate-neutral electricity and review the strategies for dealing with the variability of renewable energy. This course is designed for the next generation of policy-makers, sustainability consultants or professionals and students from various fields who want an overview of climate change mitigation strategies in industry and electricity generation and apply them to their own projects. This course covers a wide variety of topics in the industry and electricity generation domains, from the current situation to the challenging mission of becoming climate-neutral. Specifically: Industry – You will learn about types and sources of industrial emissions. You will also learn about the existing technological options, methodologies and tools to mitigate emissions (mainly GHG) inside and outside the boundaries of the industrial plant. Electricity generation – you will learn what the options are for climate-neutral electricity and review the strategies for dealing with the variability of renewable energy, as well as how energy system modeling is used to devise plans and policies for the energy transition. The course includes videos, examples, interviews with experts, exercises and quizzes so that you can master and practice what you have learnt and explore mitigation strategies through real life examples. Enriched by relevant readings and discussion forums, this course will let you dive deeper into specific areas of interest you might have and further facilitate your learning experience. Course material and exercises will be complemented by relevant content about policy, through which you will also discover current measures taken by governments world-wide.

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Mar Pérez-Fortes, Stefan Pfenninger, Francesco Lombardi, Paola Ibarra Gonzalez

21 juli 2017

Co-creation on Kampala's Air Quality

Dr. Patience Mguni and Dr. Bas van Vliet reflect on the forms of co-creation for more sustainable cooking practices in the slums of Kampala. They highlight this section’s most important lessons and give an outlook on the future. What do you think is needed for a transition towards clean cooking practices? Learning Objectives: Understand ways citizens of Kampala are co-creating sustainable solutions to air quality issues Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events.

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Patience Mguni, Bas van Vliet

21 juli 2017

Air Quality in Kampala

First, we will look at Kampala’s air quality from a general and natural science perspective. Dr. Folkert Boersma will give an introduction to Kampala´s air quality, explain which factors play a role in the city’s air quality, and how it compares to other cities around the world. Learning Objectives: Understand the state of Kampala’s air quality Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events.

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Folkert Boersma

27 april 2021

The use of biotechnologies for enhancement: genetic engineering and social ethics

This case invites students to explore, debate, and find consensus on ethical aspects of biotechnologies related to enhancement. Students are provided with an overview of some ethical views on enhancement which they use as inspiration for two debates: one that focuses on questions of moral luck vs. distributive justice in deciding whether or not to pursue genetic engineering, and a second that asks if scientific progress should be subject to limitations based on its carbon emissions impact.

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Cristina Richie