new book reviews
Two new books have been reviewed, its: The well tempered city , Jonathan Rose, 2016 ** .and The economic growth engine , Ayres et all, 2009 How energy and work drive material prosperity *** .
Two new books have been reviewed, its: The well tempered city , Jonathan Rose, 2016 ** .and The economic growth engine , Ayres et all, 2009 How energy and work drive material prosperity *** .
At the National Dutch congress “Sustainable built” , a award will be given to housing corporation with the most creative approach regarding climate change. As member of the jury I was asked to give a a impression of the implications of climatechange ambitions. It has been published as a column on the conference website (in…
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Just published : our research into the optimal balanced materials package for 0-energy building retrofiit, ZEB . As previous exploring research already showed regarding renovation for row house: better insulate less and add some more PV panels. (B in left graph) . In other words, passivehouse is not the optimal choice from materials perspective in…
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Living in cities has the risk of being trapped when systems fail: how to survive? Cities have faded away from their resource base, and consume far above the carrying capacity of their regions , and combined, beyond that of the earth. How to address this ? Katleen deFlander did her research just on this issue,…
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For some time a few universities work together under iiSBE umbrella in developing master courses in Sustainable Built Environment. The key universities are UMinho, based in Guimaraes Portugal, and Czech Technical University in Prague. Others are associated or affiliated to this process. A major enabler was a EU program I coordinated called Ides-Edu [1], in…
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PEOPLE vs RESOURCES, restoring a world out of balance
Published by Eburon, isbn 978-94-6301-255-3
see https://eburon.nl/en/product/people-vs-resources/ or via amazon and others.
In Dutch:
GEBROKEN KRINGLOPEN, naar een volhoudbaar gebruik van bronnen.
uitgeverij Eburon. 374 pagina’s, paperback, isbn 9789463012034
Meer info: http://ronaldrovers.nl/boek/
ron_rovers @ViktorMijenzee @BM_Visser Het ging niet over hernieuwbaar, en niet over provincies maar per inwoner. Dat er ook m… https://t.co/IdNOS1raqe
ron_rovers @BM_Visser @ViktorMijenzee Dit gaat over voorzieningen, niet over hernieuwbaarheid.
ron_rovers @rcbregman @KelseyTuoc Its even not about climate, that’s a side effect, not a cause. Its about nature destruction… https://t.co/3Af3vltU3I
ron_rovers @rcbregman @KelseyTuoc Its written from an economic perspective, and constantly mixing different ambitions and usin… https://t.co/Qxyn18oWtd
ron_rovers RT @JKSteinberger : 🤦♀️ How to tell your gazillions of followers you know nothing about what you're talking about in 1 tweet. Degrowth is *…
ron_rovers RT @j_vollenbroek : De meeste Nederlanders zijn vóór het doorzetten van een stevig stikstofbeleid. De uitgesproken tegenstanders van het sti…
ron_rovers @Platform_M3 Zie ook voorproefje deel 2 als opinie in cobouw.. https://t.co/Vry12u4qJW
