Category: research

0-impact built environment

Retrofit: Energy-saving or energy-generation?

29/08/2016

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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Participating in PhD defense at TU Berlin

13/07/2016

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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WELCOME

SBS, led by Ronald Rovers, is active in the field of Sustainable Building and Urban Environment. research focus is at closing cycles in all resources, with the ambition for 0-impact built environments. Research, courses, lectures, and consultancy are the main activities.
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RiBuilT, Research Institute Built environment of Tomorrow, is now joined with SBScentre.
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twitter: @ron_rovers
Blog: ronaldrovers.com
Tool: maxergy.org

Just published in English:

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/

upcoming

masterclasses 2018:
Closing Cycles & CO2 reduction Built Environment
June 1 and November 8
Masterclasses

SBE19 series Conference:
Retrofit Europe 2018

SBS for:

- Presentations (Public and in-company)
- lectures - courses - masterclasses
- research (-partner)
- consultancy
- workshops (-leader )

Topics:
- mass housing retrofit ,
- (closing) resource cycles ,
- 0-energy and 0-impact design/development,
- Global resource perspectives,
- sustainability,
- sustainable built environment,
- sustainable Urban development,
- climate change,
- environmental impact,
- assessment-MAXergy.

2,5/3 day course -example

Zero Impact Built Environment
Alternating lectures and exercises
Day 1: Global issues-Closing Cycles
Day 2: Buildings/energy-water-materials
Day 3: Urban environment
Executed on location. for more information >>email r.rovers@sustainablebuilding.info

In the mean time …

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