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Drying fruits as a business model for an orchard

This report describes the results and recommendations of the assessment of a potential business model for the orchard of Mr. W. Hekkert, Terwolde, focusing on drying fruits for organic muesli.

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Drying fruits as a business model for an orchard

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Beweging in het veld: Hoe zorgen lectoren voor vernieuwing van de praktijk?

Lectoren hebben tot taak vernieuwingen in hun werkveld te stimuleren. Terwijl universitair hoogleraren vernieuwingen op theoretisch niveau proberen te realiseren, werken lectoren vooral praktijkgericht. Zij leggen een directe link tussen theorie en praktijk. Hoe brengen ze die beweging in het veld tot stand? We spreken met Lia van Doorn, lector Innovatieve Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening bij het kenniscentrum Sociale Innovatie, en met Frens Pries, lector Nieuwe Cultuur in de Bouwketen bij het kenniscentrum Gebouwde Omgeving.

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Beweging in het veld: Hoe zorgen lectoren voor vernieuwing van de praktijk?

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LCA Circulaire Biopolymeren - PHA

Biopolymeren vormen een potentieel interessant alternatief voor conventioneel op olie gebaseerde polymeren, omdat zij geen fossiele grondstoffen gebruiken voor de productie. Daarentegen is het productie procedé afhankelijk van energie en toevoegmiddelen die weer bijdragen aan het verbruik van energie en de emissie van onder andere broeikasgassen en zijn de grondstoffen van belang, zoals het gebruik van reststromen uit de afvalverwerking of andere biomaterialen. Binnen het project Circulaire Biopolymeren Waardeketens zijn meerdere productiemethoden bestudeerd om polyhydroxyalkanoaten (PHAs) te maken uit organische reststromen: GFT en afvalwaterslib, een bijproduct uit de afvalwaterzuivering. Productie en extractie van PHAs kan middels diverse routes. In het project zijn meerdere extractieroutes bestudeerd betreffende hun mogelijkheden. Als onderdeel van het project is een levenscyclusanalyse (LCA) gedaan om de milieu-impact van de productie van de biopolymeren in kaart te brengen.

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What makes smart charging of EV’s desirable for the driver?

At this moment, charging your electric vehicle is common good, however smart charging is still a novelty in the developing phase with many unknowns. A smart charging system monitors, manages and restricts the charging process to optimize energy consumption. The need for, and advantages of smart charging electric vehicles are clear cut from the perspective of the government, energy suppliers and sustainability goals. But what about the advantages and disadvantages for the people who drive electric cars? What opportunities are there to support the goals of the user to make smart charging desirable for them? By means of qualitative Co-design methods the underlying motives of early adaptors for joining a smart charging service were uncovered. This was done by first sensitizing the user about their current and past encounters with smart charging to make them more aware of their everyday experiences. This was followed by another generative method, journey mapping and in-depth interviews to uncover the core values that drove them to participate in a smart charging system. Finally, during two co-design sessions, the participants formed groups in which they were challenged to design the future of smart charging guided by their core values. The three main findings are as follows. Firstly, participants are looking for ways to make their sustainable behaviour visible and measurable for themselves. For example, the money they saved by using the smart charging system was often used as a scoreboard, more than it was about theactual money. Secondly, they were more willing to participate in smart charging and discharging (sending energy from their vehicle back to the grid) if it had a direct positive effect on someone close to them. For example, a retiree stated that he was more than willing to share the energy of his car with a neighbouring family in which both young parents work, making them unable to charge their vehicles at times when renewable energy is available in abundance. The third and last finding is interrelated with this, it is about setting the right example. The early adopters want to show people close to them that they are making an effort to do the right thing. This is known as the law of proximity and is well illustrated by a participant that bought a second-hand, first-generation Nissan Leaf with a range of just 80 km in the summer and even less in winter. It isn’t about buying the best or most convenient car but about showing the children that sometimes it takes effort to do the right thing. These results suggest that there are clear opportunities for suppliers of smart EV charging services to make it more desirable for users, with other incentives than the now commonly used method of saving money. The main takeaway is that early adopters have a desire for their sustainable behaviour to be more visible and tangible for themselves and their social environment. The results have been translated into preliminary design proposals in which the law of proximity is applied.

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What makes smart charging of EV’s desirable for the driver?

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Samenwerking melkveehouders - akkerbouwers

Doel van deze verkenning is om bij te dragen aan de formulering van een toekomstig project gericht op samenwerking tussen melkveehouders en akkerbouwers in NO Friesland.

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Samenwerking melkveehouders - akkerbouwers

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Student charettes

The research group of the Lectoraat Groene Leefomgeving van Steden has published this book to show that charrettes represent a highly interesting new component of the teaching programme at Van Hall Larenstein. They enable students to get a first taste of the professional setting they might end up working in, and teachers to tailor their teaching to professional practice. The charrettes also enable Van Hall Larenstein to enter into numerous new collaborations with Dutch and international partners, and it also uses the charrettes to show how interesting learning can be and – at least as importantly – how much fun. The teachers and organisers of the charrettes hope that this book may inspire the development of many new charrettes.

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The implementation of new knowledge media in education

Een van de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen in het onderwijs is het gebruik van nieuwe kennismedia: media voor het genereren, begrijpen en delen van kennis. Denk aan social media, serious gaming, apps, tablets en smartphones. De grote vraag is: hoe ga je als school om met deze mediaontwikkelingen? In dit whitepaper presenteren we de roadmap van ons onderzoek naar de educatieve implementatie van de iPad (Engelstalig document)

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The implementation of new knowledge media in education

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Magic Monster, a smart toy for therapy

Continuing physical therapy at home can be stressful, challenging and unmotivating, especially for children. Researchers and students from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht University, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente and partners (Ijsfontein external link, Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre external link, Phillips Research external link) are researching how to design smart toys with self-adaptive play complexity to motivate children with cerebral palsy (CP) to continue hand therapy at home. The Magic Monster prototype was presented during the Dutch Design Week 2022 as a part of the Embassy of Health exhibition.

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Research in prosthetics and orthotics bachelor level education. needed and inevitable?

This article discusses the importance of fully integrating research activities into the Bachelor level programs (undergraduate programs) in orthopaedic engineering / prosthetics and orthotics. To work according to evidence based principles and acquire the competences to do so it is necessary for students to engage in research activities from within the educational programme as soon as possible. Involvement in research not only creates more insight in what research means and what the effects are, but also generates a number of cross links with the stakeholders involved in P&O education (see fig 1) which were not apparent before for the student. Also, the interaction with orthopaedic companies is stimulated in a broader context than is traditionally the case. A structure enhancing the interaction of educational institution, companies, research groups and institutions is presented which operates at the intersection of these stakeholders. A whole new world is therefore coming into range which will generate all kinds of new and unexplored opportunities.

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