Sep 20, 2022
By Ashley Laflin and Julia Jansen, WAAG In March and April, in cooperation with the projects Atelier and Centrinno, Pakhuis de Zwijger and architect Thijs van Spaandonk, two afternoons of events were organized in Amsterdam Noord. Through a neighbourhood walk and a...
Jun 21, 2022
By Marije Poel, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Learning is a continuous process in innovation projects. Learning takes place all the time, implicit and explicit. We have the ambition to learn from the realization of the Positive Energy Districts in...
May 17, 2022
The development of a (new) district also requires the planning of mobility infrastructure to suffice the needs of the future inhabitants. New districts offer the possibility to design this infrastructure in such a way that demands are fulfilled but the impact on its...
Apr 13, 2022
By Rudy Rooth, City of Amsterdam What is congestion? Congestion is well known in relation to traffic. Jams develop when the capacity of the road network is insufficient to cope with the amount of vehicles. Congestion in electricity grids is generally known as an...
Feb 7, 2022
By Willem van Winden, professor of Urban Economic Innovation at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences In the Atelier project, Amsterdam and Bilbao are building Positive Energy Districts: urban districts that create more energy than they consume and do it in a CO2...
Dec 15, 2021
This article by Rick Wolbertus , Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences explains the importance to include electric transport in Positive Energy Districts. To examine if a district is energy positive, it is necessary to define clear boundaries to determine which...
