Waar is het water gebleven dat ooit zo rijkelijk over het Marsoppervlak vloeide? Wat weten we over het klimaat dat de afgelopen paar miljard jaar op de Rode Planeet heerste? Waarom verschillen het vlakke noordelijke en het bergachtige zuidelijke halfrond zo van elkaar? Dit boek duikt in de tien grootste mysteries rondom onze buurman in het zonnestelsel. Het vertelt over de nieuwste inzichten die een halve eeuw aan foto’s en gegevens van Marsmissies hebben opgeleverd. Het boek zit bomvol bee...

Looking at Central European building projects illustrates an awareness of sustainability and the need to save energy. This trend is based on the finiteness of natural resources, and is thus wise to follow. Developments in this region including passive house technologies, and energy plus solutions that create more energy than they use have become realisable. But it is not increasing technological knowledge alone that supported these developments; the Central European climate makes it possible ...

This doctoral thesis presents research on the integration and transfer of knowledge from the specialized field of urban microclimatology into the generic field of urban design. Both fields are studied in order to identify crosslinks and reveal gaps. The main research question of the research is: How can the design of urban neighbourhoods contribute to microclimates that support physical well-being and what kind of information and form of presentation does the urban designer need in order to m...

The research reported in this dissertation contains three complementary and overlapping parts:

One, “findings”: It assesses the factors of urban morphology that contribute to increased rates of greenhouse gas emissions per capita, and the ways they interact. It finds a significant but underrepresented set of factors, distinct from but relating the factors at the individual building scale and the scale of regional transportation systems.

Two, “strategies”: It assesses the methodologies...

Plastics worden wel eens dé uitvinding van het industriële tijdperk genoemd. Tot 1856 worden alle materialen gemaakt door de natuur op een of andere manier te bewerken. De naar de VS uitgeweken Gentenaar Leo Baekeland neemt in 1907 het patent voor zijn uitvinding van de eerste synthetische kunststof: bakeliet. De isolerende, hitte- en vochtbestendige eigenschappen worden al snel gewaardeerd in de industrie. Maar ook in huishoudelijke context: stopcontacten, stofzuigers, scheerapparaten, str...

The solutions manual to accompany Organic Chemistry provides fully-explained solutions to problems that accompany each chapter of the second edition of the book.

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