Projects
EMBRACing changE: Overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the European Neighbourhood Ghent University
Since the colour revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, and the Arab Spring in MENA, few countries in the European neighbourhood have made progress in democratisation. Instead, reverse trends towards de-democratisation and il-liberalisation can be observed. The EU-funded EMBRACE project will investigate obstacles to democratisation in the European neighbourhood and identify ways to overcome them. It will examine various types of ...
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Hasselt University
Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods for the co-creation of social, environmental and marketable NBS (URBiNAT). University of Antwerp
How do people perceive the 15-minute neighbourhoods globally? Investigating public perception across developed and developing worlds (15MINCITY). University of Antwerp
Future-proofing Heritage Buildings by Optimising Comfort and Energy in Time and Space Ghent University
The transition to climate neutrality is particularly challenging for historical cities throughout Europe, wishing to safeguard their cultural heritage and identity, while enhancing its overall energy and environmental performance. In this context, the HeriTACE project proposes innovative solutions to future-proof heritage townhouses and historical neighbourhoods in three EU climate zones in a holistic way, while preserving their heritage ...
Early Environmental quality and life-course mental health effects Ghent University
EQUAL-LIFE will develop and test combined exposure data using a novel approach to multi-modal exposures and their impact on children’ mental health and development. A combination of birth-cohort data with new sources of data, will provide insight into aspects of physical and social exposures hitherto untapped. It will do this at different scale levels and timeframes, while accounting for the distribution of exposures in social groups based ...
Future-proofing Heritage Buildings by Optimising Comfort and Energy in Time and Space KU Leuven
The HeriTACE project brings together a transdisciplinary team of research institutes, authorities, SMEs, and industry experienced in design, technology, and policymaking in the domains of conservation, buildings and energy. A significant increase in deep renovations of heritage buildings has the potential to lead to effective energy demand reductions and readiness for the transition to R2ES. Based on prior research and field knowledge ...
ECO-Life: Sustainable Zero Carbon ECO-Town Developments Improving Quality of Life across EU Ghent University
In three European countries (Belgium, Denmark and Lithuania), urban areas are transformed into sustainable zero-carbon communities. Innovative energy efficiency measures and technologies with 100% renewable energy sources are demonstrated and integrated in an overall sustainable neighbourhood design. The building physics section of Ghent University leads the energy monitoring and performance assessment of the communities, buildings and ...