Residential buildings account for a significant amount of the national energy consumption of all OECD countries and consequently the EU and the Netherlands. Therefore, the national targets for CO2 reduction should include provisions for a more

energy efficient building stock for all EU member states.

National and European level policies the past decades have improved the quality of the building stock by setting stricter standards on the external envelope of newly made buildings, the efficienc...

Star Route 1 is the fifth Center Pivot publication the Last Chance Press of M12 Studio. Co-publishers: M12 Collective and the Last Chance Press.

Through interdisciplinary approaches, this series explores and connects the changing realities of rural landscapes and communities around the world.

Like the network of post offices presented herein, Star Route 1 is itself a precise arrangement of distances. Alongside pin-board messages, crop prices, reconfigured addresses, and a horse named Montana...

Failed Images probeert fotografie te begrijpen als een medium dat de realiteit transformeert. Het boek analyseert verschillende manieren waarop een foto die transformatie activeert. De mogelijkheden van de fotografie worden niet alleen bepaald door technische kenmerken, maar ook door de gangbare benaderingen van het medium, waarbij de ‘snapshot’ dominant is. Maar er zijn veel verschillende benaderingen mogelijk, en dus ook veel verschillende soorten fotografische beelden.

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After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making its way from the margins: commonism, with an o in the middle. It is based on the values of sharing, common (intellectual) ownership and new social cooperations. Commoners assert that social relationships can replace money (contract) relationships. They advocate solidarity and they trust in peer-to-peer relationships to develop new ways of production.

Commonism maps those new ideological thoughts. How do t...

Practical hands-on knowledge in the operational use of electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS). The guide gives an overview of the principles of ECDIS navigation.