How to integrate natural air-conditioning in the transformation of structural vacant office buildings to apartments in the Netherlands?

The Earth Wind and Fire system (EWF), designed by Ben Bronsema, is a system that creates natural air-conditioning. This is designed for office buildings and the open floor spaces that come with such a function. On the moment of writing this paper, a large portion (7.28 million m2) of the office buildings are structurally vacant in the Netherlands. A building is structurally vacant if it is not used for three or more years. Next to this there is a need for dwellings. The research will look into the EWF system itself, first by explaining it and secondly by trying to adapt it so it can be used as a heating system. This is done by a literature study and by consulting Ben Bronsema. Combining the findings of the research will generate a system to apply the EWF system to the mentioned transformation, which will result in apartments with natural air-conditioning and possibly a Nearly Zero Energy Building. Hilde Remøy, a researcher at the TU Delft, has done much research about transformations of structurally vacant office buildings to apartments in the Netherlands. The goal of this research is to delve into those transformations, and specifically into transformations from structurally vacant office buildings to apartments, and see if the EWF system is applicable, and if needed, how to adapt it so it can be applied. The transformations will be used as a case study to see what is generally common in such transformations and where possible problems/chances lie for the EWF system. The use of this system on apartments will result in a reduction of carbon emissions. This is in line with the need to reduce the carbon emission according to the agreement with the EU, which is 20% lower than the total carbon emission in 1990.

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structurally vacant office buildings
natural ventilation
office redevelopment
stacked dwelling
NZEB
earth, wind and fire
Ben Bronsema
zero energy

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