In the Interreg EMR project “Rolling Solar” seven research entities and thirteen companies collaborate on the development and demonstration of PV-integrated road elements and road infrastructure, to generate electricity from sunlight without additional use of land while hiding the technology from sight.
RE-USE aims to accelerate material reuse in the built environment across the Meuse-Rhine region. The project tackles 4 key barriers: data management, legal challenges, practical implementation and cross-border collaboration.
Reïnkarneer focuses on developing a common language for recycled content.
Students and residents are empowering Limburg’s towns with knowledge booster.
The Research Center for Smart Urban Redesign aims to improve liveability, life quality and wellbeing in neighbourhoods using technical and non-technical solutions for the definition and development of the Limburg region future identity.
Het onderzoeksdomein van het expertisecentrum richt zich op het ondersteunen van internationaal georiënteerde kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen (MKB) en multinationale ondernemingen in Limburg bij het realiseren van hun duurzaamheidsambities. Het doel van het centrum is MKB-managers te voorzien van concrete en diepgaande inzichten in zowel interne als externe duurzaamheidsaspecten, die in aanmerking kunnen worden genomen bij de strategische besluitvorming binnen hun organisatie.
The Future of Food is a topic much debated in the last decade. Its importance and need for direction is evident in the formulated ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ set for 2030 by the United Nations. Twelve out of a total of seventeen of these goals can be attributed to food, from consumer health through nutritious food consumption to the food production process and waste across the food system. We are living in times where the need for change and transformation of our food consumption and supplying sectors is more urgent than ever before. This urgency is particularly visible by examining the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic which has caused devastating conditions but also sparked new innovations across the food service sector globally. For many stakeholders this has vast consequences, from limiting and adjusting consumption behaviour to closing of businesses and unemployment. As we persevere through this challenging period, this is also a time and opportunity for radical innovation towards a more sustainable path of our industries.
An increasing number of people have overweight, are obese or have (a higher risk of developing) chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases and chronic pain. In addition, many people have difficulty achieving and maintaining a healthy active lifestyle. The current shift in healthcare also implies that people take more responsibility for their own health.
Many innovations are dependent on materials. The wide variety of ways in which materials can be applied requires them to have a broad palette of characteristics. Plastics with suitable characteristics for specific applications can be produced with the correct design, synthesis, and processing of molecules. With the depletion of raw fossil fuels and the effects of emissions on the climate, there is increased pressure to produce materials in a more responsible and conscious way.
Technology Driven Art is an artistic research group dealing with the influence of technology on the evolution of the Arts. Technology Driven Art organises practice based, artistic research projects across all the Art departments, involving the Arts students of Zuyd University.
The Research Centre for Professional Communication in a Digitalizing Society conducts research into the impact of digitalization on professional communication in various professional domains.
The Research Centre for Assistive Technology in Health Care at Zuyd University wants to make an active contribution to innovations in long-term care. Research is being conducted and innovation projects are being carried out in collaboration with health-care institutes, professionals, companies, health-care clients, and clients of knowledge institutes. We then apply the results from the research and innovation projects to education and real-life health care practices.
