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Energy Transition

The multidisciplinary core of the DAT Energy Transition allows to bridge academic depth with societal implementation capacity,  while adopting a system-thinking approach that embraces complexity, uncertainty, and co-creation.

By joining forces in research, funding, showcasing and policy, the DAT-ET offers a unique platform to integrate scientific excellence with societal leadership. This way, DAT-ET converts scientific knowledge into actionable pathways for a just and affordable energy future.

The energy transition lies at the heart of the transformation to a climate-neutral, resilient, and affordable built environment by 2035. The 4TU+ institutions have the shared responsibility of contributing to the shaping of past energy systems and leveraging our collective strengths to accelerate the transition toward a just, circular, and data-driven energy future.

Domain Acceleration Team Energy Transition

With this vision in mind, the DAT Energy Transition in the built environment community is committed to mission-oriented, transdisciplinary, and action-based research, in which academic insight is directly connected to societal experimentation.
To convert the energy transition into transformation, DAT-ET moves beyond fragmented innovation towards systemic transformation, in close cooperation with public and private parties.

The DAT Energy Transition community is a collaboration between researchers from the TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Twente University of Technology, Wageningen University and Research, and The Hague University of Applied Science.
Together, the transdiciplinary team of researchers has joined forces in research including a NWO-KIC funding proposal (more information will be shared later) and prerations for the Energy Transitions series books, enriching the current Energy Transition literature.

Acceleration trough events:

Besides of joining forces in research, the DAT Energy Transition community aims to truely accelerate the Energy Transition in the Built environment trough (networking) events.

Curious what DAT-ET has to offer? Join us at one of the upcoming events:

1. Sustainable Built Environment Conference

We are pleased to invite you the Sustainable Built Environment Conference (SBE27 Delft) from 5 to 7 October 2027 at TU Delft, save the date! 

More information can be found on the SBE27 Delft website.

2. 4TU.BE DAT Energy Transition Tour

We are pleased to invite you the to the next Meetup event at Wageningen University & Research, in february 2027!
More information on this Meetup will follow soon.

The DAT Energy Transition Tour is a collaborative initiative aimed at strengthening the community and fostering ecosystem development across the 4TU+ institutions.  Through these campus engagements, DAT Energy Transition seeks to catalyze interdisciplinary collaboration and accelerate progress in the energy transition.

 After three  successful meetup at the TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and Twente University of Technology, the fourth stop of the DAT Energy Transition Tour will be Wageningen University in February 2027. More information on this Meetup will follow.
The DAT Energy Transition Tour aims to  exchange insights, align research directions, and further accelerate the energy transition by joined 4TU DAT ET projects.

3.  Built Environment Energy Transition (BEET) summerschool

The DAT Energy Transition community is currently in the preparition phase of the BEET summerschool, in collaboration with Green Business Challenge


 DAT Energy Transition Team

Would you like to contribute to the DAT Energy Transition research or upcoming events? Reach out to Queena Qian and Roderick Vaasen:

Coordinator and Student Assistant
Queena Qian
Delft University of Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment
Roderick Vaasen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Contact Person - Student Assistant
Core team members
Michiel Fremouw
Delft University of Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment
Thomas Hoppe
University of Twente - Technology, Policy and Management
Dujuan Yang
Eindhoven University of Technology - Built Environment
Sol Maria Halleck Vega
Wageningen University & Research - Spatial Economics and Sustainability Transitions
Dedicated 4TU.BE MT-members
Maarten Hornikx
Eindhoven University of Technology - Built Environment
Torsten Schröder
Eindhoven University of Technology - Built Environment