Research Aviel Verbruggen

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Actualizing of methods and data to complete the envrionmental indicators for the state of the environment report of Flanders. The indicators are dealing with the energy sector. Publication on the website version of MIRA is planned.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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HERON aims at facilitating policy makers of multi-level governance in EU, to develop and monitor energy efficiency policies in building and transport sectors, through forward-looking socio-economic research in seven EU and one candidate countries.The objectives are: i. the impact of socio-economic and institutional factors on implementing energy efficiency policies and measures, ii. the development of energy-efficient pathways to the horizon 2030 and beyond taking into account the socio-economic drivers and the updated energy efficiency measures, iii. the contribution to improving energy modeling by incorporating social, educational and cultural factors so as to reflect the end-user behavior, iv. the establishment of communication channels between researchers, decision makers of different governance levels and social and market stakeholders.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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In recent years, research has shown that energy savings resulting from energy efficiency improvements have wider benefits for the economy and society such as increases in employment, GDP, energy security, positive impacts on health, ecosystems and crops or resource consumption. In order to develop more cost-effective energy efficiency policies and optimised long-term strategies in the EU, these multiple benefits have to be accounted for more comprehensively in the future. Although this field of research is growing, the findings are disperse and mostly have important gaps regarding geographic, sectorial or technical measure coverage and findings vary largely. This makes a consideration of multiple benefits in policy making and policy evaluation difficult today. The project addresses these issues and aims at closing the identified gaps by five central research innovations: 1) data gathering on energy savings and technology costs per EU country for the most relevant 20 to 30 energy efficiency measures in the residential, commercial, industrial and transport sectors, 2) developing adequate methodologies for benefit quantification, monetisation and aggregation, 3) quantifying the most important multiple benefits and where adequate, monetising, 4) developing an openly available calculation tool that greatly simplifies the evaluation of co-impacts for specific energy efficiency measures to enable decision-making and 5) developing a simple online visualisation tool for customisable graphical analysis and assessment of multiple benefits and data exportation. Project outcomes can thus directly be used by stakeholders and will help to define cost-effective policies and support policy-makers and evaluators in the development and monitoring of energy efficiency strategies and policies in the future.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This project includes the drafting of a reference framework for sustainable higher education for the Flemish higher education.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Hugé Jean

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand IWT. UA provides IWT research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand VMM. UA provides VMM research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This PhD research intends to develop of a full energy- and carbon balance of a bioenergy plantation with fast-growing poplars (Populus). A large scale operational bioenergy plantation provides the researcher with experimental data with regard to both the energy use and -production and the carbon inputs and -outputs. An elaborate life cycle analysis of the full three year rotation of the plantation is performed and all environmental costs are expressed in terms of both monetary costs and carbon costs. The information obtained from the carbon- and energy balance is included in the GORCAM-model, in order to test the carbon efficiency and the energetic performance against the economic potential of short rotation coppices.

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• Promoter: Ceulemans Reinhart
• Co-promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Fellow: El Kasmioui Ouafik

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• Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change

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• Research Project

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This project represents a formal service agreement between UA and on the other hand Belspo. UA provides Belspo research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) annually publishes a State of the Environment Report (SOER) of Flanders called MIRA-T. This report describes the state of the environment and nature in Flanders, analyses the observed evolutions and assesses the already implemented policy measures. This project aims to partially update the background document for the "Energy sector" within the context of MIRA-T.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The aim of the project is to study the rebound effects linked to the increased efficiency of energy use by Belgian households and to analyse the policy instruments to attenuate, neutralize or possibly prevent the counterproductive phenomena of rebound, in order to lead to an effective decrease in the quantity of emitted greenhouse gases (GHG). The project focuses on dwelling energy consumption and household mobility.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This project develops and tests relevant criteria for evaluation and comparison of two energy modelling tools (SEPIA-LEAP - an energy accounting simulation model and MARKAL-TIMES - a partial equilibrium energy optimisation model) as a support for deliberations on long-term sustainable energy policy in the Belgian context. Both tools are currently used in two project funded under the BELSPO programme 'Science for Sustainable Development' (2008-2010).

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This PhD research intends to develop of a full energy- and carbon balance of a bioenergy plantation with fast-growing poplars (Populus). A large scale operational bioenergy plantation provides the researcher with experimental data with regard to both the energy use and -production and the carbon inputs and ¿outputs. An elaborate life cycle analysis of the full three year rotation of the plantation is performed and all environmental costs are expressed in terms of both monetary costs and carbon costs. The information obtained from the carbon- and energy balance is included in the GORCAM-model, in order to test the carbon efficiency and the energetic performance against the economic potential of short rotation coppices.

Researcher(s)

• Promoter: Ceulemans Reinhart
• Co-promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Fellow: El Kasmioui Ouafik

Research team(s)

• Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change

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• Research Project

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This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand the Federal Public Service. UA provides the Federal Public Service research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The project intends to stimulate companies to make their products and production processes more sustainable by applying well-considered materials and materials technology. in order to realise this objective, the project consortium takes four steps. First, it investigates which incentives and impediments influence the use of innovative materials technologies. We look for and describe various concrete examples. Companies willing to testify of their experiences are interviewed and asked to fill in a small questionnaire. Lessons drawn from interviews and questionnaires are communicated to a wide audience. In case the companies concerned agree, they will present their cases to other companies in order to inspire them: to look for their own opportunities to organise their production processes and design their products in more sustainable ways via the implementation of suitable materials and materials technologies. In a third phase, interested companies are guided to discern opportunities for sustainable materials innovation with the help of an opportunity scan. Development and application of this scan is one objective of the project. In the following and final stage the project consortium will discuss, together with interested companies, opportunities for sustainable innovation and work out an implementation trajectory. The consortium will pay equal attention to the three dimensions of sustainable development: planet, people, and profit. In short, 1) by focussing a) on the meaning that companies themselves assign to the concept of sustainable development and b) on reasons and considerations of companies to use specific materals and technologies, and 2) by concentrating on knowledge diffusion towards and between companies, we will engage with the production industry in Flanders in order to contribute to sustainable development.

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• Promoter: Bergmans Anne
• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Crabbé Ann
• Co-promoter: Deblonde Marian
• Co-promoter: Loots Ilse

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• Society and Environment
• Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change
• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The integrated water policy has need to policy support systems. A Metamodel will be developed that the development of policy scenarios is on the basis of eco-physical, social and economic date supports with special attention to ecosystem services. Economic valuation and the input of a Multi-stakeholder platform of future users are of vital importance in this process.

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• Promoter: Meire Patrick
• Co-promoter: Loots Ilse
• Co-promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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In order to meet these challenging conditions for strategic knowledge production, the SEPIA project aims at innovative methodological developments in the field of policy support for a long-term sustainable energy strategy in Belgium, with an emphasis om - ong-term energy foresight from a normative perspective (using a 'back-casting' approach); - Planetary scope (the global perspective is the point of departure for defining sustainability criteria); - Governance (by checking support for long-term energy scenarios with a wide range of energy policy actors); - Integrated assessment (trom energy services to primary energy demands, including all life-cycle stage of energy technologies); - Interdisciplinarity (analysis from technological/economic/sociological perspectives); - Uncertainties in the long run (uncertainty management). Although the SEPIA project focuses on the Belgian energy system (strongly embedded in the European context), the (methodological) reflections of course have a much wider relevance.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Fellow: Verbeke Stijn

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The study is a brief policy advice regarding the optimal strategy of the city for the supply of drinking water to the inhabitants and companies located in Ypres, given the changes going on in this sector.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The ultimate object of the NEEDS Integrated Project is to evaluate the full costs (i.e. direct + external) of energy policies and of future energy systems, both at the level of individual countries and for the enlarged EU as a whole.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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In preparation of the upcoming MIRA-S scenario report MTT will develop a `scenario-definition model' aka `SAVER' for the commercial sector. This model should allow the appraisal of different user-defined policy scenario's (sets of both measures and instruments) as regards energy consumption per energy carrier (coal, natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, ') and the ensuing environmental pressures (climate change, acid deposition, photochemical oxidation, ') of the commercial sector. Environmental pressure will also be accounted for per pollutant (SOx, NOx, CO2, CH4, '). The emissions balance will be harmonized with current estimation methods at VMM. During the construction of the model use will be made of an analysis technique called 'energy accounting'. This technique allows considering both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the analysis, thus leaving the opportunity to employ both judgmental and formal mathematical models.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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For the state-of-the-environment report for Flanders MIRA-T 2004, STEM co-authored the chapter on environmental pressures emanating from the energy sector in Flanders. STEM also co-authored the scientific report for this particular chapter.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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This research project aims to develop evaluation criteria and indicators to assess university research on elements of sustainable development. It also seeks to gain insights into the implementation of such evaluation criteria at a university, taking into account the broader institutional context in which university research is accomplished. Qualitative research methods will be used.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Goorden Lieve
• Co-promoter: Masson Henri

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The elaboration and redaction of chapter 1.3 on Energy for the MIRA-report (report on the state of the environment in Flanders).

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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For the state-of-the-environment report for Flanders MIRA-T 2002, STEM co-authored the chapter on environmental pressures emanating from the energy sector in Flanders. STEM also co-authored the scientific report for this particular chapter.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The creation of liberalised Single European Markets has led to higher efficiency in the supply of electricity and gas. However, there still are numerous barriers to energy efficiency, and a higher involvement of energy companies in activities promoting energy efficiency in end-use. The European Commission has thus proposed to support the development of the market for Energy Services as a priority area in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan. Both the Energy Council and the European Parliament confirmed this priority. Appropriate EU policy initiatives may be proposed until or during 2002.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The creation of liberalised Single European Markets has led to higher efficiency in the supply of electricity and gas. However, there still are numerous barriers to energy efficiency, and a higher involvement of energy companies in activities promoting energy efficiency in end-use. The European Commission has thus proposed to support the development of the market for Energy Services as a priority area in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan. Both the Energy Council and the European Parliament confirmed this priority. Appropriate EU policy initiatives may be proposed until or during 2002.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The Belgian government, recognising that energy efficiency is an important pillar in climate change mitigation, has asked to prepare a global programme for the improvement of energy efficiency on the demand side. The present project aims to provide the basis for such a programme. The tasks are to estimate the energy demand in Belgium, to ascertain the potential to reduce this energy demand, to provide justifiable and pragmatic recommendations on the priority measures that Belgium should introduce to manage energy demand and reduce GHG emissions in all the key energy-using sectors to list actions that need to be taken to overcome barriers to their implementation, and to identify the human and financial resources required to make these measures operational.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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Gearing social scientific research to health and environmental policy options requires knowledge-building in three areas: ° insight into risk perceptions and assessments by the public; ° insight into adequate ways of communicating about risks and risk assessments; insight into the new communicative role of the authorities in the context of a more proactive and preventive position in relation to environmental and health risks. Attention needs to be focused on how these insights can be translated into practicable tools for existing institutions, networks and procedures in health and environmental policy.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Goorden Lieve
• Co-promoter: Loots Ilse

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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Given the scientific and social complexity of current environmental policy issues, Flemish environmental policy is in need of innovation in relation to decision-making. The purpose of this project is to put forward promising concepts and methods for interactive and argumentative decision-making. Comparative case studies of foreign and Flemish experiences with the implementation of such concepts will result in a practicable checklist of local points which civil servants could use in the design of processes of interactive and argumentative decision-making. The ultimate goal of this project is to test and improve this checklist through action research focusing on the interactive development of a long-term vision on sustainable development and environmental policy planning in Flanders.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Goorden Lieve
• Co-promoter: Loots Ilse

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• Engineering Management

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• Research Project

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The project aims at estimating the economically feasible energy conservation potential of the existing housing stock. To achieve this, a methodology will be developed to estimate the thermal efficiency of existing dwellings by means of surveys. At the same time, the characteristics of the households that are likely to be important determinants of energy conservation investment behaviour have to be measured. The combination of the economically feasible conservation potential and the behavioural parameters will lead to the determination of efficient policy measures.

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• Co-promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The goal of the project is to put forward an appropriate mix of interactive technology assessment methods fot the stimulation of a sound public debate on biothechnology in Flanders.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Goorden Lieve

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• Research Project

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The project focusses on aspects and problems concerning the communication and perception of risks, as well as the possibilities for public participation during the process of risk analysis. This should enable researchers in the domain of `Environment and Health', but also policy makers and the population to deal with the different aspects of risk analysis in a more efficient way. Goal is to bring together insights from the relevant social-scientific literature in the field of risks (perception, communication, evaluation, acceptance, ') and to make it usable for scientists active in the different phases of risk analysis (identification, assessment, evaluation, communication).

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The purpose of this study is (I) to provide a short but clear description of the current position of the electricity provision inn order to recognize its strengths and weaknesses; (ii) examine which strategies for electricity provision are available on the medium long term (2005-2010); (iii) evaluation of a few feasible strategies by using pre-decided evaluation criteria.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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In the third phase the models for petroleum refinery, the influyence of traffic and electricitty production on the environment, and databases for the management of water in Flanders that were developed in earlier fases are installed and fully implemented at the services of the commisioner (the Flemish Environmental Agency).In addidtion, support is offered to the construction of the scenario report 2000.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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This project wants to stimulate the impleme,ntation of the small-sized cogeneration technology and to improve energy utilization and recuce Greenhouse Gas emission. This project should give the Institute of Environmnetal Science and Engineering of Zhejiang University (China), STEM of UFSIA and the University of Ghent the ability to provide the following advisory services in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shangai District of China and Flanders als well as the whole of China and Belgium: thechnical evaluation, economic analysis and engineering design of small sized cogeneration.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Sierens Roger

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• Research Project

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The literature on the issue of barriers to climate change policies is explored, reviewed and summarized in reports. The gathered know-how is then used to investigate the presence of barriers in Belgium, and to propose solutions to overcome or alleviate the impact of the barriers on climate change policy making and policy effectiveness.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The goal of the project is to support the contribution of the federal institutions to existing initiatives. This support consist of contributing to a sustainable development information system by describing the federal data sources, contributing to the consolidation and promotion of the EIONET on the federal level, making an inventory of all the obligations to deliver environmental information, identifying the imperfections in the ferderal activities and suggesting actions for the future.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The yearly MIRA T-report is a scientific base for environmental year programmes to be presented by the Minister of the Environment, together with the yearly budget. The project holder is the coordinaring author responsible for the one theme of the report: 'Management of waste substances'

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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In order to explain and control the energy demant in the Flanders region STEM will develop a computer model based on updated and uniform data regarding user groups of energy and energy applications. The research will provide a better understanding of the factors determining energy use, and therefore the decision maker will be able to deduct measures to influence the energy use and the appropriate instruments to implement these measures.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The research consists of three parts. First, the tasks of the electricity sector are described from the point of viewof the industrial economy. Based on this information, we compose a list of criteria and methods of assessment. This list presents an normative frame for evaluating the different markets and options of regulations. Next, we compare the markets and regulations in e few selected countries, where liberalisation is already in progression e.g. California, United Kingdom, Norway and the Netherlands. The analysis of the different markets and systems of regulating lead to a notion of the possibilities and problems involved. Finally, the information and knowledge gained in first two parts are compared to the Belgian reality. Wr then decide which market organisation and regulations are desirable, necessary and feasable.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Pauwels Wilfried

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• Research Project

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Environmental policy in the future is based on the understanding of the environmental state and of the trend developing. Information and data is necessary to reach such knowledge. This project identifies and describes the most relevant sources of environmental data, and presents data dictionaries of the most relevant databanks. The methods and models used by the authorities for extrapolating data or completing data are also inventorised and evaluated. Finally, we make propositions in order to adjust the different databanks, mehods, definitions and nomenclatures to each other.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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By means of about 20 interviews with leading company managers and by means of a round table conference, the King Baudouin Foundation will assess the possibilities and problems experienced by the companies in the amtter of sustainable development.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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STEM is responsable for studying the effect of a change of a part of the waste transport from road transport to inland navigation on externalities, and how this effect should be calculated.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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This project focuses on environmental decision making os one of the main components in establishing a policy towards sustainability. The government has to create an open decision making process that can encompass the complexity of the various environmental issues and that can involve the target groups in the process of decision making.//..The project's goal is the drafting of a handbook (a script) for use during the set-up of broad decision processes (e.g. the preparation of an environmental policy plan and the public debate about it).

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The aim of this project is to carry out research on levers for promoting sustainable development in the Belgian industry. The project consists of four stages: 1) analysis of the environment pressure caused by the belgian industry; 2) selection of indicators forsustainable development in the industry; 3) classification of the companies within an industrial secto in 'prevention' categories and //..4) case study: application to an industrial sector

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION program 'Labour and Environment' fits in the foundation's concern for long lasting unemployed people with little opportunities for a regular job. //..Six selected organisations should pursue a twofold goal. Firstly, providing education and training for the deprived unemployed enhancing their opportunities. Secondly, the program should involve labour in nature conservation activities. //..STEM muest evaluate the whole program and answer the question: 'Are this kind of co-opertaions and the sector of nature conservation suited to employ the target group?' and evaluate the working of the 6 selected organisations: 'What is the actual accomplishment of the Organisations?'

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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This consists of the inventory of the environmental tasks in Flanders on medium-term and an estimation of the costs and means related

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The MiNa council wants to have an overview and an understanding of the social debate concerning the management of environment and nature in Flanders with the aim to direct it to a durable development of environment and nature. From a social point of view, tqking decisions in the field of environment and nature is a complex process with a diversity of targets groups controlling the key positions to the necessary changes. These target groups have very different visions on society (mental maps), economic interests and organisational and political balances of power. Within this broad framework of different and sometimes even opposite visions and interests, one has to situate the relation between economics and environment. This research project starts with this elaborate situation profile.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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Further to the second report on the environment and nature, the partial models will be adjusted and finalized to integrate them in lager units. The available models will be installed and taken into operation. This wik lead to the third report on the envrionment and nature.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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For the implementation of the EU directive 96/92/EG on the electricity markets , the research project investigates necessary legal and regulatory changes in Belgium-Flanders. Different regulatory options for the access to the market (Third Party Access or Single Buyer-system) and for electricity generation (tenderingor authorization procedure) are evaluated, and the tasks for the regulator are discussed. The objective is to indicate ways for a new efficient regulatory framework.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The project develops a simulation model for evaluating combinations of CO²-emission reduction measures in terms of CO²-emission reduction and cost effectiveness. This simulation model makes the link between the scenarios set out by the global models (like ETSAP) and the practical implementation of CO²-emission reduction measures by the energy user. We will confine ourselves to a number of target groups and energy-activities, e.g. the target groups commercial, residential and industrial sectors and the energy-activities housing, electrical appliances and generic technologies.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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• Research Project

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The project leader provides his expertise in the field of management sciences for the presentation of the belgian environmental management on the occasion of the execution of the 'Environmental Performance Review' of the OECD , wich will take place during 1997 and 1998. He will offer his scientific experience and know-how by taking up the co leadership of the working group in charge of the preparation of the review, founded by the intra ministrial conference for the Environment.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The PRESTI-program aims at waste and emission prevention in industrial sectors. The scope of this study is the wood-panel industry. The sector is analysed on economic, technical and environmental aspects. Case-studies are conducted. The research leads to a manual, containing practical waste prevention options, overviews of relevant legislation and a methodology for waste prevention based on the experiences in quality management.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The PRESTI-program aaims at waste and emission prevention in industrial sectors. The scope of this study is the roadconstruction industry. The sector is analysed on economic, technical and environmental aspects. Casestudies are conducted. The research leads to a manual, containing waste prevention options, overviews of relevant legislation and methodology for waste prevention.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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In the strategic plan which is designed for the municipal Water Service of the City Ieper, different scenarios on investment needs, tariff policy, ... are elaborated.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
• Co-promoter: Nonneman Walter

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The PRESTI-program aims at waste and emission prevention in industrial sectors, in this study the construction sector. The construction sector is examined on both economical, technical and environmental aspects. Case-studies are conducted. The research leads to a manual, containing practical and feasible options to minimize waste and emissions on the building site.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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With the support of the PRESTI-program (PREvention STImulation) of the Flemish government, a study was made on the technical, economical and environmental aspects of the joinery sector. The results of this sectoral study and the case-studies led to a manual containing practical prevention guidelines for the joinery sector.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study contains a detailed analysis of the different tariffs charged by the Flemish cities in order to finance the costs of the collection and disposal of household waste. How much does a modal family in the different cities yearly pay for its production of household waste? Secondly, recommendations are given in order to introduce a well-balanced pricing, where well-balanced stands for maximum promotion of prevention and re-use, not leading to illegal dumping.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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Beside a short economic description of the sector, the processes (storing, cleaning, removal of old paints, application techniques) and their environmental impacts are studied. Waste prevention solution are proposed in an actionplan. Finally an environmental manual is drawn up with prevention tips, guidelines for environmental management and a review of environmental legislation.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The power expansion plan 1996-2006 submitted by the central board of the electricity companies is critically investigated and alternative developments are suggested along with policy measures to engage the latter.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study will generate 3 documents://..1) a sectoral description of butchery activities (economic, technical and environmental)//..2) reports of 10 case-studies//..3) a manual on waste and emission prevention and environmental management for butchery activities.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The aim of this project is to establish a statistical system for a policy about the drinking water sector. The second aim is to construct pricing strategies in the sector.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study will generate 3 documents://..1) a description of the carpentry and joinery sector (economic, technical and environmental)//..2) reports of 4 case-studies//..3) a manual on waste and emission prevention in the carpentry and joinery sector

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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For the second state-of-the-environment report in Flanders, a more structured approach is undertaken. For the main economic sectors, models are developed to help run scenario studies. The models consist of a data base with conversion modules between the tables. Existing theories and models are summarized in the comprehensive approach.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study will generate 3 documents://..1) a description of the sector of wooden packings, wood preservation and wooden construction elements//..2) reports of 3 case-studies//..3) a manual on waste and emission prevention and environmental management in this sector.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study will generate 3 documents://..1) a description of the wooden furniture industry (economic, technical and environmental)//..2) reports of 3 case-studies//..3) a manual on waste and emission prevention and environmental management in the furniture sector.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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The study will generate 3 documents://..1) a sectoral descrpition of the Antwerp stevedoring companies (economic, technical and environmental description)//..2) reports of 2 case-studies and//..3) a manual on waste prevention and environmental management in stevedoring activities + terminal operations.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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Study is made of the Belgian and Flemish energy policy in the last decades. The analysis has to end in concrete propositions of policy change in order to promote energy conservation and renewable resources.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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This study aims (a) at a detailed description of the waste problem (amount of waste, processing of waste, legal framework, governmental aims), and (b) at a description of a possible approach. In addition, this study wants to answer a number of questions with regard to an operational organisational structure for the waste policy (role of the various partners) and the feasability of recycling activities in the Antwerp region (financial benefit, environmental benefit, effect on employment).

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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Employers of firms subject to the Seveso directive and local authorities must inform employees and neighbours about risks and safety measures. This project investigates the actual state of risk communication and will result in a procedure of risk communication that can be used on a general scale by firms and local authorities.

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• Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel

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