Project

ACE - Answers to the carbon economy

Acronym
ACE
Code
41D08910W
Duration
01 August 2009 → 30 September 2014
Funding
European funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Energy in buildings and built environments
    • Environmental and sustainable planning
    • Renewable power and energy systems engineering
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering not elsewehere classified
Keywords
eco-industrial park sustainability carbon neutrality business park
 
Project description

Develoment of a methodology to implement carbon neutrality and sustainability principles at business, business cluster and business park level. This is translated into case studies and a low carbon manual for businesses, policy makers, business park managers and developers. Furthermore, a techno-economic energy model is in development that enables the identification of an economically and environmentally optimal energy system configuration.