Project

ACE - Answers to the carbon economy

Acronym

ACE

Code

41D08910W

Duration

01 August 2009 → 30 September 2014

Funding

European funding: various

Promotor

Lieven Vandevelde

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.