Sustainable business models for social innovation: The case of renewable energy cooperatives

The European Union has set its goal to produce at least 20 percent of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources by the year 2020. This ambitious measurement was taken to reduce the anthropogenic GHG emissions in order to mitigate the consequences of climate change. The economic and technical oriented strategies to...

An explorative study on business models for sustainability using STOF and stress-testing

De maatschappelijke acceptatie van compressed air energy storage

Bachelorthesis waar de maatschappelijke acceptatie van de energie opslagtechniek compressed air energy storage (CAES) is onderzocht met behulp van Structural Equation Modeling. CAES kan als opslagtechniek bijdragen aan het verhelpen van de variabiliteit en onvoorspelbaarheid van een duurzame energievoorziening. Bij CAES wordt elektriciteit in de...

Exploration of an Open ICT Platform for Energy Monitoring towards a Sustainable Economy

There are two important perspectives in Green ICT (Green Information & Communication Technology). First, is the Primary Level Segment (PLS) which deals with minimizing the negative impact of ICT use on environment and greening the ICT infrastructure of an organization [4]. Second, is the High Level Segment (HLS) which uses ICT as an enabler to...

Exergy analysis of the Car as Power Plant

The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. The Green Village, a project of the TU Delft, developed a solution for a new renewable energy system: The Car as Power Plant. The concept of the Car as Power Plant is that fuel cell cars not only can be used as an efficient and...

The decision support environment for energy transition: What are the benefits of combining a qualitative serious game and a quantitative decision support tool in order to provide necessary insights for the key stakeholders?

This research proposes a decision support environment to assist the main stakeholders (The Municipality, Consumers, Network operators, Energy providers and Technology enablers) during the energy transition decision making process at city level. The research is a part of the TRANSFORM project’s work package three. The TRANSFORM project develops a...

A supplier management approach based on carbon performance criteria_ Case study: Royal DSM

During the past decade there has been an increasing interest towards sustainable development and environmental management from corporate organizations, with efforts extending across their value chain to their partners. On the one hand, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most commonly used tool for measuring the environmental performance of a...

Sustainability Maturity Model: The Pilot Sustainability Agenda-Setting in Business

The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Sustainable development is a young, developing field in which many standards, certificates, and initiatives are spawning. Companies are expected to work on sustainable development by its customers, investors, and society in...

Technology Assessment of sustainable options for the Dutch gas sector: A refined methodology combining Multi-Criteria-Decision Making with Pathway Analysis

Long term planning for the water supply system of the Metropolitan Area of Amsterdam under new water saving regimes of the retail customers: Understanding the system and addressing uncertainties

The centralized drinking water supply system of the Metropolitan Area of Amsterdam, operated and owned mainly by Waternet, has high performance indicators and satisfies the full demand for water in the urban grid and surrounding areas on a full cost recovery basis. Social and technological developments, stemming mainly from (i) the increasing...

Can REDD+ contribute to private sector development in sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production in Rwanda?

The expected increase in future demand of biomass feedstock in Rwanda cannot be met because of constraints at the supply side. This has a negative effect on the energy security for Rwandese in the future and the income generated for the Rwandan population involved in biomass feedstock production. There are, however, opportunities to stimulate...

Exploring integration options in the energy sector, Including a case study of the integration of solar thermal energy into a combined cycle power plant

Energy and the environment are major issues of discussion in the last years. Security of energy supply in the future is questionable, as energy reserves are depleting. Moreover, damage has been caused to the environment by human actions. Therefore, sustainability has become a major challenge. Scientists and researchers around the world are...

Duurzaam ondernemen bij Sappi Nijmegen: Hoe duurzaamheid geïntegreerd kan worden in de dagelijkse bedrijfsvoering van een papierfabriek

Sustainability is a key issue for Sappi Ltd. and much is communicated via the sustainability report which is issued yearly. The mission, vision, strategy and targets are defined for a 5 year time frame. Although the audience of the report is not limited to external, the report has little attention within the mills. Mission, vision, strategy and...

Implementing Sustainability in the Built Environment

There is a growing desire for sustainable design, both with firms and their clients in the built environment. However sustainability is not always integrated into designs in the same uniform manner, or at the same level. Barriers and carriers exist that influence the design and its level of sustainability for consulting engineering firms....

The Sustainable Footprint Methodology: Including sustainability in the project management of the Bergermeer Gas Storage project

The Combined Carbon and Water Footprint of Organizations

This thesis states the development of a theoretical framework for determining the combined carbon and water footprint of organizations. It consists of a conceptual model, the description of an applicable spreadsheet model and a six-step framework for general application.

The Future of Delft Open Courseware - How to build a sustainable environment for Open Educational Resources

Delft University of Technology started publishing some of her course materials online from September 2007 in a project called Delft Open Courseware (OCW). This report discusses the future of this project, describes important issues that should be addressed in order to become sustainable, and ends with an advice on how this can be done.