Decision-Making on the Sustainable Development of Office Buildings: Improving the balance between the value areas People, Planet and Profit given the objectives of the organization

The Dutch government has issued a legislation that follows the Paris Agreement of 2016. This legislation means that all office buildings in 2023 must have minimum energy label C while the ambition in 2030 is to have energy label A and in 2050 zero energy buildings. It is estimated that currently more than half of the office buildings in the...

The feasibility of the energy-only market in a highly renewable European power system

The Netherlands policy on electricity steers towards a carbon neutral power generation in 2050. Among<br/>the studies that focus on long term power system research, none use the starting point of a 100%<br/>renewable power system in 2050. It is unknown if such a system is technically feasible given the<br/>variability of wind and solar. The...

What drives cybersecurity investment?: Organizational factors and perspectives from decision-makers

One of the leading perspectives from literature is that decisions about investments should be made based on a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and on a cyber-risk assessment. However, many organizations do not undertake this sophisticated analyses due to the lack of available data about costs, benefits and the impact and likelihood of attacks...

Valuing Opportunity Using Real Option Analysis: A case study in mobile telecommunication company

Most of the time, only investments with positive net present value (NPV) are considered. Such valuation does not leave free room to invest in new business, i.e. digital services which may not have a clear positive NPV. The limitation of using a NPV model in investment valuation has been extensively discussed in literature. Traditional NPV...

Power plant investment processes

This thesis reviews large scale power plant investment processes in the Netherlands based on the bounded rationality perspective. This leads implementation recommendations for use in an Agent-based model. The analyses comprise of a literature review, review of empirical results (confidential interviews) and analysis of Agent-based modeling....

Dealing with Investment Uncertainties in the European Natural Gas Market: A Stochastic Equilibrium Model for the European Natural Gas Market

New developments in the gas market urge public and private concerns to gain deeper insight into how this market is functioning. The Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN), as a leading research institute, has developed a deterministic model representing the European gas market called GASTALE. Based on this model, this research has been...

An optimal investment strategy tailored to two types of uncertainties

People invest in projects to make a profit. If the cost of investment is larger than the revenue, a rational person would not invest. Though these two statements may seem trivial, the reality is that it is often difficult to know what the expected costs and payoffs are. Like with any prediction in the future, there is always a level of...

The Dream Greenhouse for Chinese Growers

The original goal of this project is to design a win-win solution: boosting Chinese growers’ businesses, by matching their needs with Dutch know-how, then naturally establishing potential market in China for Dutch horticulture technology companies, for instance, Codema. After early research and 2-month field research, the researcher discovered...

Investeren in mogelijkheden: De haalbaarheid van een aanpasbaar kantoor

Dit onderzoek heeft ten doel om te onderzoeken of het haalbaar is om in de nieuwbouw van kantorenvastgoed de mogelijkheid van een toekomstige transformatie naar woningen in te bouwen. De haalbaarheid wordt vanuit vier perspectieven bekeken: juridische, technische, financiële en commerciële haalbaarheid.

Foreign Financing for Coastal Infrastructure in Developing Countries

While foreign investments in developing countries are declining each year, the need for help and funding grows steadily. In the coastal zone the effects of over-population, pollution and changes in climate are becoming ever clearer. This requires a suitable policy to tackle the increasing number of problems and provide the coast with the...

LNG jetties as a standard product: FELP: a Financial Evaluation model for LNG Projects

Natural gas is a highly desirable energy source because of its high calorific value and clean-burning characteristics compared to other fuels. Natural gas, which is composed primarily of methane (CH4 ) , occurs as associated and non-associated form in reservoirs. The largest gas reserves are located in remote and thinly populated areas, viz. in...