Transitioning Together, sparking change towards the energy transition: A handbook on Social Contagion

Having directly observed one of the most rapidly spreading global pandemics, we understand more than ever the power of contagion. In today’s interconnected world, trends originating in one corner, whether it’s a disease, clothing fashion, or an online social media challenge, can swiftly gain momentum on the opposite side of the globe, often...

The best value approach in the Netherlands: A reflection on past, present and future

More than 15 years ago Dean Kashiwagi created a process called BVP/PIPS (Best Value Procurement/Performance Information Procurement System) at Arizona State University. PIPS is a procurement method that aims to select the most suitable vendor for the job, to spur this vendor on to highest performance, and to reduce the client’s management and...

Best value procurement: Lessons learned in The Netherlands

This paper focuses on the application of BVP methodology in The Netherlands. BVP in the Netherlands is applied in and outside construction (ship building, IT, health care), in the public sector as well as in the private sector and across numerous phases in (different) supply chains. In 2010 BVP is on its way to become a new way of procurement in...

The Dutch Construction Industry: An Overview and Its Use of Performance Information

This paper gives an overview of the Dutch Construction industry and elaborates further on its use of performance information. After giving an overview of the Dutch construction industry depicting size, major contractors, growth, profitability, value added, costs, productivity, this section is concluded by giving future predictions of the...

The value of firm-addressable resources for European Airports

Biodiesel from rapeseed and bio-ethanol

Document uit de collectie Chemische Procestechnologie

BlO-Diesel from Rapeseed and BlO-Ethanol