Future trends for biojet fuel and biosuccinic acid production in São Paulo state, Brazil: An agent-based modelling and simulation approach to explore institutional barriers and opportunities

Within the context of growing concerns about oil supply security and greenhouse gas emissions, both the aviation and petrochemical sector are exploring alternative feedstocks for the production of jet fuel and chemicals, respectively. In that light, research into bio-based jet fuels (biojet fuel) and bio-based chemicals has been accelerating in...

On the Edge of Sustainable Urban Freight Distribution: Research on the Diversity of Perspectives Towards Urban Freight Consolidation

In order to find a solution for the negative externalities that come along with the urban freight demand due to increasing residents in urban areas a previous thesis of Roger Peters (2012), about the impact of municipal decisions on the city distribution system of Breda, concludes that road pricing together with the availability of an urban...

Designing a scorecard to create insight into partnerships between traditional energy companies and Dutch cities on the sustainable energy topic

This research focuses on collaborations between traditional energy companies and cities to increase the sustainability of cities and will be illustrated by the Vattenfall Sustainable Cities case. The environment of traditional energy companies like Vattenfall is changing. Renewable, distributed and more efficient energy generation technologies...

Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility performance: An analysis of the Rabobank Netherlands

Perceptions of individuals do not necessarily match reality. Neither does the perceived and actual corporate sustainability performance. It could be quite the opposite. The actual performance could improve while the perceived performance declines or vice versa. A mismatch between perceptions and reality can entail risks or business opportunities...

Analyzing the transition towards alternative vehicles in advanced and emerging economies

This research analyzes the effect of market differences between advanced and emerging economies on the diffusion of alternative vehicle platforms (AVPs). A system dynamics simulation model was built and used to explore this transition case. This model considers two generic regions resembling advanced and emerging economies, and three generic...

Improving the sustainability of project organisations: Making the activities of Rijkswaterstaat more sustainable

A case study research was executed to determine how Rijkswaterstaat can improve the current way of implementing sustainability into its construction and maintenance projects. Deficiencies and plus-points of the current approach were identified and recommendations are formulated to resolve the deficiencies. The recommendations are based on best...

What has to be learnt for sustainability? A comparison of bachelor engineering education competences at three European universities

In a period of harmonisation of the higher education system in Europe, a question is if also learning about sustainability at the universities is converging and what advantages this may have. This paper is an effort to present and advance the work on describing desired sustainability competences for engineering Bachelor graduates in three...

To Recycle or Not to Recycle? An Intergenerational Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycles

AbstractThis paper approaches the choice between the open and closed nuclear fuel cycles as a matter of intergenerational justice, by revealing the value conflicts in the production of nuclear energy. The closed fuel cycle improve sustainability in terms of the supply certainty of uranium and involves less long-term radiological risks and...