Sustainable and circular development of business parks: A cross-case analysis on the current practices and developments in sustainable and circular business parks in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands in their contribution to the national, regional and local circular and energy transitions

Business parks are marked as key areas in sustainable transitions, including the energy transition and transition to a circular economy. This thesis analysis what the current practices and developments in sustainable and circular business parks in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands are in their contribution to local, regional and national circular...

Using Serious Games for Vision Development in the Participatory Backcasting Process: A Case Study Developing Circular Visions for Business Parks

Due to the ecological consequences and increased resource insecurity caused by the depletion of natural resources of the incumbent linear economy, the Netherlands aims for a fully circular economy in 2050. To guide this transition from a linear to circular economy, strategies need to be made. An approach which enables actors to create these...

Acceleration of energy cooperation implementation on Dutch business parks in congested areas: A comparative multilple case analysis

The Dutch energy transition is alive and kicking, however problems arise because of this same transition. Transmission grid congestion is one of them, whereby the grid cannot handle all the extra electricity from wind and solar power, combined with the extra demand due to electrification. Furthermore, business parks have a large potential for...

Critical barriers of collective battery storage: An evaluation of policy interventions

The thesis identifies critical implementation barriers to collective battery storage on business parks in the Netherlands. Subsequently, using a mixed methods research approach, different assessment frameworks are applied to propose three policy interventions that can overcome the identified critical implementation barriers and stimulate the...

Making Grey Green: Redesigning business parks as an additional step to bringing back biodiversity in these areas and to the city

Biodiversity is declining worldwide because of population growth and the rising demand for goods. Biodiversity is needed for our ecosystem services which provide us with fresh water and medicine which means people are dependent on a healthy biodiversity. Cities want to greenify to battle the urban heat island effect and the bad water...