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‘Meat your veggies’ “When we, as a meat processing company, continue on the current path of meat products, then in a few years we will no longer have the right to exist”, says Roy Bolscher, director of Bolscher meat processing, in an interview with Dutch newspaper Tubantia. Earlier SKAO spoke…
First large scale solar noise barrier The collaborating parties state that this noise barrier is the first of its kind to have been installed with the so-called ‘bi-facial’ solar panels on such a large scale. The traffic noise barrier is 40 meters long. With the opening of Solar Highways in…
Working efficiently to cut back carbon emissions Thanks to the implementation of the CO₂ Performance Ladder, Van Diepen had been awarded a project in which the Ladder was applied as a sustainable procurement instrument. The project was initiated by the Dutch municipality of Koggenland. During a period of three years,…
Climate neutral in 2030 The Dutch province of Gelderland aims to be climate neutral in 2030. By applying insulation materials on its buildings, removing gas installations for heating to make use of heating pumps instead and installing solar panels to generate green electricity, the province strives towards more reduction of…
The research report ‘On the road to climate neutral infrastructure in the Netherlands’ was published in 2018. At this moment, the report is only available in Dutch. The research project is supported by the Dutch ministry of Economics (MVI-Energieproject, Topsector Energie). The research resulted to transition scenarios of the most…
“The app of Innovactory originated from the idea to let motorists drive more efficiently”, says Lucien Groenhuijzen, CEO of Innovactory. With knowledge and experience that he acquired from his former employer, TomTom, he started Innovactory in 2013. “People travel in fixed patterns. When they frequently travel by car, they…
By implementing machinery with an electric engine, KWS and Vrijbloed strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during construction processes. With the development of the electric truck, both parties aim to contribute to the achievement of sustainability goals. Moreover, the electric truck reduces noise disturbance and requires less maintenance compared…
Introduction CO₂ emissions play an important rolein climate change. Reducing carbon emissions is therefore essential to achieve climate goals. Parallel to the reduction of carbon emissions is the circular economy as an upcoming development that contributes to the fight against climate change. A circular economy is briefly described as the…
During the certificate awarding ceremony on Friday the 7th of December, SKAO spoke to Peter Tinselboer, CEO of EPS, Marwan Akle, Quality employee of EPS and Francoise Briaire, manager On-Street Parking of the municipality of Amsterdam. Joining them during the ceremony was Paul van Enckevort, Senior Vice President Western…
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