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Solar potential on Flemish rooftops

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The Flemish Energy Agency (VEA) has developed the solar map in collaboration with VITO and Information Flanders. We are aware of all of the locations of homes in Flanders thanks to the Large-scale Reference File [Grootschalig Referentiebestand]. From February 2013 to March 2015 inclusive, a number of flights were organised with laser detection equipment on board in order to measure the height of all buildings and other landscape elements. This information, linked with measurements taken by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium [KMI], was used to model the annual solar irradiation for each roof."

ZONNEPOTENTIEEL OP VLAAMSE daken

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Het Vlaamse Energieagentschap (VEA) ontwikkelde de zonnekaart in samenwerking met VITO en Informatie Vlaanderen. Op basis van het Grootschalig Referentiebestand kennen we de locaties van alle huizen in Vlaanderen. Van februari 2013 tot en met maart 2015 werden verschillende vluchten georganiseerd met laseropnameapparatuur om de hoogte van alle gebouwen en andere landschapselementen op te meten. Op basis van die informatie, gekoppeld aan metingen van het KMI, werd de jaarlijkse zoninstraling voor elk dak gemodelleerd.”

Spatial Model Flanders [RuimteModel Vlaanderen]

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VITO is the driving force behind the Spatial Model Flanders. This model simulates every change in land use in Flanders at a spatial resolution of 1 ha, divided up into some 30 different categories. The model simulates changes up to 2050. This information is used by various entities within the Flemish government and by cities and provinces.

VITO and OVAM coordinate the European Topic Centre on Waste and Materials in a Green Economy

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In 2013 the European Environment Agency (EEA) launched a call in order to identify a new consortium for a European Topic Centre in the area of waste and materials in a green economy.The agency's main aim is to support sustainable development and to help improve the condition of the environment in Europe.

Using human biomonitoring to assess human exposure to chemicals in Europe

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People are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals in their daily lives through the environment, consumer products, food and drinking water and at work.

Do you have another sustainability challenge?

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New spatially explicit version of the Nature Value Explorer

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Quantify the benefits of green-blue infrastructure with the new spatially explicit version of the Nature Value Explorer

Launch of a European network of research infrastructure facilities for Industrial Biotechnology

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VITO partners with top European institutes to launch a European network of research infrastructure facilities for Industrial Biotechnology.

Meet the renewed VITO website!

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International call 2018 - Award Rudi Verheyen

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Remote sensing makes agriculture more efficient

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Late frost, a dry spring, acidic soil … Many factors can interrupt agricultural processes. Remote sensing supports traditional agricultural information with data from satellite images, providing more insight into the agricultural system.

Will woody biomass become a raw material for aromatic chemicals?

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While the European chemical industry may be growing, it is losing global market share. This is due to strong growth in emerging countries and a loss of competitiveness. To reverse this trend, the sector wants to bring new, innovative products and processes to the market. The choice of alternative raw materials and greater raw material flexibility can give European chemistry a second wind. In this context, VITO is developing a pilot factory to test technologies that convert wood and lignin into usable aromatics.

In practice

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In Voeren, a picturesque municipality near Tongeren, VITO uses remote sensing to protect the landscape. Voeren is proud of its unique hedgerow landscape. The region attracts thousands of visitors each year who walk among the fields and rows of trees. But bushes, hedges and solitary trees are increasingly being cut down to create larger and easily workable fields. Historic grasslands have to make way for highly productive grasslands for cattle breeding.

EnergyVille opens new research building and proposes multi-energy system of the future

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EnergyVille 2 is the second building in which the research collaboration resides. The building is equipped with state-of-the-art research laboratories and office space for about one hundred researchers.

Project WOW! kicks off: waste water is valuable

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VITO is proud partner of this project and will focus on the techno-economic feasibility of the new value chains.

Terrascope

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The European Commission Copernicus program offers free and open data about the environment. Data from the Sentinel satellites are now easily accessible for the Belgian user through the Terrascope platform.

Battery technology explores new applications

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Electrical energy storage is a vital element in the integration of renewable energy sources. Researchers at VITO/EnergyVille are developing new storage materials and technologies, improving existing solutions and collaborating on new battery systems.

Ultracaps bridge batteries and capacitors

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Traditionally there are two ways to store energy: in batteries or in capacitors. The new ‘ultracap’ technology, which VITO helped develop, combines the best of both: it offers the energy storage of a battery and the life of a capacitor.