The world faces a huge challenge in terms of the environment and CO2 emissions. Countries need to step up their efforts to make a transition to sustainable energy. The Dutch Climate Agreement and the European Green Deal undercut...
Health care is the largest sector in the Netherlands in terms of employment. Nearly 1.1 million people work in care in 2013; this represents 15 % of the total number of jobs in the Netherlands. More than half of the staff in care has a nursing...
The objective of the Living Lab Smart Farming South Netherlands project is to develop a SmartFarm concept where added value is created with the help of innovative IoT sensors and decision supportive disease and cultivation models.
Farmers and gardeners are crucial for Dutch society. Nevertheless, the agricultural sector is under pressure. The primary sector has a growing population to feed, which is also increasingly demanding for quality...
The transition to a low-carbon economy is highly urgent due to the threats and risks posed by climate change. In its Energy Agenda, the Government of the Netherlands sets the ambitious goal of achieving a fully sustainable energy supply by 2050...
The aim of the project is to develop an oyster culture system so that an environmentally and economically sustainable product is delivered. This will modernise the Zeeland oyster sector and increase the supply of Dutch oysters.
Development of an innovative new process for the production of high-quality carbon black from old car tires through collaboration between logistics company Rumal and supplier for the chemistry Black Bear Carbon.
As a third housing company in the Netherlands, Heijmans has been working for years to devise and develop new energy systems based on low-carbon technologies. In recent years, Heijmans has several state-of-the-art...
Setting up the lab High Tech Care &Amp; Cure offers a huge opportunity for the region. The environmental analysis shows that such a test site does not yet exist, there is a great need for this test facility; and the excellent connection with berry...
In Western Europe, the construction sector contributes to 30 % of greenhouse gas emissions and one third of the world’s total raw material extraction goes to the construction sector. Sustainable biobased building materials have enormous potential, bo...
Noord-Brabant has the ambition to be at the forefront of the transition to a low-carbon knowledge-based economy. This is much needed, as the Netherlands lags behind the EU2020 sustainability goals. There’s a lot to gain. In the Netherlands, it is est...
We are faced with two major social, political and economic challenges over the next 5-8 years. There is the housing crisis: a dreadful shortage of new construction houses in the Netherlands, while the climate crisis, in particular nitrogen and...
Located in Zeeland, near the Zeeland Bridge, Kingfish Zeeland is currently building a modern and sustainable farm on land for Yellowtail Kingfish. The Yellowtail Kingfish is a tuna-like fish that can be used as a high-quality alternative to...
The transition from a fossil to a sustainable energy economy is urgent. To date, CO2 emissions are still increasing. The aim of this project is to develop a high-tech solution for energy transition. In concrete terms, it’s going to...
With almost 45,000 jobs in leading (inter)national companies in food, feed and logistics and in small and medium-sized enterprises, Meierijstad is an important regional economic centre in North Brabant. The business community has...
