Name Responsible Activity "Electrical Energy Systems and Applications (ELECTA)" "Geert Deconinck" "The research domain of the ELECTA division covers the broad spectrum of electrical energy systems. The development of the future smart grid is a key activity. As the largest research group on electrical energy systems in the Benelux, ELECTA wants to be recognized as a centre-of-excellence on these topics, where fundamental research is combined with immediately and prospectively applicable solutions for the industry. Alongside this development of know-how, it is important is to share gained knowledge with the academic community, students, industry and the society as a whole. Electa is also co-founder of the knowledge center EnergyVille" "Research Centre of Energy, Transport and Environment, Leuven" "Stef Proost" "Research tpics of this center of Energy, Transport and Environment aretransport economicsenergy & environment" "ESAT - ELECTA, Electrical Energy and Computer Architectures" "The research domain of the ELECTA division covers the broad spectrum of electrical energy systems. The development of the future smart grid is a key activity. As the largest research group on electrical energy systems in the Benelux, ELECTA wants to be recognized as a centre-of-excellence on these topics, where fundamental research is combined with immediately and prospectively applicable solutions for the industry. Alongside this development of know-how, it is important is to share gained knowledge with the academic community, students, industry and the society as a whole. Electa is also co-founder of the knowledge center EnergyVille" "Applied Mechanics and Energy Conversion Section" "The Applied Mechanics and Energy Conversion Section also contains the Centre for Nuclear Engineering.The research activities of the group are situated in the following areas : - Simulation of thermal industrial processes and systems - Heat pumps : design and applications. - Heat transfer : boiling and condensation, augmentation techniques, measurement techniques. - Heat exchangers optimization : compact gas-gas heat exchangers, air heaters, heat storage engines. - Explosion safety. - Internal combustion engines. - Risk evaluation. - Computational fluid dynamics, RANS and LES. - Safety aspects of nuclear power plants. - Environmental impact of combustion processes. - Energy systems analysis. - Thermal application of solar energy: system modelling and monitoring." "Energy and Circular Economy" "The unit energy and circular economy works on the development of solutions and strategies for a more efficient energy consumption and an enhanced use of renewable energy on farm. As a second pilar, the unit works on the development of circular systems, with a specific focus on the recuperation of energy, nutrients and other resources out of agricultural sidestreams. Research is done on how plant production can be integrated in the biobased economy in a sustainable way." "Departement of spatial development, environment, energy, climate, green economy, animal welfare" "The Environment Department has the following tasks:the realization of a high-quality living environment, which makes use of various stocks and the available space in a sustainable waythe development of an integrated environmental policy (space, environment, nature and energy) aimed at policy preparation and implementation, support broadening, enforcement of regulations and policy evaluationcooperation with cities, municipalities and provinces for local environmental policy. Cities and municipalities are the first point of contact for citizens.The Environment Department came into being on 1 April 2017 from a merger of the Department of Environment, Nature and Energy and Space Flanders." "Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)" "Sammy Verbruggen" "Our mission statement is: ""We want to create value in sustainable energy, air and water technology with impact on both industry and society."" Air purification was identified as a core challenging and open research domain. In the nine years following the foundation of the research group, our research has broadened and now focuses on three domains: (1) purification technologies for air, water and various side and waste streams, (2) solar energy utilisation, (3) nutrient recovery and (3) hydrogen storage. DuEL has clearly succeeded in its predefined targets as evidenced by its achieved growth in terms of staff, knowledge and output in the three selected areas. Nowadays, the mission of the research group is more ambitious; we want to evolve into an internationally recognized, competitive and sought-after centre for research on sustainable energy, air and water technology. We want to achieve international impact in the four lines of research as described and, in this way, contribute to a sustainable society and industry. As part of the Bioscience Engineering department we strive to conduct research on the whole value chain from fundamental and basic research aspects up to technological solutions (up to TRL 6) for real life issues that matter. As an engineering department we are aware of our responsibility towards society by considering research topics that are socially relevant, useful and valuable." "Electromobility research centre" "Joeri Van Mierlo" "MOBI is the innovative research hub for electromobility in Europe, and aims to make a strong contribution to a more sustainable society. With more than 100 specialists, we form a multidisciplinary team that supports the transition to a more environmentally friendly and electrified mobility and transport system. A unique mix of technical, environmental and socio-economic skills is the strength of our research group. MOBI is the technological expertise center in many areas ranging from electric and autonomous driving, to innovative batteries, intelligent drive systems and energy management, power electronics and charging infrastructure. In addition, we provide knowledge regarding business planning and consumer behavior, and look at the integration of electric vehicles in energy communities and smart grids. This broad approach enables MOBI to develop sustainable and innovative solutions and electrification strategies that are broadly supported by all parties participating in the electric (autonomous) fleet of the future. " "Mechanical Engineering Technology, Diepenbeek Campus" "The Mechanical Engineering Technology Cluster groups research and service-to-society in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the different engineering Technology Campuses of KU Leuven." "Modelling for Sustainability (M4S)" "Peter Hellinckx" "M4S is the acronym for Modelling For Sustainability and is pronounced as MForce which refers to power we believe modelling will have in the digital world we are about to enter and the necessity to leverage it to reduce discrimination of sustainability goals by economical driven forces. M4S is an applied research team of the faculty of applied Engineering in the domain of Electronics-ICT working closely together with application domains within or outside the faculty to leverage its modelling expertise to reach the sustainability goals and to study the sustainability impact of decisions within the constraints of the different fields including business models, safety, …. Our goal is to model the future to support decision making in different application domains ranging from real time control of autonomous systems towards high level policy making support to reach our sustainability goals within an economic reality and to monitor the impact decisions will have on our future. Our mission is to convince people of our believe that building a sustainable future is a multi-objective optimization problem that given the right weights to both sustainability goals and economic factors will result in a better more sustainable and livable world. We believe that our modelling and optimization expertise together with domains specific expertise can really make a difference. Or to put it differently: ""We believe that this technology will support better decision making to ensure a future for us and our children!""."