2. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management Department of Science, Society and Technology (STS) Utrecht University Copernicus Institute Dr. Martin Patel/Dr. Evert Nieuwlaar Utrecht University Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) Padualaan 14, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands m.patel@chem.uu.nl, Tel.: 0031 30 253 7634, Fax: 0031 30 253 7601 e.nieuwlaar@chem.uu.nl, Tel.: 0031 253 7607, Fax: 0031 30 253 7601

3. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 2 Copernicus Institute Exploring a sustainable world use of space environmental pressure effects on the economy risks social reaction management innovation economy energy materials A B C cause and effect chain

4. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 3 Copernicus Institute (composed of 4 departments at Utrecht University) Dpt. of Science, Technology and Society (Fac. of Chemistry) Dpt. of Science, Technology and Innovation Management (Fac. of Geographical Science) Dpt. of Environmental Sciences and hydroecology (Fac. of Geographical Science) Dpt. of Environmental Sciences and Policy (Fac. of Geographical Science)

5. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 4 Efficient use of energy and materials (EMD) Prof. Kornelis Blok, Dr. Martin Patel Sustainable energy supply Prof. Wim Turkenburg, Dr. Andre Faaij Land use and biodiversity Dr. Pita Verweij Risk assessment and global change Dr. Jeroen van der Sluijs Research clusters at the Dpt. of Science, Technology and Society (STS)

6. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 5 EMD cluster AIOsJun. researchers - Andrea Ramirez (Eng.) - Manuela Crank (Eng.) - Tao Ren (Innov. Science) - Maarten Neelis (Eng.) - Vlasis Oikonomou (Econ.) - Dirk-Jan Treffers (Chem.) Staff - Prof. Kornelis Blok (Phys.) - Evert Nieuwlaar (Chem.) - Prof. Bert de Vries (Chem.) - Martin Patel (Eng.)

7. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 6 Efficient use of energy and materials Two types of projects: Techno-economic analysis Policy analysis Material flow analysis, emission inventories Bio-based materials Short & long-term energy and materials efficiency

8. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 7 Current projects (1/3) NEU-CO 2 -II, -III: Non-energy use and CO 2 emissions. UU, ECN and ~20 network partners for DG Research, 1999-2003, 2004-2005 NEAT-NL: Improvement of CO 2 emission estimates from hydrocarbon feedstocks in the Netherlands. UU and ECN for MinVROM and NOVEM, 2002-2003 NEAT-DE: Methodenaktualisierung für die Emissionsberechnung – Nichtenergetischer Verbrauch. UU for Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Berlin, 2004 Material flow analysis, emission inventories Bio-based materials Techno-economic analysis BREW: Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources. UU and 13 partners for the EC’s GROWTH Programme, 2003-2004 PRO-BIP: Techno-economic Feasibility of Large-scale Production of Bio-based Polymers in Europe. With Fraunhofer-ISI for the European Commission’s Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville, Spain

9. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 8 The BREW Project Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources Fraunhofer ISI Institute Systems and Innovation Research CERISS

10. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 9 Current projects (2/3) PIE-I, -II: Process Industries - Inventory of Energy Use. UU for ECN via UCE, 2002-2004 Clean Technologies in the materials sector. Ecofys and UU for IPTS, 2001-2002 FYSI: Physical indicators as a basis for estimating energy savings in industry. UU for ECN (& CPB, ECN, Novem and RIVM), 2003/2004 VLEEM: Very Long Term Energy- Environment Model. ENERDATA and 5 partners(among them UU) for DG Research, 2002-2004 EMD: Development of an improved energy and materials demand model. UU for RIVM, 2004 Material flow analysis, emission inventories Bio-based materials Short & long-term energy and materials efficiency Techno-economic analysis

11. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 10 Current projects (3/3) Energy-efficiency technology for the non-energy intensive sector. AIO position, Andrea Ramirez, 2001-2005 Breakthrough technologies in industry. AIO position, Tao Ren, ECN/UCE, 2002-2006 Validation of MEI-Energy. An analytic framework for monitoring the effectiveness of policy instruments; UU for RIVM, 2002 White & Green: Innovative policies and measures for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Lund University, IAEE, Sydkraft and UU for DG Research, 2003-2004 Leakage & Spillover: Carbon leakages and induced technological change, the negative and positive spill- over impacts of stringent climate change policy. ECN, VU, U-WAG, UU for NRP-CC-WAB, 2004 Short & long-term energy and materials efficiency Policy analysis

12. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 11 Research Cluster Efficient use of energy and materials (EMD) Selection of projects related to renewable resources in the chemical industry: BREW: Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources. UU and 13 partners for the EC’s GROWTH Programme, 2003-2004, http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew PRO-BIP: Techno-economic Feasibility of Large-scale Production of Bio- based Polymers in Europe. In co-operation with Fraunhofer-ISI for the European Commission’s Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville, Spain, ongoing Clean Technologies in the materials sector; Ecofys and UU for IPTS, 2001- 2002 Non-energy use and CO 2 emissions (NEU-CO 2 ). UU, ECN and ~20 network partners for DG Research, 1999-2003, http://www-n.chem.uu.nl/nws/www/nenergy/ Improvement of CO 2 emission estimates from hydrocarbon feedstocks in the Netherlands. UU and ECN for MinVROM and NOVEM, 2003 PIE: Process Industries: Inventory of Energy Use. UU for ECN, 2002-2003

13. Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development and Transition Management 12 Research Cluster Efficient use of energy and materials (EMD) Publications related to renewable resources in the chemical industry: Personal UU website (contains also downloadable publications on comparative life-cycle assessments for bio-based materials): http://www.chem.uu.nl/nws/www/general/personal/patel_a.htm Website of BREW Project (Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources; website contains project profile; publications not yet available) http://www.chem.uu.nl/brew Website of the International Network “Non-energy use and CO 2 emissions” (NEU-CO 2 ; project profile and various downloadable publications; more in preparation). http://www-n.chem.uu.nl/nws/www/nenergy/