{"instituterec":{"StatusID":1,"InsID":15221,"StandardName":"Sustainable Systems Engineering","OrigName":null,"OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"Acronym":"UGent-STEN","HigherInsID":14147,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"AdrID":null,"Line1":null,"Line2":null,"Line3":null,"Line4":null,"Phone":null,"GSM":null,"Email":null,"Lat":null,"Lon":null,"OrigNameLang":null,"OrigNameLangNL":null,"AbstractEnglish":"The research of the Sustainable Systems Engineering research group (STEN) focuses on both methodological developments and different technological applications. From a methodological perspective, environmental sustainability assessments are in the core of its expertise. As an engineering group, STEN's methodological expertise covers process engineering methods and material flow analysis.\r\n\r\nThis methodological expertise of the group is applied to a broad range of materials, products, and technologies. In particular, the assessment of raw materials and resources is covered. In addition, a broad expertise on the bio-economy has been developed, including on the one hand bio-based processes and products and on the other hand agricultural and food systems. The research group engages in the transition to a circular economy by investigating an optimal end-of-life management, including recycling technologies and the analysis of recycling opportunities. STEN also has technological expertise in the chemical, pharmaceutical and energy sectors and conducts research on nature and natural resources management, focusing on soil quality and ecosystem services.\r\n\r\nIn the marine domain, the group has been doing research into sustainable resource management and life cycle assessment within the deep sea mining context. In this regard STEN developed a sustainability assessment toolbox that follows system-thinking in order to reduce the overall impact of deep sea mining. It develops sustainability assessment methods for human activities in the marine environment, relying on impacts on ecosystem services and through life cycle assessment methodologies (SUMES project). Further on, it investigates circular economy strategies for infrastructure employed in the marine environment, such as wind farms (CTO project).","AbstractOtherLang":"De onderzoeksgebieden van de Sustainable Systems Engineering onderzoeksgroep (STEN) richten zich zowel op methodologische ontwikkelingen als op verschillende technologische toepassingen. Vanuit methodologisch perspectief vormen milieuduurzaamheidsevaluaties de kern van de expertise. Als ingenieursgroep omvat de methodologische expertise van STEN methoden voor procestechniek en materiaalstroomanalyse.\r\n\r\nDeze methodologische expertise van de groep wordt toegepast op een breed scala aan materialen, producten en technologieën. In het bijzonder wordt de beoordeling van grondstoffen en hulpbronnen behandeld. Daarnaast is er een brede expertise ontwikkeld op het gebied van de bio-economie, waaronder enerzijds biogebaseerde processen en producten en anderzijds landbouw- en voedselsystemen. De onderzoeksgroep houdt zich bezig met de transitie naar een circulaire economie door onderzoek te doen naar een optimaal beheer aan het einde van de levensduur, met inbegrip van recyclingtechnologieën en de analyse van recyclingkansen. STEN heeft ook technologische expertise in de chemische, farmaceutische en energiesector en doet onderzoek naar natuur en het beheer van natuurlijke hulpbronnen, waarbij de nadruk ligt op bodemkwaliteit en ecosysteemdiensten.\r\n\r\nIn het mariene domein heeft de groep onderzoek gedaan naar duurzaam beheer van hulpbronnen en levenscyclusanalyse binnen de context van diepzeemijnbouw. In dit verband heeft STEN een toolbox voor duurzaamheidsbeoordeling ontwikkeld die systeemdenken volgt om de totale impact van diepzeemijnbouw te verminderen. Het ontwikkelt methoden voor de beoordeling van de duurzaamheid van menselijke activiteiten in het mariene milieu, uitgaande van de effecten op ecosysteemdiensten en via levenscyclusbeoordelingsmethoden (SUMES-project). Verder onderzoekt het strategieën voor een circulaire economie voor infrastructuur in het mariene milieu, zoals windmolenparken (CTO-project).","AbstractLangCode":null,"AbstractLangID":null,"AbstractLang":null,"AbstractLangNL":null,"SuccessorOfInsID":null,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2024-06-04 01:34:19.073000","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+00:00"},"PrevIns":null,"PrevAcro":null,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"ParID":471,"InstituteType":"Scientific","EnvName":null,"ISO3166":null,"LevelName":null,"ND":"2023-06-08","UD":"2023-06-08","EncAddress":""},"parent":{"PublicFlag":1,"InsID":14147,"OrigNameLangCode":"en","OrigNameLangID":15,"FullStandardName":"Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Groene Chemie en Technologie","FullOrigName":"Ghent University; Faculty of Bioscience Engineering; Green Chemistry and Technology","Acronym":"UGent"},"institutes":null,"references":[{"BRefID":369048,"RR":"<b>Demuytere, C.; Vanderveken, I.; Thomassen, G.; Godoy León, M.F.; De Luca Peña, L.V.; Blommaert, C.; Vermeir, J.; Dewulf, J.</b> (2024). Prospective material flow analysis of the end-of-life decommissioning: Case study of a North Sea offshore wind farm. <i>Resour. Conserv. Recycl.  200</i>: 107283. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107283\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107283</a>","PeerRev":1},{"BRefID":391490,"RR":"<b>Buchmayr, A.; Taelman, S.E.; Thomassen, G.; Verhofstadt, E.; Van Ootegem, L.; Dewulf, J.</b> (2023). A distance-to-sustainability-target approach for indicator aggregation and its application for the comparison of wind energy alternatives. <i>Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 185</i>: 113608. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113608\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113608</a>","PeerRev":1},{"BRefID":362053,"RR":"<b>Penneman, J.; Buchmayr, A.; Van Ootegem, L.; Verhofstadt, E.</b> (2023). 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Understanding attitudes towards renewable energy technologies and the effect of local experiences. <i>Energies (Basel) 14(22)</i>: 7596. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14227596\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14227596</a>","PeerRev":1}],"conferences":null,"datasets":null,"persons":null,"pastpers":null,"subpers":null,"projects":[{"ProID":5050,"Acronym":"SUMES","Progress":"Completed","StandardTitle":"Sustainable Marine Ecosystem Services "}],"urls":[{"URL":"https://www.ugent.be/bw/gct/en/research/sten/overview.htm","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":null}],"pictures":[],"published":null,"affrefs":null,"collections":null,"thesterms":[{"ThesaurusTerm":"Blue economy","ThestID":181488,"ThesTypID":29,"ThesType":"MOG Topics"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Renewable energy","ThestID":181519,"ThesTypID":29,"ThesType":"MOG Topics"}],"taxterms":null,"geoterms":null,"thestermsFRIS":[{"ThesaurusTerm":"Blue economy","DutchTerm":"Blauwe economie","ThestID":181488,"ThesTypID":29,"ThesType":"MOG Topics","Code":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Renewable energy","DutchTerm":"Hernieuwbare energie","ThestID":181519,"ThesTypID":29,"ThesType":"MOG Topics","Code":null}],"nXtins":null,"previns":null,"spcols":[{"SpColID":99,"SpName":"Marine expertise"},{"SpColID":121,"SpName":"Marine expertise: Type: Flemish university"}],"resmessage":"","complete":1,"participantrec":null,"peerrevs":6,"urlmaps":[]}