Steunpunt SuMMa 2012-2015

Cluster 2: monitoring en evaluatie

Een startpunt om goed beleid te voeren is informatie. Deze cluster draagt zowel op macro als op micro niveau bij tot de kennisopbouw over duurzaaam materialenbeheer.

Een startpunt om goed beleid te voeren is informatie. Cluster 2 draagt zowel op macro als op micro niveau bij tot de kennisopbouw over Duurzaam Materialenbeheer. Op macro schaal wordt onderzicht hoe fysieke Input Output tabellen kunnen opgebouwd worden om de materiaalstromen tussen economische sectoren in Vlaanderen in kaart te brengen. Op micro schaal wordt geëvalueerd welke indicatoren gebruikt kunnen worden om ‘resource efficiency’ te meten en op te volgen. De gedefinieerde indicatoren zullen toegepast worden op verschillende voorbeelden.

Onderzoekslijnen binnen deze cluster

• RL3 - Dynamic environmental and economic assessment of materials recycling
  Andrea Di Maria, Prof. dr. Karel Van Acker, Prof. dr. Johan Eyckmans
• RL4 - Macroscopic assessment of material flows in Flanders, based on physical input/output tables
  Maarten Christis, Prof. dr. ir. Jo Dewulf, Prof. dr. Karl Vrancken
• RL5 - Resource effiency in material cycles and implementation of indicators
  Ir. Sofie Huysman, Prof. dr. ir. Jo Dewulf, Prof. dr. Karel Van Acker

Publicaties binnen deze cluster

• Huysman S., Schaubroeck T., Goralczyk M., Schmidt J., Dewulf J., 2016 (in press), Quantifying the environmental impacts of a European citizen through a macro-economic approach, a focus on climate change and resource consumption, Journal of Cleaner Production.
• Van Dael, M., Lizin, S.,Hoogmartens R. & Van Passel S. (2015). Drivers and Barriers to Battery Pack Collection by Belgian Households. SuMMa report 16.
• Christis, M., Geerken, T., Vercalsteren, A., Vrancken, K. (2015). Value in sustainable materials management strategies for open economies case of Flanders (Belgium). Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 103, pp. 110-124.
• Huysman S., Debaveye S., Schaubroeck T., De Meester S. , Ardente F., Mathieux F. & Dewulf J. (2015), The recyclability benefit rate of closed-loop and open-loop systems: A case study on plastic recycling in Flanders, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, volume 101, pages 53-60, doi 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.05.014.
• Vercalsteren A., Van der Linden A. & Gillabel J. (2015), Onderzoek over het sluiten van de materiaalketen van minerale wol
• Huysman S., Sala S., Mancini L., Ardente F., Mathieux F., Alvarenga R., De Meester S. & Dewulf J. (2015), Toward a systematised framework for resource efficiency indicators
• Debaveye S., De Meester S. & Dewulf J. (2014), Resource efficiency indicators and case studies
• Nelen D., Manshoven S. & Vanderreydt I. (2014), Onderzoek inzameldoelstellingen en valorisatie AEEA
• Huysman S., Schaubroeck T. & Dewulf J. (2014), Quantification of spatially differentiated resource footprints for products and services through a macro-economic and thermodynamic approach
• Boonen K., Bergmans J., Van Hoof V., Nielsen P., Vanderreydt I., Broos K. & Dierckx P. (2014), Korte-termijn opdracht: evolutie vraag en aanbod zand in Vlaanderen
• Dils E., Van der Linden A., Geerken T., Christis M. & Vercalsteren A. (2013), Feasibility of integrating data from multi-regional IO models in the Flemish EE-IO model
• Van der Linden A. & Vercalsteren A. (2013), Toepassing van het Vlaamse I/O-model op de Vlaamse voedingsketen

Projecten binnen deze cluster

• Linking regional input-output tables to multiregional input-output tables: specification, aggregation and time errors. Case study of Flanders (Belgium)
• Value in Sustainable Materials Management Strategies for an Open Economy like Flanders (Belgium)
• Korte-termijnopdracht 'Het economisch belang van afvalbeheer, recyclage en de circulaire economie in Vlaanderen'
• Lange-termijnonderzoek 'resource efficiency indicatoren'
  • Artikel (in samenwerking met EC-JRC) gesubmit bij een wetenschappelijk journal. In dit artikel worden bestaande recycling indicatoren verder ontwikkeld voor downcycling en cascaded use. Vervolgens worden deze indicatoren toegepast op twee Vlaamse bedrijven die kunststoffen recycleren.
  • Studie (in samenwerking met EC-JRC) waarin de milieu-impact gerelateerd aan de consumptie van bepaalde productgroepen onderzocht wordt. Hierbij zal gebruik gemaakt worden van de resource footprint indicator (IO-CEENE) die in een vorig artikel ontwikkeld werd, zie publicaties.
  • Boekhoofdstuk over het gebruik van exergie in duurzaamheidsanalyses. Co-auteurs zijn T. Schaubroeck en J. Dewulf. Gesubmit voor het boek 'Renewables-Based Technology, Sustainability Assessment', John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. Editors zijn J. Dewulf; S.  De Meester en R. Alvarenga.

Abstracts

Toward a systematized framework for resource efficiency indicators

Journal: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 95, 68-76

Sofie Huysman, Serenella Sala, Lucia Mancini, Fulvio Ardente, Fabrice Mathieux, Rodrigo A.F. Alvarenga, Steven De Meester, Jo Dewulf

The transition toward resource efficient production and consumption patterns is currently one of the main challenges in engineering, environmental science and especially in governmental policies. This transition has led to a proliferation of meanings related to the resource efficiency concept, resulting in a wide variety of indicators. In this paper, we propose a systematized framework in which resource efficiency indicators can be structured and comprehensively positioned. The aim is to provide a proper understanding of the scope and limitations of particular existing resource efficiency indicators in order to assist policy makers and the scientific community in the application and further development of indicators. This framework covers all different resource use-related aspects evaluated in existing approaches, including simple accounting of resource extraction and use; environmental impact assessment due to resource extraction and use; accounting and environmental impact assessment of specific processes and of full supply chains; analyses at micro-scale and macro-scale; and analysis of both natural resources versus waste-as-resources. To illustrate the potential application of the framework, a set of currently used indicators was selected, whereupon these indicators were structured and evaluated within the framework.

Quantification of spatially differentiated resource footprints for products and services through a macro-economic and thermodynamic approach

Journal paper: Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (16), 9709-9716

Huysman S., Schaubroeck T. & Dewulf J.

Although natural resources form the basis of our economy, they are not always used in a sustainable way. To achieve a more sustainable economic growth, resource consumption needs to be measured. Therefore, resource footprint frameworks (RFF) are being developed. To easily provide results, these RFF integrate inventory methodologies, at macro-level mostly input-output (IO) models, with resource accounting methodologies (RAM), of which the Ecological Footprint is probably the best known one. The objective of this paper is the development of a new RFF, in which a world IO-model (Exiobase), providing a global perspective, is integrated with the CEENE methodology (Cumulative Exergy Extraction from the Natural Environment), offering a more complete resource range: fossil fuels, metals, minerals, nuclear resources, water resources, land resources, abiotic renewable resources and atmospheric resources. This RFF, called IO-CEENE, allows one to calculate resource footprints for products or services consumed in different countries as the exergy extracted from nature. The way the framework is constructed makes it possible to show which resources and countries contribute to the total footprint. This was illustrated by a case study, presenting the benefits of the framework’s worldwide perspective.