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Belgian Technologies for the Renewable Energy Market - Agoria

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Blue Planet<br />

Academy &<br />

Consulting<br />

www.blue-planet.be<br />

Contact<br />

Jacques De Ruyck<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

T 485409785<br />

info@blue-planet.be<br />

Work<strong>for</strong>ce<br />

Blue Planet currently has a fixed work<strong>for</strong>ce<br />

of 5 and a team of 8 freelancing<br />

consultants. Our administration and<br />

communication secretariat is at your<br />

disposal Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.<br />

Keywords<br />

Biomass conversion technology, process analysis and optimization, energy<br />

specialization trainings, energy in buildings, EPB/EPC residential, tertiaory,<br />

public buildings, energy auditing<br />

Products/services<br />

Blue Planet Academy offers quality, application-minded specialization courses<br />

and trainings centered around <strong>the</strong> rational use of energy. Blue Planet Academy<br />

is currently one of <strong>the</strong> largest, most reputable training centers <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> energy<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance trainings <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Brussels region (residential certificateur, PEB/EPB<br />

certificats) and is <strong>the</strong> first Benelux company to host <strong>the</strong> international BREEAM<br />

assessor training course. A Carbon markets, accounting and footprinting<br />

training course, following <strong>the</strong> French ADEME scheme will be organized <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

first time in <strong>the</strong> Benelux in 2012. Blue Planet consulting offers its expertise in<br />

biomass conversion techniques, process analysis and optimization of (<strong>the</strong>rmodynamic)<br />

power generation cycles, energy in buildings and System Perturbation<br />

Analysis (a more advanced type of Life Cycle Analysis).<br />

Some references<br />

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Blue Planet Academy was one of <strong>the</strong> first to be awarded <strong>the</strong> accreditation<br />

as training facility <strong>for</strong> certificateurs residentiel (BIM, Brussels, 2011) BPAC<br />

is <strong>the</strong> first company to host <strong>the</strong> internationally acclaimed BREEAM assessor<br />

training course (may 2012)<br />

■■<br />

BPAC is <strong>the</strong> first company to organize a Carbon <strong>Market</strong>s, Accounting &<br />

Footprinting training course (october 2012)<br />

■■<br />

BPAC has recently been awarded <strong>the</strong> Central Examination project <strong>for</strong> all<br />

‘Energiedeskundigen’ (VEA, Flanders, 2012)<br />

Biomass<br />

Company description<br />

Blue Planet Academy & consulting is an engineering company, specialized in<br />

<strong>the</strong> rational use of energy and its promotion on <strong>the</strong> academic, industrial and<br />

governmental level. Our partners have bundled over 20 years of experience<br />

from <strong>the</strong> Applied Thermodynamics Research Group at <strong>the</strong> Vrije Universiteit<br />

Brussels to <strong>for</strong>m this official VUB spin-off and apply <strong>the</strong> trias energeticas in<br />

projects ranging from energy in buildings, to biomass conversion and <strong>the</strong><br />

optimization of existing and novel power generation cycles.<br />

By combining our professional expertise in practical training courses, we believe<br />

we can take advantage of our unique position between industry, government<br />

and academics to help individuals and SME’s to reach <strong>the</strong>ir sustainability<br />

goals and milestones.<br />

Blue Planet Academy & Consulting (BPAC) operates from its central headquarters<br />

in ICABBrussel, Witte Patersstraat 4, 1040 Etterbeek (Brussels,<br />

Belgium). We are currently branching out to Bangalore, India.<br />

88 www.renewableenergyclub.be

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