Dirk Knapen

at AYA
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Antwerp Metropolitan Area, BE

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Experience

    • Belgium
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
      • May 2023 - Present

      As energy manager I promote smart, integrated sustainable energy supply. To keep financial means in local economies the supply is preferably 100 % based on local renewable sources. Calculations and examples show that this is a viable option for most communities in the world.At AYA I am mostly working on the market updates we send out and on keeping track of technology evolutions.

      • Mar 2016 - Apr 2023

      As sustainable energy consultant I promote smart, integrated sustainable energy supply. To keep financial means in local economies the supply is preferably 100 % based on local renewable sources. Calculations and examples show that this is a viable option for most communities in the world.

  • Sustainable Energy Youth Network
    • Tweekerkenstraat 47 - Rue des Deux Eglises 47, B-1000 Brussels
    • Co Founder
      • May 2014 - Jul 2023

      In May 2014 I started mentoring the core team of SEYN, the Sustainable Energy Youth Network. I supported the team in introducing the network in international conferences and within the REScoop network. I participated in and contributed to the SEYN academies in Croatia, Greece in 2015 and in Spain in 2016. The network has been formally established in June 2016. In May 2014 I started mentoring the core team of SEYN, the Sustainable Energy Youth Network. I supported the team in introducing the network in international conferences and within the REScoop network. I participated in and contributed to the SEYN academies in Croatia, Greece in 2015 and in Spain in 2016. The network has been formally established in June 2016.

  • REScoop.be
    • Posthoflei 3, b3, B-2600 Berchem, Belgium
    • Facilitator
      • Feb 2012 - Mar 2016

      Facilitator at REScoop.be, the federation of groups and cooperatives of citizens for renewable energy. REScoop.be offers organisational, administrative, technical, financial support to the creation and operation of citizen cooperatives acting according to the 7 international principles of cooperative enterprise. These are complemented by the REScoop.eu charter principles of fair and equal access to common goods, the energy transition in the hands of citizens and fair trade. As part of the REScoop 20-20-20 project REScoop.be I supported pilot projects for a cooperative that originated from a social housing estate in Bilzen in Belgium and new island cooperatives on Krk in Croatia and on Sifnos in Greece both aiming at a 100% renewable energy supply. While doing so REScoop.be tried to bridge the borders between countries, stimulating contacts and exchanges between the people from the pilot projects and bringing them in contact with mentors and partners in the project and with members of the European federation. Show less

  • Steunpunt Duurzaam Bouwen Limburg
    • Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
    • Advisor sustainable building
      • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

      Advisor sustainable building Project manager Euregio Rhine-Meuse Interreg IV-project Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods, action 5, energy renovation of dwellings Advisor sustainable building Project manager Euregio Rhine-Meuse Interreg IV-project Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods, action 5, energy renovation of dwellings

    • Belgium
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Energy campaigner
      • Dec 2000 - Dec 2008

  • Ecopower
    • Antwerpen-Berchem, Belgium
    • Selfemployed
      • Jan 2000 - Nov 2000

      Introducing citizens of Eeklo and prospective shareholders to cooperative windproject Introducing citizens of Eeklo and prospective shareholders to cooperative windproject

    • Trainee
      • Feb 1997 - Jul 1997

      Guiding people in the center, organising visits on energy to Denmark for Belgian people Guiding people in the center, organising visits on energy to Denmark for Belgian people

Education

  • Henri Van de Velde Instituut Antwerp
    Product development, Product development
    1980 - 1985
  • KU Leuven
    Life Cycle Assessment
    1995 - 1995

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