Peter Verboven

Senior professional & director

Peter excels at connecting people, ideas and technology to realise a sustainable future. With an impressive track record in managing complex European projects and promoting innovation and network thinking in the energy sector and the Internet of Things (IoT), he has earned his spurs.

His career as a graduate commercial engineer began at the University of Antwerp and VOKA, where he laid the foundations for his further development. At VITO, as innovation developer, he played a crucial role in the creation of Flux50 and laid the foundations for his entrepreneurship at Condugo and Venturelink.

Peter is a true bridge builder, innovator and networker who excels in the challenges of policy, energy technology and participation, with a focus on economic and policy stakeholders.

In recent years, Peter has gained extensive experience in Flanders and Europe in setting up and organising waste heat exchange and energy communities.

Within Transition Stories, Peter plays a key role in establishing partnerships between governments and companies, and developing business models for concrete sustainability projects on business parks, focusing on energy efficiency, IoT, mobility and renewable energy.

References

2025

Preparation of an ELENA application for transforming four business parks in East Flanders into hubs for flexibility that support the electricity grid. The Province of East Flanders and the City of Ghent are involved.

2025

Support for putting a specification for the data platform for future business parks on the market. This includes IT technical support, stakeholder management, and legal assistance.

2025

Development and setup of an Interreg-NWE proposal. This includes the project concept, bringing together the consortium, project structure, and submission to Interreg.

2024-2025

Setting up an Interreg NWE project, bringing together the consortium, drafting the proposal, and providing guidance until the final submission. RODEO was approved at the end of 2024.

2024-2025

Launch and daily management of the energy community.

2024-2025

Setting up and implementing a new public service. The solar broker guides owners of large roofs (> 1000m2) through considering, planning, designing and having a PV installation installed.

2023 – 2024

Legal, organisational and economic study of the possibilities of merging the existing accreditation schemes into an independent authority.

2023 – 2026

LIFE project. The development and roll-out of an e-learning programme around financing, organising and monitoring projects resulting from local governments’ climate plan. Pilots at cities in four European countries, followed by a broad rollout across the continent. READ MORE

2023 – 2024

Formatting the Climate City Contract to overcome barriers to climate neutrality. Elaborate financing models for a portfolio of projects to make the Linkeroever area climate neutral by 2030. Focus on renovation and heat. READ MORE

2023

Assessment of several demonstration projects climate that are subject to state aid rules and have an economic angle. READ MORE

2023

Evaluation of the expiring cooperation agreement VEB-Flemish Government in terms of customer satisfaction and effectiveness. Formulation of recommendations and strategic directions for the new cooperation agreement to be drawn up. READ MORE

2022 – 2023

The process of achieving OEPC (Maintenance Energy Performance Contract) contracts is slow and has bottlenecks. This makes scaling up difficult. The assignment was to optimise the current process, based on customer requirements and needs of OEPC providers, and apply it to two initial pilot cases in healthcare and education. LEES MEER

2022 – 2023

Supporting several projects to realise a large number of m² of additional solar panels in two years. Focus on large roof areas such as warehouses, factory halls, hospitals, etc. Process support and development of business cases. READ MORE

2022 – 2023

One-stop shops as a tool in climate policy. Market research, typology and screening of business models of OSS from Belgium and Europe. READ MORE

2022

Developing a business model for an energy community in Terbekehof business park. Mobilise businesses/stakeholders for its implementation. READ MORE

2021 – 2022

Development of scenarios and calculation of business cases to turn the Ruien industrial estate (brownfield) into a hub for energy flows from the surrounding area (a so-called EHUB-BT). Contract in cooperation with Sweco. READ MORE

2020 – 2022

R-Aces builds sustainable clusters on and around business parks. Heat networks, renewable energy sources and energy management are the keywords. The assignment was to get cooperation projects off the ground in 90 regions. To this end, a toolbox was offered.

Project leader for the development of the tools: a self-assessment, legal tool and an energy management platform. Co-project leader for the development of heat projects in the pilot region around Antwerp (including heat network and shared steam production). READ MORE

2020 – 2021

Project coordinator for this feasibility study on an energy-saving solution for historical buildings being converted into multi-tenant office or residential units. Also responsible for the development of an innovative pay-as-you-heat business model that distributes costs more fairly and reduces total consumption.

2020 – 2021

Project officer to carry out a market study for setting up shared facilities on Turnhout’s business parks. The aim was to transform existing business parks into future-proof business parks. After selection, 3 promising themes were further developed into a local business model. Commissioned in collaboration with Quares.

2020 – 2021

Project manager for the functional analysis part for the platform to monitor business parks of the future. This analysis defined the technical and content requirements that served as the basis for software development. READ MORE

2020 – 2021

Study of the possibilities of designing a (greenfield) business park so that it can serve as a hub for energy flows from the surrounding area (a so-called EHUB-BT). Elaboration of the various building blocks and the possible scenarios for filling the site. Contract in cooperation with Sweco.

2020

Study on the technical and policy context driving digitalisation in the energy sector; the focus points for Flanders/Flemish actors; and the policy implications. The assignment was motivated by the roll-out of the digital meter on the one hand; and the transposition of the rules around Energy Communities/Energy Communities on the other hand.

2018 – 2021

Drafting a methodology and training for energy brokers and residue stream brokerage. The focus was on the link between companies on business parks and between business parks and the built environment around them. READ MORE

2017 – 2018

Technical and economic feasibility of a management platform for energy flows and their climate impact on a business park and the surrounding region.

2015 – 2016

Coordination of the operation of SmartGridsFlanders. Leading a very extensive and successful stakeholder process to arrive at the application and recognition as a spearhead cluster.

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