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He obtained a master\u2019s degree in civil electrical and mechanical engineering, majoring in mechanics with an option in biomedical engineering, from the Catholic University of Leuven in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career at KU Leuven in 2006 as a researcher and technical advisor in the biomedical kinesiology department. In 2009, he started work as area engineer and later as Study Manager of the Stormwater Plan at Aquafin, where he helped support urban water management in addition to designing sewers. Among other things, he did an energy and water study there together with Circular\/Ducoop where the feasibility of a CESCo -a new circular housing concept- was investigated.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he made the switch to Transition Stories to fully play out his role as a transition accelerator. In this, he complements the technical background with setting up collaborations to get sustainability projects off the ground. Erik is \u2018our man of the heat plan\u2019 and has already developed numerous heat plans. 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