Decision Support for the Urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Partners
The ENLARGE project consortium cohesively integrates a highly multidisciplinary team for interdisciplinary research with transdisciplinary collaboration among engineers, social scientists and natural scientists, whose work directly deals with aspects of the FWE nexus. In addition to these core academic research units, including Technical University Delft (TUD), University of Central Florida (UCF), University of Florida (UF), and Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA).
The team includes different actors (industrial and public-private bodies – Ecofilae (ECF), Ecosec (ECS), Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)), and the South Florida Climate Change Compact - Resilient Redesign (SFRR). These bodies are directly involved in developing sustainable solutions in agriculture and waste management (ECF, ECS), and urban development (AMS). The overall team has abundant experience in optimizing the food-water-energy nexus.
Delft University of Technology is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive university of technology in the Netherlands. With over 20,000 students and 2,700 scientists, it is an establishment of national importance and of significant international standing.The University of Central Florida is a state university in Orlando, Florida. It has more students enrolled on campus than any other U.S. college or university and leads the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium.IRSTEA focuses its research on water and environmental quality, risks, regional planning and sustainable development through environmental technologies.The University of Florida is a public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university founded in 1853, and the only AAU member university in Florida.Ecosec is an expert in designing, engineering consulting and manufacturing solutions in ecological and sustainable sanitation.Ecofilae is an independent consulting company specialized in circular economy with different types of unconventional waters.Florida Solar Energy Center is one of the tier-one research centers at UCF, exploring energy issues related to buildings, environment, hydrogen, photovoltaics, solar thermal, and transportation.AMS Institute is an Amsterdam based public-private institute where engineers, designers, and scientists jointly develop interdisciplinary metropolitan solutions.
