A study by MOBI calculated that Bpost's CO2 emissions in Mechelen have been reduced by 97% . A magnificent result thanks to the project 'Ecozone' that replaced all diesel vehicles in Mechelen by...
At the end of 2019, the European Commission presented “The European Green Deal”, with the aim of transforming the European Union into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. The most...
On 1 May 2021, the Smart Mobility Hubs as Game Changers in Transport (SmartHubs) project has kicked off funded by JPI Urban Europe and Innoviris. 30 partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy,...
Anne van den Oever recently received the award “Best Young Biomass Researcher” during the hybrid World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) 2021 in Wels, Austria. She presented her review on the energy...
With this survey we want to collect and understand your perception and acceptance of possible self-driving vehicles in the future . This research is a collaboration between the MOBI research group of...
OPENDEI , an EU initiative, has released an 'Energy Booklet'. This booklet presents participating H2020 projects such as INTERCONNECT and BD4OPEM . Our EVERGI team is a partner in both of these...
In the project Oetingen2050 , the MOBI urban mobility team is developing future scenarios for Oetingen, a rural village in the Flemish Pajottenland. The project aims at developing a mobility vision...
The MOBI urban mobility team is developing and testing a school street zone in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht. A school street is a temporary closure of a street next to a school entrance to...
The students of VUB-MOBI are qualified for the Global Final of the Global Students Challenge 2021. With the highest team score of all the participating universities, VUB is for now finishing at first...
VUB project RENAISSANCE shows that energy transition can be done locally with good guidance Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in cooperation with research and consultancy firm Deep Blue...
The goal of this doctoral research is to gain insight into the integration of sustainable procurement within the Belgian manufacturing industry. In order to map and analyze important evolutions...
In the future, our energy network will look different. Large centralized production plants are increasingly being replaced by distributed and renewable energy sources such as windmills and solar...
The World Electric Vehicle Journal published a new paper 'Beyond the State of the Art of Electric Vehicles: A Fact-Based Paper of the Current and Prospective Electric Vehicle Technologies' . The...
Jette Student block is pioneer for an energy-efficient campus VUB research centre MOBI has begun an energy consumption study in the student accommodation on campus Jette. For 18 months, the students...
pdf file CfP-Cluster-3-NECTAR-Zaragoza_2021vKG.pdf (137 KB)
eCharge4Drivers is calling for participants to complete a questionnaire on electric vehicle (EV) use and charging. The survey, which explores EV driving behaviours and opinions on charging...
By participating in this survey you will help us understand your traveling preferences better! About the survey: This survey is part of an EU-funded project called Drive2theFuture. The purpose of the...
MAMCA, together with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona School of Management is conducting research to better understand the users' needs of the MAMCA platform. It is composed of a few short...
Joeri Van Mierlo is since 19 December 2020 officially a new member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium. The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium is an autonomous scientific-cultural society that...
iSTORMY stands for “Interoperable, modular and Smart hybrid energy STORage systeM for stationarY applications”. It is a H2020 project with 12 partners, coordinated by VUB-MOBI . It started on the 1st...
Cathy Macharis is one of the three nominees to become Mobility Personality 2020. For the sixth time, the ‘Netwerk Duurzame Mobiliteit’ is organizing the election of a Mobility Personality. An...
Whether you own an electric vehicle or not, your opinion counts! The European project ' eCharge4Drivers ' has launched a set of questionnaires to gather the input from taxi drivers, private users and...
We are pleased to inform you of the upcoming launch of the MSCA COFUND “ EUTOPIA SCIENCE AND INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ”(EUTOPIA-SIF), jointly supported by the European Union and the partner...
In this online survey, we aim to understand and collect your opinion regarding autonomous vehicles. On the following pages, you will be presented with different scenarios. Each of them are followed...
Today, we don’t have an accurate view of the actual share of construction transport in urban traffic. This has a profound impact on how we approach the sector and its environmental nuisances...
EOS published the podcast 'How to make our mobility more sustainable' with the expertise of Cathy Macharis on its website. To listen to the podcast, click here .
We are looking for drivers of an electric vehicle (EV) who want to participate in a survey on the implementation of smart-charging technology in Belgium. This research is conducted within the...
BATTERY 2030+ is the large-scale and long-term European research initiative with the vision of inventing the sustainable batteries of the future, providing European industry with disruptive...
VUB-prof Cathy Macharis releases her new book! Entitled with ‘Met een factor 8 naar de mobiliteit van de toekomst’, Cathy highlights that the transport sector has a huge role in the effect on climate...
Prof. dr. Cathy Macharis has published an article on a science blog called wtnschp.be about the mobility sector after the Corona crisis. To read the full article, click here.
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a partner in the Smart Village Lab project, the first physical realisation of innovative living lab Green Energy Park. The lab will investigate how living can become...
MOBI will together with Brussel Mobiliteit and Leefmilieu Brussel coordinate the new project CAIRGO BIKE! The aim of this project is to improve the air quality in Brussels by encouraging the use of...
Heel eerlijk? Ik heb genoten van de lockdown. Ja, genoten van de stilte en van de natuur. Wat heerlijk om de planten te zien ontluiken in een prachtige lente die misschien wel zo mooi was omdat ik...
The e-book 'Post viraal naar een nieuw normaal' is available now! The book handles the topic: the impact of COVID 19 on our society and is a collaboration between 61 VUB scientists, including co-...
Attached you can find the press release on the launch of the new project: eCharge4Drivers. pdf file Press release eCharge4Drivers 17 June 2020.pdf (226 KB)
EU Horizon 2020 programme RENAISSANCE survey seeks views on renewable energy and local power generation RENAISSANCE, the EU Horizon 2020 research programme led by our research group MOBI, is...
Who can fill in the questionnaire? If you are someone who normally (before the corona crisis) stays at home (no outdoor travels) for two days a week or more, please complete this questionnaire. We...
Mobility after the COVID-19 crisis Less commuting, more outdoor exercise and more space for cyclists
The Corona measures have limited our mobility the last weeks. The announcement about the next steps for the deconfinement strategy triggers us all to look ahead and also think about how we will make...
The book 'Synchromodal Transport and the Physical Internet: The cornerstones of future long-distance Digital Twin applications' by Tomas Ambra is available now! You can order this book right here ...
Do you have to decide something but are in different places: put your visions together with MAMCA ! On the 30th of April we'll be organising an online workshop to show you how to engage your...
Contribute to the discussion on the future of urban mobility policy thanks to the Open Innovation Community, organised by the H2020 project SPROUT ! The Open Innovation Community is an online...
VUB has been highly involved in the long-term roadmap of the European large scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ which was launched on March 24 . This roadmap outlines actions needed to invent the...
On February 10 , a school street was implemented in Schaerbeek, Brussels as part of the research project LOOPER . During a three-month test period , the part of the street in front of the primary...
BCklet has won the Logistics Project of the Year 2020 during the Transport & Logistics Awards. The BCklet project was launched in October 2018 by the Brussel cooperative Urbike . It aims to...
Do You See What I See? A Simulation Analysis of Order Bundling within a Transparent User Network in Geographic Space', written by Cathy Macharis, Tomas Ambra and An Caris has been published in the...
On the 12th of February INDIMO project kicked off! The consortium members gathered in Brussels to jointly build a first set of ideas for future work on inclusive digital mobility . The goal of the...
The Flemish mobility project 365Snel has presented its recommendations on the use of speedpedelecs on February 5th at a symposium. Since October 2018, commuters have been able to test speedpedelecs...
Energy power systems face big challenges to cope with grid integration demands of an ever-increasing number of distributed generation and consumption devices in an interconnected world. Technology...
Good promesses for the new year? Involving others in your decision making: check out the new version of the MAMCA software ! With this upgrade, we hope to engage even more stakeholders in 2020. With...
Last 28th of November a first-of-its-kind citizen-centred energy trading market was launched in Eemnes. Eemnes municipality invited citizens, associations and local enterpreneurs to participate to...
In response to the Paris Agreement, more and more governments, associations and businesses are setting bold climate targets. The European Commission presented the European Green Deal yesterday with...
During the fifth edition of "Sustainable Tuesday" on November 5th, the VUB sustainability core group announced the CO2 measurement figures. Between 2016 and 2018, the carbon footprint of the VUB...
In the InterConnect (Interoperable Solutions Connecting Smart Homes, Buildings and Grids) project 51 European entities gather to develop and demonstrate advanced solutions for the digitalisation of...
The increasing transport of goods is an important engine for economic growth, but it also creates a lot of traffic jams and environmental pollution. As part of his doctoral research, carried out at...
DISpATch (Digital twIn for SynchromodAl Transport) :Implementing synchromodal transport in Flanders The DISpATch project kicked off on the 18th of November 2019 with its first project meeting...
A VUB-led campaign has been launched in Ghent to find out how much time cyclists waste standing in front of red lights. Until 15 November, cyclists in Gent can use the Ist Al Gruun app to find out...
Scientists from VUB’s MOBI research group are leading an EU consortium that’s spearheading the transition to renewable energy sources and could ultimately reduce costs for consumers. RENAISSANCE ,...
VUB builds dry room for developing & producing batteries for electric vehicles MOBI’s new dry room, as part of our advanced battery manufacturing pilot line, will demonstrate how to upscale...
The SPROUT Project: Cities leading the urban mobility transition through the development of innovative policy responses The new EU-funded project SPROUT kicked off on the 18th and 19th of September...
Multimodal operator Shipit started at the beginning of this year the Brussels Construction Consolidation Center (BCCC) , a transshipment center along Havenlaan and Vergote dock in the harbor of...
For decades mobility has been a major problem in Brussels. Therefore, a new evaluation method called ‘ MOBRU ’ was developed. First results show that mobility in Brussels can be improved by short-...
Read of the week! The book "Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)" has been published online and is freely accessible on the MDPI Books platform now! The editor is prof. dr. Joeri van Mierlo ,...
Today, there was the very first ride of a self driving shuttle bus on the Brussels Health Campus in Jette. 'Automated Shuttle Service for Brussels Health Campus' is an Innoviris funded project with a...
By the end of the month there will be the launch of a self-driving shuttle bus on the Brussels Health Campus in Jette. 'Automated Shuttle Service for Brussels Health Campus’ is an Innoviris funded...
MOBI’s mission ‘Transitioning towards sustainable urban mobility’, is one the chapters in the new released book: ‘Het kleine klimaatboek’. This chapter is based on the expertise of prof. dr. Cathy...
MOBI has an important role in two European funded research projects about ‘Local Energy Communities’ that started off this year. The first project is called RENAISSANCE or ‘Renewable integration and...
On Thursday the 4th of July VUB and UZ Brussel officially founded the non-profit organization 'Green Energy Park' , the future living lab for green energy and mobility, the hospital of the future,...
They changed for the planet: 256 Belgian university experts share with the general public the daily gestures they have modified and their vision on what should change in our society, in order to have...
How many company cars are there in Belgium? What is the profile of the users? What is the social, ecological and financial impact of the system? What alternatives are there? These questions brought...
On the 20th of February, Noah’s Train arrived at its final destination in Brussels after a two-month trip through Europe. Noah’s Train is a project by the Rail Freight Forward-coalition. A...
