Last Friday the management of Nijkamp and BGP returned from a successful visit to the Russian town of Nizhny Tagil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhny_Tagil) , located in the Uralic province Sveldlovsk Oblast, a region where winter temperatures usually drop to -25 oC and below.
In the framework of it's foreign activities, Nijkamp concluded an agreement with the "Uralsky Dom", a  company, that processes wood, harvested in the region, to products for construction of houses and other elements for building. Uralsky Dom is facing high costs of energy in its production process and seeks to install modern, energy efficient technologies.
"The project will reduce the energy consumption of our partner" says Jilles Nijoer, CEO of Nijkamp. "This project is one many of the many that hope to realize in the coming years", he states. "Together with the engineer's team from BGP we expect to realize this project during 2012".
The project will be a demonstration of new technology for the re-use of waste wood in the wood processing industry of Russia and has become possible through financial support from the Netherlands Government (EVD/Agency-NL).
 

Just before Christmas 2011, we have completed a Carbon Footprint job for a leading Transmission System Operator (TSO). The work included the calculation of the CO2 emissions equivalents resulting from the company's activities, for example consisting of road transport, real estate energy consumption, air transport and others.
Calculation of a Carbon Footprint is part of the strategy of many corporation today. It contributes to the development of corporate strategy for sustainability, responsible care, climate neutrality and related issues.

Last Friday the Empresa pública Municipal de Aseo Cuenca (EMAC) and BGP Engineers have signed an agreement for cooperation. EMAC is the public waste management company of the third largest city of Ecuador, Cuenca, beautifully located in the Andes mountains at a height of 2,500 meters above sea level and known for it's large indigenous population.
The cooperation agreement envisages the reduction of methane emission from the Pichacay landfill and the generation electricity. BGP Engineers will develop the emissions reduction project under the Clean Development Mechanism.
The project will contribute to the vision of the City of Cuenca to become a green city and an example for the region. The project is supported by organisations from Ecuador and The Nethelands.
 

The Department Climate, Energy, Environment and Water (DME) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has installed the Support Facility (“Steungroep DME”) for the deployment of expertise in the areas of climate, energy, environment and water. BGP Engineers takes part as the consortium leader of the Support Facility with partners VNG International, Eco-Job and Kema.
 

Due to the success of the Support Facility, it has been prolonged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an additional year. This means that more projects will be developed in 2012 by BGP Engineers and partners. To get an impression of the projects that already have been completed, see the project overview 2009-2011, which is included.