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:metabolon Innovative reuse of the central landfill site Leppe

• Dr. Pascal Beese-Vasbender

From a landfill to a site of innovation

• 2004 – End of organic waste deposition at the central landfill Leppe
• 2005 – Participation in the structural program of North Rhine-Westphalia „Regionale 2010“

Core Business

• sustainable resource efficiency
• biochemical conversion of matter
• environmental technologies

Landfill infrastructure

Waste logistics and intermediate storage Dumping of inert material Recycable fraction collection and sorting Combined fermentation and composting

Final maintanance of a landfill by simple recultivation?

: envihab

[Köln]

:agrohort

[Rhein-Sieg Kreis]

:metabolon

[Oberbergischer Kreis]

:terra nova

[Rhein-Erft Kreis]

:chemtech

[Rhein-Erft Kreis]

:chemergie

[Rhein-Erft Kreis]

:aqualon

[Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis]

associated project :energielabor

[Rhein-Kreis Neuss]

A sustainable development of culture & society

project region North Rhine-Westphalia Regionale 2010

Project structure of :metabolon

Student lab

creation of sustainable awareness Kindergarten, elementary school, secondary school, further education Extracurricular site of learning

Research community

application-oriented research resource management international education and reserach center pilot plants virtual institute for resource management

meta theme: transfer of knowledge – lifetime learning

Bergisch Energy Competence Center

Center of information for domestic energy efficiency BioEnergy management climate protection management regional energy management Resource-Efficiency-Network

sustainable commercial area, leisure / recreation and culture

Fields of activity and cooperation within the project :metabolon

Core areas

Tourism and local recreation Economic development and value creation Education and knowledge transfer

Extracurricular site of learning

Extracurricular site of learning

I – Student lab

• Education at an authentic location
• from kindergarten to secondary school
• Promoting environmental awareness
• Encouriging the interest in natural science
• Supporting hands-on occupational orientation
• Offering dynamic and up-to-date events
• Little Scientists‘ House, environmental olympics…

Education and Research Center

II – Research community

• Interdisciplinary research projects in environmental technologies
• Fermentation of biomass to biogas
• Landfill gas
• Biomass incineration
• Processing of landfill leachate
• Hydrothermal carbonization
• Automation for process optimization

Coming up …

• Gasification of residual biomass
• Pyrolysis
• Extensive utilization of fibrous residual biomass
• Biofilter
• Life Cycle Assessment

laboratory to pilot plants

Summer school TH Köln Winter school TH Köln

Education and Research Center

• Transfer of knowledge
• Hands-on internships
• Summer schools
• Winter schools
• European student camps

On-site research areas

landfill gas landfill leachate landfill coverage long-term behaviour Cogeneration of heat and power photovoltaics biogas

Application-oriented recycling chains

Research partner (extract)

Research community :metabolon

Energy efficiency and building restoration

III – Bergisch Energy Competence Center

• Information center for renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy building restoration
• Supervised exhibition of relevant commercial partners in the field of sustainable energy usage
• Independent events and counseling for intereted visitors by certified energy consultants
• Training center for environmental technologies for the regional craft sector
• Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Association of Craftsmen

… think and act clever … … exchange ideas, inform and educate …

Exhibition areas

• Biomass heating power plant
• wood pellets, wood chips, firewood,miscanthus
• Solar thermal and geothermal systems, photovoltaic
• Micro-CHP (combined heat and power)
• Heat pumps, high efficiency heat pumps
• Energy efficient building control systems
• Ecological modernisation with wood
• Heat insulation for building inventory

Co-operating distance

members:

• Oberbergisch district
• Rheinisch-Bergisch district
• Rhein-Sieg district
• Rhein-Erft district
• Rhein-Kreis-Neuss district
• Urban commune

Leverkusen numbers:

• Area: 3.871 km2
• 59 cities and

municipalities

• 2.3 Mio. residents

regional co-operations:

• Berg. tri-city area
• Cologne
• Bonn
• Mettmann district
• Steinfurt district

Miscanthus Sieverdingbeck

Exhibitors in the Bergisch Energy Competence Center (extract)

Extention of the exhibition area for a wider range

• Presentation of regional timber constructions
• New mobility concepts and approaches
• e-mobility, Smart-Cities
• Exhibition of intelligent building control systems
• Presentation of application-oriented research

BioEnergy management „Bergisches Land“

• Co-ordination of local climate protection measures
• LEADER Project: Zero Emission Industrial Park
• Transfer of knowledge by energy consultants
• qualification of persons in charge of climate protection
• Release of biodegradable waste cadaster

cooperation with 59 municipalities

Partner of sustainable development

IV – Sustainable commercial area

• Commercial space for companies in waste management and environmental technologies
• Since 2011 „:metabolon biomass yard“

REN

Adaptive Resource-Efficiency- Network :metabolon (Energy-Efficiency-Network) Power Authorities

RheinEnergie AG and regional associate companies

Energie.Agentur NRW „Energy-Efficient“

Raw Materials and Resources

Effizienz-Agentur NRW Process Optimization

Residual Materials

BAV :metabolon (residual material to resource)

Personal (Human Resource)

:metabolon Master degree course BET (international) Resource-Academy Further Education Energy-Scouts

circular flow economy Kreislaufwirtschaft

Research and Development Research Community :metabolon --- management of residual material flow

resource efficiency

Evaluation and Advancement: Wuppertal Institute, Prof. Braungart

Partner of sustainable development

Public relations for offbeat transfer of knowledge

V – Leisure, recreation and culture

• Attracting the attention of different kind of people for principles of sustainability
• Co-operation with regional associations and clubs
• Guided tours, Slide and viewing platform, Bikepark, Crossgolf, Segway, Paragliding
• Set-up of cultural events, like „music meets :metabolon“

Realisation of the concept in September 2011 Architect‘s design

Impressions

Impressions

Impressions

Impressions

First anniversary of :metabolon – September 2012

First anniversary of :metabolon – September 2012

Impressions – open day 2014

Impressions – open day 2014

Thank you for your attention!

• Dr. Pascal Beese-Vasbender

pbv@bavmail.de