Constructing a green circular society

Abstract

Munjur E. Moula has made his Licentiate and Doctoral degrees in the field of social sciences at the University of Helsinki. As a principal investigator, he is currently conducting social acceptability study of a consortium new energy project, supported by Academy of Finland, at the University of Helsinki. He is the founding members of scientific research community titled Social Acceptability Study (SAS) Network and W 2 , at Aalto University. His current research interests are: social acceptability research, circular economy, global child protection, and renewables market.Pekka Oinas D.Sc. (Tech.) has degree in chemical engineering. He is the professor in plant design, which involves plant/process design, simulation, costs, safety and sustainability in design, a field of research that has widely accepted by the research community. He has more than 25 years of industrial experience in plant operation and management before he joins at Aalto University. Professor Pekka Oinas is the founding President of W 2 research community at the School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University. Rob E.C.M. van der Heijden is a full professor of Innovative Planning Methods at the Institute of Management Research (IMR), Radboud University (RU), Nijmegen, the Netherlands.Shady Attia is an architectural engineer and professor of sustainable architecture and building technology at Liege University in Belgium. He is a faculty member of the United States Green Building Council and his area of expertise is high performance buildings and regenerative design. Dr. Attia works also as an independent consultant in building energy efficiency and sustainability.Saad Mekhelif has completed his PhD in electrical engineering in 2004. He is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. He is the principal investigator for several national and international research grants. He is actively involved in industrial consultancy for major corporations in the renewable energy projects. His research interest includes power conversion techniques, control of power converters, renewable energy and energy efficiency, energy policy and climate change.