Curriculum Vitae
Work experience
- 2024 - present: EECS Quality Officer, Association of Issuing Bodies ivzw (AIB)
- Guaranteeing the origin of energy in Europe
- Maintaining the quality of the European Energy Certificate System (EECS)
- 2023 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- Research regarding sustainable heat grids
- Developing education on heating and cooling networks
- 2019-2023: Thermal networks supervisor, VREG (Flemish Energy Regulator)
- Technical supervision of district heating and cooling networks
- Production coordinations of guarantees of origin
- 2015-2019: PhD Candidate, EnergyVille - KU Leuven - VITO
- Project EFRO-SALK GeoWatt ‘Towards a Sustainable Energy Supply in Cities’
- VITO PhD Scholarship
- EIT InnoEnergy PhD School
- 2014-2015: Research Associate, KU Leuven
- Project Expert-Devs
Education
- PhD in Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2019. Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. Lieve Helsen
- Dissertation: “Optimal integration of thermal energy storage and conversion in fourth generation thermal networks” - [Download]
- Supported by a VITO PhD Fellowship, ERDF, Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Province of Limburg
- MSc in Engineering Science, Energy for Smart Cities, KU Leuven & Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Cum laude.
- Master thesis: “Big data analytics towards a retrofitting plan for the city of Stockholm”
- Vattenfall Energy Award: First prize
- EIT-KIC InnoEnergy Master in Energy for Smart Cities Thesis Award: Second prize
- Master thesis: “Big data analytics towards a retrofitting plan for the city of Stockholm”
- BSc in Engineering Science, major Mechanical and minor Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, 2012, Magna cum laude.
Skills
- Languages:
- English, Dutch: Native/full professional
- German, French: Medium conversational, good understanding proficiency
- Swedish: Elementary proficiency
- Thermal Energy Modelling
- Expert in district heating and cooling and thermal energy storage
- Optimisation
- Modelica/Dymola - R - Python
- \(\LaTeX\) - Vector illustration - Poster design
Activities
- 2015-Present: Volunteer at Thermotechnical Institute at KU Leuven
- 2017-2018: VITO PhD Committee member
- 2010-2018: Active member of University Symphony Orchestra of KU Leuven
- 2011-2013: Board member, PR
Extra Courses
- Academic Innovator Law & IP Strategy - Uppsala University
- Managing Innovation & Entrepreneurship - ESADE
- Maps and the Geospatial Revolution - Coursera
- Dynamic Calculation Methods for Building Energy Assessment - DTU
- Convex Optimization - KU Leuven
Teaching
Publications
E. Carrascal-Lekunberri, I. Garrido, B. van der Heijde, A. Garrido, J. Sala, and L. Helsen, “Energy Conservation in an Office Building Using an Enhanced Blind System Control,” Energies, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 196, Feb. 2017.
B. van der Heijde, M. Sourbron, F. J. Vega Arance, R. Salenbien, and L. Helsen, “Unlocking flexibility by exploiting the thermal capacity of concrete core activation,” Energy Procedia, vol. 135, pp. 92–104, Oct. 2017.
B. van der Heijde, A. Aertgeerts, and L. Helsen, “Modelling steady-state thermal behaviour of double thermal network pipes,” Int. J. Therm. Sci., vol. 117, pp. 316–327, Jul. 2017.
B. van der Heijde, M. Fuchs, C. Ribas Tugores, G. Schweiger, K. Sartor, D. Basciotti, D. Müller, C. Nytsch-Geusen, M. Wetter, and L. Helsen, “Dynamic equation-based thermo-hydraulic pipe model for district heating and cooling systems,” Energy Convers. Manag., vol. 151, no. November, pp. 158–169, 2017.
A. Vandermeulen, B. van der Heijde, D. Patteeuw, D. Vanhoudt, and L. Helsen, “A theoretical benchmark for bypass controllers in a residential district heating network,” Energy, p. , 2018.
A. Vandermeulen, B. van der Heijde, and L. Helsen, “Controlling district heating and cooling networks to unlock flexibility: A review,” Energy, p. , 2018.
B. van der Heijde, "Optimal Integration of Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion in Fourth Generation Thermal Networks", PhD Thesis, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2019.
B. van der Heijde, A. Vandermeulen, R. Salenbien and L. Helsen, "Integrated Optimal Design and Control of Fourth Generation District Heating Networks with Thermal Energy Storage", Energies , Volume 12 (14), 2019.
B. van der Heijde, A. Vandermeulen, R. Salenbien and L. Helsen, "Representative days selection for district energy system optimisation: a solar district heating system with seasonal storage", Applied Energy, Volume 248, p. 79-94 2019
Talks
Conference presentation at Energy Systems Conference, London, United Kingdom
Conference presentation at IEA-ECS GreenSTOCK Conference, Beijing, China
Free presentation at Annex 60 Expert Meeting Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Free presentation at Annex 60 Expert Meeting Leuven, Miami, Florida
Conference presentation at International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany
Conference presentation at 3rd International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and 4th Generation District Heating, Copenhagen, Denmark
Conference presentation at 12th Conference on Sustainable Development in Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), Dubrovnik, Croatia
Conference presentation at ECOS 2018 - The 31st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Guimarães, Portugal