The climate crisis is one of the main challenges of the 21st century. A shift to a net zero economy is indispensable to safeguard our society as we know it. This challenge becomes an opportunity for industry to develop and manufacture the needed breakthrough technological solutions. To fully support this opportunity the VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) has launched a transversal alliance of 300 dedicated researchers who collaborate strongly to accelerate the invention of climate technologies and their adoption by society.

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FACT aims to become thé reference alliance for climate technologies, by engineering and showcasing technologies and infrastructure for a future-fit net-zero carbon society that is sustainable from a social, environmental, and economic perspective. 

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The development of complex sustainable ecosystems, from individual buildings to entire districts and countries, requires a holistic approach to design and operation, considering carbon emissions at the system level and across the entire life cycle. The expertise of our alliance lies in developing cutting-edge technologies and solutions that strive to minimize climate change and its impacts. Pivotal in this aspect is the interaction with the broad public via tangible demonstrations of system solutions at the living lab of the Green Energy Park in Zellik, which is also key to our educational goal.

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