George Tentes is an Environmental Economist and Engineer (MEng, MSc, PhD), specialising in managing natural resources and the environment. He has worked as a Team Leader in studies and permits related to: energy, mining, tourism, and spatial planning investments; marine & terrestrial ecology assessments; environmental engineering; design and permitting.
Environmental, Ecology and Waste Management Consultant with multi-field activities, experienced in laboratory and field applications. Participation in environmental voluntary actions. Following the development on the subject. Participation in the preparation of EIA and advice on the management of wastewater, and solid and gaseous waste.
Chrysa has a bachelor on Marine Science. Her MSc in Integrated Coastal Zone Management has given her experience in in-situ data collection as a diver, analysis of remote sensing data and habitat mapping. She is a rescue diver and a marine ecology expert.
Pavlos is a Geologist, a Marine Environment Consultant and a Seismic Navigator. He has participated in more than 30 offshore geophysical surveys worldwide and has also worked as an Environmental Coordinator in the Oil and Gas Industry. He has actively been involved in projects related to: Marine Environment, Development and Sustainability, EIA, Water Resources Management, etc.
Environmental consultant, holding a degree in Environmental Geography and an MSc in Environmental Policy & Biodiversity Conservation. He works on environmental impact assessment, environmental carrying capacity and environmental policy. In parallel, he is an expert in GIS, solid waste management and environmental education.
Environmental consultant, holding a degree in Environmental Geography and an MSc in Environmental Policy & Biodiversity Conservation. He works on impact assessment, carbon footprint assessment, application of the do-no-significant-harm principle and environmental and climate sustainability proofing
Under-graduate Student of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, with a specialization in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management. Specialized in environmental data processing and analysis. Involved in environmental impact and carrying capacity assessment, as well as in strategic environmental impact studies.
Holds a Master’s degree in Catalysis & Protection of the Environment. She is active in a variety of environmental fields and has experience both in laboratory analyses and specialised field work. She is involved in Environmental Impact Assessments, Strategic Environmental Impact Assessments and Special Ecological Assessments, amongst other studies.
Graduate of the Department of Oceanography and Marine Biosciences, with an MSc in Environmental Technologies in Environmental Law. She specialises in marine ecosystems, environmental data processing and fieldwork. She holds an Advanced level scuba diving diploma and works on strategic environmental impact assessments and environmental policy issues.
Agronomist with an M.Sc. in Environment and Development (NTUA), specializing in water resources management, flora and landscape management. Engaged in environmental and landscape projects, she combines agricultural science with sustainable design. She has experience in conducting environmental studies, fieldwork, and spatial analysis using GIS.
Physics Scientist, specializing in Environmental Physics. Her work focuses on sustainable development, with an emphasis on carbon footprint assessment and environmental data analysis. She contributes to the preparation of environmental studies and the development of proposals aimed at reducing environmental impacts.
Agronomist, with an M.Sc. in “Environment and Development” (NTUA), specializing in environmental licensing, rangeland ecosystem management, and biodiversity. She is an expert in conducting environmental studies, fieldwork, spatial analysis using GIS and Remote Sensing.
Environmental Engineer MEng (Technical University of Crete). Working as an Environmental Consultant, focusing on environmental data processing and analysis, carbon footprint calculations, Environmental Impact Assessments and Carrying Capacity Assessments.
Environmental Consultant, holds a degree in Oceanography and Marine Biosciences from the University of the Aegean, and an MSc in Integrated Coastal Area Management. She holds a diploma in scuba diving and has experience in project management, licensing of dive parks, investment projects and licensing of port projects. She works on environmental impact assessment studies and environmental policy issues.
Architect (MArch), specializing in environmental design of cities and buildings (MSc). She has experience in socio-economic studies, studies for environmental licensing of projects, construction project management and supervising of construction works. She is Buildings’ Energy Inspector and consultant for reforming the legal framework of licensing of economic activities.
The 4Xcell model has been developed to assist the study of the hydrological basin of Viotikos Kifissos River. The main goal is neither to replace existing fully-distributed models that have been developed for the specific basin nor to bring new theoretical knowledge in the field of water modelling. The needs that this model would serve regard the water management in large hydrological units, through a combined use of surface and ground water data, resulting in predictions for the groundwater level and the availability of surface water.
Description: Modelling the hydrological processes in a river basin, has been one of the main problems of hydrology. Several kinds of models have been developed. In this tool, the newly constructed semi-distributed model 4Xcell is presented, for the simultaneous simulation of evapotranspiration, runoff and karstic groundwater. It requires the subdivision of the area and the river κοίτη into sub-regions, a more or less continuous aquifer for the simulation of which quadruple cells are used. 4Xcell is accommodated in the very user-friendly environment of MS Excel®, it is calibrated by means of the advanced edition of the built-in Solver and the results include artificial time series for the aquifer water-levels, the groundwater storage, the actual evapotranspiration and the total runoff at the Karditsa outlet. It can be used on day, month or year basis.
4Xcell has been applied to the basin of Viotikos Kifissos in Central Hellas. It was calibrated for a five year period, due to lack of longer time-series, and verified for several other five-year periods. The results of the calibration show that the model is set on a very realistic platform, and that with more complete input data, great accuracy can be achieved. The results of the model verification, emphasize latter, as well as the need for long period calibration.
The model is constructed in the MSExcel® environment, which is user-friendly, and it does not make use of any VBA program or routine. Thus, it responds very quickly to any change of data or equation. The equations are being solved by means of an explicit method with a time step of a tenth of a month (almost 3 days). The calibration uses a combination of the “trial and error” method with the Excel® Solver, for the minimization of the objective function.
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This is our very first post on our website blog. Our intention is to share a few words about our company Green2Sustain and our three pylons: environment, sustainability and competitiveness.
Competitiveness: EU and other grants and sources of funding are highly competitive. Our experience in the value chain, from idea development to proposal and project management, assist our clients in getting successful results.
Green2Sustain partners provide tools, solutions and best practices for cultivating innovative ideas, matching them with EU and other funding mechanisms objectives and help you write winning proposals, working either as your partner or as your consultants.
Sustainability: Green2Sustain partners can help you improve, change and technically progress to facilitate environmentally, socially and economically sustainable business conduct, through services that propel the sustainable management of water resources, waste, energy, natural environment and raw materials.
Green2Sustain partners are experts in assessing the economic impacts of any environmental change, reflecting the footprint of activities and investments from a socio-economic point of view, leading towards sustainable management of environment, society and economy as a whole.
Environment: Green2Sustain partners have more than 15 consequent years of professional experience in environmental management, environmental monitoring, environmental data analysis, ecosystems status assessment and in environmental impacts of activities of great local, regional or national importance.
Our partners are experienced in managing all individual environmental sectors (water, soil, air, manmade environment, waste, flora/fauna etc.), and we devote the necessary and appropriate human resources to any environmental problem, providing reliable and innovative solutions.
According to the legislative framework of the EU, critical pollutant levels (EQS) and tolerance levels have been determined for the protection of vegetation. In addition, according to Greek and international literature, the impact of the air pollutants on vegetation is important and harmful, given that Particulate Matter (PM) or chemical compounds emitted during the construction or operation phase of an activity are entering the plants stomas.
In general prolonged exposure to air pollutant emissions leads to premature aging and breaking of leaves, while continuous exposure of the canopy leaves to -not so- high concentrations causes chronic leaf damage, such as e.g. chlorosis and extensive leaf breaking. On the other hand, continuous exposure to high concentrations of air pollutants may lead to necrosis of the leaf (necrosis of brown and black-brown colour) and smudging.
In Green2Sustain we can estimate the probability, the degradation intensity, by the exposure of various groups of flora species to different pollutant emission patterns (doses). Given that impacts may be different to certain species like coniferous or broad-leaved species and the like, an analytical assessment is usually needed to understand the impacts and define the proper protective or mitigation measures and monitoring.
In the past 15 years 2000-2015, the prevailing development strategy was based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), established by the UN. The focus has been on: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; reducing child mortality; improving maternal health; combating diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability and forming a global partnership for development.
Nowadays, the UN are working on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which, as J. Sachs puts it, “will continue the fight against extreme poverty, but also add the challenges of ensuring more equitable economic growth and environmental sustainability, especially the key goal of curbing the dangers of human-induced climate change”.
The main focus for the 15 years will be on: population increase (reaching 8 billion by 2020); inequality in the income distribution; threats to the environment by the world economy growth.
The interactions that will be explored will be among
– world economy – global society – physical environment –
and “SDGs call for socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth”.
The novel thing of the SDGs is that the abovementioned triptych is combined with “good governance”, which in turn includes functioning of governments and large enterprises (social actors). Therefore, business takes an important position in the lives of the people on the planet, equivalent to that of the governments.
The important thing is that the adoption of SDGs will take place at UN HQ in New York, September 2015. The rest remains to be seen.
Real estate investments for us are a long cycle, which includes:
Buying and selling a property: our team undertakes the Due Diligence on the environmental and technical aspects of the property, on the part of the seller or buyer.
Development of the investment: we participate in the planning by identifying the environmental commitments and the necessary climate change adaptation measures, with the aim of creating value for the property. At the same time, we have experience in feasibility studies and cost-benefit studies, through which we compare scenarios and propose the most advantageous alternatives.
Licensing of the investment: we cover all aspects of licensing, with an emphasis on environmental licensing. We prepare and monitor the licensing files (building permit, installation permit, etc.) and ensure that the schedules are met.
Construction & operation of the investment: During construction, we support investors to ensure compliance with environmental conditions and compliance of contractors and technical projects. During operation, we support management in formulating a sustainability policy, we inspect the facilities and we ensure compliance and adherence to the strategy.
Closure of the investment: During this phase, we make sure that the rules of safe decommissioning are applied, and we indicate technical solutions for the protection of the environment and the assets of the investment.
Preparation for new use: We inspect the properties, check for residual pollution, draw up remediation and restoration plans. In parallel, we supervise any decontamination works until the property is delivered ready for the next transaction.
We turn the need for continuous growth into a corporate sustainability strategy, supporting you in the battle to ensure:
Profitability, through increasing the awareness of products and services
Cost reduction, through better management of resources (human, natural, cultural, etc.)
Satisfaction of all parties involved in your activity
Compliance with laws, guidelines, and regulations
Better control, both internally and externally
As part of our Sustainability Analysis and Report, we help you implement international standards and protocols:
ESRS: The new generation of European sustainability standards, which ensures that you only present the essential aspects of your business, saving human and financial resources
ISO 26000: the standard that gives you directions on the issues that should matter to you
UN Global Compact: The Basic Principles of Sustainable Entrepreneurship proposed by the United Nations
We undertake to organize the team that will deal with the annual Sustainability Report in your business or to do the Report for you, so that you can save resources.
The advantages of developing a Sustainability Strategy, as well as the experience of our partners in social and environmental analysis, can be an important lever for cooperation and mutual support.
We provide architect, agronomist and geotechnical engineering services to support the configuration of the external environment of your investment or your clients’.
Our experience in rainwater, soil and wastewater management is the background on which we will design the infrastructure you need for the organization of the landscape, from the level of the simple property with a garden, to the level of the strategic investment with natural landscaping.
We have extensive experience in difficult cases such as:
Phytopathological studies for cultivated and forest areas (private forests).
Soil Quality Assessment and Crop Advisory
Integrated green masterplans for urban areas
Landscape impact assessment with visual nuisance studies for projects and activities
In addition, we prepare phytotechnical studies for the reuse of reclaimed water from wastewater treatment in urban and tourist areas, while at the same time we design the appropriate hydraulic systems to support the landscape we create.
We are willing and qualified to address the environmental impact of projects and activities, to indicate methods of environmental protection, so that you can reduce your environmental footprint.
We help you analyze your project or activity with the aim of:
License it environmentally
Modify or renew your license
Improve its environmental behavior
Save resources and money
We undertake on your behalf, in accordance with the instructions of the European Union and Greek legislation, to study, develop models, utilize scientific tools and manage:
water resources (surface, groundwater and marine waters)
natural environment (terrestrial and marine habitats, flora species, fauna and avifauna species)
wastewater and solid waste (characterization of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, design of treatment plants – waste management plans)
soil resources and sediments
air pollution from emissions from construction sites, transport projects and industrial activities
noise nuisance from construction sites and transport projects and disturbing activities
visual nuisance from interventions in the landscape and from various facilities and buildings.
The long-term experience of our partners, our realistic approach to financial costs, as well as the multitude of environmental objects we can cover, aspire to be important incentives for cooperation and mutual support.
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