Science & Expert work

Ensus Consulting offers Science & Expert work to solve specific hygiene issues related to the matrices

• water and air: using biocidal products & treatment technologies
• food and feed: using biocidal products & disinfection technologies
• organic wastes and manures: using biological processing technologies (composting, anaerobic digestion, etc…)

Ensus Consulting can help in a variety of ways:

1. Innovation: studies and projects

• ‘Innovation’ includes desk studies and research projects. Literature and patent research are examples of desk studies. A first audit is made starting with a desk study allowing to suggest a theoretical solution for the problem. Subsequently a practical solution is developed e.g. on laboratory, pilot and/or industrial scale. Projects are often realised in cooperation with universities and research institutes and with financial support from national or European institutes (research or innovation grants).
• Completed innovation studies and projects: In total more than 50 academic and industrial projects have been completed. Next to academic projects an extensive list of industrial innovation projects has been completed in collaboration with (inter)national beverage & food companies, many SMEs, water production facilities, waste treatment facilities, health care facilities, and others, concerning the following topics:
  • Water hygiene
  • Bioremediation (e.g. pesticide polluted water and organic waste streams)
  • Solid waste hygiene
  • Food hygiene
  • Other fields (e.g. human and public hygiene & personal care).

2. Speaking, writing, instructing on topics of expertise

Ensus Consulting offers the following services:

Presentations:

• Lecturing on (inter)national meetings, workshops and conferences for a professional audience, concerning hygiene issues of water and solid waste management.
• Water: e.g. TNAV Workshops “Innovative water technologies of industry” (2008 & 2010), etc.
• Solid waste management: e.g. Overview and prediction of hygienisation during anaerobic digestion and pasteurization processes. KTBL workshop, 14 November 2011, Berlin, Germany, etc.

Writing technical or scientific reports:

• As dedicated partner or subcontractor in your project we can offer comprehensive support, including writing of all required project reports;
• Evaluation reports are written for financing governmental institutions;
• Study reports or guidelines are written or reviewed based on our experience as a member of expert committees, e.g. concerning sanitary water (Legionella), swimming pools, hygienic aspects of waste processing technologies for organic waste/manure including composting, anaerobic digestion, pasteurisation, heat drying, etc.

Writing scientific papers:

• As dedicated partner or subcontractor in your project we can offer all necessary support to protect your results (in cooperation with a patent office) and/or, to publish the most important results in a scientific journal

Writing of Due diligence reports for Venture Capital groups, including:

• Assisting the evaluation procedure that precedes the decision to provide risk capital with focus on technological, IP and market potential (due diligence research), and
• Guiding innovating industries in the start-up phase, e.g. after injection of risk capital, and focussing on a maximum return on investment (ROI).

Writing of Expert reports

• Expert assessments are conducted for (agro-)industries, lawyers, tribunals and insurance companies concerning environmental issues, claims, etc.