In October 2017, Joost started as a consultant renewable energy at Pondera. Through a lot of enthusiasm and inquisitiveness he contributes to various sustainable energy projects. Joost has a multidisciplinary background and can be deployed on various activities of Pondera, including spatial procedures, permits, zoning plans, GIS and environmental impact assessments. During his study in Groningen, he developed an enormous interest in sustainability, climate change and the energy transition. He was also trained to analyze climate and energy issues and to come up with sustainable solutions.

 

Education, training and previous employers

Joost Sissingh completed his master in Environment and Resource Management at the VU in Amsterdam in July 2017. He wrote his thesis at the University of Cape Town about implementing energy efficient measures in the social housing sector in South Africa. Before that, he followed the master in Environmental and Infrastructure Planning at the University of Groningen. As part of this master, he did a graduation internship at Rijkswaterstaat about making the management of the motorway network more sustainable. He followed his Bachelor’s in Technical Planology at the University of Groningen.

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