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Global energy and other resources efficiency in manufacturing enterprises

 

Specific challenge:The consumption of energy and other resources often represents a major part of the cost of manufactured products. Energy and other resources savings need to be considered at several levels: machine, process, the whole factory and along the entire value chain. The development of new business models focusing on the collaboration of companies operating in the same value chain to increase resources and energy efficiency can bring important cost savings in products and increased competitiveness. Inter-company cooperation can be further facilitated by geographic proximity (Industrial Symbiosis). The ultimate objective is to increase competitiveness of the EU manufacturing sector while at the same time improving environmental performance.

Scope: Research activities should be multi-disciplinary and address all of the following areas:

-          Energy and resource consumption data collection along the entire value chain, modelling and integration of data into t