Description du projet
Accroître la durabilité du cycle de vie des industries biosourcées
L’activité industrielle est responsable de 51 % des émissions de gaz à effet de serre de l’UE. Une série de politiques fondées sur le pacte vert pour l’Europe cherchent à inverser cette tendance. Le projet CALIMERO, financé par l’UE, analysera des études de cas dans cinq secteurs biosourcés afin de trouver des solutions et d’améliorer les performances environnementales, économiques et sociales générales de leurs industries. De nouvelles avancées méthodologiques permettant d’évaluer la durabilité des industries biosourcées seront mises en œuvre en utilisant comme point de départ les lignes directrices «Empreinte environnementale de produit». Des cadres d’optimisation à plusieurs objectifs seront utilisés pour ajuster les paramètres opérationnels en vue d’améliorer l’incidence des processus industriels en matière de durabilité. Enfin, des lignes directrices et des recommandations seront adressées à l’industrie, aux décideurs politiques et à la communauté scientifique.
Objectif
European industries remain a significant source of pollution (51% of GHG emissions), with unsustainable production processes impacting adversely on climate change, natural resources availability, air/water/soil quality, ecosystems services and biodiversity. Thus, a transition to a sustainable and strong bioeconomy is one of the European main priorities as part of the EU Industrial Policy Strategy, the European Green Deal, the 2030 Climate Target Plan and the Bioeconomy strategy. CALIMERO will analyse bio-based sectors industrial case studies provided by partners (construction (ECIA), woodworking (CESEFOR), textiles (TECHTERA, EREKS), pulp & paper (ESSITY) and biochemicals (BIMKEMI)) to find feasible solutions to improve their environmental performance while considering also economic and social aspects. A deep analysis and improvement of the bio-based sectors sustainability performance by sustainability experts (CTA, WELOOP, LIST, IVL NEOVILI), followed by the simulation and modelling of relevant case studies through bio-engineering expertise (DTU) will be conducted to improve current Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment methodologies, based on the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) guide. To that end, missing characterization factors to assess biodiversity loss, impacts to ecosystem services and toxicity effects of sector-specific substances will be developed. The allocation methods of biotic circular systems will also be improved and the time dimension for lifecycle carbon footprint assessment will be considered. Material criticality and socio-economic indicators will also be included to cover the three pillars of sustainability. The improved methodology will be applied via a Multi Objective Optimization framework that will optimize industrial simulations with sustainability criteria. Finally, guidelines and recommendations addressed to industry, policy makers and scientific community will be developed for industrial sustainable development and monitoring.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
28021 Madrid
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.