Descrizione del progetto
Migliorare la sostenibilità del ciclo di vita delle bioindustrie
L’attività industriale è responsabile del 51 % delle emissioni di gas a effetto serra nell’Unione europea, ma una serie di politiche basate sul Green Deal si propone di invertire questa tendenza. Il progetto CALIMERO, finanziato dall’UE, analizzerà casi di studio in cinque biosettori per trovare soluzioni e migliorare le prestazioni ambientali, economiche e sociali complessive delle industrie. Per valutare la sostenibilità delle bioindustrie verranno applicati nuovi sviluppi metodologici, utilizzando come punto di partenza gli orientamenti sull’impronta ambientale dei prodotti. Per mettere a punto i parametri operativi si ricorrerà ai quadri di ottimizzazione multi-obiettivo, al fine di migliorare l’impatto sulla sostenibilità dei processi industriali. Infine, all’industria, ai responsabili delle politiche e alla comunità scientifica saranno rivolti orientamenti e raccomandazioni.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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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Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
28021 Madrid
Spagna
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.