Project description
Circular economy going digital
Digital technology plays a big role in our transition to a circular economy, which aims to make optimum use of resources within industries. Investing in innovation is good for the protection of the environment, and it also contributes to Europe’s competitiveness. The EU-funded DigiPrime project will develop the concept of a circular economy digital platform in order to create circular business models based on the data-enhanced recovery and reuse of functions and materials. Specifically, it will create and operate a federated model of digital platforms for cross-sector business in the circular economy. DigiPrime will be validated through several cross-sectoral pilots, further detailed in 20 use cases covering different European industrial sectors (automotive, renewable energy, electronics, textile, construction), and by additional pilots in new sectors, funded through an open call mechanism.
Objective
DigiPrime has the mission to develop a new concept of Circular Economy digital platform overcoming current information asymmetry among value-chain stakeholders, in order to unlock new circular business models based on the data-enhanced recovery and re-use of functions and materials from high value-added post-use products with a cross-sectorial approach. DigiPrime will create and operate a federated model of digital platforms for cross-sector business in the Circular Economy. Nodes of the federation will offer interoperable functions and data, that can be accessed by other nodes, combined with local data and services, that are not exposed outside; connectors and open interfaces enable easy integration of new services, provided by third parties, that are not made accessible outside. Specific attention will be devoted to create trustable data sharing mechanisms, preserving the confidentiality of business-critical data. Security and sovereignity of information are guaranteed by IDSA (Industrial Data Space Association)-based solutions for on-demand and controlled sharing of data among organisations, regulated by smart contracts and tracked by block-chain. The services covers: i) the cross-sector value-Chains dimension (De- and remanufacturing oriented product information management, product co-creation, LCA-LCC for eco-design, demand-supply matching, sustainable value network and reverse logistics barriers identification and legislation support, etc.), ii) the operational dimension (rediction of product conditions, de-and remanufacturing decision support system, demand and supply forecasting, circular production planning and control, material testing and certificationetc). DigiPrime, will be thoroughly validated through 6 cross-sectorial pilots, further detailed in 20 use-cases covering 5 different European industrial sectors (automotive, renewable energy, electronics, textile, construction), and by additional pilots in new sectors, funded through an Open Call mechanism.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economics
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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76131 Karlsruhe
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1111 Budapest
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157 80 ATHINA
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971 87 Lulea
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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21052 Busto Arsizio
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20821 Meda (Mb)
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31621 Sarriguren
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37079 Gottingen
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70565 Stuttgart
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65205 Wiesbaden
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80809 Munchen
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97816 Lohr
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24040 Bottanuco
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00185 Roma
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63452 Hanau
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30165 Hannover
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34906 Istanbul
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38100 Trento
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57124 Livorno
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3080 Tervuren
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23900 Lecco Lc
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8073 Feldkirchen
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38090 Vaulx Milieu
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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01115 Bellignat
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544 01 Dvur Kralove Nad Labem
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50012 Zaragoza
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19200 Azuqueca De Henares Guadalajara
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00131 Roma
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1070 Wien
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551 02 THESSALONIKI
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28203 Bremen
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11525 Athens
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56025 Pontedera
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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1253 Luxembourg
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93055 Regensburg
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70839 Gerlingen-Schillerhoehe
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25081 Bedizzole (Bs)
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