Descrizione del progetto
Un software per un’economia circolare
La domanda europea di acqua, cibo, energia, terra e minerali continua a crescere. Le richieste delle limitate riserve mondiali ha reso necessario un uso più efficiente da parte dell’Europa sia di materiali vergini che di rifiuti. Il progetto Síner, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un software in grado di gestire e stimare i dati di risorse (materie prime, rifiuti, acqua ed energia) e rifiuti (acque reflue, calore residuo) delle industrie, al fine di individuare possibili sinergie tra le aziende. Esso raccoglierà i dati da diverse fonti e li elaborerà attraverso strumenti e algoritmi di megadati in grado di stimare i dati non disponibili. Migliorando la comprensione del mercato dell’UE, il progetto permetterà di identificare le variazioni dei mercati regionali in termini di responsabili delle decisioni di acquisto, modelli aziendali appropriati e strutture di prezzo, nonché individuare i mercati più interessanti.
Obiettivo
The demand for resources (water, food, energy, land and minerals) is continuously increasing, given the rising purchasing power of a
growing populatiThe demand for resources (water, food, energy, land and minerals) is continuously increasing, given the rising
purchasing power of a growing population. The global resource extraction is projected to reach an estimated value of 184 billion
tonnes in 2050 and the supply could be further aggravated by climate change, making natural resources increasingly scarce and
more expensive.
Hence, industrial symbiosis is the tool to implement circular economy into the manufacturing sector: it’s the process by which waste
or by-products of an industry or industrial process become the raw materials for another. Big data analysis is a promising approach
to identify the potential industrial symbioses within the perimeter of a large industrialized city. However, industrial symbiosis hasn’t
been widely implemented because resource input and waste output data aren’t disclosed or collected, making data-driven and
optimisation solutions very difficult to implement.
Simbiosy has developed Síner, an industrial symbiosis project management software that manages and estimates resources (raw
materials, waste, water and energy) and waste (wastewater, residual heat) data of the industries within a given territory. Síner
gathers data from different sources and processes it via Big Data tools and algorithms that are capable to estimate the unavailable
data.
The aim of the phase 1 project is to improve our understanding of the EU market for industrial symbiosis management tools, identify
regional market variations in terms of purchase decision makers, appropriate business models, pricing structure and identify which
are the most attractive markets for us to use as a beachhead.
In the EU, circular activities generated almost € 147 billion in value added and account for €17.5 billion worth of investments. We
plan to target 16,884 municipalities.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologybiological interactions
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Programma(i)
Argomento(i)
Invito a presentare proposte
Vedi altri progetti per questo bandoBando secondario
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinatore
08015 Barcelona
Spagna
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.