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Building the Digital Thread for Circular Economy Product, Resource & Service Management

CORDIS provides links to public deliverables and publications of HORIZON projects.

Links to deliverables and publications from FP7 projects, as well as links to some specific result types such as dataset and software, are dynamically retrieved from OpenAIRE .

Deliverables

Architecture Overview and Schematics (opens in new window)

Linked to T51 Provides the Architecture Overview and Schematics for the CircThread projects including as outcomes a description of the entire system architecture for a Circular Digital Thread CircThread based on interoperability traceability and data integrity an overview of the data exchange mechanisms and security requirements and compliance needs

Sustainability Decision Making Framework overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T32 Provides the Sustainability Decision Making Framework Overview and Technical Descriptions for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an integrated an integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Circularity Assessment iLCSCA advisory framework will be described that combines environmental social and circular indicators and their tradeoffs A summary of a 1000 persons survey among consumers in Spain Italy Belgium and Portugal to identify the LCSCA information in relation to consumer purchasing decisions And a proposal for output formats for the combination of LCSCA indicators in relation to global reporting standards and labels and product declarations with visualisation options

Manufacturer-Supplier's Intelligence Framework overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T3.4. Provides the Manufacturer's Suppliers Intelligence Framework Overview and Technical Descriptions for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an overview of the current state of the MAGA Manufacturer Suppliers Intelligence Framework, a description of the MAGA enhancement for CircThread supplier assessment and quotation based on the iLCS&CA framework from T3.1 and T3.2 for estimating sustainability impacts for comparison and selection of suppliers, a description of the integration of Bill of Materials and manufacturer ERP software data exchange links with a framework for material composition assessment including integrated REACH & RoHS compliance checks. The results will be used of this deliverable in the MAGA CircThread service implementation in T6.6.

Pilots Monitoring & Evaluation Initial Progress (opens in new window)

Linked to T7.1 Provides the Pilots Monitoring & Evaluation Initial Progress for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an overview of the steps carried out from M24 to M30 for the pilot implementation based on the Monitoring & Evaluation framework from D7.1 including progress, initial results, delays and mitigations.

CircThread Vision Materials Guidebook (opens in new window)

Linked to T21 Provides the CircThread Vision Materials Guidebook for the CircThread projects including as outcomes a guidebook summary of the project based on the proposal information in nontechnical approach with visual materials a one page summary for each of the webinars made from the proposal content an analysis of past and current projects on circular economy and their learnings and outcomes for use in CircThread and a stakeholder mapping for the project for outbound and inbound innovation purposes

Barriers and Solutions for Information Exchange and Decision Performance (opens in new window)

Linked to T23 Provides the Barriers and Solutions for Information Exchange and Decision Performance for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an understanding of why the information exchanges as identified in the Circthread use cases between actors are currently not carried out from economicsocialorganisational aspects the barriers an understanding of the needs of stakeholders regarding trust security and data sovereignty for all the product information aspects and a mapping of solutions to remove the barriers from IT process and organisational perspectivesThe deliverable will include based on the user needs identified for circular economy and barriers and potential solutions in relation to the use cases an evaluation with recommendations on policy issues for a Circular Economy in Europe and is marked as contributing to policy issuesrecommendations

Pilots Deployment And Testing Plan (opens in new window)

Linked to T7.1 Provides the Pilots Deployment and testing plan for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a detailed deployment plan for each of the three pilots including which services will be used when and by whom for what purposes and at what time, the management structure of each of the pilots with responsibilities with risks and contingencies and mitigation steps, and a deployment plan in terms of the planning steps, procurement needs and communications for tests to be carried out, and an overview of the testing procedures and KPIs to be provided from each tests for benchmarking. Finally it will include the performance monitoring & evaluation framework for monitoring, feedback, evaluation and adaptation of the plan, and a description of the helpdesk that is setup during the task for debugging.

Product Circular Design Decisions Framework overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T3.3. Provides the Product Circular Design Decisions Framework overview and technical descriptions for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: An overview of the current state of the VESPER tool and its capabilitie, a summary of the data schema extension for computing product component design alternatives for extended lifespan and improving disassemblability, scenario examples that describe the trade-offs between sustainability and manufacturing cost trade-offs, and a description of similarity metrics for parts for selection of alternatives that can then be run in the scenarios. The technical output will be used in T6.5 for delivery of VESPER as a CircThread service.

Meta-Data Catalogue Service Overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T4.6 Provides the Meta-Data Catalogue Service Overview and Technical Description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an overview of the finalised meta-data-catalogue service based on the refinement of D4.1 works, a description of the user facing side of the configurator in terms of funtionality including the user structure and features needed with the user interface design and frontend-backend linkages, it will also describe the linkage between the user provided informations and the catalogue information in related to the Digital Product Memory, and provide an overview of the deployment of the service and tested user scenarios.

CircThread iLCS&CA Information Exchanges Quality Assurance Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T3.5. Provides the CircThread iLCS&CA Information Exchanges Quality Assurance Description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the new framework for the information exchange validation for the iLCS&CA services, a description of the algorithms developed to improve quality, reduce errors, and provide feedback on errors in the data streams, a description of the implemented backend service that ingests information and provides an assessment report.

Use Case Information Requirements Evaluation (opens in new window)

Linked to T22 Provides the Use Case Information Requirements Evaluation for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an indepth evaluation of the seven CircThread circular economy product use cases with the consortium for the home appliance and home energy sectors including evaluations of use case variants for construction electronic products and packaging sectors The evaluation will include the results of stakeholder workshops and interviews with translation of their needs into concrete user story formats As an actor I want to obtain X information for Y decision in format Z and linkages to the services required for execution of each use case in terms of information needs at each product life cycle point with a first scoping of the IT landscape for CircThread that will feed into T51 on the architecture A final outcome is a requirements analysis for sector level aggregation and linkages to the EU RMIS

Circular Sustainability Advisory Tool Overview And Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T6.4 Provides the Circular sustainability advisory tool overview and technical description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the service including its objectives, features, end users, benefits, and use scenarios in relation to the CircThread use cases, a technical description of the services at present and their TRL positioning and advancements during the project, a description of the software implementation of the services including user interface and backend data exchange and API endpoints for CircThread integration.

Legacy Products Data Identification Tool Overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T6.1 Provides the Legacy products data identification tool overview and technical description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the two services (1) camera based product classification with linkage to existing product databases, and 2) materials spectroscopy based classification on conveying) including its objectives, features, end users, benefits, and use scenarios in relation to the CircThread use cases, a technical description of the services at present and their TRL positioning and advancements during the project, a description of the software implementation of the services including user interface and backend data exchange and API endpoints for CircThread integration.

CircThread Platform Functional Requirements (opens in new window)

Linked to T25 Provides the CircThread Platform Functional Requirements for the CircThread projects including as outcomes An integration of the results from D22 D23 and D24 The outcome will be a refinement of all the information collected to provide for a lean and well informed overview of requirements to move forward why are we here what do we want to achieve who are the users what pains and gains do we solve

Policy Briefs Report Covering First Four White Papers For Policy Dissemination (opens in new window)

Linked to T9.6. Provides the Policy briefs report covering first four white papers for policy dissemination for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a summary of the EU policy framework for Circular Economy and Sustainable Products in the context of the EU Green Deal with legislation developed to M27, a summary of the selected four white paper policy brief themes,and a summary of the developed policy briefs.Based on the recommendations in the policy briefs in relation to a Circular Economy in Europe the deliverable is marked as contributing to policy issues/recommendations.

Public Communication Materials Period 3 (opens in new window)

Linked to T10.2 and T10.4. Provides the Public communication materials period 3 for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a summary of the late stage communication materials developed by M36 in both online and offline media for the project with their key messages and targeted audience, a summary of the late stage network developed following the stakeholder database implementation and late stage communication outreach.

Strategic Standardisation Roadmap Results With Inputs For Standardisation Activities (opens in new window)

Linked to T9.4. Provides the Strategic standardisation roadmap results with inputs for standardisation activities for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: the task will describe based on the learnings from the CircThread project recommendations for new standards and an initial roadmap for their development, focusing on the standardisation of Circular Economy requirements for products and their accounting, and Product Information Exchanges between actors. Based on the recommendations on the requirements to for new standards in relation to a Circular Economy in Europe the deliverable is marked as contributing to policy issues/recommendations.

Dissemination & Communication Strategic Plan (opens in new window)

Linked to T101 Provides the Dissemination communication strategic plan for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an update from the proposal communication and dissemination plan covering opportunities targeted audiences stakeholder groups key messages and tools to reach them that will be used in the project an overview of KPIs for the communication and dissemination an overview of processes and collaboration mechanisms between the consortium partners for communication and dissemination works with partner feedback and a contigency plan in case of underperformance with a monitoring evaluation management strategy

Circular Product Accounting Framework overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T31 Provides a Circular Product Accounting Framework Overview and Technical Description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes a new accounting standard for product circularity in material flows and product qualityvalue looking at the current life cycle and next endofuse cycle It will be based on the Product Circularity Datasheets Standard PCDS to design algorithms for their automatic calculation given the appropriate data inputs are available including an assessment of data integration needs for the algorithms from different sources

Public Communication Materials Period 1 (opens in new window)

Linked to T102 and T104 Provides the Public communication materials period 1 for the CircThread projects including as outcomes a summary of the initial communication materials developed by M6 in both online and offline media for the project with their key messages and targeted audience a summary of the initial network developed following the stakeholder database implementation and initial communication outreach

Digital Product Memory for Tracing Products Across the Life Cycle (opens in new window)

Linked to T4.2 Provides the Digital Product Memory for Tracing Products across the life cycle for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the designed Digital Object Memory (DOM) for tracking of the product using tagging systems, the technical framework for the information linkages from/to the product and the tagging interactions to the DOM, a description of the required vocabularies for the DOM service, and an assesment of persisent storage of the product information and secure updating across life cycle stages.

Middleware for Interoperability Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T5.2 Provides the Middleware for Interoperability Technical Description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an overview of the deployed CircThread middleware including the FIWARE components used and other open-source components used, the data-structure for exchanges between components, and the file storage approaches and security layers and data owner needs.

Damaged Product Circularity Assessment Tool Overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T6.3 Provides the Damaged product circularity assessment tool overview and technical description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the service including its objectives, features, end users, benefits, and use scenarios in relation to the CircThread use cases, a technical description of the services at present and their TRL positioning and advancements during the project, a description of the software implementation of the services including user interface and backend data exchange and API endpoints for CircThread integration.

Product Meta-Data Catalogue Structure for Linking Product Information (opens in new window)

Linked to T41 Provides theProduct MetaData Catalogue Structure for linking product information for the CircThread projects including as outcomes describes he structure metadata items and the underlying semantic models for the information exchanges which combined provide for the vocabulary of the metadata product catalogue Metadata items in the catalogue tied to an individual product are described including an assssment for EEE Construction and Packaging for replicability purposes The data exchange needs for adaptation to the EU RMIS will be described The semantic models will be based on ontologies for product classifications The deliverable results will be implemented in the metadata catalogue service in T54

User Centred Design & Deployment Requirements (opens in new window)

Linked to T24 Provides the User Centred Design Deployment Requirements for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an understanding of the options for the deployment of a CircThread instance actors process and setup needs and model of collaboration and permission policies with an understanding of the minimum requirements to setup a CircThread instance It will also as outcome lead to an understanding of the user centred design requirements for CircThread on who would likely be involved in the various organisations in using the platform the skills they would need to use it personal motivations for using the system and information awareness needs

Connectors and Secure Data Exchange Mechanisms Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T5.3 Provides the Connectors and Secure Data Exchange Mechanisms Technical Description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the required connectors between all the CircThread middlware and services, an overview of the secure data exchange mechanisms, an overview of the developed connectors and their deployment.

Standardisation And Regulatory Needs Assessment (opens in new window)

Linked to T9.3. Provides the Standardisation and regulatory needs assessment for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: It will describe the works carried out in liasing with different relevant bodies, sector bodies, national and EU regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders, and the resulting enhanced synergies to the projects that emerged from these interactions.Based on the landscape scan and expertise with liaison from the standardisation experts an evaluation with recommendations on the requirements to fill existing gaps in standards in relation to a Circular Economy in Europe and is marked as contributing to policy issues/recommendations.

Public Communication Materials Period 2 (opens in new window)

Linked to T102 and T104 Provides the Public communication materials period 2 for the CircThread projects including as outcomes a summary of the advanced communication materials developed by M18 in both online and offline media for the project with their key messages and targeted audience a summary of the advanced network developed following the stakeholder database implementation and advanced communication outreach

Product Data Usage Contracts Service for Information Exchanges Governance (opens in new window)

Linked to T4.5 Provides the Product Data Usage Contracts Service for Information Exchanges Governance for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an overview of the concept of data contracts and its elements, a description of the data contracting approach for CircThread with roles, meta-data and data exchanges, technical usage policies and rules, and secure identity management of transaciton partners, following the CircThread use cases, a summary of the exchange policies for different use cases and needs and legal requirements in relation, a technical summary of the blockchain ledger system to operate the data contracts for storage. An oveview of the backend implementation of the data contracts usage service.

Standardisation Toolkit V1 Online Interactive Tool & Report (opens in new window)

Linked to T91 Provides the Standardisation Toolkit v1 online interactive tool report for the CircThread projects including as outcomes an overview of the interactive tool that includes the scan of existing standards metrics indicators and other tools relevant for circularity assessments a summary of the library of relevant documents that are linked to the landscape scan including emerging standards and approache under development

End-Of-Use Collection Recommendations Tool Overview and Technical Description (opens in new window)

Linked to T6.2 Provides the End-of-use collection recommendations tool overview and technical description for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: a description of the service including its objectives, features, end users, benefits, and use scenarios in relation to the CircThread use cases.

Standardisation Toolkit V2 Online Interactive Tool & Report (opens in new window)

Linked to T9.1. Provides the Standardisation Toolkit v2 online interactive tool & report for the CircThread projects including as outcomes: an updated overview of the interactive tool that includes the scan of existing standards, metrics, indicators and other tools relevant for circularity assessments, a summary of the library of relevant documents that are linked to the landscape scan, including emerging standards and approaches under development.The deliverable will include based on the landscape an initial evaluation of existing gaps in standards in relation to a Circular Economy in Europe and is marked as contributing to policy issues/recommendations.

CircThread Project Website (opens in new window)

Linked to T101 Provides the CircThread Project Website for the CircThread projects including as outcomes the live CircThread website with the first development communication materials including the first video

Publications

Design for circular disassembly: Evaluating the impacts of product end-of-life status on circularity through the parent-action-child model (opens in new window)

Author(s): Giovanni Formentini; Devarajan Ramanujan
Published in: Formentini , G & Ramanujan , D 2023 , ' Design for circular disassembly : Evaluating the impacts of product end-of-life status on circularity through the parent-action-child model ' , Journal of Cleaner Production , vol. 405 , 137009 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137009, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 137009, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137009

The Consumer Experience Perspective in European Projects on Packaging and the Circular Economy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Luisa Crisigiovanni, Elsa Agante
Published in: Diid — Disegno Industriale Industrial Design, Issue 79, 2023, Page(s) 10, ISSN 2785-2245
Publisher: Bologna University Press
DOI: 10.30682/diid7923f

A DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT FOR CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS REUSE AND RECYCLING (opens in new window)

Author(s): Koppelaar, R.H.E.M.; Pamidi, S.; Hajósi, E.; Herreras, L.; Leroy, P.; Jung, H.-Y.; Concheso, A.; Daniel, R.; Francisco, F.B.; Parrado, C.; Dell’Ambrogio, S.; Guggiari, F.; Leone, D.; Fontana, A.
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 15(2), 1405, 2023, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su15021405

EXAMINING THE ROLE AND FUTURE POTENTIAL OF DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY METHODS TO SUPPORT CIRCULAR PRODUCT DESIGN (opens in new window)

Author(s): Giovanni Formentini; Devarajan Ramanujan
Published in: Crossref, Issue 7, 2023, Page(s) 1735 - 1744, ISSN 2732-527X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/pds.2023.174

Accounting For Product End-of-Life Status in Disassembly Time Estimation Using Modified Maynard Operation Sequences (opens in new window)

Author(s): Formentini, Giovanni; Ramanujan, Devarajan
Published in: Formentini , G & Ramanujan , D 2023 , ' Accounting For Product End-of-Life Status in Disassembly Time Estimation Using Modified Maynard Operation Sequences ' , Procedia CIRP , vol. 116 , pp. 305-311 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.052, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 305-311, ISSN 2212-8271
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.052

The Design of Digital Platform Ecosystem (opens in new window)

Author(s): Gonçalo Marantes, António Lucas Soares & Henrique Diogo Silva
Published in: Collaborative Networks in Digitalization and Society 5.0, Issue 688, 2023, Page(s) 80-90, ISBN 978-3-031-42622-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-42622-3_6

Assessing The Disassembly Performance Of Washing Machines Through The Design For Circular Disassembly Methodology (opens in new window)

Author(s): Giovanni Formentini, Thorvald Alrø Martiny, Christian Møller, Teodor Vernica and Devarajan Ramanujan
Published in: Design Conference 2024, Issue Yearly, 2024, Page(s) 1249-1258, ISSN 2732-527X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/pds.2024.127

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