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Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources

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Objective

To pave the way forward for IS as a solution for more efficient processing and energy systems for the
process industry, we will develop a secure ICT platform (SHAREBOX) for the flexible management of
shared process resources that will provide plant operations and production managers with the
robust and reliable information that they need in real-time in order to effectively and confidently
share resources (plant, energy, water, residues, and recycled materials) with other companies in a
symbiotic eco-system.

A suite of new analysis and optimisation tools for flexible energy use and material flow integration
will be developed for optimising symbiosis among companies. These tools will be based on input-
output (IO) modelling for resource (waste and energy) supply-demand matching and process
efficiency analysis (to understand physical and technological conditions), game theoretical (GT)
approach for integrating company behaviour in cost-, benefit-, and resource-sharing (to understand
economic conditions), and agent-based modelling (ABM) for designing the (economic,
environmental, and social) optimal symbiotic network (to have the holistic optimum). The outputs
from the SHAREBOX controller will provide plant and operations managers with commands for
actions to be taken and/or recommendations for decision support. It will be ensured that all
commands and recommendations a) fulfil plant operations requirements, b) are within the
constraints of any contractual obligations, c) are in compliance with all regulatory thresholds, and d)
deliver optimal impacts in terms of cost/savings and ecological footprints. The historical data that is
generated by the SHAREBOX platform will be processed by data mining tools that will provide the
production/process BIG DATA for symbiotic shared resources optimisation. The platform will be co-
created, implemented and tested at 4 demo locations in EU, using realistic industrial streams and
process conditions.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.2.1.5.3. - Sustainable, resource-efficient and low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive process industries

Topic(s)

SPIRE-06-2015 - Energy and resource management systems for improved efficiency in the process industries

Call for proposal

H2020-SPIRE-2015

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

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Calle Velazquez, No 94 Primera Planta
28006 Madrid

Spain

Activity type

Other

EU Contribution

€ 1 109 400

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INTERNATIONAL SYNERGIES LTD

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 1 274 450

UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 724 670

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 91 588,75

ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN

Switzerland

ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LASINDUSTRIAS CERAMICAS AICE

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 360 790

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 284 138,75

DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUER CHEMISCHE TECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE E.V.

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 173 465

CHEMIE CLUSTER BAYERN GMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 239 097,50

KEROS CERAMICA SL

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 205 375

KERAFRIT SA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 223 800

IBERICA DE SUSPENSIONES SL

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 85 396

GUZMAN GLOBAL SL

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 138 962,50

FIRST CORPORATE SHIPPING LTD

United Kingdom

ESKISEHIR SANAYI ODASI

Turkey

EU Contribution

€ 116 750

THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND PROCESS INDUSTRY CLUSTER LBG

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 134 000

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 254 661,25

Project information

SHAREBOX

Grant agreement ID: 680843

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.5.3.

Overall budget:

€ 5 910 047,50
EU contribution

€ 5 416 544,75

Coordinated by:

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SHAREBOX (Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources)

Reporting period: 2015-09-01 to 2017-02-28

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Resource efficiency offers major economic opportunities for the European Process Industries, both in terms of cost savings as well as opportunities to offer greener products and services. According to a recent estimate, the EU could realistically reduce the total material requirements of its economy by 17% to 24%, boosting GDP and creating between 1.4 and 2.8 million jobs. Industrial symbiosis (IS) is the use by one company or sector of by-products, including energy, water, logistics and materials, from another. IS networks have proven successful not only in diverting waste from landfill, but also in contributing to the preservation of resources and moving waste up the value chain. They have also been an accelerator of innovation and creation of green jobs. However, inadequate business-to-business information on, for example, what resources a product or process contains, hinders efficient material flows and the creation of value in the circular economy.

Industrial symbiosis has gained increasing attention in the production economies as the pressure on companies increases for the reduction of waste emissions as well as of primary resources consumption. It is fast becoming the most talked about approach for delivering the circular economy. Simple examples include the use of food waste from the catering sector to feed farm animals, or waste ceramics as a minerals substitute in cement manufacture. In an economy with many industrial activities, many different by-products are generated, and the range of potential uses for them can be equally diverse. In order to pave the way forward for industrial symbiosis as a “solution for more efficient processing and energy systems for the process industry”.

The SHAREBOX project aims to develop a secure platform for the flexible management of process resources that will provide plant operations and production managers with the robust and reliable information that they need in real-time in order to effectively and confidently utilise resources (plant, energy, water, residues, and recycled materials) from other companies in a symbiotic industrial eco-system.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

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Project information

SHAREBOX

Grant agreement ID: 680843

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.5.3.

Overall budget:

€ 5 910 047,50
EU contribution

€ 5 416 544,75

Coordinated by:

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Project information

SHAREBOX

Grant agreement ID: 680843

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.5.3.

Overall budget:

€ 5 910 047,50
EU contribution

€ 5 416 544,75

Coordinated by:

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

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