Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable Resource Intensive Industry Across the Extended Construction Value Chain
Updated on 23.05.2023
The overall objective of FISSAC project is to develop and demonstrate a new paradigm built on an innovative industrial symbiosis model towards a zero-waste approach in the resource intensive industries of the construction value chain, tackling harmonised technological and non-technological requirements, leading to material closed-loop processes and moving to a circular economy.
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A methodology and a software platform will be developed to implement the innovative industrial symbiosis model in a feasible scenario of industrial symbiosis synergies between industries (steel, aluminium, natural stone, chemical and demolition and construction sectors) and stakeholders in the extended construction value chain. It will guide how to overcome technical barriers and non-technical barriers, as well as standardisation concerns to implement and replicate industrial symbiosis in a local/regional dimension. The ambition of the model will be replicated in other regions and other value chains symbiosis scenarios.
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
The FISSAC project aimed to develop a methodology, and software platform to facilitate information exchange, that can support industrial symbiosis networks and replicate pilot schemes at local and regional level. The project aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the processes, services and products at different levels, such as:
- Manufacturing processes: with demonstration of closed loop recycling processes to transform waste into valuable secondary raw materials and manufacturing processes of the novel products at industrial scale;
- Product validation: with demonstration of the eco-design of eco-innovative construction products (new Eco-Cement and Green Concrete, innovative ceramic tiles and Rubber Wood Plastic Composites) in pre-industrial processes under a life cycle approach, and demonstration at real scale in different case studies of the application and the technical performance of the products;
- FISSAC model: with the demonstration of the software platform and replicability assessment of the model through living lab concept.
The results of this project and key lessons learnt are relevant for cities and regions that are working on a Circular Systemic Solution that focuses on industrial (urban) symbiosis in the resource intensive industries, and are interested in producing secondary raw materials from industrial and urban waste.
Main results and lessons learnt
The project produced a number of relevant and useful outputs (based on pilot use cases), including:
- creation of a user-friendly cloud-based IT platform that facilitates industrial clustering through geographic information system-based marketplace: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5c2f61a1c&appId=PPGMS
- identified best practices and lessons learnt in Industrial Symbiosis: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5a9ba454c&appId=PPGMS
Horizon programme(s) and/or topic(s)
Programme:
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials
Topic:
- WASTE-1-2014 - Moving towards a circular economy through industrial symbiosis
Budget
€ 11 214 564,94 (EU contribution - € 8 892 406,34)
Responsible organisation and contact details
ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA
Contact the project: https://fissacproject.eu/en/get-involved/
Project consortium partners
ASSOCIATION OF CITIES AND REGIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE NORMALIZACION, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, BEFESA SALZCHALACKE GMBH, BRITISH GLASS MANUFACTURERS CONFEDERATION, RINA CONSULTING - CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA, RINA CONSULTING SPA, EKODENGE MUHENDISLIK MIMARLIK DANISMANLIK TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI, FUNDACION AGUSTIN DE BETANCOURT, FENIX TNT SRO, FERALPI SIDERURGICA SPA, GEONARDO ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIESLTD, GLASS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED, INGENIEURBUERO TRINIUS GMBH, HIFAB AB, KERABEN GRUPO SA, OPENBARE VLAAMSE AFVALSTOFFENMAATSCHAPPIJ, RINA SERVICES SPA, RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB, SIMBIOSY SIMBIOSI INDUSTRIAL SL, TURKIYE CIMENTO SANAYICILERI BIRLIGI DERNEGI, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
built environment, CEAP2 key product value chain
e.g. chemicals, cosmetics, bio-based industries
e.g. B2B services
e.g. healthcare
e.g. electrical engineering, furniture and interior, textile and fashion
digital tools facilitating CE transition
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
e.g. commercial, residential, service, industrial
