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GREENECONET: A best practice platform to support the transition towards a green economy (GREENECONET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Greece,Belgium,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2013-one-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1144189.4
EU funding (EUR): 999968.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The unsustainable path of our current economic system in managing both natural and man-made resources demands a paradigm shift in our idea of economic development. We need to define an innovative, multidisciplinary and integrate approach to identify, develop and deploy technologies, tools and services promoting a transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, resilient and socially comprehensive economic development. This new economic paradigm has been called “the green economy”. The contribution of private enterprises and business communities toward the transition to a green economy has often been underestimated. Yet, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and corporate actors work as key players and they have the power to change the socio-economic and physical landscape. Many SMEs and corporate actors have introduced innovative solutions which have greatly contributed to our understanding of “green economy”, and have developed revolutionary organisational, behavioural and technological approaches to the problem of sustainability and human well-being. Despite these developments, a large part of the business communities lag behind the “best in class”. The aim of our project is to address two problems: 1) the disconnection between best in class / benchmark “green business” practices and the wider business communities 2) the disconnection between applied research institutions investigating models for a transition to a “green economy” and the business community. We will do so through the design, deployment and use of a suite of instruments and a series of activities, i.e. a “platform”, aimed at developing an exchange network of best practices involving the “best in class” private enterprises, the academic research institutions, business networks and the wider business community, with a special focus on SMEs. The GREENECONET platform aims at becoming the reference point of access for actors who desires to become involved in the “green economy”.

Keywords: green,economy,smes,private,enterprises,policy,makers,decisions,transition
Exploring transitions pathways to sustainable, low carbon societies (PATHWAYS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable use and management of land and seas
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,Sweden,Germany,Portugal,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2013-two-stage, 2013)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3875831.4
EU funding (EUR): 2998498.4
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The ambitious EU policy goals to move to sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient and biodiversity rich societies requires substantial transitions in the energy system and land-use and food systems. Different scientific approaches offer different perspectives on transitions, each with strengths and weaknesses. The PATHWAYS project takes a step in coupling three scientific disciplines, i.e. integrated assessment analysis, transitions studies and participative action research, to generate a chain of analysis. This chain links the goal-oriented, quantitative, 1) systems-wide analysis from IAM models to 2) the ‘thick’ analysis of transitions as dynamic, multi-scale processes from transitions studies to 3) finally real-world insights from participative action research. By doing so, the PATHWAYS project will be able to develop a more integrated methodological approach for analyzing on-going transitions pathways in key transitions domains relevant for EU policy (energy and land-use & food). Taken together, we can go beyond existing research as we account for long-term economic or technological consequences, but also the opportunities and barriers for innovation, and the role, attitudes, resources and strategies of key actors. The chain will also be able to link the macro level of European goals to the micro level of implementation. For the latter, the project will particularly focus on “bottom-up” level of transitions-in-the-making (specific projects) in a set of selected European cities and regions, and analyse case studies related to the power system, transport, household energy use, food production and consumption and bio-energy. Information from these studies will be used to also update the transition pathways at the macro-level. The main outputs will be concepts (transition pathways) and methods to assess progress towards desired sustainability transitions, based on a well-founded knowledge base.

Keywords: transition pathways,transition studies,integrated assessment,action research
Graphene Layers: Production, Characterization and Integration (GLADIATOR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Denmark,France,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Switzerland,Germany,Denmark,Greece,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12163777.31
EU funding (EUR): 8524794.14
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

GLADIATOR (Graphene Layers: Production, Characterization and Integration) will enable the scalable production of cheaper, higher quality and larger area graphene sheets. The project will achieve this by optimizing the performance of CVD graphene (using doping), by increasing the throughput and size of CVD batch reactors, and by improving the process by which graphene is transferred for the CVD catalysts to the application substrate. GLADIATOR directly targets the gobal market for transparent electrodes (estimated to be worth over 11,000 million USD in 2016) and will demonstrate that the performance and price of indium tin oxide can be matched by graphene (transparency > 90%, sheet resistance < 10 Ohm/sq, cost < 30 Eur/ square meter). The new production technologies will be demonstrated by making ultraviolet organic photodiodes (possible application as fire sensors) and large area flexible OLEDs. CVD graphene production will be optimized using new diagnostic and process control instrumentation based on Raman spectroscopy and spectrometric ellipsometry; the quality of graphene layers post-transfer will be assured using new non-contact in-line eddy current measurements and THz imaging. CVD production costs per unit area will be reduced not only by the process parameter optimization, but also by developing methods to re-use the catalysts and by increasing the size of the reactor chamber. The process safety will be addressed, too. A critical issue for graphene, especially as a transparent electrode, is how to achieve homogenous large area coverage. GLADIATOR will extend the size of graphene layers beyond that of the CVD tools by implementing a novel patchwork process using a transfer process with high yields and negligible impact upon the properties of the graphene. Transfer processes will be developed for rigid and flexible substrates appropriate for organic large area electronics (OLAE), and substrate and barrier properties will be optimized for use with graphene.

Keywords: graphene,chemical vapour deposition,transfer,doping,ellipsometry,raman spectroscopy,eddy current,oled,organic photodiode,etching,bubbling,tiling,reusable catalyst
Self-assembly of nano crystalline cellulose for lightweight cellular structures (NCC-FOAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Italy,Germany,Israel,Netherlands,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4721547.2
EU funding (EUR): 3393647.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Cellulose, the primary structural component of plants, is the most ubiquitous and abundant organic compound on the planet. When cellulose fibrils are processed under carefully controlled conditions, it is possible to release highly crystalline nano-particles known as “nano crystalline cellulose (NCC)”. Recently, NCC-FOAM partners have developed a unique technique for self-assembling NCC into highly ordered “puff-pastry-like” layered cellular structures, i.e. foams. This self-assembly process is controllable, and the final cell structure can be modified to produce open or closed cell geometries depending on the requirements of the end application. Furthermore, the constituent NCC nanofibres are sustainably sourced from paper mill or forestry waste. The controlled patterning of the nano-structure during the self-assembly process facilitates the infusion of resins for stiffening / strengthening and the production of foams with customised internal structures and directional strength. The inherent strength of the NCC skeleton means that only minimal quantities of reinforcing resin are needed, resulting in lightweight and cost-effective foams. Within NCC-FOAM, the overall objective is to develop an NCC foam/resin composite that enables the design, development and processing of sustainable structural foam materials. The use of infused resins has yet to be developed, the challenge being to produce foams that are simultaneously structural, durable and renewably-sourced. If successful, this would represent a true breakthrough for rigid foam technology. Furthermore, NCC-FOAM aims to bring the production techniques closer to industrialisation by developing the methods and equipment to produce foams with meaningful practical dimensions (at least 1 m x 0.5 m x 20 mm). Such samples will allow the feasibility of future industrialisation to be assessed, as well as permitting a full characterisation of the materials.

Keywords: self-assembly,nano crystalline cellulose,rigid foams,bio-based sandwich composites.
Meso-superstructured Hybrid Solar Cells (MESO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Switzerland,Italy,Lithuania,Italy,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4647417.0
EU funding (EUR): 3539876.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

In this project we will develop a new class of low cost solution processible hybrid solar cells, termed "mesosuperstructured solar cells" (MSSCs) which are based on Perovskite absorbers and organic hole-conductors. This technology has already proven to be remarkably efficient on its first reduction to practice, but has tremendous scope to compete with the very best crystalline semiconductor and thin film technologies on efficiency, while offering the very lowest potential cost for materials and solution processed manufacturing. The activities in MESO will span from synthesis of new organic-inorganic perovskite absorbers and organic hole-conductors, theoretical modelling, through device optimization, characterisation and advanced spectroscopy, to scale-up, stability enhancement and certification and demonstrator manufacture. Our consortium consists of leading academics in Europe; pioneers of hybrid solar cells, expert organic and inorganic synthetic capabilities, leaders in electronic energy level calculations, interfaces and device simulation, world class advanced spectroscopy, and a dynamic early stage technology company. This diverse yet perfectly complementary pan European consortium will ensure that the MESO project will deliver on its objectives, and realize a new commercial photovoltaic technology.

Keywords: organic solar cells hole transport materials perovskites transparent conducting oxides meso-superstructured building integrated photovoltaics
Real-time Monitoring and Optimization of Resource Efficiency in Integrated Processing Plants (MORE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,Germany,Finland,Germany,Spain,Spain,Germany,Austria
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3893037.8
EU funding (EUR): 2815572.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

In recent years, indicators for the environmental impact of products and production processes have been developed and are increasingly used in the communication of companies in the processing industries with the public as well as in the evaluation of alternative routes and for the decision on investments into new production facilities or revamp measures. In the MORE project, we will significantly extend the definition and the use of such indicators by • Defining real-time resource efficiency indicators that can be efficiently used in daily operations and are computed based upon the processing of real-time data that is available in the monitoring and control systems and from innovative analytical measurements • Taking the step from monitoring to improving resource efficiency by providing model-based real-time decision support to plant operators and plant managers. We will deal with resource efficiency as a multidimensional attribute with several indicators that measure different aspects of resource efficiency. The project is focused on large integrated chemical and petrochemical plants with many interconnected units. The real-time resource efficiency indicators and decision support tools will be developed exemplarily for this domain and will be adapted also to domains with similar production systems, e.g. sugar production, the pulp and paper industry, and metals production. Moreover the transferability to different sectors as e.g. the food industry will be investigated. The project will trigger standardization activities and input its result into the work of standardization bodies and disseminate the resource efficiency indicators and the real-time decision support methods to the whole process industry.

Keywords: resource efficiency indicators,chemical industry,real-time monitoring,decision support,online analytics,efficiency improvement by better plant operation
Integrated proceSsing and controL systems fOr sustainable forest Production in mountain arEas (SLOPE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Austria,Spain,Ireland,Finland,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5059810.71
EU funding (EUR): 3702702.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Mountains in Europe occupy ~35% of the land area and are mostly covered by forests. Forestry operations in mountain areas are seldom performed by the harvester/forwarder system, being the sector still characterized by manual felling and extraction of timber by cable cranes. Due to the limits posed by steep terrain conditions, poor road network of mountain areas, limited storage and operational room, harvesting and extracting systems are more expensive and less flexible compared to the cut-to-length systems based on wheeled machines, commonly found in flatland forests of EU Nordic Countries. Powerful and intelligent machines must be developed for forest works in steep terrain. This is the gap that SLOPE will try to fill in by developing an integrated system, from forest information system to logistic transportation, that allows optimization of the forest production in mountain areas. The project will integrate information from remote sensing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and on-field surveying systems, to support macro and local analysis to characterize forest resources. Spatial information will be integrated with multi-sensor data in a model for Sustainable Forest Management and for optimization of logistics during forest operations. Intelligent technologies will be integrated in the cable crane/processor head to measure different data for the assessment of the assortment variety. Different Non-Destructive Testing methods, as well as pioneering chemometric analysis, will be tested during the project. Different traceability systems will be coupled to chemometric data, to trace the material, from the site throughout the supply chain. Information about material origin, quality and availability will be integrated in a unique system, accessible online and available in real time to a series of operators. The integration and post-processing of data collected by SLOPE will be used for further optimization of the “mountain forest models” and finally silviculture routines

Keywords: system integration,intelligent machine,mountain,forest,sensor,modelling
SILICON FRIENDLY MATERIALS AND DEVICE SOLUTIONS FOR MICROENERGY APPLICATIONS (SINERGY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Spain,Belgium,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4824461.0
EU funding (EUR): 3794913.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal selects a series of relevant examples of power microgeneration and storage (thermoelectric generators, vibrational harvesters and microstructrured batteries) and pushes them further into their development and performance maturity. With that goal in mind the emphasis is put on the materials themselves and their integration route into a technology able to bring the eventual solutions closer to an exploitable phase. For this reason we consider novel silicon technology compatible materials as our starting point. The combination of those materials with device-making silicon micro and nanotechnologies is especially well positioned to make breakthrough developments in the microdomain regarding energy harvesting and storage. This approach enables (a) nanostructuration of the materials themselves, (b) dense device architectures by means of 3D high aspect ratio microstructures -which increase the resulting energy density, and (c) open the path for miniaturized complete systems through the compact assembly of the different elements involved (e.g. harvesters, batteries, power control electronics, devices to be powered) by means of hybrid or monolithic integration strategies. Wafer level processes will be favored to assure an easier transferability of the results to a fabrication stage. The high density architectures and system manufacturability provided by silicon micro and nanotechnologies endorse the use of silicon friendly materials even when their intrinsic properties may lag behind other technologically exotic material alternatives. Two application scenarios, engine/machinery fault prevention and tire pressure monitoring systems, relying on self-powered wireless sensor networks, have been chosen as frame of reference for our microenergy developments since they offer different harvesting opportunities (vibrations and waste heat) and realistic and long term scenarios to work on.

Keywords: thermoelectric generators,vibrational harvesters,microstructured batteries,nanowires,thin films,silicon compatibility,silicon micromachining,high aspect ratio architectures
Functional materials for fast diagnosis of wound infection (INFACT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Netherlands,Israel,Spain,Portugal,Germany,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Austria,Romania
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6151922.0
EU funding (EUR): 4337973.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Early detection of an incipient wound infection is a challenge for the attending physician , since its early diagnosis allows the timely initiation of treatment, thus reducing the severity of the disease . Currently, however, wound infection is not diagnosed until becoming already evident. As a consequence, the treatment of the patient is further complicated and more likely to have a negative outcome4. Often wounds are treated with antibiotics before even the infection appears, leading to overdoses and development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Considering that optimal efficiency is reached when a material serves multiple functions without compromise, consortium partners have discovered the means to convert wound dressings into a diagnostic tool capable to inform both patient and therapist about the wound status, thus directing towards the following therapeutic step. The proposed functional materials include a real time diagnostic reaction that positively influences the wound healing due to the timely intervention to treat infection or proteolytic stasis in the wound The novel InFact technology will be translated into a low-cost, real-time diagnostic tool as a constituent part of a wound dressing material, i.e. the "triple-P" materials concept: - Protective - by a decoy substrate for destructive proteases - Predictive – providing a cumulative wound status signal to predict the infection transition - Proactive - changing the dressing according to a signal, rather than on a schedule base, will provide therapeutic response in time, and not too late. More specifically, the functional materials (e.g. absorbent fibres and hydrocolloid pads) will incorporate immobilized substrates for three enzymes: myeloperoxidase, lysozyme and elastase. Upon infection, these enzymatic activities are highly elevated in wound fluids, and can be detected by the color change of the functional materials, visible via a window in the dressing.

Keywords: wound infection,timely intervention,diagnostic tool,real time