Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of Resource-efficient and Advanced underGrOund techNologies (DRAGON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,France,Austria,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4554771.06
EU funding (EUR): 3243659.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Increased global competition, economic requirements in order to act budget-conscious as well as current (and future) environmental regulations have caused/will cause the need for new underground construction technologies in order to guarantee resource-efficiency within the tunnelling processes. The before mentioned situation also calls for a paradigm shift from only landfilling with excavation material in a direction to re-use the excavated material by nearly 100% as valuable new raw material in other industrial processes and sectors. Therefore the overall goal of DRAGON is to develop new work flows and new techniques in order to guarantee a) a fast detection of useable materials; b) an immediate separation of high value materials already within the underground construction site and c) the recycling of that material on the backup system of the tunnel boring machines. Based on that research results a number of different prototypes will be developed and tested throughout the project duration. Another important impact of DRAGON is that the LCA (life cycle analysis) is going to provide scientific evidence that the re-use of excavated tunnelling material will result in more resource-efficient and more closed-loop related systems (even in industry-related economy) in Europe. A complex project such as DRAGON can only be addressed by joint and concerted actions of outstanding experts: DRAGON`s scientific partner MUL belongs to Europe`s leading tunnelling experts; the 4 participating SME partners are highly specialised companies which are active in environmental niche markets; HK as market leader of mechanized tunnelling systems guarantees the market power and brings in the corresponding market knowledge whereas PORR as end user partner will mostly benefit from the newly developed equipment and the way to save costs either by commercializing valuable excavation materials or by re-using excavation material as its own raw material.

Keywords: excavation material,tunnelling,automated analysis,life cycle analysis,raw materials,prototypes,tunnel boring machine,zero waste,resource-efficiency
Development of safe and eco-friendly flame retardant materials based on CNT co-additives for commodity polymers (DEROCA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Sweden,United Kingdom,European organisations area,Italy,Türkiye,Belgium,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-SME-6, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4038491.18
EU funding (EUR): 2946150.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Currently, best flame retardant formulations are still often based on halogenated flame retardants (FR). Those halogneted FR are supsected to endcrine disrupters when leaching from the material and produce toxic fumes and acids (HBr, HCl, organoirritants, PCDD/Fs etc.). DEROCA project aims at (i) developing and introducing new safer and more eco-friendly FRs through exploiting the synergistic effect of carbon nanotubes with phosphorus based flame retardants and other new promising additives in intumescent or carbon crust formation systems by promoting a more efficient/cost competitive solution; (ii) developing small scale test methods and models to predict full end product standard scale test results based on small scalte tests. The approach will be multifaceted: (i) to better understand and promote interactions between CNT and different (FR) additives; (ii) to develop FR applications for five final products which represent large volumes of commodity polymers, i.e. automotive industry, wire and cable, industrial packaging and foam; (iii) to demonstrate and to assess fire performance of end-products, including fire toxicity; (iv) to develop models for the prediction of fire classification of materials based on small scale tests; (v) to introduce small scale test methods and models developed into international standardization; (vi) to assess the mechanical and other product specific essential properties of the FR polymer; (vii) to assess toxcicity and environmental impact of the FRs developed both in the production chain and in the end use product; (ix) to assess the overall envrionmental impact of the Frs developed FRs through LCA.

Keywords: carbon nanotubes,multifunctionality,phosphorous flame retardants,app,commodity polymers,starch,intumescent systems,char,automotive,wires,cables,foam,packaging
Operational Potential of Ecosystem Research Applications (OPERAS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable use and management of land and seas
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Netherlands,Germany,Germany,Sweden,Finland,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Ireland,France,Switzerland,Bulgaria,Romania,Portugal,France,Indonesia,Spain,Germany,Germany,Spain,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2017-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11459749.0
EU funding (EUR): 8997909.5
Participants: 29
Project status: CLOSED

Human use and exploitation of the biosphere is increasing at such a pace and scale that the sustainability of major ecosystems is threatened, and may not be able to continue to function in ways that are vital to the existence of humanity. Re-framing environmental resource use has led to the emergence of the concepts of ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC). This discourse indicates not only a change in our understanding of planetary functions at the ecosystem scale, but also a fundamental shift in how we perceive the relationship between people and the ecosystems on which they depend. OPERAs (OPERATIONAL POTENTIAL OF ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH APPLICATIONS) aims to improve understanding of how ES/NC contribute to human well-being in different social-ecological systems in inland and coastal zones, in rural and urban areas, related to different ecosystems including forests and fresh water resources. The OPERAs research will establish whether, how and under what conditions the ES/NC concepts can move beyond the academic domain towards practical implementation in support of sustainable ecosystem management. OPERAs will use a meta-analysis (systematic review) of existing ES/NC practice to identify knowledge gaps and requirements for new policy options and instruments. New insights, and improved or novel tools and instruments, will be tested in practice in exemplar case studies in a range of socio-ecological systems across locales, sectors, scales and time. Throughout this iterative process, available resources and tools will be brought together in a ‘Resource Hub’, a web-based portal that will be co-developed by scientists and practitioners representing different interests and perspectives on the development, communication and implementation of the ES/NC concepts. The Resource Hub will provide the main interface between OPERAs and a ‘Community of Excellence’ (CoE) for continued practice that will benefit from OPERAs outcomes.

Keywords: ecosystem services,natural capital
WeSenseIT: Citizen Observatory of Water (WESENSEIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Spain,Netherlands,Spain,United Kingdom,Italy,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6966223.35
EU funding (EUR): 5423764.89
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

WeSenseIt will develop a citizen-based observatory of water, which will allow citizens and communities to become active stakeholders in information capturing, evaluation and communication. We propose: (i) data collection: (a) a first “hard” layer consisting of low-cost, static and portable devices that sense and transfer water information when automatically monitored or when initiated by citizens from their mobile devices; (b) a second “soft” layer consisting of techniques to harness citizens’ Collective Intelligence, i.e. the information, experience and knowledge embodied within individuals and communities, both in terms of enabling direct messages to the authorities (with mobile-phone pictures, messages, etc.) and in terms of crowd-sourcing (e.g. by mining social networks like Twitter and Facebook, as well as bulletin boards, RSS feeds, etc.). (ii) the development of descriptive and predictive models and decision-making tools integrating sensor and citizen-based data; the data suppliers (physical sensors or people) are seen as nodes of an integrated heterogeneous data collection network which undergoes progressive multi-objective optimization and tuning. (iii) two-way feedback and exchange of environmental knowledge/experience between citizens and authorities for decision-making and governance within an e-collaboration framework ,enabling improved transparency, knowledge management, accountability and responsiveness, as well as facilitating participation in water management. We will test, experiment and demonstrate the citizen observatory of water in three different case studies in water management with civil protection agencies in UK, NL and Italy. The topic is the entire hydrologic cycle with a major focus on variables responsible for floods and drought occurrences. The project results have the potential to fundamentally change the traditional concept of environmental monitoring and forecasting, as well as models of governance.

Keywords: citizen-based observatory for water,low-cost physical sensors,social sensors,multi-objective robust model optimization,governance
Nanotechnological Application in WAter DESalination (NAWADES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Austria,Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4538519.0
EU funding (EUR): 3274701.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the NAWADES project is to study, design, produce, and test new water desalination filter technology from four points of view: 1. the structure of multi-layer membrane filter, including UV light distributed by glass fibers inside the membrane stack 2. the materials used to build the filter, including fouling and scaling monitoring 3. the coating treatments applied to the surface of the filter using plasma and nano-TiO2 fibers 4. the filtration process with integrated removal of bio-fouling. The new filter technology shall provide long-life and antifouling filters to be used in Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalinisation processes with a higher efficiency and life-time, less energy consumption (lower pressure), and less maintenance (lower cost).

Keywords: water desalination filter technology,antifouling filters,reverse osmosis,uv light,tio2 photocatalysis,electric field,fouling monitoring
Citizens' observatory for coast and ocean optical monitoring (CITCLOPS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Germany,Netherlands,Germany,Netherlands,France,Ireland,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4743458.33
EU funding (EUR): 3839758.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

In the marine environment, anthropogenic pressures on resources and non-anthropogenic causes may create harmful conditions that affect human society. Harmful algal blooms and habitat destruction are examples, which pose serious human-health threats and severely affect numerous industries, causing annual economic losses in the tens of millions of euros, in the form of reduced sales, diminished tourist activity and unemployment. A widely adopted, scientific way to assess the environmental status of water bodies is by measuring their optical properties (as indicators of, e.g., sewage impact, dissolved organic matter, sediment load or gross biological activity). The Citclops project aims to develop systems to retrieve and use data on seawater colour, transparency and fluorescence, using low-cost sensors combined with contextual information (e.g., georeferencing) and a community-based Internet platform, taking into account existing experiences (e.g., Secchi Dip-In, Coastwatch Europe and Oil Reporter). Simple and fast methods to establish the optical properties of seawater will be developed and used: e.g., the colour through Forel-Ule observations, and transparency through a variant of the Secchi disc. People will be able to acquire data taking photographs of the sea surface on ferries or other vessels, at the open sea or from the beach. Wearable digital cameras for aquatic activities with extended sensing systems are also proposed as alternative resources for crowdsourcing data. Data are automatically uploaded through a specific service or application (such as Google+ Instant Upload), archived remotely and processed, and resulting information is accessed through a webpage or a mobile application by end users. These are: policy makers (e.g., local administrations), which will be able to use the information to improve the management of the coastal zone; and citizens, who will be able to maximize their experience in activities in which water quality has a role.

Keywords: coast and ocean monitoring,low-cost sensors,crowdsourcing,marine optics,citizen science,data standardization,information delivery to citizens,attitudes and values of stakeholders
Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for Cities (RAMSES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Coping with climate change
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Belgium,France,Spain,Norway,Switzerland,Italy,Germany,France,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6533459.88
EU funding (EUR): 5200000.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The RAMSES project will develop a rigorous, analytical framework for the implementation of adaptation strategies and measures in EU and international cities. It will develop a set of innovative methods and tools that will quantify the impacts of climate change and the costs and benefits of adaptation to climate change and thus provide the evidence to enable policy makers to design adaptation strategies. It integrates the assessment of impacts and costs to provide a much more coherent approach than currently exists. As major centres of population, economic importance, greenhouse gas emissions and infrastructure, RAMSES focuses on adaptation issues in cities. RAMSES will deliver: 1. A strategic frame for evidence-based adaptation decision-making. A pragmatic and standardised framework for decision making using comparable climate change impact assumptions, impact and adaptation costs while taking account of uncertainty. This will apply and combine smart and unconventional scientific methodologies. 2. Multi-level analysis–as local administrative units, cities will be used to develop adaptation (and more generally sustainable development) strategies from the bottom-up/top-down, that can be aggregated to consider costs at the national, EU and international levels. 3. Quantification of adaptation costs–a framework for assessment of full economic costs and benefits of adaptation (to date a woefully under-researched area). 4. Policy relevance and acceptance of adaptation measures–city case studies and stakeholder engagement will ensure the relevance of the framework for policy makers and ensure adaptation measures become better accepted by other stakeholders. The frameworks will be converted into a user-friendly guide for stakeholders who need to prioritize adaptation and mitigation decisions. This reduces costs and enhances understanding and acceptance of adaptation. The data will be fed into the European Clearinghouse Mechanism to increase transparency/stakeholder access.

Keywords: systematic cost assessment,adaptation,impact function,city,response function,clearinghouse mechanism,systematic stakeholder involvement
Safeguarding Water resources in INdia with Green and Sustainable technologies (SWINGS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Horizontal and cross-thematic activities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Denmark,Spain,Germany,France,Slovenia,Denmark,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-one-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2366253.02
EU funding (EUR): 1904743.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

At a time with an urgent need to conserve water resources, efficient sanitation systems play a key role in sustainability. They can ensure that the vital resource Water is recovered from waste and can be re-used at the same time as protecting human health and the environment. The SWINGS project consortium will establish an optimal methodology for nutrient and energy recovery from wastewater (WW) at the same time as making the water safe for reuse, all in a manner conducible to rural communities in developing countries, with India as the concrete example. In particular, the SWINGS project will enlist already optimized municipal WW treatment concepts and combine "green" and sustainable technologies. The result will be enhances water recycling and re-use, decreased energy consumption, and production of useful by-products from the process as secondary resources. Thus, treated WW will be transformed to soil enrichment resource, to irrigation water, to aquaculture farm feed, via sustainable sanitation that safeguards the local drinking water supply in India. The starting point of the SWINGS project will be anaerobic digestion (AD) and constructed wetlands (CW) that will be configured with environmentally sustainable disinfection technologies, like water solar disinfection. Pilot plants will be designed and constructed in India that combine the treatment methods mentioned above, after which the new systems will be established in steady-state operation, and then, the AD-CW configurations optimized. Systems for disinfection of the effluent will be implemented and on-line monitoring of pathogen load attempted. Finally, life cycle assessment of several treatment configurations will be used to develop a decision support system for future selection of sustainable and efficient treatment technologies in developing countries like India. The project will publish articles and hold workshops in order to disseminate its results, especially to SMEs and to public authorities.

Keywords: wastewater treatment,sustainable technology,disinfection,reuse,dss.
Choosing Efficient Combinations of Policy Instruments for Low-carbon development and Innovation to Achieve Europe's 2050 climate targets (CECILIA2050)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Coping with climate change
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Czechia,Germany,Netherlands,France,Poland,Spain,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-one-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3470770.6
EU funding (EUR): 2797381.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Europe needs to transform itself to a low-carbon economy by mid-century. The existing instrument mix needs to be scaled up drastically to initiate the changes needed across the economy. As the scale and scope of instruments increases, their interaction becomes more important, as do constraints on the political, legal and administrative feasibility. To evaluate their efficiency and effectiveness, instruments cannot be viewed in isolation; understanding and managing their interaction becomes key. The CECILIA2050 project analyses the performance of existing climate policy instruments and their interaction, and maps pathways for the evolution of the instrument mix in Europe. It describes ways to improve the economic efficiency and environmental effectiveness of the instrument mix, and to address constraints that limit their performance or feasibility. These include public acceptance, availability of finance and the physical infrastructure, but also the administrative and legal framework. The first, backward-looking part of the project takes stock of the existing instrument mix in the EU and its Member States, and assesses their coherence and past performance. It describes which factors determine their efficiency and effectiveness, and measures their effects on equity, innovation and competitiveness. The second, forward-looking part maps pathways towards a more ambitious policy mix for 2030 and 2050, starting from the current EU climate policy. With economic instruments at the heart of the mix, it describes and models how the instrumentation could evolve, based on scenarios of the magnitude of change required for the low-carbon transformation. To this end, it combines the state of the art modelling tools with qualitative and participatory methods. To complement the EU-level analysis, the effects of EU climate policies are quantified at the global level. To ensure policy relevance and mobilise practitioners’ knowledge, the project engages with stakeholders in different way.

Keywords: policy evaluation,efficiency,effectiveness,low-carbon economy,economic instruments,policy mix