Impact of the contractual Public-Private Partnerships in Horizon 2020 : workshop held in Brussels on May 17th 2017.
Date: 2017-08-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Subjects: business policy, energy efficiency, energy policy, environmental impact, industrial production, industrial robot, innovation, public-private partnership, report, sustainable development

Impact of the contractual 
Public-Private Partnerships  
in Horizon 2020 

Report of the Workshop  

held in Brussels on 17 May 2017

Written by Patricia Wolny 
June – 2017 

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Impact of the contractual Public-Private Partnerships in Horizon 2020 

European Commission 
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation 
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Impact of the contractual 
Public-Private Partnerships 
in Horizon 2020 

Workshop held in Brussels on May 17th 2017 

2017 

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Contents 

1. 

INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 4 

1.1.  Agenda and content of sessions ...................................................................... 4 
1.2.  Setting the scene - Introductory comments and context .................................... 5 

2. 

SUCCESS STORIES – INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION ..................................................... 8 

2.1.  Project  ROBO-PARTNER  (FoF)  –  Seamless  Human-Robot  Cooperation  for 

Intelligent, Flexible and Safe Operations in the Assembly Factories of the Future .. 8 

2.2.  Project EASEE (EeB) – Envelope Approach to improve Sustainability and Energy 

efficiency in Existing multi-storey multi-owner residential buildings ..................... 8 

2.3.  Project  DISIRE  (SPIRE)  –  Integrated  Process  Control  Based  on  Distributed  In-

Situ Sensors into Raw Material and Energy Feedstock ....................................... 8 
2.4.  Plenum discussion ........................................................................................ 8 

3. 

SUCCESS STORIES – ENERGY EFFICIENCY ............................................................. 10 

3.1.  Project  AREUS  (FoF)  -  Automation  and  Robotics  for  European  Sustainable 

manufacturing ............................................................................................ 10 

3.2.  Project  Next-BUILDINGS  (EeB)-  Next  Zero  Energy  Buildings  at  lowest  Cost  by 

using Competitive Sustainable Technology ..................................................... 10 

3.3.  Project  EPOS  (SPIRE)  -  Enhanced  energy  and  resource  Efficiency  and 
Performance  in  process  industry  Operations  via  onsite  and  cross-sectoral 
Symbiosis .................................................................................................. 10 
3.4.  Plenum discussion ...................................................................................... 11 

4. 

SUCCESS STORIES – SMART INDUSTRY ................................................................. 12 

4.1.  Project  MAShES  (FoF)  –  Multimodal  Spectral  Control  of  Laser  Processing  with 

Cognitive Abilities ....................................................................................... 12 
4.2.  Project ACCEPT (EeB) – An Assistant for quality Check during Construction........ 12 
4.3.  Project SHAREBOX (SPIRE) – Secure Management Platform for Shared Process 

Resources .................................................................................................. 12 
4.4.  Plenum discussion ...................................................................................... 12 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

PANEL DISCUSSION: LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR IN THE CPPPS AND NEXT STEPS ...... 14 

PANEL DISCUSSION: STIMULATING MORE AFTER THE END-OF-PROJECT IMPACT ........ 17 

6.1.  The instruments in brief .............................................................................. 17 
6.2.  Complementarity of the instruments, improvement potential ........................... 17 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 19 

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................... 21 

APPENDIX I: WORKSHOP AGENDA ......................................................................... 23 

10.  APPENDIX II: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM SUCCESS STORIES PRESENTATIONS244 

10.1.  SUCCESS STORIES – INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION .......................................... 24 
10.2.  SUCCESS STORIES – ENERGY EFFICIENCY .................................................... 26 
10.3.  SUCCESS STORIES – SMART INDUSTRY ........................................................ 28 

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1.   INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY 

The  seventh  Impact  Assessment  Workshop  was  held  in  Brussels  on  the  17th  of  May 
2017 counting with 185 external participants.  A novelty of the seventh edition of the 
Impact  Workshop  was  the  changed  format.  Unlike  the  previous  years,  where  three 
separate workshops for each cPPP (Factories of the Future, Energy-efficient Buildings, 
and Sustainable Process Industry) were organised, this year the Impact workshop was 
organized as one joint one-day event. Apart from  the workshop  itself  and  accounting 
for  previous  years'  project  brokerage  sessions,  the  changed  format  included 
community  and  project  networking  events  for  FoF  and  EeB,  which  took  place  on  the 
day  before  and  were  organized  by  the  respective  associations  (EFFRA  and  ECTP).  A 
similar event will be organised by A.SPIRE on September 19-21.  

The  main  goal  of  this  year's  workshop  and  the  purpose  of  its  format  were  to  learn 
across  cPPPs,  learn  about  and  get  inspired  from  each  others  successful  projects  in 
terms  of  technological  breakthroughs  and  market  uptake.  Additionally,  the  workshop 
should showcase and discuss the cPPPs work and functioning until now in the light of 
the forthcoming mid-term review of all 9 cPPPs. 

1.1.  Agenda and content of sessions 

The  workshop  started  with  welcoming  words  by  Mr  Peter  Dröll,  Director  Industrial 
Technologies (DG RTD) and Mr Max Lemke, Head of Unit (DG  CNECT). Both speakers 
motivated  the  workshop  goals,  ambitions  and  expectations  as  well  as  the  event's 
setting  in  the  context  of  the  H2020  programme.  The  aspects  addressed  in  this 
introduction are summarized in the following chapter 1.2. 

The  introduction  was  followed  by  three  sessions  of  three  presentations  by  projects, 
which  had  been  selected  as  success  stories  within  FoF,  EeB  and  SPIRE.  Each 
session  was  dedicated  to  a  specific  aspect  of  potential  impact  creation,  which  the 
projects were supposed to focus on. These were: 

i) Industrial Exploitation - key to turn funded research results into a growing economy, 
ii) Energy Efficiency - one of the high priorities under the “Clean Energy” policy, and 
iii)  Smart  Industry  -examples  of  contributions  to  the  EU  Strategy  on  Digitising  the 
European Industry. 

The following projects were presented:  

Session: Success stories – Industrial Exploitation 
ROBO-PARTNER (FoF), EASEE (EeB), DISIRE (SPIRE) 
Session: Success stories – Energy Effciency 
AREUS (FoF), Next-BUILDINGS (EeB), EPOS (SPIRE) 
Session: Success stories –  Smart Industry 
MAShES (FoF), ACCEPT (EeB), SHAREBOX (SPIRE) 

The  projects  were  presented  by  project  representatives  putting  emphasis  on  their 
major outcomes and achieved impact. Achieved and expected impacts were presented 
and  captured  in  financial/business  related,  industrial/technological,  economic/social 
and  environmental  impact  KPIs.  Main  differences  in  the  presentation  across  the 
projects reflected the focus of the success story session topic. It has to be considered, 
too,  that  not  all  the  projects  in  the  different  cPPPs  present  the  same  progress  level. 
While  the  most  FoF  and  EeB  projects  are  finalized  or  close  to  be  finalized,  the  SPIRE 
projects have only recently started, which is due to the later start of the SPIRE cPPP. 
Furthermore,  depending  on  the  specific  project  theme,  the  measurable  results  and 
presented impacts can vary significantly.  

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After  the  project  presentations  in  each  session,  time  for  questions  and  comments 
was  provided  and  open  discussions  took  place  to  critically  point  out  the  relevant 
aspects and to exchange views across the areas of the three cPPPs.  

A brief indication of the project topic and scope is provided in the respective sections 
on  the  success  story  sessions.  The  sections  focus  on  specifically  highlighted 
experience  and  remarks  and  on  the  topics  that  emerged  during  the  discussion 
following  the  presentations.  More  details  including  the  presented  KPIs,  major 
outcomes  are  further  outlined  in  the  appendix  (appendix  2),  and  the  individual 
presentations are available under the following link: …. 

The afternoon was dedicated to two  panel discussions, the topics of which elicited 
lessons  learned  from  the  implementation  of  the  cPPPs  so  far  (panel  1)  and 
other  existing  instruments  to  stimulate  the  impact  of  project  outcomes 
(panel 2). The first panel brought together the chairs of the associations of the three 
cPPPs  present  that  day  (EFFRA,  EeB,  SPIRE).  The  discussion  built  on  four  leading 
questions to the panelists and was followed by an open discussion with the audience. 
The  second  panel  consisted  in  presentations  on  the  Fast  Track  to  Innovation  (FTI) 
instrument,  the  SME  instrument  and  the  Smart  Specialization  Strategy  (S3)  by 
respective  representatives  of  European  Commission  or  the  agencies  in  charge.  The 
I4MS initiative was additionally presented by the moderator Mr Max Lemke. 

In closing, a summary of the day's discussions and main comments was given by the 
rapporteur,  Ms  Patricia  Wolny,  followed  by  concluding  comments  and  an  outlook  of 
upcoming activities by DG RTD Head of Unit, Mr Jürgen Tiedje. 

The detailed workshop agenda is attached in the Appendix. 

1.2.  Setting the scene - Introductory comments and context 

The baseline of this years Impact Workshop was laid by the political and social goals 
of Horizon 2020 with regard to research and innovation as well as the timing of the 
programme having passed mid-term and currently undergoing an interim evaluation. 
The  performance,  progress,  new  strategies  and  activities  for  future  programme 
design framed the context of the topics covered during the workshop. In the light of 
this background, three main aspects were touched upon during the main introduction 
at the start of the workshop: 

i) Motivation of the new format, 
ii) Expectations to cPPPs, the program and projects’ impacts, as well as the workshop 

outcomes, 

iii) Next steps in cPPPS and Horizon 2020 and beyond. 

i)   Motivation of the new format 

Unlike  the  previous  years,  this  workshop  edition  brought  together  in  a  single 
event  the  three  cPPPs  Factories  of  the  Future,  Energy  Efficient  Buildings  and 
Sustainable  Process  Industries.  The  purpose  was  to  jointly  explore  outcomes, 
ideas and insights from the past years with the expectation to increase efficiency 
and to learn across the cPPPS.  

ii)  Expectations  to  cPPPs,  the  program  and  projects’  impacts,  as  well  as  the 

workshop outcomes 

Being  at  the  core  of  the  research  agenda  the  cPPPs  are  facing  the  challenge  to 
continuously  prove  and  improve  the  impact  of  the  project  funded  under  their 
umbrella as well as their own  performance  in  attracting innovators, raise  private 
investments  and  increase  number  of  industrial  entities,  in  particular  SMEs  in 
projects.  Therefore,  the  cPPPs  can  be  pivotal,  and,  specifically,  two  reasons 
were  reflected  upon.  First,  based  on  Commissioner  Moedas'  “3O”s  as  guiding 
principles  –  Open  Innovation,  Open  Science  and  Open  to  the  World  –  the  cPPPs 

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innovation  at  the 

can  be  an  important  support  for  Europe's'  talented  scientists,  excellent 
researchers, industry and  users  to achieve  the  industrial renaissance. With great 
ideas being there and with Europe being well placed to succeed in the next wave 
interfaces  between  digital,  physical  and  biological 
of 
technologies, the help from the EU shall be used to ultimately reach market 
access. Hitherto, through Horizon 2020 the Commission invests 2.45 billion EUR 
into  these  three  cPPPs  to  be  spent  in  four  rounds  of  proposals.  Encouragingly, 
around 60 % amongst contractual Public-Private Partnership participants are now 
private-for-profit  entities,  half  of  which  are  SMEs.  The  participation  in  calls  by 
non-members was reported to range between 73 and 77% for each of these three 
contractual  cPPPs  and  an  improved  proposal  success  rate  of  15%  in  2016  was 
observed.  Secondly,  and  aligned  to    President  Juncker's  objectives,  the  cPPPs 
should contribute to strengthening Europe's global competitiveness, creating new 
sustainable jobs with high added value, and promoting further growth. Both, the 
need for re-industrialisation of  Europe, and  the  longer–term  objective of building 
knowledge  enabling  the  next  wave  of  technological  breakthroughs  have  to  be 
focused  on.  A  special  remark  was  the  consideration  of  the  impact  from 
investments,  innovation  and  positive  benefits  on  the  labour  market 
aiming at creating clear alternatives to jobs that may become obsolete. In 
the current topical discussion of automatization and robots potentially killing jobs 
it  is  increasingly  important  to  showcase  how  employment  could  be  created 
instead.  Specifically,  projects  were  appealed  to  thoroughly  disseminate  this 
aspect, too. 

In  line  with  the  above  set  context  the  workshop  outcome  was  supposed  to 
highlight and provide input in terms of four specific expectations with regard 
to  the  funded  projects’,  the  program  and  cPPP  impact  were  put  forth.  The 
workshop was expected to highlight and provide input in those terms. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

Commercial  exploitation  should  happen  and  be  shown  beyond  individual 
exploitation  of  single  results  by  individual  partners.  How  can  this  be 
approached and how is this being handled in the funded projects? While the 
benefit  of  individual  partner’s  exploitation  is  the  regular  case  and  is 
acknowledged, yet examples are sought of the exploitation of an “integrated 
result”  accounting  for  an  overall  objective  funded  by  the  private  side  at the 
full  leverage  factor  and  with  expanded  involvement  of  most  or  all  partners. 
Only such exploitation has the potential to become game-changing and make 
a  real  difference  within  a  sector  and  even  beyond.  In  this  context  it  is 
important  to  argue  and  exploit  outcomes  on  system  level,  in  terms  of 
commercialization  and  innovation,  and  beyond  solely  technological  thinking. 

There is need for sustainability and contribution of the cPPPs to sustainability 
goals.  Sustainability  was  debated  in  two  different  ways.  Firstly,  the 
requirement  to  the  EU  to  meet  its  commitments  to  sustainability  and 
mitigation  of  climate  change  were  mentioned.  These  were  agreed  between 
almost two hundred countries at the COP21 conference in Paris at the end of 
2015.  The  Commission  pursues  several  strategies  of  funding  and  support 
(e.g.  “Clean  Energy”  policy)  intending  to  put  those  policies  in  place  with 
Member  States  and  within  the  industry.  Secondly,  the  aspect of  sustainable 
results  bridging  project  and  programme  level  was  raised.  RTD  and 
exploitation should happen at system  scale and possibilities to do so should 
be  used  to  create  impact  also  on  programme  level.  This  could  happen 
through the creation, use and participation to platforms and initiatives, which 
have the potential to carry results and knowledge beyond the program under 
which  they  are  initially  funded.  As  specific  examples  the  ARTEMIS  (FP7) 
mentioned. 
platform 

initiative 

I4MS 

were 

and 

the 

Projects  of  the  cPPPs  should  be  more  embedded  on  a  regional  level.  Thus, 
regional  actors  could  gain  access  to  excellent  research.  Furthermore,  the 
could  be  maximised. 
impact  of 

investment  and  outcome 

the 

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IV. 

Finally,  the  workshop  will  provide  input  for  the  mid-term  review  of  the 
performance  of  the  cPPPs  as  instruments  within  Horizon  2020.  The  debates 
on successes, experiences, bottlenecks will not only serve to learn across the 
cPPPs and to further improve, but it will also support the reviewing experts' 
task,  five  of  which  were  attending  the  workshop.  The  findings  of  the  mid-
term review will be published in autumn 2017. 

iii) Next steps in cPPPS and Horizon 2020 and beyond 

Right  in  the  middle  of  the  implementation  period  for  Horizon  2020  the  EC  is 
currently pursuing two priorities: the next work programme for 2018 to 2020 and 
first reflections on the next framework programme after 2020. 

Currently, work is on its way to  finalise the  work programme  for 2018-2020, 
which  is  considered  to  be  an  ambitious  programme  building  on  the  experiences 
made under Horizon 2020 and – as regards the cPPPs – of the roadmaps agreed. 
Member  States  and  the  Partnership  Boards  of  each  of  the  cPPPs  are  discussing 
jointly with the EC, mainly about topics under the NMBP work programme. Budget 
wise,  the  funding  concerned  is  expected  to  be  around  750  million  EUR.  The  EC 
invites the community to a two-day event in Brussels planned for October 
3  and  4  2017,  during  which  insights  into  the  work  programme  will  be 
provided. The results of the mid-term review of the cPPPs are planned to 
be presented at that conference, too. 

At  present,  first  considerations  about  the  planning  of  the  9th  framework 
programme  are  starting.  Based  on  the  results  of  the  Horizon  2020  interim 
evaluation, which  will be presented  end of  May by the  EC, the steps forward will 
be discussed. In part, this will happen during a dedicated conference, which the 
EC  will  host  on  July  3rd  2017.  This  conference  will  also  offer  a  platform  for  a 
forward  looking  report  drawn  up  by  the  High  Level Group  (HLG)  advising  on the 
key question how to maximise more the impact of EU research funding. The HLG 
is  chaired  by  Mr  Pascale  Lamy,  former  European  Commissioner  and  former 
Director  of  the  WTO.  Following  the  conference,  the  Commission  will  launch  a 
major  public  consultation  on  FP  9  in  order  to  catch  questions  and  comments 
triggered by the HLG report and the conference discussions.   

The  EC's  proposal  for  a  Horizon  2020  successor  programme  is  expected 
for  the  first  half  of  2018  followed  by  negotiations  with  the  Member  States  on 
the next multiannual financial framework.  

In the light of the current debates amongst the  citizens in many member States 
about the European Union and its raison d’être, challenges are and will to be faced 
and  addressed,  and  they  are  expected  to  also  affect  the  FP  9.  The  EC  strongly 
encourages  an  active  engagement  and  participation  to  the  upcoming 
debate from the project participants and the community, too. 

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2.  SUCCESS STORIES – INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION 

2.1   Project ROBO-PARTNER (FoF) – Seamless Human-Robot Cooperation 

for Intelligent, Flexible and Safe Operations in the Assembly Factories 
of the Future 

The  work  and  developments  in  the  project  have  led  to  the  implementation  of 
"human-in-the-loop  automation"  and  deployment  of  augmented  reality 
technology  on wearable devices  on the shop floor.  Specifically  for  the  automotive 
application  immediate benefits achieved were i) ergonomics improvement of 40%, ii) 
NVA  (non-value  added)  time  reduction  of  35%  and,  iii)  an  environmental  impact  of 
elimination of 280k barcodes/year 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  The  multi-sectoral  exploitation  as  shown  through  the  implemented  demonstrators 
was highlighted to emphasize the potential transferability of the results to different 
sectors.  

2.2  Project EASEE (EeB) – Envelope Approach to improve Sustainability 

and Energy efficiency in Existing multi-storey multi-owner residential 
buildings 

In  5  application  sites  in  different  climatic  areas  of  Europe  (Poland,  Northern  Italy, 
Greece,  Spain),  the  developed  technology  was  demonstrated  in  two  outdoor,  two 
indoor  and  one  whole  renovation  scenarios.  Based  on  the  innovations  an  average 
reduction of the energy use of 25% and in CO2 emission reduction of 10% is expected. 
Further  benefits  reported  were  improved  indoor  climate,  increased  value  property, 
short payback time of 8 years and regeneration of urban areas. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  The project experienced significant difficulties in reaching customers willing to take-
up and apply the  developed technology. Furthermore, certification and the related 
requirements were reported as a major obstacle, too. 

2.3  Project DISIRE (SPIRE) – Integrated Process Control Based on 

Distributed In-Situ Sensors into Raw Material and Energy Feedstock  

The  optimization  of  processes  through  novel  in-situ  sensor  technology  is  the  main 
objective of the project. Application areas are in Mining, Mineral Processing, Steel 
and  Chemical.  So  far,  the  project  reports  average energy  reduction  of  1-5%,  waste 
reduction of 5-10% and CO2 emission reduction of 5-10%. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  The project experienced a fast – unexpected – jump in maturity of the technology 
to  be  developed,  which  is  facing  difficulties  in  its  implementation  in  running 
processes. 

2.4 

 Plenum discussion 

As  one  point  of  the  discussion  the  question  on  the  major  breakthrough  in  the  three 
projects  was  raised  as  well  as  the  main  obstacles  and  challenges  that  were 
encountered. The EeB and SPIRE project mentioned the difficulty to find and identify a 
customer  as  a  remaining  challenge  although  the  real  breakthrough  was  indeed  the 

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application  of  the  developed  technology  in  form  of  truly  installed  and  implemented 
systems. Certification was mentioned by the EeB project as another, serious obstacle. 
The FoF project considered its major breakthrough in the real commercial exploitation 
of  specific  results  by  dedicated  partners.  Finding  a  thorough  exploitation  strategy  for 
other achievements, however, remained a challenge. 

In the context of exploitation and transferability of results it was commented that due 
to the different nature of results, it was sometimes difficult to adequately capture the 
value  of  certain  outcomes,  while  other outcomes  were  more  obvious  to  measure  and 
report.  It  was  remarked  that  the  EC  was  offering  support  in  different  ways,  for 
instance through the creation of innovation hubs. 

A comment related to the previous question was the whether it was possible to learn 
from  other  funding  programs  and  their  methodologies,  such  as  national  projects.  In 
response,  it  should  be  taken  into  account  that  a  direct  comparison  may  not  be 
straightforward  due  to  the  fact  that  national  projects  were  designed  in  different 
dimensions  as  the  EU  funded  projects.  Consequently,  their  priorities  and  assessment 
measurements were focussed differently. 

The discussion also touched upon the topic of regulations and potential slow-down  of 
exploitation due to regulations on national and regional level. It was put to discussion, 
whether  the  cPPPs  could  provide  any  kind  of  support  to  address  this  problematic. 
However, while project usually follow EU rules and directives, local regulation has to be 
taken  into  account  at  early  stage  to  best  possibly  avoid  problems  related  to  these 
rules. It was further remarked from the EC side that coordinators were advise to early 
take  care  about  regulatory  issues  if  relevant  for  their  projects  in  order  to  avoid 
upcoming retardations. 

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3.  SUCCESS STORIES – ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

3.1   Project AREUS (FoF) - Automation and Robotics for European 

Sustainable manufacturing  

AREUS aims at creating an energy efficient robotic plant based on an factory 
internal smart grid  ("DC factory ") as well as tools for simulation, optimization, 
scheduling/control  and  life  cycle  assessment.  AREUS  addresses  existing  and 
novel  plants  and  develops  separated  solutions  for  both,  SMEs  and  big 
companies. The benefits of the deployment of the AREUS system is expected to yield 
energy saving of >35%, reduction of waste of about 30%and CO2 emission reductions 
of >26%.  

Specific remarks on experience gained  

● 

It  was  remarked  that  standards  were  urgently  needed  and  essential  to  achieve 
the full potential impact of the DC factory solution. 

3.2  Project Next-BUILDINGS (EeB)- Next Zero Energy Buildings at 
lowest Cost by using Competitive Sustainable Technology 

The  Next-BUILDINGS  project  aims at  demonstrating  the  feasibility  of  Net  Zero 
Energy  or  Active  buildings  at  affordable  cost.  Residential  and/or  shop  and  office 
buildings  were  chosen  at  three  demo  sites  in  Amsterdam  Houthaven  (30000  m2), 
Helsingborg  Kvarteret  Isbanan  (10000  m2)  and  Lyon  Confluence  Hikari  (12000  m2), 
all  of  which  meet  EU  target  for  buildings  (<60  kWh/m2yr)  due  to  the  introduced 
technology and design. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  It was remarked that in some cases, even if designed energy neutral, achieving the 
performance  target  is  difficult.  An  example  was  given  (from  the  Amsterdam  site), 
where  an  excessive  use  of  halogen  lighting  affected  the  performance  negatively 
antagonizing the design and technology based performance potential. Nevertheless, 
the project’s results indicate that Near ZeroEenergy buildings at affordable cost can 
become feasible. 

3.3  Project EPOS (SPIRE) - Enhanced energy and resource Efficiency and 

Performance in process industry Operations via onsite and cross-
sectoral Symbiosis 

EPOS's  main  objective  is  to  enable  cross-sectoral  Industrial  Symbiosis  (IS). 
Several  scenarios  of  IS  shall  be  developed  for  various  industrial  cluster  and  to  be 
assessed for economic and practical feasibility.  

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  Specifically  for  CEMEX  (cement  industry)  the  highest  relevance  for  energy 
efficiency  improvements  stems  from  profitability  gains,  emission  reduction  goals 
and quality requirements. 

●  The newly developed industrial synergy opportunities for improved material and 
services  flow  are  currently  being  assessed  as  serious  business  model 
options for CEMEX 

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3.4 

Plenum discussion 

Energy was  named as one major factor of  costs  in general. Despite that  fact it  was 
remarked that energy efficiency as a benefit was often difficult to “sell” to companies 
and the question came up, whether regulation might enhance the adoption of energy 
efficiency measures in industry. Indeed, it was acknowledged that regulatory steering 
could be useful, also, because often there seems to be little awareness of the reality 
of  future  energy  scenarios  (referred  to  also  in  the  AREUS  project  motivation). 
Additionally, the implementation of energy efficiency measures was said to be driven 
by social responsibility and economic considerations within a company. 

A further aspect of general relevance was the additional value for the EU funding in a 
project  given  that  the  economic  benefits  could  exceed  by  far  the  initially  received 
funding. There was agreement that EU funding was fundamental as a start. With the 
solidity  of  results,  the  companies  were  more  likely  to  take  developments  further, 
which due to a higher risk may not be the case without the initially provided funding. 

With regard to industrial symbiosis scenarios and the example of several companies 
sharing  profits,  the  question  was  raised,  whether  similar  plans  existed  for  the 
involved  companies.  To  date,  such  scenarios  are  being  evaluated  in  the  individual 
enterprises.  In  the  case  of  CEMEX,  for  example,  the  newly  developed  industrial 
synergy  opportunities  for  improved  material  and  services  flow  are  currently  being 
assessed as serious business model options for the company. 

Specifically  with  regard  to  the  Next-BUILDINGS  approach  the  need  for  collecting 
usage  as  well  as  user  profiles  for  the  performance  assessment  was  remarked. 
Although  the  approach  to  collect  such  data  was  not  formalized  or  consistently 
performed, there  were  concepts  and  attempts to  get  access  to  the  social  impact  as 
well.  A  named  example  was  the  Hikari  demo  site  (in  Next-BUILDINGS),  where 
inhabitants were provided with a dashboard application on their energy parameters. 

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4. 

SUCCESS STORIES – SMART INDUSTRY 

4.1.  Project MAShES (FoF) – Multimodal Spectral Control of Laser 

Processing with Cognitive Abilities 

The purpose of MAShES is to develop a system for real time-control and high 
speed monitoring for laser processing applications. A productivity increase due 
to  the  deployment  of  the  MAShES  system  of  >30%  is  prognosticated  and  waste 
reduction of about 50% is expected. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

● 

It  was  remarked  that  providing  a  valuable  benchmark  with  data,  software  and 
procedures  was  an  important  goal  in  MAShES.  To  this  end,  the  openLMD  was 
developed  as  open  source  data,  and  data  sets  and  repositories  were  shared 
through Zenodo and GitHub.  

4.2.  Project  ACCEPT  (EeB)  –  An  Assistant  for  quality  Check  during 

Construction 

The  ACCEPT  project  aims  at  developing  a  suite  of  3  Apps  that  will  enable 
knowledge  sharing,  coordination  of  workflow  and  quality  at  construction 
sites. A reduction of up to 50% in the mismatch between design and construction is 
expected based on the use of the IT based tools. Potential savings due to the use of 
the ACCEPT system are estimated to approximately 16kWh/m2/year. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  Creation of new high-skilled job role: Digital Masterbuilder. 

4.3.  Project SHAREBOX (SPIRE) – Secure Management Platform for 

Shared Process Resources 

The  limitations  in  current  Industrial  Symbiosis  delivery  are  to  be  overcome through 
the  key  innovations  of  the  ICT  platform  and  the  intelligent  decision  support 
tools developed in this project. The hitherto reported impact accounts for an average 
reduction  of  waste  of  27%  and  an  average  reduction  of  CO2  emissions  of  47,8%. 
Furthermore,  cost  savings  of  about  3,6  Mio  (+120%)  and  additional  sales  of  about 
7,7 Mio (+256%) are expected. 

Specific remarks on experience gained 

●  Although  vital  and  at  the  core  of  the  SHAREBOX  idea,  data  sharing  and 

confidentiality issues handling remain a challenge. 

4.4.  Plenum discussion 

In  the  light  of  the  workshop's  goal  to  learn  and  debate  across  the  cPPPs  and  their 
projects,  the  moderator  raised  the  question,  if  there  had  been  aspects  from  the 
projects  reports  that  the  others  could  learn  from.  In  response,  it  appears  to  be  a 
common experience from all three areas that engaging industrial players was a major 
challenge.  A  deeper  level  of  data  sharing  would  be  desirable,  in  particular  for  wide 
and  cross-sectoral  applications  of  new  technologies.  However,  confidentiality  issues 
and  handling  and  proper  provisions  for  IP  handling  were  stated  to  prove  difficult. 
Furthermore,  it  was  acknowledged  that  there  was  a  huge  potential  in  the 
implementation  of  in-line  sensing  technologies.  This  became  obvious  from  the 
examples provided in the three areas covered by the cPPPs. As a further factor, the 
importance  to  show  and  gain  long-term  benefits  from  real  installations  of  the 
implemented technologies was remarked. 

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A  further  aspect  of  general  interest  for  all  project  and  cPPP  areas  -  also  across  the 
success  story  sessions  -  was  the  definition  of  KPIs.  It  was  observed  that  although 
impact  figures  had  been  presented  and  in  many  instances  the  same  or  similar 
measurables were used by the  projects, the consistency in the presentation of KPIs 
was still diverging significantly. Noteworthy, it was observed and stated that projects 
tend  to  partly  develop  own  methodologies  to  capture  their  impact.  Notwithstanding 
the  requested  KPIs  and  potentially  own  KPIs  added,  it  was  also  remarked  that  the 
reality of differences  between  sectors poses  a  difficulty to capture KPIs in a general 
way  and  as  “hard  facts”.  Therefore,  specific  cases  should  be  acknowledged,  too. 
There  appears  to  be  agreement  on  the  need  for  a  more  formalized  methodology  to 
measure  and  calculate  the  KPIs  and  to  better  be  able  to  put  those  into  context.  In 
addition, there should be more refined definitions on the expectations related to the 
value  of  information  behind  the  KPIs,  specifically  leverage  factor  was  named  in  this 
regard.  

A  question  specifically  directed  to  the  project  MASHES  was,  whether  any  kind  of 
instruments had been installed to keep and maintain the developed data repositories 
after the project. Within the project itself the  main  challenge  had  been  the  building 
up  of  the  databases  and  repositories  itself,  while  strategies  of  future  governance 
must be developed. 

Safety issues were questioned with regard to any measures taken to support safety 
on  construction  sides  related  to  the  developed  technologies.  The  project 
representative  confirmed  that  safety  of,  for  instance  the  on-site  smart  glasses  was 
being considered  against the demands of the construction side. However, there was 
a big difference of safety levels depending on the device and product (e.g tablets vs 
smart glasses.) 

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5.   PANEL  DISCUSSION:  LESSONS  LEARNED  SO  FAR  IN  THE 

CPPPS AND NEXT STEPS 

The  panel  discussion  aimed  at  discussing  the  performance  and  strengths  of  each  of 
the three cPPPs represented by the chairs of their respective associations Mr Maurizio 
Gattiglio  (EFFRA),  Mr  Klaus  Sommer  (A.SPIRE)  and  Mr  Ignacio  Calvo  (ECTP).  The 
moderator of the session, Mr Jürgen Tiedje, emphasized once more the importance of 
the  cPPPs  as  funding  and  competitiveness  stimulating  instrument.  In  the  context  of 
the  evaluation  and  allocation  of  investment,  the  cPPPs  were  asked  to  reflect  upon 
their  performance,  their  initial  objectives  and  the  specific  role  given  to  them  under 
Article  25  of  the  Horizon  2020  contractual  agreement.  A  horizontal  and  open 
discussion was encouraged. 

Prior  to  the  open  discussion  the  associations'  chairs  had  the  opportunity  to  briefly 
summarize facts of the association's' mission, work and objectives.  Among the most 
highlighted aspects were: 

❏  The importance of keeping a positive net balance of employment in times 
of  novel  technologies  and  globalized  economies.  The  topical  debates  of 
influential  people  from  all  over  the  world  and  the  fact  that  European  technology 
strategies  (such  as  Industrie  4.0)  are  being  partly  copied  by  oversea  economies 
proved that labour, climate and sustainability were the challenges of the century 
Europe is facing.  

❏  The  importance  of  resource  efficiency  in  sustainability  questions.  An 
aspired strategy mentioned here was the exploitation of synergies across different 
industrial  sectors.  In  particular,  the  process  industry  sectors  represented  under 
the A.SPIRE association have particular potential of exploitable synergies and it is 
one  of  the  main  missions  to  support  and  monitor  activities  aiming  at  cross-
sectoral, resource efficiency strategies. 

❏  The importance  of industrial leadership in collaborative projects, which is 

to be maintained in order to pursue market pulled developments.  

More information on projects within the cPPPs, performance/ impact figures and work 
scope  of  the  associations  is  available  in  several  publications  released  by  the 
associations and publicly available on their respective websites. 

Four  guiding  question  by  the  moderator  were  put  forward  as  starting  points 
for  the  discussion.  The  panelists'  answers  and  comments  will  be  depicted 
summarizing joint views and indicating specific comments – where these apply – for 
the individual cPPP representative.  

1-2. How would you qualify the performance of ongoing projects and selection of areas, 
in  comparison  with  the  original  FoF/EeB/SPIRE  roadmaps?  What  improvements 
would  you  propose?  What  are  the  current  main  strengths  and  weaknesses  of  the 
cPPP and in what area and how could the performance be improved? 

As  main  strengths  and  hitherto  achievements  all  associations  reported 
stakeholder engagement and  community building, not only, but in particular among 
industry,  definition  of  priorities  and  roadmaps  together  with  the  community  as  well 
as the creation of platform and/or data repositories for the projects and participants 
of the cPPP. A specific remark from EFFRA was that the goal of reaching 20% of GDP 
share  of manufacturing is considered  a hard  task  given the current global situation. 
However, the least goal should be to maintain employment numbers constant. ECTP 
mentioned the successful involvement of the public sector as vital for the EeB area, 
because  often  public  sector  stakeholders  were  in  the  opportune  position  to  validate 
and replicate the newly developed technologies. 

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The  identified  bottlenecks  and  challenges  were  diverse.  EFFRA  specifically 
mentioned  a  better  management  of  fragmentation  in  order  to  better  be  able  to 
handle overlap in various initiatives. Further, the association remarked that initiatives 
in  Eastern  Europe  were  still  lagging  behind  and  needed  to  be  enhanced.  ASPIRE 
remarked  the  importance  of  keeping  the  balance  of  engagement  and  contribution 
from  all  involved  sectors  in  the  cPPP  as  well  as  reinforcing  the  awareness  and 
consideration  of  digitization  and  its  benefits  for  the  process  industries.  ECTP 
emphasized the  need for improvement of  the ecosystem  of stakeholder with special 
attention to the educational sector, which is required to adapt to a new kind of need 
for  new  kind  of  skills.  Further,  there  is  still  a  gap  between  technology  at  hand  and 
business  innovation  for  its  implementation.  Part  of  that  problem  remains  the 
challenge  to  convince  and  engage  end-users,  who  still  face  significant  barriers  and 
difficulties related to regulatory affairs.  

3.  There are voices in the public that cPPPs are a “closed club”, notably when it comes 
to  the  development  of  roadmaps.  Is  this  true?  If  not,  what  do  the  associations 
accompanying the cPPPs do to be open? 

Unanimously, the associations emphasized that both, the cPPPs and the associations 
were  open  and  accessible  to  all  interested  stakeholders.  Figures  of  80%  of  funding 
(in case of FoF) going to non-members of EFFRA, no preference in proposals as well 
as the  involvement of community and  public in consultations for priorities definition 
and  roadmap  building  were  presented  to  endorse  the  open  attitude of  the  cPPPs.  It 
was,  however,  recognized  that  improvement  was  still  necessary  in  presenting  the 
membership  as  a  real  offer  “to  shape  the  future”  and  in  the  engagement  of  SMEs, 
who still remain rather passive contributors to the PPPs. 

4.  How do you see the current discussion on KPIs and their assessment? 

General  agreement  was  expressed  on  the  fact  that  KPIs  reflecting  the  investments 
and  project  impact  were  a  necessary  due  given  the  expenditure  of  public  money. 
However, at the time of defining the KPIs to be monitored in the cPPPs, the definition 
happened  in  a  rather  general  way  covering  certain  relevant  aspects,  but  hardly 
accounting  for  specificities.  After  a  period  of  gained  experience  it  is  now  true  and, 
indeed, necessary to define a method that would allow for a more distinctive way of 
measuring  and  monitoring  within  a  specific  context.  It  was  acknowledged, 
nonetheless, that due to the very individual and peculiar backgrounds of the projects 
the feedback on KPIs would remain vague in some cases. It was further commented 
from  the  side  of  the  EFFRA  office  that  through  the  collection  of  input  for  priorities 
definition,  projects  were  also  requested  and  responsible  for  delivering  high  quality 
information on their outcomes and impact. This was a part of the work performed by 
the association, and  experience  could be  gained  on the  needs and difficulties in  KPI 
handling. Based on this experience the EFFRA office is offering support in the process 
to refine the definition of KPIs.   

Additionally,  questions  and  comments  from  the  workshop  participants 
completed the session and some additional aspects were raised by the audience. One 
aspect  was  the  value  of  not  successful  outcomes  for  future  projects  to  learn 
from  failures.  Given  the  fact  that  the  funded  projects  had  a  significant  risk 
associated  with  their  objectives,  learning  from  failure  should  be  of  high  value. 
Although  there  was  agreement  on  this  observation,  it  had  to  be  conceded  that  the 
“pressure”  to  report  success  in  the  first  place  had  neglected  a  more  conscious 
treatment  of  failure.  This,  however,  should  be  taken  up  and  included  in  lessons 
learned for future improvement. 

A further comment was related to the question, whether there was a trend towards 
funding  of  larger  projects  bringing  with  it  a  potential  risk  of  losing  focus.  While  no 
specific preference was per se given to small or large scale, it was acknowledged that 
large  projects  may  have  a  greater  potential  to  create  momentum  and  impact.  The 
impact  debate  is therefore  also  driving  the  debate  on  future  programme  topics  and 
scale. 

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The  aspect  of  the  existing  gap  between  research/technology  and  innovation  was 
brought  up  together  with  the  question,  whether  the  cPPPs  were  acting  into  that 
direction  as  well.  It  was  confirmed  that  the  existing  gap  was  a  major  challenge  for 
the  cPPPs  to  tackle  as  an  instrument,  and  therefore  deemed  one  of  their  prime 
missions.  A  rigorous  risk  management  awareness  and  concept  was  suggested  as  a 
potentially  very  effective  way  to  boost  the 
in 
collaborations and the willingness to take-up new technology and innovations. 

involvement  of  companies 

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6.  PANEL  DISCUSSION:  STIMULATING  MORE  AFTER  THE  END-

OF-PROJECT IMPACT 

The  second  panel  discussion  aimed  at  a  comparison  of  experiences  with  other 
instruments  under  Horizon  2020  –  the  SME  instrument,  the  Smart  Specialisation 
Strategy  and  FTI  –  Fast  Track  to  Innovation.  Invited  panellists  were  the 
representatives of the EC departments in charge, Mr Samuel Maenhout (Fast Track to 
Innovation,  DG  RTD),  Mrs  Agnieszka  Stasiakowska,  (H2020  SME,  EASME)  and  Mr 
Stefan  Weiers  (Smart  Specialisation,  DG  RTD).  The  moderator  of  this  session,  Mr 
Max  Lemke  (DG  CNECT)  complemented  the  presentation  by  an  introduction  about 
the  I4MS  initiative.  The  presentations  were  followed  by  questions  and  comments 
from the audience. 

6.1.   The instruments in brief 

The  instruments  together  incorporate  topics,  beneficiary  profiles,  participation  rules 
and  local  specificities,  which  are  not  fully  or  explicitly  covered  by  the  main  Horizon 
2020 
  work  programme  calls.  While  Fast  Track  to  Innovation  FTI 
(https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument)  is  an  approach  for 
compact,  international  consortia  (up  to  five  beneficiaries),  the  SME  Instrument 
(https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument)    addresses  SMEs, 
and  in  particular,  individual  applicants  and  offers  direct  funding  and  coaching 
support. Both instruments envisage a close-to-market orientation and are bottom-up 
instruments.  

FTI was conceived as a pilot during 2014/2015. As such it has recently undergone an 
assessment,  the  results  of  which  were  presented  and  are  in  part  available  as 
statistical  data  on  the  EASME  FTI  website.  It  was  announced  that  the  FTI  will  be 
continued  as  funding  instrument  during  2018-20120  with  an  estimated  budget  of 
€100 Mio/year as during the pilot phase.  

The  assessment  of  the  SME  instrument  after  three  years  of  implementation  yielded 
31k applications, out of which 2457 SME were funded in 36 countries.  

The  Smart  Specialization  Strategy  S3  (http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) 
represents  a  regional  strategy  based  on  structural  funds,  which  are  supposed  to 
respond to individual regions' specific needs and competencies. As a consequence of 
the  cohesion  policy  it  is  supposed  to  create  a  link  between  the  Horizon  2020 
programme  and  the  structural  funds  in  place.  Possible  scenarios  of  synergies  (for 
instance  sequential  up-/downstream  or  parallel  action,  seal  of  excellence)  were 
presented. 
Lastly,  I4MS  (http://i4ms.eu/index.php)  is  an  initiative  promoted  by  the  EC  to 
support  the  European  leadership  in  manufacturing  through  the  adoption  of  ICT 
technologies. It is particularly addressing manufacturing SMEs. 
Complementarity of the instruments, improvement potential   

The presentation of the instruments demonstrated the different scope of the funding 
and support they were able to deliver. Despite overlaps in target groups and scope of 
technological  maturity,  it  became  obvious  that  all  instruments  were  designed  to 
address  different purposes of funding. The flexibility reflected in, especially FTI and 
S3,  accounted  for  non-addressed  topics  in  top-down  calls  and  work  programmes  or 
for the specific needs and operational requirements of individual regions.  

Reflection  on  key  barriers  potentially  impeding  an  even  greater  impact  of 
those funding instruments revealed several aspects: 

FTI:  continued  low-end  TRL  outcomes  are  observed  as  opposed  to  the  original  TRL 
scope.  This  was  mainly  traced  back  to  the  evaluation  procedure,  which  should 
become more market-oriented. 

6.2 

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SME Instrument: continued low awareness of the instrument among industry and, 
in particular, SMEs, to become engaged.  

S3:  state  aid  legislation  was  mentioned  as  an  inhibiting  factor  together  with  partly 
very diverse governance structures across the regions.  

It was further remarked from the workshop participants that success rates remained 
very  low  and  that  the  instruments,  especially  FTI  and  the  SME  instrument,  were 
highly competitive implying a high risk of time investment for proposals.  

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7. 

SUMMARY 

The cPPPs have received a particular relevance in Horizon 2020, where their specific 
role  and  mission  as  a  funding  instrument  is  deemed  at  the  core  of  the  research 
agenda.  The  expectation  linked  to  these  instruments  is  to  boost  competitiveness  of 
the  EU  industry  through  large  investments  in  innovation  and  commitment  from  the 
private  side.    These  investments  to  be  secured  need  a  proof  -  politically  and 
economically - that the instruments are performing according to the expectations.  

Therefore, one major  focus of the 2017 Impact Workshop was the mid-term review 
of  the  cPPPs  within  Horizon  2020.  Bringing  together  the  projects  as  well  as  the 
representatives  of  the  respective  cPPP  associations  from  the  three  cPPPs  managed 
under DG RTD was supposed to create the right framework to discuss the successes, 
experience,  breakthroughs  and  impact  across  the  cPPPs.  Hence,  the  2017  Impact 
Workshop took new shape as compared to the previous years’ workshops of FoF.  

As part of the bigger picture of a competitive, sustainable and vanguard Europe and 
its role in the global perspective, it is understood as fundamental to generate impact 
not  only  on  project,  but  also  on  programme  level.  Although,  or  rather  because, 
industrial  innovations  and  a  strong  and  competitive  EU  economy  are  at  the  base  of 
the  funded  actions,  the  achievements  and  higher  level  impacts  must  also 
address environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Specifically the 
labour  market  is  currently  subject  to  heated  public  discussions.  Precisely  high-tech 
manufacturing  and  processes  and  new  technology  assisted  services  generate  fears 
and rejection. One mission  - as was repeatedly remarked in the course of the day  - 
was to create positive impact on the EU labour market. 

Projects  can  help,  too,  to  create  a  programme  wide  awareness  and,  potentially 
impact  -  through  arguing  beyond  their  technology  and  research  and  rather  on  a 
“system  level”.  On  the  other  hand,  the  cPPP  through  their  work  can  support 
community  building,  coordination  among  initiatives  and  to  pass  the  messages  from 
the project speaking in a single voice.  

The  paradigm  of  Industrie  4.0  and  worldwide  emerging  initiatives  of  this  kind 
appears  to  be  gaining  more  and  more  awareness.  Yet,  and  because  oversea 
economies  make  efforts  towards  launching  and  preparing  themselves  for  the 
consequential  changes  inherent  to  that  paradigm  shift,  the  pressure  on  the  EU 
remains  big.  The  goal  of  achieving  a  20%  of  GDP  share  in  manufacturing,  for 
example, is expected to be hard to achieve. Accordingly, efforts must be undertaken 
to best possibly manage synergies and sustain stable employment figures. The 
key elements of the high-tech based economy and industrial business - such 
as new business models and new ways of cooperation in the supply chains, new links 
between big and smaller companies, the need for updated and new skills, new ways 
of working - shall be understood as opportunities rather than restrictions.  

The  creation  of  synergies  was  another  important  motif  of  the  day.  Starting  with 
cross-border, EU-wide research and innovation, synergies are sought and needed in 
geographical  terms.  The  concepts  and  investigations  of  Industrial  Symbiosis 
scenarios  in  particular  within  the  SPIRE  cPPP,  is  a  necessary  approach  to  enable 
synergies  across  sectors.  Finally,  the  cross-fertilization  of  communities,  the 
possibility to learn from each other was the declared goal of the day and the purpose 
of the new workshop format. 

The  importance  of  digital  technologies,  as  much  as  it  was  readily  embraced  in 
the  context  of  manufacturing,  had  apparently  not  received  the  same  level  of 
attention in other sectors. The potential of digitization and its benefits would have to 
be  more  consciously  and  strongly  considered  in  the  formulation  of  future  priorities 
also in the process industry.  

Many  initiatives  have  emerged,  such  as  Industrie  4.0  in  Germany,  Catapult  in  UK, 
Alliance  Industrie  du  Futur  in  France,  Smart  Industrie  in  the  Netherlands,  industrial 

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national/regional agendas or EU funded programmes and initiatives. Their objectives 
are to tackle the challenges of the EU industry and economy. Unfortunately, this has 
led  to  a  fragmentation.  It  was  therefore  recognized  that  new  forms  of  industrial 
synergies,  also  across  sectors,  and  an  improved  management  of  fragmentation 
to  avoid  undue  overlap  were  important  tasks  to  be  tackled  now  and  in  the  near 
future. 

It  was  also  recognized  that  while  some  countries  were  strongly  promoting  these 
strategic  initiatives,  other  ones  were  still  lagging  behind.  In  particular  Eastern 
Europe countries are not yet as active as their counterparts from Central, Western, 
Southern  or  Northern  Europe.  To  achieve  a  real  EU  wide  impact  within  the  new 
industrial  strategies,  the  involvement  of  all  was  therefore  named  as  one  of  the 
priorities for the next years agendas of the cPPPs. 

An additional aspect of an improved ecosystem was also linked with the educational 
sector.  The  need  of  new  skills  for  new  kind  of  job  profiles  responding  to  the 
requirements of changing working environments were put forth in this context.  

The  direct  involvement  of  Public  Authorities  remains  necessary  and  one 
important  enabler  of  technology  uptake.  Often,  the  success  of  technological 
breakthrough also depends on the validation by public authorities due to their image 
and  institutional  credibility.  For  example,  for  governance  of  regulations,  building  of 
standards  and  handling  of  social  implications  of  innovations  it  is  suitable  that 
different  public  authorities  act  together  with  industry,  academia,  unions  and 
associations in a cooperative framework.  

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8. 

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

For the first time and unlike the previous years the Impact Workshop was organised 
for the three cPPPs Factories of the Future (FoF), Energy Efficient Buildings (EeB) and 
Sustainable  Process  Industries  (SPIRE).  In  three  session  presenting  success  stories 
from  projects  of  all  cPPPs  special  focus  was  put  on  three  topics,  namely  Industrial 
Exploitation, Energy Efficiency and Smart Industry. Two panel discussion addressing 
the  performance  and  lessons  learned  of  the  three  cPPPs  and  other  funding 
instruments  to  further  stimulate  innovation  through  projects,  complemented  the 
project view from the programme level perspective. 

Considering all the presentations and discussions that took place in the 2017 Impact 
Workshop, the following conclusions can be derived. 

The  event  was  valuable,  because  it  was  a  unique  opportunity  to  discuss  the 
experiences  gained  in projects and communities beyond one single community. The 
interaction  between  participants  and  members  from  the  three  cPPP  areas  provided 
the possibility to discover similarities and differences in both, project and association 
work with regard to the focus topics of the success stories sessions as well as other 
aspects.  

The main commonalities on project level as were presented by the success story 
cases were the following: 

❏  Not  surprisingly,  IT  tools  are  understood  as  essential  tools  towards  smarter 
products  and  processes,  to  improve  energy  efficiency  and  towards  new, 
attractive products and services to be developed. Digitization seems to more and 
more  be  penetrating  various  and  very  diverse  application  areas  and  the 
awareness of the benefits to be gained seems to be increasing among industry.  

❏  As called for and debated in previous years the need  for standards  is still  there 

and urgently emphasized. 

❏  It  is  important  to  keep  engaging  industry  and,  in  particular,  SMEs,  in  the 
collaborations.  Industry  engagement  assures  application  driven  developments 
and  the  take-up  and  further  commercialization-oriented  steps  to  be  taken  to 
ultimately reach the market.   

❏  Confidentiality  issues,  modalities of  sharing  data  remain  still one  major  concern 

in the collaborations across consortia, projects and also sectors. 

❏  A  more  formalized  methodology  on  the  calculation  and  definition  of  KPIs  would 
be  appreciated,  since  a  common  perception  was  that  there  were  difficulties  in 
capturing KPIs of the project achievements.  

The main difference on project level  that emerged from the presentations of the 
success story cases was the opinion on regulations. Specifically, in the EeB area a 
high  number  of  regulations  seem  to  have  a  hampering  effect  on  the  exploitation  of 
project  outcomes.  In  contrast,  within  the  FoF  community  regulatory  steering  was 
called  for  in  order  to  more  strongly  enforce  industry  to  deploy  technology  at  hand 
and, hence, impel exploitation. 

Taking up one conclusion from the 2016 workshop, where it was argued that most of 
the exploitation evidence was at projects partners’ individual level and needed more 
examples of exploitation actions with big impacts, emphasis was put on the aspect of 
transferability  of  results  to  other  sectors  and  Industrial  Symbiosis 
approaches. The importance of solid exploitation strategies on project level remains 
a  relevant  topic  and  is  being  recognized  within  the  community.  Furthermore, 
projects were called upon to extend their exploitation strategies beyond the 
borders of their sectors and communities by making use of programme level 
initiatives,  networks  and  platforms.  There  is  no  doubt  on  the  excellence  in 
research in Europe or the wealth of ideas from European innovators. An urgent and 
still necessary step, however, is seen in the ultimate success on the market, which is 
believed to be stimulated through wider scope actions. 

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A  new  and  more  effective  way  of  communicating  the  impact  of  projects  is 
needed.  In  this  direction,  projects  must  support  the  bigger  picture  through  their 
“thinking” beyond only technological and own economic considerations. Instead, they 
should  increasingly  move  to  commercial  perspective  and  likewise  address 
social challenges, responsibilities and solutions. 

With  regard  to  the  review  of  the  work  of  the  cPPPs,  several  strengths  and 
achievements  emerged.  First,  cPPPs  appear  to  deliver  the  right  level  of 
organization to give their stakeholders a voice, to build a community and to act 
across  projects  and  programmes.  Furthermore,  the  cPPPs  have  succeeded  in 
reaching  a  reasonable  share  of  industrial  partners  in  collaborative  projects, 
very  much  fighting  against  the  participation  reluctance  encountered  in  the  previous 
framework programme. Lastly, the cPPPs offered active participation - as member 
or non-member - in the shaping of future priorities of the area.  

A number of challenges remained and will be subject to the planning of the cPPPs’ 
activity roadmaps. These challenges are to 

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❏ 
❏ 
❏ 
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keep jobs in the EU 
to more strongly exploit synergies across sectors 
to keep engaging SMEs in the cPPP work and project participation 
to put more effort in involving Eastern European countries 
and to pay due attention to the importance and vital role of digitization and its 
implementation 

KPIs,  among  those  the  co-investment  leverage  factor,  need  a  clearer  and  more 
formalized  methodology  that  projects  can  apply  to  communicate  their 
outcomes. The discussions of the  day  proved  uncertainties and  doubts with regard 
to  the  KPIs,  in  particular  when  considering  individual,  project  or  wider  sectoral  or 
societal level impacts. A refinement of the definition of KPIs is called for in order to 
put  the  variety  of  KPIs  and  project  outcomes  into  context.  Nevertheless,  a  certain 
softness  due  to  individual  case  specificities  is  expected  to  be  there  and  has  to  be 
acknowledged, too.  

Last,  but  not  least,  sustainability  and  social  responsibility  were  repeatedly 
addressed  and  moved  into  the  focus  of  the  discussions.  The  awareness  and 
actions  to  use  the  emerging  technologies  to  solve  challenges  of  today's 
society  must  still  grow  and  acting  in  that  direction  was  called  upon.  Specifically, 
the  importance  of  environmental  protection  and  sustainability  and  stability 
of labour should be priorities on all agendas.  

A variety of instruments is in place under Horizon 2020 aiming at further closing the 
gap from technological promising developments to real marketable innovations. The 
SME  instrument,  the  Fast  Track  to  Innovation  (FTI)  instrument,  the  Smart 
Specialization  Strategy  and  the  I4MS  initiative  were  presented  in  this  context. 
These  instrument  were  designed  as  complementary  instruments  to  cover 
elements  not  reflected  in  standard  calls.  In  order  to  better  exploit  the 
complementarities of those instrument the cPPPs could be supportive. At mid-term 
of Horizon 2020, it was of particular interest to get insight into the experience made 
with  and  the  performance  of  those  instruments  after  an  intermediate  assessment. 
This  review  revealed  a  number  of  barriers  still  hindering  a  full  success  of  the 
implementation.  Among  these  were  -  as  already  observed    -  the  engagement  of 
SMEs.  Further  spread  of  information  about  the  availability  of  the  instruments  could 
mitigate  this  observation.  Furthermore,  local  and  regional  governance  -  specifically 
for  the  Smart  Specialization  Strategy  had  to  be  enforced,  since  strong  governance 
was  observed  to  lead  to  positive  region-EU  alignment  and  use  of  the  investments. 
Lastly,  still  higher  final  TRL  were  required  -  in  particular  remarked  by  the  FTI.  An 
evaluation  procedure  with  even  more  focus  on  the  commercial  potential  of  the 
outcomes of the proposals could drive push the starting and, accordingly, final TRLs 
to the aspired range.  

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9. 

APPENDIX I: WORKSHOP AGENDA 

Workshop on the Impact of the cPPPs 
May 17th 2017, Brussels, Belgium 
Venue: Centre Albert Borschette 

May 17th 2017, Wednesday 
8:30-9:00   Welcome coffee 

9:00-9:30  Introduction 

Peter Dröll, Director, DG RTD 
Max Lemke, Head of Unit, DG CNECT 

9:30-10:30  Success Stories – Industrial exploitation  
ROBO-PARTNER (FoF), EASEE (EeB),   DISIRE (SPIRE) 
Moderator: Jan Ramboer, DG RTD 

10:30-10:50 Coffee break 

10:50-11:50 Success Stories – Energy Efficiency 

AREUS (FoF), Next-BUILDINGS (EeB), EPOS (SPIRE) 
Moderator: Sean O'Reagain, Deputy Head of Unit, DG RTD 

11:50-12:50 Success Stories – Smart Industry 

MAShES (FoF), ACCEPT (EeB), SHAREBOX (SPIRE) 
Moderator: Jürgen Tiedje, Head of Unit, DG RTD 

12:50-14:00 Lunch 

14:00-15:15  Panel  discussion:  Lessons  learned  so  far  in  cPPPs  and 

next steps  
Moderator: Jürgen Tiedje, Head of Unit, DG RTD 
Panel  members:  Maurizio  Gattiglio  (EFFRA),  Klaus  Sommer 
(SPIRE), Ignacio Calvo (EeB) 

15:15-16:30  Panel  discussion:  Stimulating  more  after  end-of-project 

Impact 
Moderator: Max Lemke, Head of Unit, DG CNECT 
Panel  members:  Samuel  Maenhout  (Fast  Track  to  Innovation,  DG 
RTD),  Agnieszka  Stasiakowska,  (H2020  SME,  EASME),  Stefan 
Weiers (Smart Specialisation, DG RTD) 

16:30-17:00 Concluding Statements  

Patricia Wolny, Rapporteur 
Jürgen Tiedje, Head of Unit, DG RTD 

17:00 

End 

Rapporteur for the event: Patricia Wolny 

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10.  APPENDIX  II:  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  FROM  SUCCESS 

STORIES PRESENTATIONS 

10.1. SUCCESS STORIES – INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION 

Project  ROBO-PARTNER  (FoF)  –  Seamless  Human-Robot  Cooperation  for 
Intelligent,  Flexible  and  Safe  Operations  in  the  Assembly  Factories  of  the 
Future 

www.robo-partner.eu/  

ROBO-PARTNER  aspires  to  combine  robot  strength,  velocity,  precision  and 
computational  power  with  human  capabilities, 
intelligence  and  skills, 
establishing a common working environment with reduced physical and cognitive 
load  for  the  operators.  A  hybrid  solution  involving  the  safe  cooperation  of 
operators  with  autonomous  and  adapting  robotic  systems  through  a  user-friendly 
interaction is proposed.  

Applications  mainly  focussing  on  the  automotive  and  automotive  supplier  sectors. 
Transferability  to  the  white  good  sector  and  general  automation  was  shown. 
Together,  four  demonstrators  were  implemented  –  Automotive,  white  goods,  large 
parts handling and pump assembly. 

The  work  and  developments  in  the  project  have  led  to  the  implementation  of 
"human-in-the-loop  automation"  and  deployment  of  augmented  reality 
technology on wearable devices on the shop floor. Specifically for the automotive 
application    immediate  benefits  achieved  were  i)  ergonomics  improvement  of  40%, 
ii) NVA (non-value added) time reduction of 35% and, iii) an environmental impact of 
elimination of 280k barcodes/year. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  Launch of a new generation of collaborative robot (Comau), which was introduced 

in Automatica 2016. 

●  Novel robot camera/ PLCs system : SafetyEYE Dynamic zones. 
●  Augmented reality on smart  watches for operator  support delivering process and 

product parameters. 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 1,12 

total # of exploitable results: 10 

● 
●  Expected ROI: 1,4 – 4 depending on the case 
● 
●  # of jobs created: 4 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 35,7% 
●  # of patents: 1 
●  # of trainings/ events : 40 
●  # of scientific publications: 15 
●  standardization activities: ISO-10218, ISO/TS-15066, TC184/SC2  

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Project  EASEE  (EeB)  –  Envelope  Approach  to  improve  Sustainability  and  Energy 
efficiency in Existing multi-storey multi-owner residential buildings 

http://www.easee-project.eu 

EASEE developed a new holistic approach to energy efficient envelope retrofitting of 
multi-storey  buildings,  which  preserves  the  original  aesthetics  of  the  façade.  To  this  end 
the  project  performed  developments  at  various  levels  covering  innovative  material 
investigation,  software  solutions  and  building  application.  In  5  application  sites  in 
different  climatic  areas  of  Europe  (Poland,  Northern  Italy,  Greece,  Spain),  the  technology 
was demonstrated  in two outdoor,  two indoor and one whole renovation scenarios. Based 
on  the  innovations  an  average  reduction  of  the  energy  use  of  25%  and  in  CO2  emission 
reduction of 10%. Further benefits reported were improved indoor climate, increased value 
property, short payback time of 8 years and regeneration of urban areas. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  Exterior  envelope,  which  will  be  offered  by  a  project  partner  as  a  product. 
Furthermore,  follow-up  funds  are  being  raised  on  regional  level  for  further 
development. 

●  Retro-fitting  planner 

is  a  newly  developed  software  module  which  will  be 

commercialized as part of a new release of an existing software. 

●  Permeable  wallpaper.  This  product  requires  further  development  and  an  agreement 

between POLIMI and a company was already brought on the way.  

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 1,9 

● 
●  # of full scale demonstrators: 4 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 37% 
●  # of patents: 1 (application) 
●  # of trainings/ events: 10 (300 trained people) 
●  # of scientific publications: 16 

Project DISIRE (SPIRE) – Integrated Process Control Based on Distributed In-Situ 
Sensors into Raw Material and Energy Feedstock  

https://www.spire2030.eu/disire 

The  DISIRE  project  aims  at  optimizing  industrial  processes  by  shifting  from  off-line 
batches measurements to real time, optimal process control based on the DISIRE enabled 
in-situ  sensors.  It  is  expected  that  the  developed  technology  will  extend  the  level  of 
knowledge  and  awareness  of  the  internal  dynamics  of  the  undergoing  processes  taking 
place  during  transformation  or  integration  of  raw  materials.  The  optimization  aims  at 
overall resource and energy efficiency. Application areas will be in  Mining, Mineral 
Processing, Steel and Chemical. So far, the project reports average energy reduction of 
1-5%, waste reduction of 5-10% and CO2 emission reduction of 5-10%. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

● 

Inline measuring  technology,  in-situ distributed  sensors: expected  TRL at project  end 
is 7. 

●  Cloud based online Process Analyzer Technology (PAT) algorithms for improving online 
the process models and the In-line Process Control (IPC): expected TRL at project end 
is 7. 

●  Online, cloud-based PAT and in-line sensoring: expected TRL at project end is 7. 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

● 
leverage factor: 0,3 
●  # of jobs created: 3 - 4 
●  # of full scale demonstrators: 6 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 60% 
●  # of patents: 2 (application) 
●  # of trainings/ events: 2 (20 trained people) 
●  # of scientific publications: 41 (submitted) 
●  standardization activities: In-line measuring data standard (to be investigated) 

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●  Spin-offs/start-ups:  Currently  under  investigation  in  2  tracks:  In-line  Sensors  and 

Online PAT based IPC with cloud based big data analytics 

10.2.  SUCCESS STORIES – ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Project  AREUS  (FoF)  -  Automation  and  Robotics  for  European  Sustainable 
manufacturing  

www.areus-project.eu 

Energy efficiency in manufacturing concerns energy consumption of machines, and - in the 
specific  case  of  the  project  -  robots.  Energy  availability,  the  consequently  related  costs 
(robot  payback  period  and  ROI),  increasing  demand  and  the  future  need  for  new  energy 
sources  impose  a  real  challenge  for  the  manufacturing  industry.  Motivated  by  the  above 
said AREUS aims at creating an energy efficient robotic plant based on an factory 
internal  smart  grid  ("DC  factory ")  as  well  as  tools  for  simulation,  optimization, 
scheduling/control and life cycle  assessment.  AREUS addresses  existing and novel 
plants  and  develops  separated  solutions  for  both,  SMEs  and  big  companies.  The 
benefits  of  the  deployment  of  the  AREUS  system  is  expected  to  yield  energy  saving  of 
>35%, reduction of waste of about 30%and CO2 emission reductions of >26%.  

Major achievements and exploitation 
● 

“DC  factory”:  industrial  smart  grid  at  factory  level  including  all  relevant  system 
components  (interfaces,  front-end,  e-meters,  storage,  harvesters,  etc).  The  specific 
benefits are expected to yield energy quality improvements, energy consumption up to 
-20% and overall additional revenues up to 120M€/y from new hardware produced in 
mass mode. 

●  Robot  simulation  and  “1-click”  optimization  methods  to  predict  and  optimize  the 
energy  consumption.  A  common  calculation  engine  for  different  products  was 
developed,  tailored  for  SMEs  and  big  companies.  Average  reduction  of  energy 
consumption of 20% and Peak Power of 50% in <5min simulation time were reported. 
●  Scheduling  control:  energy-optimal  sequence  planning  and  scheduling  ePLC  yielding 
development  time  savings,  30%  energy  consumption  and  up  to  50%  peak  power 
reduction. The startup Sekvensa is to commercialize the Sequence Planner tool. 

●  Robots trajectories: a cloud-based (KUKA cloud) service for non-linear optimization of 
existing robot trajectories expected to lead to about 30% energy and 60% peak power 
reduction. 

●  LCA methods: novel algorithms for financial and environmental assessment of robotic 
plants.  To  be  developed  for  SMEs  and  big  companies  and  to  be  commercialized  by 
spin-off System Workx. 

leverage factor:  1,92 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 
● 
●  #  of  jobs  created:  estimated  potential  based  on  cost  savings  and  assuming 
approximately  200k€/y  turnover  per  employee,  at  best,  600  new  jobs  may  be 
expected 

●  # of full scale demonstrators: 7 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 25% 
●  # of patents: 1 (application)  
●  # of trainings/ events: 34 trainings (110 people trained) 
●  # of scientific publications: 28 
●  standardization activities: 2 working items in Standardisation Bodies 
●  Spin-offs/start-ups: 1 start-up (scheduling control) and 1 spin-off (LCA methods) 

Project  Next-BUILDINGS  (EeB)-  Next  Zero  Energy  Buildings  at  lowest  Cost  by 
using Competitive Sustainable Technology 

www.next-buildings.com 

The  Next-BUILDINGS  project  aims  at  demonstrating  the  feasibility  of  Net  Zero 
Energy or Active buildings at affordable cost, which are acceptable to the public. The 
requirements  are  set  by  regulatory  values  (EU  target),  the  goal  to  reach  e-neutrality  and 
theexpectance  to  reduce  costs.  The  technological  innovations  introduced  into  the 
building  to  result  in  next  zero  energy  or  active  building  are  based  on  transmission 
controllable windows and building integrated photovoltaics. Residential and/or shop 

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and  office  buildings  were  chosen  at  three  demo  sites  in  Amsterdam  Houthaven  (30000 
m2), Helsingborg Kvarteret Isbanan (10000 m2) and Lyon Confluence Hikari (12000 m2), 
all of which meet EU target for buildings (<60 kWh/m2yr) due to the introduced technology 
and design. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  Performance  requirements  of  all  demo  sites  achieved  through  design  and  technology 

deployed. 

●  High-efficiency,  dual  function  PV  modules  (insulating,  translucent  and  electricity 

generation) is being commercialized. 

●  Monitoring triggered improvement actions; monitoring feedback is used to improve their 

building energy models. 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 16  

● 
●  # of jobs created: nA 
●  # of full scale demonstrators: 3 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 15% 
●  # of patents: 1 (application) 
●  # of trainings/ events: 15 (200 people trained) 
●  # of scientific publications: 5 
●  standardization  activities:  NEXT-Buildings  marked  the  approach  of  Amsterdam  energy 

neutral new build developments,which is now followed by the entire Houthaven district. 

Project EPOS (SPIRE) - Enhanced energy and resource Efficiency and Performance 
in process industry Operations via onsite and cross-sectoral Symbiosis 

www.spire2030.eu/epos 

EPOS's  main  objective  is  to  enable  cross-sectoral  Industrial  Symbiosis  (IS)  and 
provide  a  wide  range  of  technological  and  organisational  options  for  making  business 
and  operations  more  (resource  and  energy)  efficient,  more  cost-effective,  more 
competitive  and  more  sustainable  across  process  sectors.  The  project  involves  five 
key relevant process industry sector: steel, cement, chemicals, minerals and engineering to 
validate within and across those the developed IS options. Several scenarios of  IS shall be 
developed  for  various  industrial  cluster  and  to  be  assessed  for  economic  and  practical 
feasibility.  

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  4 scenarios of IS options for 2 clusters developed and assessed for economic feasibility. 
●  Specific ERs for cement industry partner CEMEX:  
●  software  tool  for  calculating  the  cheapest  and  most  sustainable  fuel  mix  for  cement 

processing 

●  software tool for thermal energy calculations 
●  New opportunities for improved material and services flow identified with in an industrial 

cluster 

●  Release  of  policy  recommendations  on  legal,  economic,  spatial,  technical  and  social 

aspects 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 
●  ROI: 1 - 5 years depending on scenario and company 
●  annual potential benefits: up to 1Mio 
●  # of jobs created: nA 
●  # of full scale demonstrators/scenarios: 5 
●  Share of participating SMEs : 42% 
●  # of patents: nA 
●  # of trainings/ events: nA 
●  # of scientific publications: nA 
●  standardization activities: nA 

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10.3. SUCCESS STORIES – SMART INDUSTRY 

Project  MAShES  (FoF)  –  Multimodal  Spectral  Control  of  Laser  Processing  with 
Cognitive Abilities 

www.mashesproject.eu  

The purpose of MAShES is to develop a system for real time-control and high speed 
monitoring  for  laser  processing  applications.  The  system  is  based  on  a  closed-loop 
control  for  laser  processing  and  will  be  built  on  a  novel  multi-spectral  optics  and 
embedded,  multi-sensor  arrangement.  A  productivity  increase  due  to  the  deployment 
of  the  MAShES  system  of  >30%  is  prognosticated  and  waste  reduction  of  about  50%  is 
expected. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  1  ready  to  market  (TRL  9)  product:  CLAMIR  (www.clamir.com),  real-time  control  of 

Laser Additive Manufacturing process using Infrared imaging  

●  cloud-based,  open  source  middleware,  openLMD,  to  integrate  multimodal  monitoring 

and control in laser processing (TRL 7, expected TRL at project end: 8) 

●  Basis  MAShES  system:  advanced  optics  and  new  generation  of  laser  head  (TRL  5, 

expected TRL at project end: 6) 

●  Basis MAShES cognitive system: real-time monitoring, artificial intelligence algorithms, 

deep learning (TRL 6, expected TRL at project end: 7) 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 3,1 

● 
●  # of jobs created: 9 new employees 
●  # of full scale demonstrators: 3 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 41% 
●  # of patents: / 
●  # of trainings/ events: none mentioned 
●  # of scientific publications: 8 
●  standardization activities: none mentioned 
●  Other: 4 open resource data repositories and data sets; 1 commercial product  

Project ACCEPT (EeB) – An Assistant for quality Check during Construction 

www.accept-project.com 

The  ACCEPT  project  aims  at  developing  a  suite  of  3  Apps  that  will  enable 
knowledge  sharing,  coordination  of  workflow  and  quality  at  construction  sites. 
The  innovations  are  based  on  augmented  reality  technology  and  deploy  smart 
glasses,  desktop  and  mobile  devices.  A  reduction  of  up  to  50%  in  the  mismatch 
between  design  and  construction  is  expected  based  on  the  use  of  the  IT  based  tools. 
Furthermore,  the  project  targets  a  reduction  of  construction  time  by  10%  and  a  15% 
improvement  of  construction  reliability  due  to  on-site  monitoring,  knowledge  sharing  and 
workflow    coordination.  Potential  savings  due  to  the  use  of  the  ACCEPT  system  are 
estimated to approximately 16kWh/m2/year. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  Smart glass App for operators (CoOp) to improve access to data and communication at 

construction site. 

●  Desktop based data dashboard for engineers and scientists to improve collation of site 

data and benchmarking. 

●  Mobile  devices  based  MGT  App  (SiMA)  for  site  managers  and  architects  to  improve 

coordination of projects and quality control. 

●  3 further ERs emerging 

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Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 2,72 (foreseen) 

● 
●  # new types of high-skilled job profile created: 1, Digital Masterbuilder 
●  # of full scale demonstrators: 6 
●  Share  of  participating  SMEs:  4  directly  in  consortium,  10+  external  SMEs  including 

contractors, clients and consultants engaged in pilot programmes 

●  # of patents: / 
●  # of trainings/ events: 50+ with 420+ participants 
●  # of scientific publications: 11 (published or submitted) 
●  standardization activities: 4 
●  other: 2 innovation award nominations 

Project  SHAREBOX  (SPIRE)  –  Secure  Management  Platform  for  Shared  Process 
Resources 

http://sharebox-project.eu 

The SHAREBOX projects aims to develop and bring to market a secure platform, which 
shall  provide  plant  operations  and  production  managers  with  the  robust  and  reliable 
real-time  information  needed  to  optimise  symbiotic  connections  (plant,  energy, 
water, residues and recycled materials) with other companies. The limitations in current 
Industrial  Symbiosis  delivery  are  to  be  overcome  through  the  key  innovations  of  the  ICT 
platform  and  the  intelligent  decision  support  tools.  The  hitherto  reported  impact 
accounts  for  an  average  reduction  of  waste  of  27%  and  an  average  reduction  of  CO2 
emissions  of  47,8%.  Furthermore,  cost  savings  of  about  3,6  Mio  (+120%)  and  additional 
sales of about 7,7 Mio (+256%) are expected. 

Major achievements and exploitation 

●  Secure  platform  enabling  sharing  and  flexible  management  of  shared  process 

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resources. Expected TRL at project end: 7. 
Intelligent  decision  support  tools  for  the  flexible  management  of  shared  process 
resources. (BIG Data). Expected TRL at project end: 8. 
Industrial  Symbiosis  methodologies  and  related  tools.  Expected  TRL  at  project  end: 
5. 

Industrial and technological  impacts (KPIs) 

leverage factor: 0,28 

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●  #  of  jobs  created:  16  new  employees  (new  types  of  high-skilled  profile/jobs 

developed: 5) 

●  # of full scale demonstrators: 4 
●  Share of participating SMEs: 33,3% 
●  # of patents: / 
●  # of trainings/ events: 27 (88 companies trained, + 200 people) 
●  # of scientific publications: none mentioned 
●  standardization activities: 3 working items in European Standardisation Bodies 
●  Spin-offs/start-ups: 1 

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The seventh Impact Assessment Workshop of the contractual Public-Private Partnerships 
(cPPP),  held  in  Brussels  on  the  17th  of  May  2017  gathered  185  external  participants.  A 
novelty  of  the  2017  edition  was  the  changed  format.  In  previous  years,  a  separate 
workshop was held for each cPPP (Factories of the Future, Energy-efficient Buildings, and 
Sustainable  Process  Industry).  In  2017,  there  was  a  one  day  joint  event  for  the  three 
cPPPs.  

The  main  goal  of  the  2017  Impact  Workshop  was  to  exchange  views  among  the  cPPPs, 
and  get  inspired  from  each  other's  successful  projects  in  terms  of  technological 
breakthroughs  and  market  uptake.  Participants  also  discussed  the  work  and  functioning 
of the cPPPs in the light of the mid-term review of all nine cPPPs. 

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