The FISSAC project – Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable Resource Intensive Industry across the extended Construction Value Chain – involved stakeholders at all levels of the construction and demolition value chain to develop a methodology, and software platform to facilitate information exchange, that can support industrial symbiosis networks and replicate pilot schemes at local and regional levels.
Project co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, 2015 - 2020.
Highlights
Presented during the final conference organized by ACR+ on 29 January 2020, the project achieved several results:- the new eco-materials tested in different demo-sites;
- the involvement of stakeholders through the living labs;
- a platform designed to facilitate the establishment and operation of Industrial Symbiosis networks;
- analysing the role of local authorities in fostering the industrial symbiosis.
Participants also highlighted the need of a common and concrete legislation, the importance of an effective communication about industrial symbiosis opportunities and benefits, as well as the key role of the social factors to raise acceptance.
THE PROJECT
FISSAC aimed to create a model to support industrial symbiosis networks, in the form of both a methodology and a software platform facilitating information exchange.
The ambition of the project was to develop a flexible model that can be replicated in different regions and other value chain scenarios.
The model was based on three sustainability pillars:
- Environmental (with a life-cycle approach)
- Economic (business plan and market analysis)
- Social (taking into consideration stakeholder engagement and impact on society).
FISSAC aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the processes, services and products at different levels.