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Best of Eco-innovation: project success stories

The Best of Eco-innovation: project success stories will take place on Thursday 21 May 2015 from 14:30 to 16:15. This event will not be interpreted.

This session will present an analysis of the results of CIP Eco-innovation market replication projects and a showcase of successful practices. The aim is to stimulate the exchange of best practices and gather feedback on eco-innovation barriers and opportunities from the on the ground implementation.

Chairman: Didier Gambier, Head of Department LIFE and H2020 Energy, Environment, Resources Executive Agency for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (EASME)

Projects presented during this session:

  • ECO-SANDWICH
    ECO‐SANDWICH® is a ventilated prefabricated wall panel utilising recycled construction and demolition waste (CDW) and mineral wool produced using innovative and sustainable Ecose® technology. The ECO‐SANDWICH® represents improvement of existing prefabricated wall panel products, tackling the 2020 goals (20% increase in energy efficiency, 20% reduction of CO2 emissions, and 20% renewables by 2020) and represents a possible technological solution for fast construction of very low energy buildings on a large scale. Panels are durable, economical and enable rapid construction with high aesthetic values. The ECO-SANDWICH® wall panels are both reusable and fully recyclable. Possibilities for the application of the ECO-SANDWICH® panels in new construction as a load bearing structure or as cladding wall panels include: apartment buildings, houses, warehouses, manufacturing buildings, office complexes, schools, farms, etc. For more information: http://www.eco-sandwich.hr
  • REGENERA
    The Regenera project concerns the development of a sorbent material to efficiently remove arsenic from drinking water. The material is highly efficient and regenerable. In the course of the project, two plants were built, one to produce the material and a second to regenerate spent sorbent. Already in the first few months of operation, four different plants were refilled with regenerated material, saving more than 60 tons of arsenic waste from being released into the environment. For more information: www.regenera-project.eu
  • TV4NEWOOD
    TV4NEWOOD has developed a new wood modification process called Thermovacuum, an innovative and environmentally friendly process that makes the best use of local species for the new generation of high added-value thermally modified wood. It has outstanding properties that match or exceed those of the best tropical hardwoods and treated woods. The Thermovacuum process is the most ecological process for wood modification—energy saving, 100% free of chemicals, and without air polluting emissions. For more information: http://www.tv4newood.it/
  • GEnIuS
    The GEnIuS project will launch Graphene Plus (G+) into the European market as an eco-innovative solution for oil spill clean-up. G+ is an inert, safe and recyclable absorbent material based on natural graphite, with a high and fast absorption capacity for every type of non-emulsified oil. G+ is capable of removing hydrocarbons even at low concentrations and almost all absorbed oil, thus limiting the production of waste. G+ can be produced directly on-site thus preventing transportation costs. For more information: http://genius-project.com/project/
  • ECOPROFABRICS
    EcoProFabrics is working to set up and test the textile industry’s first circular chain with fully recyclable work wear. The project develops work wear garments made of 100% polyester-based fabrics and leases the garments to customers with accompanying maintenance services. After use the garments are taken back and recycled into new garments.  For more information: https://ecoprofabrics.wordpress.com/

You can download the speakers' biographies here.

Information about CIP eco-innovation

The European Union’s Eco-Innovation initiative bridges the gap between research and the market. It helps innovative green ideas become fully-fledged commercial prospects. In doing so, the initiative helps the EU meet its environmental objectives and also boosts economic growth. Priority areas include material recycling, buildings, the food and drink sector, water as well as greener business. Between 2008 and 2013, nearly € 200 million was earmarked for the Eco-innovation initiative. More than 65 % of beneficiaries were small and medium-sized businesses. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) manages the Eco-innovation initiative on a daily basis on behalf of the European Commission. For more details on the Eco-Innovation programme, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation.

Participants of the Best of Eco-innovation: project success stories are invited to attend following events:

  • 18th European Forum on Eco-innovation (20/05/15 – 12:00 to 17:30 and 21/05/15 – 9:30 to 13:15) 
  • Official delivery of ETV Statements of Verification (20/05/15 – 17:30 to 18:00)
  • Joint cocktail (20/05/15 – 18:00 to 19:00)
  • EMAS Awards Ceremony (20/05/15 – 19:00 to 21:30)
  • Matchmaking event (21/05/15 – 16:30 to 18:30)
  • Joint final cocktail (21/05/15 – 19:30 to 21:00)

A common registration system has been created for all these events. Go to the Registration section if you want to attend one or all of them.