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Developing new markets for eco-innovation

With a special focus on water

Eco-innovationAction Plan

Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th November 2012FIL Meeting Centre, Lisbon, Portugal

13th European Forum on Eco-innovation

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Welcome to the13th European Forum on Eco-innovation

Developing new markets for eco-innovation With a special focus on water

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Dear participants,

Portugal welcomes you to the 13th edition of the European Forum on Eco-innovation. By addressing local, regional and global water challenges, this event sets out to encourage international cooperation in eco-innovation.

Eco-innovation is an integral part of today’s economic, social and environmental landscape. Our challenge is to boost the European economy and also create opportunities for eco-innovations, taking into account our knowledge and experience in responding to the global market demand through environmentally sustainable solutions.

This Forum – organised by the European Commission in the framework of the European Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) – contributes to the objectives of the “2013 – United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.” In particular, it will address the importance of cooperation in facing pressing water management challenges, namely the increasing demand for water access, the allocation of resources and the provision of necessary services.Portugal is particularly vulnerable to climate change-induced water scarcity. It therefore welcomes the opportunity to create conditions for fruitful discussions on water issues and encourages the development of local and global partnerships to support the eco-innovation chain.

This event was designed to stimulate new markets that could leverage the use of eco-innovations.

Moreover, it aims to address the challenges and opportunities of entering the global market, and highlights the potential of current EU R&D&I programmes.

The organisation of the Forum involves the co-operation of three European-funded projects: ECOPOL –

public innovation partnership for better policies and instruments in support of eco-innovation ; ERA-NET ECOINNOVERA – boosting eco-innovation through cooperation in research and dissemination and Environmental-NCP-Together – promoting partnerships and cooperating to improve their effectiveness. At the national level, the preparation of this Forum has already contributed to the improvement of communication among key policymakers in the innovation and sustainability chain, particularly in terms of developing actions in line with the EcoAP. The issues raised during the event, and the resulting recommendations, will help to identify other actors (academia, business, NGOs) to develop effective partnerships, explore new markets for eco-innovation and promote untapped potential in the EU.

Due to the country’s long historical and cultural connections around the world, we are convinced that Portugal can play an important role in addressing global environmental challenges. Given its accumulated knowledge and experience on multilateral technological and economic cooperation networks with Africa and Latin America, Portugal is well placed to contribute to the development of eco-innovation solutions. Moreover, Portugal has acquired rich and diverse experience in the management of water resources and in the development of advanced technology for solving water problems. Recently, the Portuguese Water Partnership (PWP) was established to actively participate in the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on water.

We hope you enjoy your stay in Lisbon – a seaport with a history of discovery and sharing of cultures. Please join us and connect to the world through knowledge and cooperation. We hope every participant enjoys a fruitful and productive experience at the Forum, as well as a pleasant stay in Lisbon.

Pedro Afonso de PauloState Secretary, Ministry for the

Environment and Spatial Planning

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Welcome to the 13th European Forum on Eco-innovation dedicated this autumn 2012 to developing new markets for eco-innovation related to water.

Water availability problems affect many regions in Europe and across the world and they represent a serious and growing challenge. Recent studies suggest that the world may face a 40 % global water shortfall by 2030. Many sources of freshwater will be under additional strain from climate change and population growth. Over 2 billion people are to face absolute water scarcity and this lack of water will directly threaten social and economic development. To respond to these challenges governments and industry will have to lead together to find a more sustainable and greener growth path for the future.

The United Nations Rio+20 conference in June recognised that water is at the core of sustainable development, regionally and globally. The European Union committed to playing an active role in the further elaboration of sustainable development goals as a key driver for future development, including the broader global drive towards resource efficiency and a greener economy. The UN international year of water co-operation in 2013 will help to achieve this goal by focusing particularly on sustainable development, environmental resilience and partnerships.

Examples across the world show that with the right policies, technologies and priorities, many water stressed countries are managing water resources effectively. These countries are delivering more water for their people and at the same time encouraging and achieving sustainable economic development. Partnerships to develop and apply innovative solutions are a key to success. With this in mind, the European Commission recently launched the European Innovation Partnership on Water to facilitate the development of innovative solutions and to create market opportunities for these solutions.

This Forum will be a unique opportunity to specifically look at water challenges on a broad scale, and will confirm the importance of partnerships, both locally and globally, and for focused technologies, methodologies and strategies for better water management. The Forum will also contribute to the mobilisation of the necessary finance in support of much needed public-private partnerships.

We look forward to discussing this highly relevant and timely topic with you and to building on your recommendations to further develop opportunities and markets for eco-innovation in the water sector.

Welcome to the 13th European Forum on Eco-innovation.

Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for the Environment

Day 1Monday 26th of November

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09:30 - 10:00 Registration and refreshments

Session 1: Framing the forum This introductory session will set the scene by highlighting the move from the ETAP to the EcoAP and the powerful concept of eco-innovation, encompassing interdisciplinarity, societal and economical perspectives.

With a particular focus on water to align with current international issues and the European Commission’s agenda, the second part of the session will, through two success stories, address the potential of developing and accessing new and global markets and will demonstrate the value of research, policies and partnerships to reach this objective.

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome message and forum objectivesCarlos Nuno Oliveira1, State Secretary, Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Innovation Timo Makela2, Director, International affairs, LIFE & Eco-innovation Unit, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission

Video message from the European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potočnik.

10:30 - 12:00 Making effective progress in global markets Demonstrating connectivity in addressing the entire chain: research, policies, partnerships and marketsTwo relevant case studies (focusing on water – major company and SME scale):

1. SUE “Vodokanal of St.Petersburg”, Felix Karmazinov3, Director-General, Vodokanal

2. AQUASAFE: Real Time Information System, Adélio Joaquim Rodrigues Da Silva4, Manager, Hidromod and Slavco Velickov5, Water Industry Director EMEA, Bentley Systems

The two presentations will be followed by a panel discus-sion with stakeholders operating in the value chain, to highlight relevant links and issues.

12:00 - 12:30Case study spotlight The presenters (22 case studies) of the afternoon experience sharing session will give a 90-second ‘pitch’ to highlight their case study

12:30 - 13:50 Lunch

Session 2: Innovation in Action – experience sharing This session will be an opportunity to discuss relevant case studies and the practical experiences of private enterprises, as well as European-funded programmes and policies that recognise the role of research and partnerships and support market opportunities in the global context.

The case studies will highlight how to overcome barriers and organisational gaps, as well as the failures and learning process that lead to a true success story. Round-table discussions will contribute to the drafting of the final recommendations.

13:50 - 15:40 Round-table presentations of case studies highlighting the companies’ policy and action approaches (Research, Policies, Market)Divided into 5 areas of activity (Awareness, Finance, Industry/SME, Policy and Research), each of the 22 case studies will be presented three times (3 x 35 minutes).The groups will also propose recommendations.

1. The Mediterranean Water Challenge, an international platform for a sustainable future, Stuart Reigeluth6, Managing Editor, Revolve Magazine

2. Metrics for eco-innovation, Kathleen Goris7, Advisor, IWT

3. Support measures for system (eco)innovation, John Whittall8, Lead Technologist, TSB UK

4. Payments for Environmental Services: Water cases, Elena Górriz9, Researcher, Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia (CTFC)

5. The Sector Group Environment – Support for Europe’s environmental players, Peter Wolfmeyer10, Managing Director, ZENIT GmbH

6. Promote the uptake by water utilities of innovative prototypes to address emerging pollutants - Demeau, Theo van den Hoven11, Manager Research Programme, KWR - Watercycle Research Institute

7. CLEAN WATER research project on technology, Adrián M.T. Silva12, Staff Researcher, Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, Associate Laboratory LSRE/LCM, Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto

8. The German Water Partnership: supporting exports, Anke Ortmann13, Advisor Press and Public Relations, German Water Partnership e.V.

9. Getting EU companies active in India and China’s water business, Nicole Zantkuijl14, Policy Manager, WssTP

13th European Forum on Eco-innovation - Developing new markets for eco-innovation with a special focus on water

The 13th edition of the European Forum on Eco-innovation will highlight the main challenges and opportunities in research, development and innovation when entering the global market, and aims to promote and support international collaboration in eco-innovation, with a special focus on water management and use.

Objectives:• Broaden the horizon for technologies in this area and increase market

value confidence• Provide inspiration and ideas on partnerships that work• Collect insights/feedback on the current challenges to feed into future

programmes/policies

10. Indonesia: sustainable development of a poor karst region, Franz Nestmann15, Managing Director, Institute for Water and River Basin Management/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

11. Regional interconnection of sewage plants to enhance economy-of-scale, Karl-Ulrich Rudolph16, Director of IEEM, Institute of Environmental Engineering and

Management, University of Witten/Herdecke

12. Smart irrigation is no longer an option - Hidrosoph, Eduardo Pinheiro17, Partner and Head of Product

Development and Marketing, Hidrosoph

13. Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in a Latin American Context - COROADO, Christos A. Karavitis18, COROADO Project Coordinator, Agricultural University of Athens

14. NAVIA™ – A new approach to operational management in water and wastewater utilities, Jorge Tavares19, CEO and founder, MdeMaquina

15. Cracking the code: long term SME participation in Water Technology innovation, Pieter de Jong20, EU Liaison Officer, Wetsus

16. Combining stakeholders participation and modelling for supporting adaptive water management,

Consuelo Varela-Ortega21, Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

17. Sustainability of water resources: experiences from the Portuguese-speaking countries, João Paulo C. Lobo Ferreira22, Head of the Groundwater Division/Principal Research Officer, LNEC

18. BioTrap™ Development of a moving bed heterogeneous biofilm reactor, Coos Wessels23, Managing Director, BWA

19. Bambou-Assainissement® filter: a new promising phytore-mediation technology for food industry wastewater treat-ment, Frederic Panfili24, Scienfitic Manager, Phytorem S.A.

20. Cost reduction by sustainable sanitation, Brendo Meulman25, Technical Director, DESAH

21. Water Optimisation for Network Efficiency – reducing the environmental & water footprint of a major water utility, Andrew Donnelly26, Advisor to the Board and Head of Network Monitoring Unit, EPAL S.A

22. Overcome barriers in the treatment of landfill leachate, Isabel Saraiva27, Director, Operation and Maintenance Department, Water Division, Environment Business Unit, Efacec Engenharia e Sistemas S.A

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee break

Session 3: Making connections This session will highlight the significant role of partnerships and networks in sharing knowledge and experience. The open space format of the session will therefore offer participants the opportunity to meet, seek potential partners, discuss issues encountered and find ways to overcome them by learning from others.

16:00 - 17:10A moderated open space (new bottom-up approach) Around 15 delegates, starting with the co-organiser networks – Eco-Innovera represented by Sylvie Niessen, Ecopol represented by Tomi Tura and ENV-NCP represented by Anabela Carvalho - will have the opportunity to raise and respond to ideas and issues like collaboration, problem solving, shared learning, and offers of help.

Session 4: Recommendations for scaling-up progressThis session will highlight initial observations, key comments and recommendations drawn out of the various case studies and presentations. It will be an opportunity to clearly identify and address new markets, barriers, gaps and facilitating factors and define the role of the European Commission in raising awareness and confidence about the market value of eco-innovation and partnership opportunities.

17:10 - 17:20 Presentation of draft recommendations

17:20 - 17:50Delegates to discuss the recommendations and add key comments

18:00Buses depart for the City Hall

18:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION at the City Hall (Salão Nobre), Paços do Concelho, Praça do Município, 1100-365 Lisboa, Portugal.

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Peter Woodward Moderator

Sonja van Renssen Rapporteur

Day 2Tuesday 27th of November

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08:30 - 09:00 Arrival and coffee

Session 5: Enabling Effective Action The right conditions must be in place if we are to scale-up the development of new markets for eco-innovation. In this context this session will, through short and focused presentations, cover key aspects of the value chain and identify the critical factors that would enable a move towards new markets. The topics covered will also address key priorities from the EcoAP which could contribute to this scaling-up process.

09:00 - 10:30 5 x 10 minute presentations to highlight programmes and initiatives that link into the relevant themes of the Eco-innovation Action Plan

Speakers: 1. Horizon 2020 will be presented by Luisa Prista29, Head

of Unit, Environmental Technologies Unit, DG Research and Innovation

2. Skills and jobs will be presented by Claudia Pahl-Wostl30, Professor, University of Osnabrück, Institute of Environ-mental Systems Research

3. SMEs will be presented by Östen Ekengren31, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, IVL

The 3 presentations will be followed by a panel discussion. 4. Finance will be presented by Georgios Floros32, Head

of equity and debt financial instruments, Financing of innovation, competitiveness and employment policies

Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission5. International relations will be presented by

Rita Silva33, Direcção de Relações Internacionais, Agência de Inovação S.A.

The 2 presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

Session 6: Emerging lessons and conclusions This session will conclude the forum by providing food for thought in order to turn ideas into actions.

11:00 - 12:00Presentation of revised recommendations The panel will discuss the emerging messages and recommendations as well as the steps that need to be taken.

Speakers: 1. Francisco Nunes Correia34, President, Portuguese Water Partnership and Professor of Environment and

Water Resources, IST2. Karl-Ulrich Rudolph, Director of IEEM, Institute of

Environmental Engineering and Management, University of Witten/Herdecke

3. Madalena Neves35, Ambassador in Portugal and Former Minister of Labor, Family and Social Solidarity, Cape Verde Embassy

4. Timo Makela, Director, International affairs, LIFE & Eco-innovation Unit, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission

Closing address: Pedro Afonso de Paulo36, State Secretary, Ministry for the Environment and Spatial Planning and Timo Makela, Director, International affairs, LIFE & Eco-innovation Unit, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

12:15 - 14:15Brokerage Event The aim of the Brokerage Event is to promote business partnerships among the participants. The event is an advanced tool for setting up new partnerships and for launching new collaborative project proposals. It is a way to strengthen the cooperation between key actors and to give a simple, direct and accessible way to find international partners for direct collaboration in research and innovation projects.

14:15Buses depart for Setubal

Around 17:30Arrival in Lisbon (drop-off at the airport or FIL Meeting Centre)

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1 Mr. Carlos Nuno Oliveira2 Mr. Timo Makela3 Dr. Felix V. Karmazinov 4 Mr. Adélio Joaquim

Rodrigues Da Silva 5 Dr. Slavco Velickov6 Mr Stuart Reigeluth7 Ms. Kathleen Goris8 Dr. John Philip Whittall9 Ms. Elena Górriz

10 Mr. Peter Wolfmeyer11 Dr. Theo van den Hoven 12 Dr. Adrián M.T. Silva 13 Ms. Anke Ortmann14 Ms. Nicole Zantkuijl15 Prof. Franz Nestmann16 Prof. Karl-Ulrich Rudolph17 Mr. Eduardo Pinheiro18 Prof. Christos A. Karavitis19 Mr. Jorge Tavares20 Mr. Pieter de Jong21 Prof. Consuelo Varela-Ortega 22 Dr. Joao Paulo C. Lobo Ferreira23 Mr. Coos Wessels24 Mr. Frederic Panfili25 Mr. Brendo Meulman26 Mr. Andrew Donnelly 27 Ms. Isabel Saraiva 28 Ms. Luisa Prista29 Prof. Claudia Pahl-Wostl30 Mr. Östen Ekengren31 Mr. Georgios Floros 32 Ms. Rita Silva 33 Prof. Francisco Nunes Correia34 Ms. Madalena Neves35 Dr. Pedro Afonso de Paulo

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Case studies - session 1Framing the forum - Making effective progress in global markets

The 24 case studies, projects and initiatives, which will be presented over the course of two sessions, represent a wide variety of pioneering projects primarily addressing the issue of water. From reducing the environmental footprint of water utilities to helping SMEs develop cutting-edge water innovations, these case studies highlight the diverse range of technologies, methodologies and strategies currently being developed in Europe. In addition to addressing pressing environmental challenges, these forward-thinking projects are helping to develop new markets for eco-innovation.

Case studies, projects and initiatives

Session 11 SUE “Vodokanal of St.Petersburg”2 AQUASAFE: Real Time Information System

Session 21 The Mediterranean Water Challenge, an international platform for a sustainable future 2 Metrics for eco-innovation3 Support measures for system (eco)innovation 4 Payments for Environmental Services: Water cases5 The Sector Group Environment – Support for Europe’s environmental players 6 Promote the uptake by water utilities of innovative prototypes to address emerging pollutants - Demeau7 CLEAN WATER research project on technology8 The German Water Partnership: supporting exports9 Getting EU companies active in India and China’s water business

10 Indonesia: sustainable development of a poor karst region 11 Regional interconnection of sewage plants to enhance economy-of-scale12 Smart irrigation is no longer an option – Hidrosoph13 Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in a Latin American Context - COROADO14 NAVIA™ – A new approach to operational management in water and wastewater utilities.15 Cracking the code: long term SME participation in Water Technology innovation16 Combining stakeholders participation and modelling for supporting adaptive water management17 Sustainability of water resources: experiences from the Portuguese-speaking countries18 BioTrap™ Development of a moving bed heterogeneous biofilm reactor19 Bambou-Assainissement® filter: a new promising phytoremediation technology for food industry wastewater treatment20 Cost reduction by sustainable sanitation21 Water Optimisation for Network Efficiency – reducing the environmental & water footprint of a major water utility 22 Overcome barriers in the treatment of landfill leachate

SUE “Vodokanal of St.Petersburg”

AQUASAFE: Real Time Information System

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ContactFélix V. KarmazinovVodokanal42, Kavalergardskaya st.191015 Saint [email protected]+ 8 (812) 274-16-79www.vodokanal.spb.ru/eng

For more information on the project, please visit the following website: www.vodokanal.spb.ru/content/info/dets/et

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ContactAdélio Joaquim Rodrigues Da SilvaHidromodRua Rui Teles Palhinha nº 4, 1ºPT-2740-278 Porto SalvoPortugal [email protected]+351 218 486 015www.hidromod.com

Slavco Velickov Bentley Systems Europe B.V. Spicalaan 37 NL-2132 JG HoofddorpThe [email protected]+31 235560560www.bentley.com/water

Part of the project is still ongoing

EcoAP actions 1, 2, 4 and 6

Supporting documents on this project available here:www.aquasafeonline.net/en/docs.asp

Speaker Dr. Félix V. Karmazinov

Speaker Mr Adélio Joaquim

Rodrigues Da Silva and Dr Slavco Velickov

Organisation background: Vodokanal’s mission is to provide accessible water and sanitation services to ensure a high quality of life for customers and sustainable city development, to build the culture of water use and to preserve the Baltic Sea basin.

Organisation background: HIDROMOD is a Portuguese consulting company which develops and applies technical software and information technologies for operation, management, environmental and engineering purposes.

Brief/General description: A Russian-British project entitled “Green is great: freshening up ideas for water use”.Project participants: The Youth Environmental Centre of SUE “Vodokanal of St. Petersburg”, The Regional Public Organisation “St. Petersburg Association of International Cooperation” and The British Consulate-General in St. Petersburg. Educational institutions from St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region are invited to take part in this project. The project – which brings 30 schools together with English-speaking students from St. Petersburg’s higher education institutions – sets out to motivate senior school students to develop

Brief/General description: AQUASAFE is a business intelligence platform supported by modelling tools and advanced data analysis systems. The platform is able to connect with real time data acquisition systems (scada), run models automatically, produce automatic reports, issue alerts according to pre-defined conditions and provide custom data analysis. As a small company, the main barriers associated with the creation of AQUASAFE were the difficulties of developing commercial campaigns to attract new customers. In addition to competition from major companies, it was also difficult to mobilise financial resources, a problem that is amplified by the financial crisis affecting Europe. Though state incentives were identified by the company, the bureaucracy associated with them led to a withdrawal of the use of these instruments. Despite these challenges, the company received positive support thanks to the systems in place to cultivate the development of eco-innovation in Portugal. Positive developments, such as facilitating the establishment of networks, supporting knowledge exchange and increasing the standard of human resources over the last decade, have enabled the growth of eco-innovation in Portugal. HIDROMOD is already promoting AQUASAFE in several foreign (and emergent) markets, such as Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia and Spain.In each case AQUASAFE is effectively helping to improve safety and reduce health risks in projects focused on the optimisation of the operation and management of different systems, such as water and wastewater networks, the operation of ports, risk management, beach water pollution control, forecasting oil spills, etc.

The platform, which was initially an R&D project, is now the main focus of HIDROMOD’s production plans. This has enabled the company to access new markets and customers.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): AQUASAFE is focused in two keywords: business intelligence and smart grids. New paradigms based in these concepts in what concerns the analysis and availability of information have been gradually gaining strength, allowing to develop Information Technologies’ Platforms that are able to provide automated processing of significant quantities of information. AQUASAFE goes yet one step beyond in the sense that it was built following a highly modular philosophy that is enabling its use in a wide spectrum of activities that goes from the water and wastewater utilities (which were the prime target of the platform) to the ports operations or the hazards prevention and mitigation actions.The platform is completely abstracted form which sources are used or how often they are updated, or how they are combined to create information. This extensibility allows AQUASAFE to be used in a large range of projects, from forecasting flows into wastewater treatment plants (Simtejo) to help evaluate the conditions for ships coming to ports (APDL and APVC), automating unrelated tools like numerical sewer and wave models or data sources like scada systems and OPENDAP servers.AQUASAFE opens doors to future innovation allowing users to easily automate custom tools that deal with specific company problems, bringing these tools into every day operations

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Case studies - session 1Framing the forum - Making effective progress in global markets

and present, in English, their ideas for solving urgent problems related to sustainable water use.

The project involves:• Learning English;• Discussing environmental problems;• International and cross-cultural cooperation.Objectives:• Promoting sustainable water use;• Helping students improve their English presentation

skills;• Increasing interest in the English language and

environmental issues.


Case studies - session 2Innovation in Action – experience sharing

Brief/General description: The Mediterranean Water Challenge (MWC) is a Revolve Magazine initiative to establish an international platform for water experts, young professionals and journalists in order to highlight the key challenges facing the Mediterranean and propose innovative solutions for a sustainable future. The MWC platform produces articles, photos, videos and other multi-disciplinary material. It also organises twice-yearly workshops on water-related themes. The MWC builds on the work of Revolve Water, an online platform for water issues created in January 2011. The project’s first year culminated in the publication of the award-winning ‘Water Around the Mediterranean’ Report. The project explores ways of increasing public awareness of water scarcity, pollution climate change, etc.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): While the MWC has not been launched, the publication of Revolve Water’s award-winning Report has shown that presenting complex technical aspects of water resources management in more accessible language and within an attractive visual framework allows

Brief/General description: Technological changes often entail environmental impacts. Therefore it is important to assess and try to minimise these impacts during the innovation trajectory. Eco-innovation programmes specifically evaluate projects on their ability to substantially reduce environmental impacts and increase resource efficiency. In practice, this is not an easy task. Common methodologies already exist for measuring the economic impact of an innovation project such as return-on-investment, net present value and the added economic value in terms of employment and investments. However, the estimated environmental impact of an innovation project is not easily assessed in a quantified manner. Most innovation programmes use qualitative criteria and are based on eco-innovation topics, thus assessing the eco-innovation potential of the individual projects is far from easy. Since innovation results in many cases focus on the improvement of eco-efficiency or eco-effectiveness, there should be tools to decide on the ability of a project to significantly benefit the environment. Moreover, introducing life cycle thinking

one to reach a wider audience. This in turn raises awareness of threats to the regional environment. Revolve Water involves a range of different stake-holders in the debate about the future of water management in the region.In terms of youth involvement, previous work with young professionals and students in the Mediterranean region has shown that encouraging them to research water issues in a media context offers new perspectives. The project aims to achieve the following objectives over the period 2013-2020:• Build new awareness of the value of water in the

Mediterranean, particularly among the younger generation.

• Empower future stakeholders with the insight, knowledge and skills to communicate key aspects of the regional water crisis more effectively.

• Bridge the gap between science, policy-making and society and contribute to the development of new discourses in the domain of water.

in the early stage of an innovation project could steer it in the most environmentally beneficial direction and could lead to the development of new markets. The conclusions of this study will be presented and discussed.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): This case study set out to consult with researchers, experts and enterprises on the virtues of an ex-ante assessment for eco-innovations: how can environmental metrics serve market needs? Several aspects are addressed, including: how to measure expected environmental impacts; how to integrate life cycle thinking into the innovation trajectory; and eventually how to relate to long-term objectives, and incorporate social and entrepreneurial criteria and metrics according to the “people, planet, profit” principle?

The Mediterranean Water Challenge, an international platform for a sustainable future

Metrics for eco-innovation

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ContactStuart ReigeluthRevolve Magazine20, avenue des ChasseursB-1410 [email protected]>+32 2 353 05 84

Ongoing project

EcoAP action 6

Supporting documents on this project available here:http://issuu.com/revolve-magazine/docs/water-mediterranean

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ContactKathleen GorisAgency for Innovation by Science and Technology, Flanders (IWT)EllipsgebouwKoning Albert II-laan 35, bus 16B-1030 [email protected]+ 32 2 432 42 00

Ongoing project

EcoAP action 3

Supporting documents on this project available here:www.iwt.be/subsidies/extrasteun/dto

Speaker Mr Stuart Reigeluth

Speaker Ms Kathleen Goris

Organisation background: Revolve is an international magazine that provides fresh perspectives on the geopolitics of energy, water and urban growth.

Organisation background: IWT is the Flemish government agency for Innovation by Science and Technology. It helps companies and research centres realise their research and development projects, and offers financial funding, advice and a network of potential partners in Flanders and abroad.

Brief/General description: Increasingly businesses, policymakers and researchers are realising that for eco-innovation to be effective at scale, systems-thinking based approaches will be necessary. This case study will outline Eco-Innovera’s planned approach to this complex subject and the measures foreseen by this network to help different stakeholders collaborate on (eco)innovation systems.

The case study will also address the role of research in opening up new markets for eco-innovation.Many programme organisers aim to support R&D for eco-innovation in order to generate new jobs and green growth. When developing new markets, it is important that they understand the barriers that need to be overcome as well as the needs of researchers and entrepreneurs.

Support measures for system (eco)innovation

Payments for Environmental Services: Water cases

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ContactJohn Philip WhittallTechnology Strategy Board (TSB) UKNorth Star House, North Star AvenueUK-SN2 1JF SwindonUnited [email protected] +44 1793 442736www.innovateuk.org

EcoAP actions 4 and 5

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ContactElena GórrizForest Sciences Centre of Cata-lonia (CTFC)c/Castella 34, Esc. B2, piso 3, puerta 3SP-08018 [email protected]+34 93 515 3211

Ongoing project


Supporting documents on this project available here:http://aef.ctfc.cat/

Speaker Dr John Philip Whittall

Speaker Ms Elena Górriz

Organisation background: The Technology Strategy Board is the UK’s innovation agency. The Technology Strategy Board is a business-focused organisation dedicated to promoting technology-enabled innovation across the UK. The vision of the Technology Strategy Board is for the UK to be seen as a global leader in innovation and a magnet for technology-intensive companies, where new technology is applied rapidly and effectively to create wealth. Its mission is to promote and support research into and development and exploitation of science, technology and new ideas for the benefit of business, in order to increase sustainable economic growth and improve the quality of life.

Organisation background: CTFC contributes to the modernisation and competitiveness of the forestry sector, rural development and the sustainable management of the environment through research, training and technology and knowledge transfer to society.

Brief/General description: Payments for Environmental Services (PES) have been defined as a voluntary transaction (at least from the provider’s side) of a well-defined environmental service (or land use likely to secure that service) which is “bought” by (at least one) buyer of the service from (at least one) provider if, and only if, the provider secures that service. Some cases related to the provision of water quality will be presented. The payment of farmers for low-impact stockbreeding and agricultural measures by Vittel (France) shows how the pure private mechanism is developed after lengthy negotiations and supporting studies, local political support and a framework legislation.The promotion of sustainable forest management certification in cork oak forests over an aquifer affecting a Coca-Cola factory in Southern Portugal shows how a private beverage company may invest in best practice with the support of a GIS database elaborated within a project and with an organised team of landowners.The example of payments for forest fire prevention by a water supplier managing a dam devoted to drinkable water provision in a touristic area in Southern France shows how public-private agreements can reduce the risk of erosion by financially involving final water users implicitly in forest maintenance measures. The example of water tariffs in relation to watershed management in mountain communities in Italy shows how a public system can allocate some benefits from water consumers to the maintenance of the natural resource.The organisation is analysing various experiences through the NEWFOREX FP7 project, while the

SylvaMED project is demonstrating certain pilot actions in Mediterranean regions. The overall conclusion is that PES are a powerful tool to communicate the potential impact of forestry activities on aquifers for both private bottle companies and water agencies. In many cases they are the most relevant green infrastructure in their territory.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The main strength of this approach is that PES schemes use natural processes as a more “eco-friendly” alternative to solve water-related problems. It makes beneficiaries, landowners and intermediaries aware of the linkages and the responsibility each actor has. It also increases the visibility of rural activities as protectors of environmental quality for urban consumers. In some cases they prove to be more efficient than other water treatments in terms of comparative alternative costs or avoided costs methods. Numerous side-benefits accrue, ranging from improved biodiversity and landscape beauty, to better forest adaptation to climate change scenarios, in addition to raising the green image of the water companies and cultivating better cooperation with local stakeholders. And it also solves an externality problem, thereby overcoming a market failure.In terms of challenges, it should be taken into account that in some areas scientifically proving the linkage between best practice and the environmental service provision becomes resource-consuming. In fragmented forest ownership situations, there may be a need for landowners to be associated. Equity issues should be taken into account, given that PES initiatives that largely increase water prices may impact low-income families.

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Brief/General description: The Sector Group Environment (SGE) of the Enterprise Europe Network was born out of the Thematic Group Environment of the predecessor network, the Innovation Relay Centre Network, and builds on the many years of experience, contacts and success of that project. The SGE is an expert group which covers all environmental topics, particularly eco-innovation. Recognising that the environment is a key issue for Europe, it uses its members’ expertise to fulfil its objective of supporting European organisations in their scientific, technological and commercial development. The partner organisations are admitted to the Group on the basis of their expertise in the field of environment, the potential of the environmental sector (either as donor or recipient) in their region and the commitment of the individual consultant. This guarantees a high standard of operations and of services to clients, which are primarily SMEs. These services include: finding business and cooperation partners; bringing enterprises, institutes, stakeholders and public bodies together; advising on funding opportunities from EU research programmes; identifying and promoting (eco-)innovative technologies, products and services, and matching technology supply and demand; organising brokerage events, company missions, symposia, conferences and workshops; assisting in EU legislation matters such as Directives and Regulations.

Brief/General description: DEMEAU promotes the uptake of knowledge, prototypes and practices from previous EU research enabling the water cycle sector to face emerging pollutants and thus securing water and wastewater services and public health. The project exploits four groups of promising technologies from previous EU research programmes: Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR); hybrid ceramic membrane filtration; hybrid advanced oxidation processes and bioassays. Exploitation takes place through action research with universities, research institutions, innovative SMEs, water utilities and policymakers. An essential part of the DEMEAU approach is the cooperation with water utilities that have committed to act as launching customers for the selected technologies. Existing and improved performance assessment methodologies will be used to benchmark the novel technologies against existing ones. This is

The Sector Group Environment – Support for Europe’s environmental players

Promote the uptake by water utilities of innovative prototypes to address emerging pollutants – Demeau

Session 2 - 5

ContactPeter WolfmeyerZENIT GmbHBismarckstr. 28DE- 45470 Mülheim an der [email protected]+49 208 30004-0www.zenit.de

Ongoing project


For more information on the SGE, please visit the following website:http://portal.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/about/sector-groups/environment

Session 2 - 6

ContactTheo van den HovenKWR - Watercycle Research Institute Groningenhaven 7NL-3433 PE NieuwegeinThe [email protected]+31 30 60 69 535www.kwrwater.nl

Ongoing project

EcoAP actions 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7

Speaker Mr Peter Wolfmeyer

Speaker Dr Theo van den Hoven

Organisation background: ZENIT is a public-private partnership founded in 1984, which specialises in in consulting services in the areas of innovation and technology for SMEs and other organisations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Organisation background: Consortium of research institutes, SMEs and launching utilities.

An overriding goal is to make eco-innovation visible, attractive and available to all players. The Group currently comprises over 60 members from across the EU, from Norway in the north to Turkey in the south, from Hungary in the east to Portugal in the west.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The SGE does not make a direct environmental impact. However, it makes a value contribution to reducing the environmental footprint of SMEs in a number of ways, such as: promotional activities; organising events; supporting new business concepts and innovative technological solutions and disseminating and commercialising R&D results. It helps SMEs implement cleaner production methods – for example by identifying and mediating better wastewater management solutions for manufacturing SMEs. The SGE offers its clientele: a clear focus on a specific sector; a firm foothold across Europe; professional, tailor-made assistance; value-for-money; and its committed qualified consultants. The Sector Group concept can be transferred to other sectors. The success of this strategic approach can be measured by the growing number of organisations interested in joining the Group, the increase in European enterprises participating in its activities and by the number of successful pan-European partnerships.

to demonstrate the suitability and cost-effectiveness of the new technologies. Demonstration sites at launching utilities act as transfer points for the technologies and will generate market opportunities for the SMEs involved. To foster a broader impact and market penetration of the technologies, DEMEAU seeks cooperation with relevant policymakers, regulators and standardisation bodies at the Member State and European level in order to address barriers and promoters for the implementation. A considerable percentage (41%) of the total requested EC contribution is allocated to SMEs.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The project has just started. The DEMEAU approach (cooperation with end users acting as launching customers) has been successfully applied in previous EU projects.

Brief/General description: Innovative nanostructured photocatalysts and corre-sponding continuous flow photocatalytic-disinfection-membrane reactors for sustainable and cost effective water treatment and detoxification were developed. The new technology exploits solar energy, recent advances in nano-engineered titania photocatalysts and nanofiltration membranes for the destruction of extremely hazardous compounds in water. To this end, the UV-vis responding titania nanostructured photocatalysts were stabilised on nanotubular membranes of controlled pore size and retention efficiency as well as on carbon nanotubes to achieve photocatalytically active nanofiltration membranes. Specific target pollutants including cyanobacterial toxin MC-LR and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC) in water supplies, as well as classical water pollutants such us phenols, pesticides and azo-dyes, can be efficiently decomposed.

The partners are: National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (EL); Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (PT); Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES); OSMO SISTEMI S.R.L. (IT); Innovative Research and Technology ltd (UK); Ecole de Mines de Nantes (FR) and University of Cincinnati (US)

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The scientific impact was high and the main findings were patented, including a photoreactor and photo-catalytic materials with very high efficiency. The scale up of the photocatalytic technology and its application in tanks and tap water for public use and consumption should be strengthen in the future with demonstration units.

CLEAN WATER research project on technology

Session 2 - 7

ContactAdrián M.T. SilvaLaboratory of Catalysis and Ma-terials/LCM, Faculty of Engineer-ing - University of PortoRua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n PT-4200-465 Porto [email protected]+351 22 5081582www.fe.up.pt

Project completed but cooperation between partners still running

EcoAP action 2

Supporting documents on this project available here:http://www.photocleanwater.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=11

Speaker Dr. Adrian M.T. Silva

Organisation background: Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LCM) in partnership with the Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering (LSRE) – which became a national Associate Laboratory in 2004 – hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.

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Brief/General description: The fundamental aim of the German Water Partnership is to make the outstanding German engineering, know-how and experience in the water sector easily available to partners and clients all over the worldThe German Water Partnership (GWP) covers the whole value chain of eco-innovation. It seeks to transfer this efficiency and high standard in water treatment and management to any region in the world that needs help solving the present and future water problems, including those caused or aggravated by climate change, population growth and desertification.The German water industry draws on 150 years of experience and is able to contribute to solving global water problems with its know-how and innovative technologies. The GWP network brings together 360 individual member companies and institutions representing all aspects of the water sector. The GWP aims to provide the latest technology and best possible solutions for its international partners. To better meet the specific requirements of its foreign partners, regional sections were founded by GWP members to focus the network’s activities on developing water management solutions that are individually adapted to the prevailing problems in a country or region.

Brief/General description: Innovative and effective water solutions are badly needed, around the world and in Europe. The infrastructure in Europe is ageing and new investment is needed to pave the road for the next innovation wave. The fast growing markets in India and China (home to the world’s fastest growing cities for water demand) are also looking for the most effective and innovative solutions. Those new solutions can be brought to the market when water knowledge is integrated with other eco-innovation solutions. Through the input of the participants of the round table session, WssTP will sharpen its approach to creating platform-to-platform collaborations with India and China specifically focusing on eco-innovation. The questions “What do the participants see as the market niche of the EU water and innovation sector worldwide?” and “What is needed to create a strong home market for those innovations in Europe?” will be answered. This session will contribute to a sharpened roadmap for the WssTP platform-to-platform cooperation with EBTC and CEWP.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The German Water Partnership covers the whole value chain. The cooperation of industry and research guarantees the use of innovative technologies for adapted and sustainable solutions. Moreover, one of the main aims is to involve SMEs more in European research programmes.The GWP, as an international network, cooperates globally with water associations and water partnerships (for example EWP, ACWUA and RAWW) to support the development of sustainable water management. The activities of the GWP and its members, as well as its close cooperation with international water associations, show that the network is moving in the right direction.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The economic impact will be to create a more connected market for water eco-innovation in Europe, India and China. The first step is to create more understanding of the possibilities in the markets in India and China based on the specific strengths of the EU water sector. WssTP and EBTC both have experience of creating a platform for cooperation between the EU and India. The same is true for CEWP with regard to China. The combined efforts of these network organisations can bring this goal closer.

The German Water Partnership: supporting exports

Getting EU companies active in India and China’s water business

Session 2 - 8

ContactAnke Ortmann,German Water Partnership e.V.Reinhardtstraße 32DE-10117 [email protected]+49 30 3001991 222www.germanwaterpartnership.de


For more information on the German Water Partner-ship, please visit the English version of the organisation’s website:http://www.germanwaterpart-nership.de/index.php?lang=en

Session 2 - 9

ContactNicole ZantkuijlWssTPAvenue Louis Bertrand 901030 BrusselsBelgium +32 02 777 09 [email protected]

Ongoing project

EcoAP action 5

Speaker Ms Anke Ortmann

Speaker Ms Nicole Zantkuijl

Organisation background: The German Water Partnership is a joint initiative combining German private companies, commercial enterprises, government and non-government organisations, scientific institutions and water-related associations. The network is supported by five federal ministries.

Organisation background: WssTP is the Water supply and sanitation Technology Platform, initiated by the European Commission in 2004 to promote the coordination and collaboration of Innovation, Research and Technology Development in the water industry.

Brief/General description: Karst regions often suffer from partly severe water scarcity due to high infiltration rates of the karst underground, which lead to a lack of surface water storage possibilities. In order to remedy this shortage, adapted technologies and appropriate strategies are developed within the German-Indonesian joint-project “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Indonesia”. Scientific, institutional as well as industrial partners, both from Germany and Indonesia, work together under the aegis of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Through close multilevel cooperation both on the German and Indonesian side, a huge variety of technologies and management strategies have been developed and implemented.These technologies cover the entire water cycle from water extraction to wastewater treatment. To ensure a sustainable use of these technologies, the key words for their development were low-tech, low-maintenance, low-cost and based on local materials. For example, the implemented water extraction plant is operated by hydropower and the ceramic filters for

fresh water treatment are made of local ceramics. The pumping system of the mentioned extraction plant was developed in cooperation with a German industry partner, which thus established a new product field with great future prospects. This case study successfully combines scientific work with a practical approach within the framework of an international cooperation.For more information on the project, please visit the following website: www.iwrm-indonesien.de

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The main strength of this approach is the inter-disciplinary nature of the cooperation, which generates various synergy effects. Furthermore, scientific institutions, public authorities as well as industry partners are involved and thus can contribute their experiences gained through former projects. The overall goal of this joint-project is to improve the water supply situation in the project area in particular. However the project also aims to provide approaches to solutions for regions all over the world that face similar problems.

Indonesia: sustainable development of a poor karst region

Regional interconnection of sewage plants to enhance economy-of-scale

Session 2 - 10

ContactFranz NestmannInstitute for Water and River Basin Management/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Engesserstraße 22DE-76131 [email protected]@kit.edu+49 721 608 42194/46388http://iwk.iwg.kit.edu

Ongoing project

EcoAP action 2

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ContactKarl-Ulrich RudolphInstitute of Environmental Engineering and Management, University of Witten/Herdecke Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 44DE-58455 [email protected] +49 23 02 9 14 01- 0www.eu-life-iwpm.de

Completed project

EcoAP action 2

Speaker Prof. Franz Nestmann

Speaker Prof. Karl-Ulrich Rudolph

Organisation background: A German-Indonesian joint-project entitled “Integrated Water Resources Management Indonesia”, which develops adapted technologies and strategies for sustainable water management in karst regions – sponsored by the German Ministry for Education and Research.

Organisation background: Dual-disciplinary water research institute at a university, specialising in environmental technologies and environmental economics.

Brief/General description: The future is hard to predict. In infrastructure and environment it is impossible to deliver a reliable forecast – how much wastewater and contamination will be generated from industry, settlements or agriculture within a defined region. Therefore, older wastewater treatment plants are often underloaded or overloaded. Furthermore, often one plant receives peak flow from a hotel during the weekend, whereas another wastewater treatment plant in the neighbourhood is overloaded during the week, when the factory is working at full capacity.Why not connect these two plants, equalise the loads, and make better use of existing capacities. It is easy to understand that sewage treatment plants operating under equal loading, without being overloaded or underloaded, produce better results and discharge less contamination to the natural water bodies. Computerised automation and energy-efficient pumping stations make it possible to connect two neighbouring sewage treatment plants through a wastewater pipe and a remote control monitoring system, thereby improving performance.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): All effluent standards and targets were met – even though unexpected peak loadings and technical pro-

blems arose, following changes in industrial produc-tion after the financial crisis. According to EUROSTAT, the nutrient discharge from German wastewaters in kg/PE/a are 3.7 for nitrogen (N) and 1.2 for phosphorus (P) before conventional sewage treatment. In the actual effluent status quo after installation of IWPM, the nutrient discharge in kg/PE/a amounts to only 0.224 for N and 0.032 for P. The ecological advantage of IWPM therefore amounts to 45,188 kg/a for N and 15,184 kg/a for P. The economic benefit of the application of IWPM equates to €1.15 million per annum. With costs of around €12 million and a recovery period of 15 years on average for the IWPM-investments, the cost-benefit-ratio amounts to approx. 2:3, meaning that the benefits exceed the costs by more than 50%.A transferability study has revealed that IWPM can be very positive, but needs favourable geographic and natural site-conditions to be applicable. Various contacts with interested potential candidates have been made.

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Brief/General description: Hidrosoph developed IrristratTM as a decision support and irrigation scheduling tool, which helps irrigation managers implement precise real-time irrigation schedules. Combining evapotranspiration and real-time information, the system delivers precise irrigation advice. Monitoring nutrients and water, it yields significant environmental savings and benefits. The solution makes scientific knowledge and irrigation technology available to a wider community, including smaller farmers. Ultimately, it increases profits, while facilitating eco-friendly irrigation practices. The innovation is an easy-to-use integrated software that offers new procedures for irrigation efficiency and sustainability. Traditionally, irrigation is performed without a deep concern for water use because water is subsidised. This context is difficult to address and demands innovative approaches that lead to holistic views of the water/nutrients/disease control and sustainability. To access the market, partnerships among different areas of knowledge, different sources and different regions are needed. Hidrosoph collaborates with several stakeholders in the value chain, including farmers associations, universities and other service companies.

Brief/General description: COROADO is an ongoing FP7 EC-funded project involving 13 institutions from 11 countries. Its main objective is to promote water reuse and recycling technologies (R&RT) to mitigate water scarcity in Latin America. The selected study sites – in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico – are examples of regions where the development of water resources is, in many cases, far from sustainable. The main challenge is not the lack of treatment techniques and technologies, but rather how to make such schemes more efficient in conjunction with integrated water resources management. An integrated framework of supporting strategies and guidelines is needed to assist water users and decision makers. The web-based decision support system that will be developed through the project will meet this need. The web-based tools will guide users to the most suitable R&RT solution and will provide crucial information on a.) its impacts b.) application strategies and c.) impact minimisation. The project will address water reuse and

Sustainable irrigation is no longer an option. The available resources must be adjusted to growing consumption needs. The benefits of this approach include a higher quality of fruits and water reductions of up to 45%.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): By monitoring and adjusting irrigation to the real plant needs and soil conditions, the waste of fresh water is avoided and runoff is reduced to a minimum with great positive ecological impacts.The innovation is both a product and a process, which makes the proven methodologies and agronomical support widely available to farmers. It offers reduced costs and a wide range of applications without boundaries. A wide variety of customers attest to Hidrosoph’s success, affirming the benefits of the system in comparison to different cropping systems.We expect to spread the word and the usage of the smart irrigation systems by setting up a nationwide certification programme on smart irrigation practices. We are already in touch with some key non-governmental partners.

recycling technology problems at the local and regional level. COROADO will make R&RT more accessible to the public and private sectors as well as the general public. This solution may also benefit the environment by reducing water extraction, misuse and pollution.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): COROADO will promote R&RT in order to make them more accessible to water users. Such a plan will showcase the water market and benefit society, the economy and the environment. To date, the feedback received through the study sites – after the completion of the first stakeholder workshops – is encouraging and highlights the stakeholders’ interest in the project’s outcomes. Nevertheless, constant monitoring and public participation approaches will be carried out during the project’s operational period.

Smart irrigation is no longer an option – Hidrosoph

Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in a Latin American Context

Session 2 - 12

ContactEduardo PinheiroHidrosophRua Alcárcova de Baixo, 54 Sala CPT-7000-841 É[email protected]+351 913809581www.hidrosoph.com

Completed project

EcoAP action 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Session 2 - 13

ContactChristos A. KaravitisAgricultural University of AthensIera Odos 75GR-11855 [email protected]+30 210 5294073http://wrm.aua.gr/, http://wrm.aua.gr/Karavitis/CKa-ravitis.htm

On-going project

EcoAP actions 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7

Speaker Mr Eduardo Pinheiro

Speaker Prof. Christos A. Karavitis

Organisation background: Since 2008, Hidrosoph has helped farmers to optimise their wa-ter usage, increase crop yields and consistency, reduce costs and protect the environment by being committed to developing the best irrigation technologies, integrating the most advanced equipment and research and collaborating with companies that work to support sustainable development.

Organisation background: The Agricultural University of Athens is the third oldest university in Greece. The department of water resources management has over 50 years of experience in successful research and international cooperation in Europe, U.S.A. and worldwide.

Brief/General description: The NAVIA™ project assists water and wastewater utilities that lack the operational tools to perform efficiently. The core of the utilities business is focused on operational management and achieving efficient performance. What are the keys to achieving this performance?1. Linking the operational team, its data and

procedures online;2. Benefiting from the aggregation of operational

data;3. Having a specialised and user-friendly IT tool.Having achieved outstanding results with Portuguese water utilities, NAVIA™ has proven its success as an IT platform in the water sector. The NAVIA™ project: - can be shaped to an organisation’s needs;- can be configured by users;- enables an exceptional implementation rate;- is widely accepted among operational teams;

yields higher returns than other solutions.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The NAVIA™ platform boasts a proven record of positive impacts with customers, the environment and society.Customers: Improved service provided to customers, reinforced risks and costs control;Environment: A paperless solution, optimised consumption rates of energy and chemicals, decreased CO2 emissions, better preservation of water resources;Society: Instrument for the valorisation of water and the reinforcement of security of supply. NAVIA™ relies on customer proximity and satisfaction, successful deployment of the system in a number of utilities, and a flexible commercial strategy when entering new markets.The project brought together the experience and needs of workers, engineers and end-users, as well as an IT / engineering company and the University of Porto. This unique group developed a solution that, after 8 years, is the undoubted leader of operational data management in the Portuguese water sector.

NAVIA™ – A new approach to operational management in water and wastewater utilities

Cracking the code: long term SME participation in Water Technology innovation

Session 2 - 14

ContactJorge TavaresMdeMaquinaAv. D. Afonso Henriques, 1196 - sala 606PT-4450-012 [email protected]+351 220111352www.navia.pt

Completed project

EcoAP action 2

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ContactPieter de JongWetsusAgora 1NL-8934 CJ LeeuwardenThe [email protected]+31 58 284 30 00www.wetsus.nl

Ongoing project with long-term commitment


Speaker Mr Jorge Tavares

Speaker Mr Pieter de Jong

Organisation background: NAVIA develops integrative work platforms, designed from an ope-rational perspective, aggregating data from different sources and making it available to ope-rational teams in real time, thus cutting costs, increasing effectiveness of the decision making process and enabling the reinforcement of cross-level efficiencies.

Organisation background: Wetsus is a facilitating intermediary for trend-setting know-how development. It cultivates collaboration between companies and research institutes which re-sults in innovations that contribute significantly to the solution of global water problems.

Brief/General description: Wetsus’ main activity is the coordination of a world leading research programme. As of December 2011, 92 companies annually invest some €3.6 million in the demand driven €14 million / year research programme. These companies (45% of which are SMEs) cooperate with around 40 European research bodies in specific thematic core groups to develop breakthrough solutions in the field of water tech-nology. The success of cooperation depends on the amount of trust within the groups. This is increased by a voting regime favourable to the SMEs. The technologies developed range from blue energy to aquatic worms and from eutectic freeze crys-tallisation to microbial fuel cells. The research pro-gramme combines national and regional funding with European funds and contributions from the pri-vate sector. This case study is mostly about exciting and success-ful European cooperation in research and innovation, but will also highlight specific market barriers.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): This project is an example of successful cooperation between industry and academia. It involves a long-term commitment to share knowledge and cooperate within a high-trust environment. It generates new pa-tents, which are transferred to companies to introduce new services and technologies onto the market. More than 60 patents have been applied for and over 25 have been transferred. 17 spin-off companies have been created. Feedback from the participating com-panies showed that 83% were convinced that it is an effective innovation model. 71% believe new products and technologies will be developed within 5 years. And 25% have already seen increased revenues.The benefits for society are the application of tech-nologies with a lower environmental footprint, lower use of energy and resources, a higher recovery rate of metals and minerals, recycling water and zero dis-charge, cleaner drinking water and reduced exposure to priority compounds and pathogens.

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Brief/General description: The NEWATER project strives to develop new approaches for adaptive water management.This case study illustrates the difficulties (and innovative solutions) of exploring new forms of water management. Furthermore, it analyses new social innovation approaches, which integrate technical aspects with social sciences and policy applications (Common Agricultural Policy, Water Framework Directive, etc.). To this end, it addresses the integration of top-down global policies with bottom-up local implementation.Involving research development and innovative forms of collaboration, this project provides a pattern of organisation for an open non-biased stakeholder forum to facilitate the exchange of views, opinions and experience.The NEWATER project involves close collaboration with the different project basins (e.g. Rhine, Guadiana, Tisza, Orange, Amudarya) to give a specific and comparative view of adaptive water management potential.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): The project continues to address water and social systems using a participatory modelling approach. The goal is to analyse the trade-offs between socio-economic development and ecosystems

Brief/General description: This project involves cooperation between Portuguese-speaking countries in the field of hydrogeology and seeks solutions to the problem of salinisation of supply wells in coastal areas. Furthermore, the project aims to incorporate knowledge from ecological and socio-economic disciplines. The success of the project was based on multiple technical missions to Guinea-Bissau, Brazil and Angola, enabling the exchange of knowledge on methodologies for applied research of coastal aquifers.The projects were sponsored by the EU (Ecomanage project), Portugal and Brazil (CIAS project).These projects aimed to increase the know-how on applied water resources available in developing partner countries.

conservation, with particular reference to policies (water and agriculture) and the impact of climate change.The approach of the ongoing project combines the top-down application of policies (CAP, WFD, climate change adaption) with the bottom-up vision of concerned stakeholders. It assesses the impacts of enforcing EU policies (WFD, CAP, etc.), and strives to establish human and ecological systems for future generations. In terms of water management approaches, the outcomes of the project suggest that the recovery of aquifers can only be realised if further measures – in addition to the current water plans – are implemented (such as buying water use rights, closing unlicensed wells, establishing agricultural and reforestation programmes, etc.). Irrigation will also be a key source of income for farms in the future. Moreover, crop changes will be necessary in order to adapt to less water being available. This innovative approach is the combination of a farm-based socio-economic math-programming model, a basin-based hydrology model, a crop-based agronomic model, and a vulnerability analysis. The stakeholder forum has permitted the validation of models, the reaching of consensus and the sharing of experiences among different stakeholders.

The EU has a strong commitment to share its knowledge with developing countries. The EU INCO-DEV programme has developed a unique network of EU and DEV institutions. These links have been based on reciprocity and trust, opening better possibilities for EU institutions to access new water resource markets.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): A new sea water intrusion vulnerability index (GALDIT, developed in Portugal and in India) was applied to selected coastal zones of Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Brazil. Mathematical modelling of inland surface and groundwater together with coastal water know-how allowed the CIAS project to highlight coastal zone areas that (due to climate change and the rise of ocean water level) are expected to degrade in the future.

Combining stakeholders participation and modelling for supporting adaptive water management

Sustainability of water resources: experiences from the Portuguese-speaking countries

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ContactConsuelo Varela-OrtegaUniversidad Politécnica de MadridAv. Complutense s/nSP-28040 [email protected]+34913365790www.upm.es

Ongoing project

EcoAP action 1

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ContactJoão Paulo C. Lobo Ferreira LNEC - National Laboratory for Civil EngineeringAv. do Brasil, 101PT-1700-066 [email protected]+351 218 443 609www.lnec.pt

Completed in 2012


Supporting document on this project available here::www.lnec.pt/organizacao/dha/organizacao/dha/nas/estu-dos_id/pdf/CIAS.pdf

Speaker Prof Consuelo Varela-Ortega

Speaker Dr João Paulo C. Lobo Ferreira

Organisation background: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is a high-level education and research institution with 40,000 students, 3400 researchers and professors, as well as more than 20 top-level international research centres.

Organisation background: LNEC is a state owned research and development institution. The main goals are to carry out innovative research and development and to contribute to the best practices in civil engineering.

Brief/General description: Within a development project that is funded by different governmental programmes, Brightwork and BWA started the development of a biological reactor that can overcome a large part of the drawbacks of the existing sludge-on-carrier systems. The project includes the technical development of a new technology from lab scale to prototype. The reactor is designed for higher solid loads, such as pre-settled wastewater. The project aims were:- Technological and technical design of a compact

installation, which is a real alternative for activated sludge systems or existing sludge-on-carrier systems

- Investment costs, which are at least 20% lower than that of the conventional biofilm reactors.

- More efficient use of chemicals, energy and reducing sludge growth over conventional activated sludge systems.

BioTrap must be an economical technology which is suitable for use in a wide range of applications in the world, including in fast-growing semi-arid urban areas (e.g. South America: Brazil, Argentina),

due to the specific wastewater characteristics. The technology is a good alternative for the combination of anaerobic and aerobic treatment of municipal wastewater. BioTrap is also a feasible technology for treating industrial wastewater.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts):- So far this project has led to different partnerships

between the companies and technological research institutes.

- Involving all stakeholders actively in the development of a technology provides important information and accelerated the process of development and implementation.

- So far, all parties have invested in this new technology.

- Collaborating and sharing knowledge shortens the time to market and minimises the risks for both the technology developer and the launching customer.

- There is a lot of interest in BioTrap as a technology, but also in working together with our company in the development of new technologies.

BioTrap™ Development of a moving bed heterogeneous biofilm reactor

Bambou-Assainissement® filter: a new promising phytoremediation technology for food industry wastewater treatment

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ContactCoos WesselsBWA B.V.Ampèrestraat 11LNL-1446 TP PurmerendThe [email protected]+31 299 476 303www.brightwork.nlwww.bwa-water.nl

A prototype of the reactor was built recently. BioTrap will be commercially available in May 2012.

All 7 EcoAP actions

Supporting documents on this project available here:www.brightwork.nl/en/tweede-kamerleden-bezoeken-proefopstelling-biotrap-in-leeuwarden/ andwww.brightwork.nl/en/portfolio/biotrap/

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ContactFrederic PanfiliPhytorem S.A.30 Avenue Charles de GaulleFR-13140 [email protected]+33 4 90 17 38 83www.briter-water.eu

Ongoing project


Speaker Mr Coos Wessels

Speaker Mr Frederic Panfili

Organisation background: BWA is a supplier of high quality technologies for water and wastewater treatment, for industrial as well as municipal applications. The key activities of BWA are primarily based on solid liquid separation and biological treatment.This project was initiated by and developed in cooperation with Brightwork BV, a company in-volved in consultancy project development, project management and innovation.

Organisation background: PHYTOREM is a French SME created in 2002. The company has developed a patented phytoremediation technology to treat wastewater using bamboo. Our wastewater treatment plants can also be regarded as a biomass production site.

Brief/General description: The BRITER-WATER project (2009-2012) brought together key industrial partners to advance the market replication of a novel bamboo remediation system to treat food industry effluent. The consortium was composed of four companies including PHYTOREM S.A., Eau et Industrie (FRANCE), WhiteBlue (GERMANY) and Eurexcel (UNITED-KINGDOM). The project’s industrial partner was the Délifruits factory (FRANCE).The remediation process relies on phytoremediation, which involves the treatment of pollution by growing plants in effluent streams, thereby converting effluent into biomass that can be harvested for sale. The treatment principle in its entirety is based on the Bambou-Assainissement® process, which is a patent protected technology developed by Phytorem S.A.The global aim of the BRITER-WATER consortium was to demonstrate at an industrial scale the interest of the Bambou-Assainissement® treatment plant for food industry effluent. For this purpose, a 1500 m2

pilot plant was built in 2010 at the Délifruits factory.The work of the BRITER-WATER consortium focused on: the functioning and remediation performances of the system; the global environmental impact of the pilot plant; the ways of recovering the bamboo biomass and the potential market replication.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts):- The project provides a new solution, which

is environmentally-friendly and economically competitive.

- Thanks to this programme it was possible: (i) to develop a new type of wastewater treatment at real scale (ii) to interest a major food company, (iii) to collaborate with other complementary European companies and (iv) to communicate at European and international levels on this project. Due to the success of the project, the company has built two other Bambou-Assainissement treatment plants. Other players in the food industry have expressed an interest in the treatment process.

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Brief/General description: This project develops a new sanitation concept where-by valuable resources are extracted from wastewater and converted into marketable products.The project involves the collaboration between public organisations like the water board, municipality and housing cooperation together with private companies. The collaboration is used to get input from the end-users about the problems that they are facing and the goals they want to achieve.Current legislation makes it difficult to re-use the recovered resources from wastewater. However, due to pilot projects in this field, the need for changes in the legislation has become clearer. Preliminary results show water savings of 25-50% and energy savings of 10-20%. 90% of the treated wastewater can be used in irrigation. This project creates value from wastewater, in terms of energy, nutrients and water reclamation.

Brief/General description: This project is about reducing water losses and thus environmental impact through greater efficiency in terms of water resource use, less energy consumption and reduced chemical usage in the treatment process, whilst increasing the efficiency and reliability of the water distribution network in Lisbon.Through contacts with external partners, EPAL has adapted and integrated a series of procedures and processes related to water network management and non-revenue water/leakage, by interpretation of research material produced by the IWA & UKWIR amongst others and applications in similar utilities in Europe and beyond. The project involves the implementation of water optimisation for network efficiency methodologies and tools. These procedures aim to improve active leakage control and detection techniques, as well as additional infrastructure such as district metering areas (DMA) and telemetry systems to provide relevant data. This project addresses various elements of the eco-innovation value chain: interpreting research; developing procedures and methodologies; and accessing new markets. In addition to being successfully applied within EPAL’s own network and situation, significant recognition has been given to the project by external organisations and other water supply utilities, alerting the company to the potential for the solutions created to be applied in other companies and other situations, both within Portugal and globally.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): This project provides insight into how new markets can be developed and what opportunities are created by new collaborations.As mentioned before, DeSaH has received preliminary results concerning the outcomes of the project from independent bodies. These results suggest that the project offers net bene-fits to society as a whole. Furthermore, they indicate that the approach delivers higher quality at lower costs.

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): This project reduced the organisation’s environmental impact and yielded associated economic benefits by reducing costs and increasing efficiency. By reducing the volume of water required, the amount of chemicals and energy used within the treatment process has also been reduced. EPAL has also contributed to societal improvements by increasing water service reliability, whilst reducing intervention works within the city. The project has produced economic benefits for the company by reducing leakage, energy and chemical consumption as well as costly network renovations.The EPAL approach ensures network metering, monitoring and assessment measures are implemented, thereby aiding informed decision making to counteract water losses within distribution systems. Water losses have been constantly reduced since the project started in 2006, from a benchmark of around 23% non-revenue water (NRW) or 30 million m3 to 10% or 11 million m3 by the end of 2011. This success has continued in 2012, with estimated savings of around €6 million per year. The costs of the project have been covered entirely by the company, bringing increased profitability to a public utility and contributing to reducing the overall national budget deficit. This kind of effective ‘back to basics’ approach can be applied in almost any water distribution system.

Cost reduction by sustainable sanitation

Water Optimisation for Network Efficiency – reducing the environmental & water footprint of a major water utility

Session 2 - 20

ContactBrendo MeulmanDESAHPieter Zeemanstraat 6NL-8606JR SneekThe [email protected]+31 1515428686www.desah.nl

Ongoing project

Supporting documents on this project available here:http://desah.nl/data/docs/villa-flora-en

http://desah.nl/data/docs/oekraine-en

http://desah.nl/data/docs/noorderhoek-en

http://desah.nl/data/docs/ecologie-en

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ContactAndrew DonnellyEPAL S.AAvenida da Liberdade, 24 PT-1250-144 [email protected] +351 21 855 2135 www.epal.pt

Project implemented between 2006 & 2010, ongoing chal-lenge to maintain systems and success achieved

EcoAP action 2

Supporting document on this project available here:www.acquacon.com.br/.../day7/14h30andrewdonnellydia07sala1.pdf

Speaker Mr Brendo Meulman

Speaker Mr Andrew Donnelly

Organisation background: DeSaH bv is a consultancy and contracting firm working in the field of innovative and sustainable sanitation solutions.

Organisation background: EPAL is the water treatment and supply company for Lisbon and the Tagus valley region, and is also the largest water utility in Portugal.

Brief/General description: LFotobio is an R&D project, which aims to combine advanced oxidation processes (AOP’s) with biological processes, to achieve high standards in the treatment of landfill leachate. The project started in 2008 as a partnership between EFACEC and FEUP, to explore the possibility of using solar radiation for wastewater treatment. While the initial research addressed effluents from the pharmaceutical industry and effluents contaminated with pesticides, EFACEC chose to focus on leachate from landfills. Due to its complex composition, variability and high concentration of contaminants, addressing the treatment of landfill leachate has involved dealing with technical/scientific issues and cost/benefit analysis. The ongoing project has already revealed aspects for consideration in terms of developing new products, namely: the need to comply with current environmental legislation and anticipated higher standards of wastewater treatment; the advantages of developing partnerships with universities; and the possibility of utilising biological processes, such as the use of natural solar radiation during the catalytic oxidation process.

More info on the EcoAP can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoap/about-action-plan/objectives-methodology/7-priority-actions/index_en.htm

Outcomes (environmental, social, economic impacts): Sanitary landfill leachate treatment constitutes one of the major challenges for the scientific community concerned with wastewater treatment. This is due to the variability of leachate composition and quantity, reinforced by the presence of a complex mixture of recalcitrant organic contaminants, such as humic and fulvic acids, phthalic esters and pesticides, inorganic compounds, including high concentrations of nitrogen compounds and some heavy metals.Moreover, a recent scientific article concluded that biological co-treatment of leachate and municipal wastewater is not a safe method for landfill leachate toxicity reduction.To this end, the project will have environmental benefits because it is enhancing the know-how in an area where solutions are still missing.Moreover, this project proves the relevance of making the leap from the lab to the field, as soon as possible, because real operating conditions are much less controlled and reveal difficulties and limitations that do not arise in the lab.

Overcome barriers in the treatment of landfill leachate

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ContactIsabel Saraiva Efacec Engenharia e Sistemas S.ARenováveis Rua Eng. Frederico Ulrich - Guardeiras, Apartado 3078PT-4471-907 Moreira da [email protected]+351 22 940 2000www.efacec.com

Ongoing project

Action 1 and 2

Speaker Ms Isabel Saraiva

Organisation background: Founded over 100 years ago, EFACEC is the largest Portuguese group in the field of electricity and electromechanics, and is present in more than 65 countries.

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Action 1 - Environment policy and regulation for promoting eco-innovation

Action 2 - Demonstration projects and partnerships for eco-innovation

Action 3 - Standards and performance targets for key goods, processes and

services to reduce their environmental footprint

Action 4 - Finance and support services for SMEs

Action 5 - International cooperation

Action 6 - New skills and jobs

Action 7 - European Innovation Partnerships

Actions of the Eco-innovation Action Plan: The Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) comprises seven actions to help build stronger and more stable market demand for eco-innovation. These actions focus particularly on market supply and demand, on research and industry, and on policy and financial instruments. They will bring together stakeholders, the private and public sectors, and the European Commission. All cases studies, projects and initiatives above fall under at least one of the 7 actions of the EcoAP.

Scaling-up sustainable construction through value chain innovation Amsterdam, 25-26 April 2012

Conclusions ofthe 12th European Forum on Eco-innovation

1. Embedding sustainable building principlesThe European Commission should create a Roundtable for Responsible Building at the EU level. The European Commission, EU Member States, local and regional governments as well as the construction industry, user organisations and NGOs have key roles to play in implementing responsible building practices. Increasing co-operation within the construction value chain will create both economic and social value while minimising ecological impact during the whole lifecycle of construction works. The Commis-sion should therefore create a Roundtable for Responsible Building at the EU level to develop a set of principles for sustainable building, identify ways to overcome bottlenecks, and monitor progress through the development of roadmaps, indicators and standards. To ad-equately address the whole value chain, the Roundtable should combine technical, economicand political perspectives and include key actors in the construction sector. In addition, the promotion of local projects aimed at renovating specific urban areas, e.g. through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) initiative, could further support the implementation of sustainable practices.

2. Public procurementThe European Commission and Member States should identify the key issues of sustainable pro-curement in the construction trade and ensure that public procurement is based on the life-cycle assessment of buildings.

Public procurement is a powerful instrument to enable market take-up of innovative technolo-gies. However, within the construction sector the future use and adaptability of buildings is not always considered; i.e. their demolition and potential for reuse and recycling. Public procurement practices can act as a barrier to eco-innovation by discouraging the involvement of all players in the value chain, or partner-ships between them. Procurers need to ensure a sustainable approach that delivers maximum and lasting environmental, social and economic benefits throughout the supply chain. The Commission and Member States, then, should adopt a holistic perspective on sustainable procurement in construction, to ensure that sustainability informs all design and building considerations—from materials sourcing to de-molition, and from social issues to project costs.

3. Resource and Energy EfficiencyThe Commission should ensure that the right condi-tions are in place to promote the sustainability of the construction sector throughout the value chain. It is important that buildings are designed to make optimal use of resources and are designed according to their function, are energy efficient, sustainable, resilient, adaptable, attractive and recyclable. The Commission should ensure that the right conditions are in place to promote 1) the recyclability, recovery and re-use of con-struction materials and 2) the use of secondary raw materials through, e.g. clear and sector- relevant end-of-waste criteria. With a view to further addressing energy and resource efficiency,

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The Amsterdam Forum produced six key recommendations to support sustainable construction. Along with creating a Roundtable for Responsible Building at the EU level, the European Commission and the Member States should ensure sustainable procurement in the construction sector and public procurement based on the life-cycle assessment of buildings. Furthermore, the sustainability of the sector must be promoted throughout the value chain, and mechanisms should be developed by financial institutions to reduce the risks to eco-innovation. Building material producers and contractors must inform the public about the ecological and social impacts of their products, as well as their environmental performance.

Conclusions ofthe 12th European Forum on Eco-innovation

local governments and other key stakeholders should develop a strategy for retrofitting existing buildings (e.g. tackling energy use, water use, acoustics, and air quality) while taking into account environmental, social and economic impacts. In parallel, financial incentives could be introduced, such as tax rebates or revolving funds, to reward energy- and resource-efficient interventions.

4. Standards and CertificationsProducers of materials and installations for the construction sector should provide infor-mation on the environmental performance of their products.Standards in the construction sector are intended to assist architects, engineers, other design professionals, contractors, material producers, procurers and building owners in the develop-ment, construction, maintenance and repair of buildings. Alongside such standards, reliable third party certification of materials and pro-cesses ensure transparency about the ecological and social impact of construction products while leaving room for innovation and an informed choice by the market. Producers of materials/ products and installations for construction should therefore provide information on the environmental performance of their products through existing initiatives such as the European Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme and other consumer-focused actions. A web portal where information is made available on materials, installations and systems could be established.

5. FinanceBanks, insurance companies and other finan-ciers should develop mechanisms to reduce risks to eco-innovation in the construction sector value chain.Lack of access to finance and financial incen-tives are real barriers to eco-innovation. For the construction sector, the potential benefits of eco-innovations have not yet been fully seen since investors consider the risks too high and tend to prefer proven technologies. Banks, insurance companies and other financiers should develop mechanisms to reduce the risks of eco-innovation in the construction sector value chain. These mechanisms could be supported by existing initiatives promoting the performance verification of environmental technologies.

A venture capital fund guaranteed by the European Investment Bank, e.g. could reduce the perceived risks associated with eco-innovation.

6. Engagement with the publicProducers of building materials and building contractors should inform the public about the ecological and social impact of their products, and owners and architects should play a role, too.Engagement with the public is a strong instru-ment for furthering support of sustainable construction. Producers and builders in the construction sector should inform the public about the ecological and social impact of their products and their use. Contractors should also help inform consumers as they are often the first port of call for the latter. Moreover, the con-struction sector should be more attentive to the needs of buyers regarding the build quality they desire and can afford. Sustainable buildings are by definition buildings that last, and build-ings that last are buildings that are highly valued in the way they are incorporated into the physical and social environment. The principles of sustainable urban planning, then, should be integrated into education at all levels of the value chain—for architects, builders, etc. More-over, dedicated training schemes addressing the ecological and social impact of buildings should be encouraged. Vocational training for small entrepreneurs should be put in place to pre-vent contractors from sticking to old habits. In addition, building owners and architects should develop better ways of convincing the relevant parts of society of the greater value of their sustainable building plans.

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Useful LinksEco-Innoverahttp://www.eco-innovera.eu

Ecopolhttp://www.ecopol-project.eu

Eco-innovation Action Planhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoap/index.htm

European Commission – Directorate-General Environment http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm

European Environmental Agencywww.eea.europa.eu

Innovation Unionhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm

Eco-Innovation Observatorywww.eco-innovation.eu

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentwww.oecd.org

Portuguese Environment Agency www.apambiente.pt

UNEPwww.unep.org/sbci

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