LIFE+ Environmental Policy & Governance project: LIFE09 ENV/GR/000300 Development of knowledge-based web services to promote and advance Industrial Symbiosis

LIFE+ Environmental Policy & Governance project: LIFE09 ENV/GR/000300

SYMBIOSISDevelopment of knowledge-based web services to promote and advance Industrial Symbiosis in Europe

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ATHENS 2012: International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management

Friday, 29th June 2012


eSYMBIOSISLIFE09ENV/GR/000300

Development of knowledge-based web services to promote

advanced Industrial Symbiosis in Europe

LOCATION: Greece, UK

BUDGET :1,763,295.00 €

EC Co-funding: 49.8%

DURATION: Start: 01/10/2010

End: 30/09/2013

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Region of Sterea Ellada (RSE) - Viotia

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eSymbiosis Partners

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Region of Sterea Ellada (RSE)

University of Surrey (UoS)

Paul Innes Consulting (PIC)

CLMS HELLAS SA (CLMS)

Envireco Consulting SA (ENVI)

Coordinating beneficiary:

Associated beneficiaries:

AVCO Systems ltd (AVCO)

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Main Objective

Produce a Web Based PLATFORM for Industrial Symbiosis Communities, Offering automation Supporting SMEs, Consider Regional Priorities and Enable public administrators (municipalities, regional offices) • to implement their environmental policy and • to monitor environmental and economic

consequences

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Industrial Symbiosis

Industrial Symbiosis (IS) can be defined as :“ An innovative approach which brings together companies from all business sectors aiming at improving cross industry resource efficiency through the commercial trading of material, energy, water and sharing assets, logistics and expertise ” .

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The eSymbiosis innovative environmental practice will contribute to:

• Trade waste as feedstock among companies, build environmentally integrated and efficient communities

• Cost savings in raw materials and discharge fees

• Waste reduction across a wide range of industrial activities

• The development and assessment of environmental policies at local and regional level.

Background and Aims

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• 2150/2002/EC: Waste Statistics Regulation• Joint Ministerial Decision 50910/2727/2003

(Official Gazette, B 1909/2003), (OJG 1909/2003): Solid Waste Management in compliance with European Waste Framework Directive 91/156/EEC

• 6th Environmental Action Plan• Goetenberg strategy and the Lisbon

process• Environmental Technologies Action Plan

(ETAP), Framework Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation

MAIN EU POLICIES TARGETED

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Project ObjectivesConsolidate practices and valuable

knowledge base (UK experience) in a form (service) running on an autonomous basis

Build features to support innovative policy approaches, facilitating the IS implementation as an environmental policy at a local-regional-national level

Formulate a knowledge-based approach with a potential to report measurable social, environmental and economic benefits

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Further Project Objectives

Prepare and train industries to embark on IS and utilize the service

Deploy the widest possible application of scientifically verified technologies for IS upgrade

Provide means to disseminate IS in the region of Viotia, but also in other regions in Greece and Europe

Improve and increase the participation of Small and Medium business enterprises (SMEs) into IS market–oriented activities

Reduce the natural resources consumption (raw material, energy, utilities)

Establish Industrial Symbiosis networks, recruit champions to disseminate IS in Greece, Balkans and all regions deprived of government support for IS 10


The project hopes to :

• generate a critical mass of champions to support the new

paradigm and its extended use.

• engage with research and development groups with

capabilities to advance the platform’s innovative

features.

Expected results:

An automated web platform to enable effective matching of

companies in IS;

New champions for the IS paradigm, through an IS forum;

Reduced consumption of natural resources in Viotia;

Reduced volume of waste streams disposed to landfill in

Viotia.

Dissemination in IS for Industry;

Benefits & Expected Results

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Project Actions

eSymbiosis WorkPlan

A1: Service and user

requirements

A2: Service architecture and implementation

A3: Integration, validation and demonstration

A4: Capacity building

A5: Dissemination Proj. Activities &

Results

A6: Project Management

A7: Monitoring of project

progress & effectiveness evaluation

A8: After-LIFE communication

plan

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IS vs. eSymbiosis

Current IS PracticeManualCost IntensiveExpertise RequiredOnly exact matches

discoveredStatic Process

eSymbiosis PracticeAutomatedCost EffectiveUser Friendly

ProcessPartial Matches

discoveredDynamic Process

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Implementing the e-SymbiosisTechnology Advantage

eSymbiosis employs Artificial Intelligence Knowledge modelling to support the synapsis of Successful Industrial Partnerships

Ontologies classify all relevant information to Industrial Symbiosis, eg. Materials, Technologies, Production Workflows, Geographical Information.

Registration and Matching are supported by sophisticated algorithms.

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IS Portal Technology Advantage

eSymbiosis supports partnerships, producing suggestions for matching, exploiting ‘technology knowledge’ and Best Practices for Industrial Symbiosis from global experience.

Industrial Symbiosis experts are actively participating and supporting portal members engaging in IS Business Transactions.

Partnership Results and Success Stories are integrated in the eSymbiosis Knowledge Base.

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IS Portal

The IS Portal is gradually coming alive.

www.esymbiosis.eu/isliveIt will incorporate functions

such as member communications, presence, information, forums, and expert blogs for consulting members and visitors on Industrial Symbiosis.

It will facilitate Business Relationships Managements Business Transactions Consulting and Training. 16

http://www.esymbiosis.eu/islive


Building the technology repository

Technology repository: Focused on helping the matching processHigh level representation of Technologies

Input/Output structureDrives for Technology data

Regional driveIS best practiceIntegration with external resources

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Distribution of Industrial Sectors in ViotiaLivestock Units

3% Food - Beverage Industries

12%

Textile - Leather Industries

6%Wood Industries

4%

Paper Industry5%

Chemical Industries22%Industrial Non-Metallic

Mineral Products6%

Metallurgical Indus-tries28%

Business Units3%

Warehouses7%

Other4%

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Prioritizing Industrial Sectors in pilot region

Metallurgical IndustriesMineral Industries

Chemical Industries

Food Industries

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Gathering Background Information and Data Collection priorities

First Focus on:Material flowsWaste stream specsLocations

Extending knowledge with:Context descriptionInspection auditsCommercial profile

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Primary Information

Primary Data

INDUSTRY MATERIALS LOCATIONS

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The knowledge models are planned to be enriched with:

Toxic waste Environmental records IPPC Techniques Liquid disposal Production stages

Significant Information extensions to improve Quality of Decisions

Physical properties of resources Volumes available to trade Cost of disposal

Additional Modelled Information

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Capitalizing on best practices and state-of-the-artResources

published and free accessible data Challenge: Translate cases into sharable knowledge Steps:

Build components compatible with reference data Produce links with ontologies

Actioned: Used publicly available descriptions of best practices in UKSteps:

Selection of best practice cases Transformed information in appropriate form to

integrate with ontologies

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The knowledge model was enriched with 250 Best Practices bringing knowledge to include: Sources Uses Volumes

Produce Knowledge from use cases

MaterialSource ApplicationQuantity, Capacity

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- as rules in material and process ontologies

Extracting information and Building Knowledge Links:• industrial activity

(ΣΤΑΚΟΔ)• input and output flows of

technology streams

Modelling Regional Industrial activity

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Ontologies

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Restrictions on Properties

Instances

Values of the Properties

isCompositeOf

Properties on Concepts

Properties on ConceptsisBiodegradable (boolean)

validFrom (date)validTo (date)

hasQuantity (float)isCompositOf (link to

Products)

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· hasWasteType Aluminium· hasQuantity 300T· HasLocation· hasLongitude 23.529999· hasLatitude 38.322222· canProcessWasteType EWC1201

· hasQuantity 150T· HasLocation· hasLongitude 23.631156· hasLatitude 38.325086 • Distance Measurement Result: 2.5

Dissimilarity 36% similarity

Matching Industry A against Industry B:

• Property Matching: 65%


Technologies and processing data

About 500 processes available for storage28


Applications of Knowledge ModelsExample: Scenario of Potential use of PyrolysisQuestion in Hand:

What is the potential to set up a Pyrolysis Unit in Viotia?

Process Inputs: plastics, biomass, MSW, etc.

Process Outputs: oil, biogas, biochar/coal

What is the local market for:Coal?Gas?Fuel oil? 29


Use of technology unitsPreliminary search indicates

206 types of industries that use coal and could possibly replace it with charcoal

196 processes that use natural gas, biogas or LPG and could possibly replace it with pyrolysis gas

45 processes that use fuel oil and could possibly replace it with bio-oil

51 processes that use heavy oil, petrol or gasoline and could possibly replace it with bio-oil

Input/output models provide indicative flows, however, opportunities depend on specific capacities, locations and specific demands! 30


Thank you for your attention

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LIFE+ Environmental Policy & Governance project: LIFE09 ENV/GR/000300 Development of knowledge-based web services to promote and advance Industrial Symbiosis