FISSAC EU PROJECT: Industrial Symbiosis for the Construction Industry

FISSAC EU PROJECT promotes industrial symbiosis in construction, fostering the circular economy through an information exchange platform. It facilitates waste valorization and resource exchange between companies, driving sustainability in the sector and its value chains.

Location

Europe

Year of Start

2016

Beneficiaries

Companies in the construction sector and waste managers

Service

Industrial Symbiosis in Construction

Project description

The FISSAC project, funded by the European Union, promotes industrial symbiosis in the construction sector and its value chains. It focuses on developing a methodology and platform to facilitate information exchange between companies, promoting the circular economy.

This initiative seeks to strengthen industrial symbiosis networks, enabling companies to identify opportunities for resource exchange and waste valorization. The project contemplates the replication of successful models at the local and regional levels, promoting the adoption of circular economy practices in construction.

Results obtained

  • Development of a methodology for industrial symbiosis in construction
  • Creation of a platform for the exchange of information and resources
  • Identification of opportunities for waste valorization in the sector
  • Promotion of the adoption of circular economy practices
  • Replication of successful pilot schemes at the local and regional levels

To highlight

  • Promotes industrial symbiosis in construction
  • Develops a platform for information exchange
  • Promotes the circular economy
  • Benefits companies in the sector and waste managers