Simbiosy
At Símbiosy, we continue to work on several European projects that aim to boost the circular economy in the community territory through industrial symbiosis. This November, we have started two new projects, INSET and LIAISE, and on the other hand, we remain committed to the BioBoost and Reconstruct projects. From Insight to INSET: training in … Read more
On September 22, we launched the new edition of the Eix Besòs Circular project. This initiative represents the continuation of another project with the same name that was developed between 2018 and 2019 in the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besós and Badalona. On this occasion, the project commissioned by the BCIN (Reactivació Badalona) also … Read more
A project still under development is the Mapping of potential energy communities in industrial parks of Alt Penedès and support for the first stages of implementation. This project began this summer in the Alt Penedès region with the support of the Vilafranca City Council, the Federation of Companies of Penedès-Garraf, and the Alt Penedès Regional … Read more
This past October, the project Use of agricultural by-products in Terra Alta was completed. This project arose as an imperative response to find alternative methods to convert agricultural and forestry by-products into economic activity and job creation. The project sequence began by identifying and quantifying the usable resources of the territory, exploring their potential for … Read more
In October, we completed the drafting of the report for the project called Managing the change towards a circular economy in Terrassa: Inclusion of resources produced by industrial waste in the value chain of companies, commissioned by the Terrassa City Council with the support of the Barcelona Provincial Council. This project, which began at the … Read more
CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN A SYSTEMIC KEY FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT On February 9th, we celebrated the first national meeting of industrial symbiosis projects; a meeting that aimed to initiate collaboration between the facilitators of the different urban-industrial symbiosis projects in Spain. The meeting was held in person, sponsored by the Consorcio de la Zona Franca … Read more
On May 19 and 20, during full lockdown, “INCUBIS: energy symbiosis incubator” was launched, featuring five energy synergy INCUBATORS in different European regions to valorize residual heat/cold in industrial parks and districts: Barcelona (Spain), Dunkirk (France), Agder (Norway), Humber (United Kingdom), Brunsbuttel (Germany). SÍMBIOSY coordinates the Spanish INCUBATOR, based in Barcelona, to provide business incubation … Read more
Two new industrial symbiosis projects have started this year involving 6 more municipalities working on the circular economy from the productive fabric. There are now 141 municipalities in total in Spain working on industrial symbiosis in 14 different projects that include 16,000 manufacturing companies. The two new projects are: 1. Identification and promotion of … Read more
The Idea Generation Program is an initiative of the Research Park of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) that aims to promote the entrepreneurial spirit, the culture of innovation, and support the modeling of ideas from research staff and doctoral students from all scientific fields of the UAB campus, based on real challenges proposed … Read more
