Sister Projects & Initiatives

Highlighted projects on BIO4EEB Platform

Developed adaptive and adaptable envelope and building solutions for maximizing renewables harvesting.

Developing for high-end building envelopes, allowing for replicable prototypes considering sustainability pillars, life cycle stages, and impacts.

Accelerated the adoption and large scale replication of new business models delivering adaptable and affordable refurbishment solutions.

BIO-MATTERS Cluster​

Developing bio-based products for urban outdoor use, utilising innovative characterisation, digital technologies, and a circular approach.

Developing flexible manufacturing processes to produce bio-based end products for the construction, medical, and packaging sectors.

Designing and optimising three innovative bio-based materials and components for the construction, packaging, food, beverage, appliances and tooling sectors under a circular-business perspective.

Selecting product lines to fully exploit the unique chemical functionalities from biomass residues and organic waste streams.

Generating fundamental knowledge and expertise that will aid manufacturers in substituting synthetic thermoplastics with those derived from bio-based sources.

Integrating all the stages in the bio-based product’s life cycle, including end-of-life approaches and sustainability and toxicity assessments to ensure full circularity of the materials.

Additional sister projects

Optimized wood forest resource utilization for constructing a four-story apartment and digitalizing the construction value chain.

Establishing an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) ecosystem for SMEs and industry, promoting innovation, and minimising investment risks.

Providing services for bio-based product providers with a focus on nano-enabled PUR foams and composites.

Develops bio-based products for urban outdoor use, utilizing innovative characterization, digital technologies, and a circular approach.

Revolutionising the built environment by advancing technologies and fostering partnerships across the value chain.

Using bio-sourced and recycled materials to enhance the thermal performance of new and existing buildings’ envelopes by 20%.

Establishing sustainable, Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC)-based regional cropping systems for agricultural dendromass on marginal land that feed into bio-based value chains and create additional job opportunities in rural areas.

Eliminated the gaps in quality and energy-performance between design and realisation of energy-efficient buildings based on prefabricated components.

Introducing an open innovation ecosystem for the development of ground-based solutions focused on carbon neutrality and a healthy indoor environment.

Launched a novel breakthrough insulation system that replaces available insulation materials with a multi-functional energy-storing and energy-saving cementitious foam (NRG-Foam).

Working on a platform that will provide information on the life cycle and reuse potential of materials as well as methods to predict and extend product lifetime.

Unlocked the nZEB renovation market by implementing a new systemic approach that includes innovative components, processes, and decision-making methodologies for comprehensive building renovation.

Developing an integrated and multifunctional system for the energy retrofit of existing buildings.

Demonstrating an innovative methodology to support building planners in selecting insulation materials for energy efficiency, minimizing GHG emissions, and achieving ZEB ratings at optimal cost levels.

Turned wood into high-purity lignin and wood sugars to industrialise innovative biomaterials and bioproducts.

Developed an innovative seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) unit with a novel storage material and creative configuration, i.e. a sorbent material embedded in a compact multi-modular sorption STES unit.

Creating the first commercially viable resin plant, producing phenolic resins that will partially substitute the fossil-based phenol and formaldehyde with lignin-derived raw materials.

Focusing on transformative wood waste valorisation to combat deforestation and advance a circular economy, leveraging waste as a sustainable resource to meet future demands.

Related initiatives

Exists to champion the industrial bioeconomy to accelerate the development and adoption of bio-based and biodegradable materials and products through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

A €2 billion public-private partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).

A European trade association that represents the interests of manufacturers and suppliers of construction products.

A leading membership organisation promoting and influencing the future of the Built Environment.