Oct 2022 - Oct 2025
Aligning life cycle assessment methods and bio-based sectors for improved environmental performance
The ALIGNED project will deliver a modelling framework to assess and optimise the environmental and socioeconomic performance of bio-based industries. ALIGNED will advance the scientific field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (moving from TRL2-3 to TRL5) and collaborate with industries and representatives from five bio-based sectors: construction, woodworking, textile, pulp and paper, and bio-chemicals.
Program
HorizonEU
Budget
3.4 M€
Duration
36 months
Partners
Aalborg Universitet
B.T.G. Biomass Technology Group BV
Universiteit Antwerpen
Sustainable Innovations Europe SL
Oleon
Oleon NV
Foreco Dalfsen BV
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet NTNU
Utexbel NV
Centre Scientifique & Technique del'Industrie Textile Belge ASBL
Kingspan Insulation BV
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse
BLOOM BIORENEWABLES SA
A4F AlgaFuel SA
A4F Role
A4F will apply the advanced LCA methods developed within the project, evaluating their performance and added value in a real-world case study of the blue biobased industry. This will involve zooming in on the case of microalgae-based products and then zooming out to the algae production industry as an emerging sector within the blue bioeconomy.