Existing heavily industrialised areas are currently incapable of adopting large-scale industrial symbioses in terms of shared technology/
infrastructure use, waste integration, energy and material utilisation, as well as expanding through surrounding ecosystems in an inclusive manner for the society despite many of the EU's key strategic priorities in sustainable regional development. 

Within this context, IS2H4C is an ambitious and efficient innovation action aimed to develop several solutions for the development of Hubs for Circularity (H4C) in diverse industrial areas of process industry surrounded by rural and/or urban settings in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Turkey. The workplan is shaped by development and deployment of most innovative sustainable technologies and infrastructure integration in four demo hubs and is supported by ground-breaking research on societal, governmental, and business innovation for H4C. 


IS2H4C scales up industrial areas to H4C via implementing systemic change and integrating the surrounding ecosystems to industrial areas. It implements a digital collaboration platform to manage the resource, infrastructure and information-sharing within H4C via embedding of decision-support modules in the platform. IS2H4C will contribute to pave the path towards the development of H4C based on the circularity and resilience requirements of existing and future industrial zones and their surrounding ecosystems by prioritising resource efficiency, maximising use of renewable energy, prevention of waste, and promoting
industrial/urban/rural symbiosis via reuse and recycling of unavoidable solid, liquid, and gas waste streams.

IS2H4C EU Project

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