Publishable summary: Task 10.3 of the CORALIS project aims to improve the current industrial symbiosis (IS) landscape by promoting more efficient energy management systems and promoting the integration of circular economy principles. It serves as a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory frameworks that influence IS initiatives in different European countries. It also examines the role of standardisation in ensuring effective implementation, overcoming barriers and making recommendations for future development.
The study, reported in this Deliverable, aims to map and assess the European and national regulatory frameworks governing IS, including directives related to waste management, energy efficiency and trade in industrial by-products. It also assesses the role of ongoing technical standardisation committees in developing regulatory practices and their relevance to CORALIS objectives. Analysing potential contributions to key standardisation bodies such as ISO/TC 323 on the circular economy and the CEN-CENELEC sectoral forum on energy management; Deliverable 10.3 identifies ways to strengthen technical and regulatory advances within the framework of industrial symbiosis.
To assess contributions to standardisation bodies, the CORALIS project shared its experiences with these bodies, focusing on practical challenges and successes in industrial symbiosis. They identified Recommendations to overcome barriers have been identified, describing also how these could be integrated into existing standards. The assessment also highlighted the potential beneficiaries of SPIRE, emphasizing the broad impact of improved standards.
Thus, the main objectives of Deliverable 10.3 can be summarised as follows:
• Mapping European and national regulatory frameworks: relevant to industrial symbiosis, with a focus on waste management, energy efficiency, and material exchange;
• Identifying key technical standardisation committees that influence industrial symbiosis and assessing CORALIS’s potential contributions;
• Reviewing current barriers within CORALIS project, e.g., authorization procedures, data exchange, and applications for carbon capture;
• Providing recommendations to standardization committees for alignment with the new developments in industrial symbiosis;
• Supporting replication strategies for CORALIS outcomes to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability in broader industrial uses.
Addressing these objectives, Deliverable 10.3 aims to ensure that CORALIS not only contributes to technological innovation but also plays a central role in influencing policy and standardisation, promoting a more robust and sustainable industrial ecosystem across Europe.
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