HEMEROTECA
25/09/2012
The vision of BoostEff project is to develop new innovative manufacturing concepts for wood-fibre based products giving a significant reduction in environmental footprint. ITENE is actively collaborating.
ITENE, member of The Network of Technological Centres of the Valencia´s Region (REDIT), leads the activities focused on the environmental impact assessment of BoostEff project.
In concrete, ITENE is responsible for calculating the carbon footprint of products currently on the market and those new ones which are being created. In addition to this, ITENE is responsible for the evaluation of energy efficiency and savings in manufacturing processes and raw materials. It will improve the energy efficiency of the production of newsprint paper, magazine paper and particle board of wood fibers.
Regarding this, it has being conducted a preliminary assessment of new manufacturing concepts (at the moment was made for the case of lightweight coated paper for magazines (LWC paper) and in the coming months for other products).
Positive initial results
ITENE has calculated the life cycle of the product made by the new methods in four different scenarios, and has assessed whose of them are better from the environmental, energy, cost and productivity perspective. ITENE has extensive experience in the field, managing the only available Carbon Footprint Bureau that exists in Spain.
Initial results are positive, and the researchers of this initiative say the project is “on track to achieve its overall objectives”, and will be completed in 2013. In this sense, European Commission officers welcomed the progress of the project in the mid-time review made earlier this year.
BoostEff looks to get newsprint paper, magazine paper and particle board of wood fibers in which the manufacturing process is achieved increasing energy efficiency by at least 20%, reducing Green House Gases (GHG) by more than 20%, obtaining material savings of 20% and reducing operating costs or productivity by 10%.
BoostEff project “Boosting raw material and energy efficiency using advance sheet structure design and modification” is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union.
It consists of a consortium of companies, research centers and universities based in France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom and Spain, with relevant sector companies represented as StoraEnso and PTS and Innventia research centers.
* Para más información: www.boosteff.com
