The AccelWater Project brought together circular economy principles, industrial symbiosis, and advanced technologies to deliver tangible, transformative results for industries across Europe. Over the course of the project, we demonstrated how innovation can shift sustainability from an abstract idea to a practical, achievable goal. From smarter water use to energy and resource recovery, and greener…
The AccelWater project successfully concluded its activities with the Final Dissemination Event held during Beyond Expo on Friday, April 4th, 2025. For those who were unable to attend, a short video recap of the event is now available on YouTube. The event featured engaging presentations, valuable discussions, and served as an important opportunity for the…
Between 1st and 4th April 2025, the Final Consortium Meeting of the AccelWater project took place in the cities of Patras and Athens, Greece. The 4-day event was a perfect opportunity for all project partners to reflect on the significant progress made, the lessons learned, and the impactful results generated throughout the project’s lifetime. The…
AccelWater is pleased to announce its participation in the Beyond Expo 2025, which will take place from 4th to 6th of April at the Metropolitan Expo, in Athens. Beyond 2025 will focus on the practical and demanding realities of artificial intelligence (AI), exploring both its promises and challenges. The event’s theme emphasizes transparency, tangible impact,…
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the workshop: 1st Co-Creation Workshop on Public Awareness and Support for Circular Water Economy Solutions. The event will take place in Patras, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 8:45 AM, at City Loft Hotel, 6 Valtetsiou Street, Patras 26223, under the auspices of the European projects…
The AccelWater project was presented at Water Knowledge Europe 2024, held from December 10th to 12th in Brussels. With just four months remaining until the project’s conclusion, the event provided an excellent opportunity to showcase the progress and achievements made so far. During our presentation, entitled “AccelWater Success Story”, we highlighted the innovative solutions developed…
The 7th Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project took place from November 5th to 7th, 2024, in Salerno, Italy. The meeting was hosted by the Italian partners ProdAl, ANICAV Associazione, and CALISPA. During the meeting, each work package leader shared updates on the project’s progress and results so far. The consortium also discussed the…
On October 14 and 15, the Coordinator of the project (AGENSO) and partners from NTUA made an on-site visit to the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator in Patras, where a detailed control of the operation of the treatment units and maintenance of the existing systems was carried out. At the same time, an installation of new systems…
This year’s Researchers’ Night took place in Athens on September 24th, 2024, celebrating science and inviting people of all ages—children, adults, and seniors—to explore innovative scientific projects and cutting-edge technological solutions. The event provided an opportunity for AccelWater partners from NTUA and DIGNITY to present the project’s innovative approaches for promoting sustainability and water circular…
On June 25th, the University of Iceland organized an online workshop and conference titled “Water Use in the Icelandic Food Industry.” The event brought together participants from the food processing industry and the research community, aiming to foster collaboration and share insights into sustainable water management practices. A key highlight of the event was a…
From June 19th to 22nd, 2024, the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management was held in Rhodes, Greece. At the conference, partners from UVIC delivered an oral presentation entitled “Applying Circular Strategies to the Food Industry: Slaughterhouse Solid Waste Valorization in a Pilot Demonstration Plant.” The presentation provided a detailed overview of the…
In May 2024, AccelWater partner ProdAl Scarl published an important scientific paper titled “Enhancing Cutin Extraction Efficiency from Industrially Derived Tomato Processing Residues by High-Pressure Homogenization” as part of the AccelWater project. The study focuses on advancing sustainable methods for cutin extraction from industrial tomato processing residues. By optimizing extraction conditions and utilizing high-pressure homogenization,…
On April 8 and 9, 2024, representatives from AGENSO and NTUA visited the Industrial Area of Patras, specifically the two industries involved in the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator: Athenian Brewery and FrieslandCampina Hellas. During their visit, they toured the facilities of both industries, inspecting the installations of UF & UV membranes, assessing the performance and functionality…
The 6th Project Coordination Meeting for the European AccelWater project took place the last three days of February (February 27-29, 2024) in Vic, Barcelona. The 6th PCM was organized by the Spanish partners and more specifically by the BETA Technological Institute, the meat processing industry MAFRICA S.A., and INNOVACC Clúster català de la carn i…
The AccelWater was disseminated, amongst other projects, at the 30th AGROTICA Exhibition that was held at the International Exhibition Centre of Thessaloniki from February 1st to February 4th of 2024. AGROTICA is the largest agricultural exhibition in Greece and this year it attracted 1,804 exhibitors from 49 countries and welcomed 153,623 visitors. Visitors from Greece…
On November 30, 2023, the AccelWater project held its second review meeting via a Teams teleconference. All Work Package Leaders (AGENSO, NTUA, ICCS, PRODAL, UVIC, and MATIS) attended, along with the majority of the consortium members, the project officer, and an external reviewer. Each Work Package Leader presented the progress made during the reporting period,…
On November 14, 2023, team members from AGENSO and NTUA visited the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator located in the Industrial Area of Patras, Greece, to install AGENSO’s low-cost sensors at Athenian Brewery and FrieslandCampina Hellas. Employees per each industry provided support during the installation process. The sensors installed included energy meters, flow meters, water quality sensors…
Just recently, a profile piece for AccelWater that we wrote for the Open Acces Government October 2023 issue was published. The profile can be found in pages 392-393, under the “Environment” section and describes how the AccelWater project is optimising freshwater consumption in the food and beverage industry to reduce its environmental impact. Open Access…
A literature review funded from our project, has just been accepted for publishing in ELSEVIER’s Journal of Cleaner Production (volume 425). The review is a joint collaboration between are partners, MATIS and UoI, as well as University of Padova’s Quality and Environmental Research Centre. Its title is “Current status and future research needs on the…
AGENSO presented the AccelWater project on a workshop during the 2nd day of the Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC). The conference was organized by the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens the and Hellenic Water…
The 5th Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held between May 30th and June 1st 2023. It was organized by MATIS and took place at the Hótel Reykjavík Grand in Reykjavik, Iceland. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…
On May 26th 2023, representatives from AGENSO and NTUA visited the Industrial Area of Patras, and more specifically two of the industries participating in the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator (WP 3), namely Athenian Brewery and FrieslandCampina Hellas. They were guided to the premises of the two industries, where they inspected the installations of the UF &…
On April 21st 2023, CT-BETA, Mafrica and INNOVACC organized a Circularity Day of resources in the meat industry in the University of Manresa. A total of 60 participants from meat industries, research centres, public health agency, different manufactures for industrial processes, among others, attended the workshop. The workshop is part of the European AccelWater project,…
On April 4th, members from the AGENSO’s AccelWater team traveled to the premises of KYKNOS S.A. Greek Canning Company in Savalia, Amaliada, Greece for a meeting. KYKNOS is one of the oldest and largest industries in Greece, dating back in 1915. They have been producing a wide variety of tomato products since their inception, such…
In the meeting entitled “Water management projects, Agriculture, Environment” held in the framework of the AgroThessaly Exhibition, the strong concern of producers and water management bodies about the supply of water in the coming years was discussed, among other things. The CEO of AGENSO, Zisis Tsiropoulos, spoke about the importance of the circular economy combined…
Our partners, MATIS, are participating in the 1st Bremerhaven Conference on Blue Economy and Fish Processing, a hybrid event that will take place in Bremerhaven and online (March 15th and 16th 2023). It is organized by ttz Bremerhaven. This conference aims to give an overview about the current challenges, trends and perspectives for the European…
The AccelWater project, as well as its digital platform, were presented during an event titled “Sustainable Economy in Horizon Europe – International Networking & Matchmaking (INSE 2022)” in Warsaw, Poland (December 5th & 6th) as a part of the session: “Success stories from H2020 SPIRE projects and from less represented countries”. The participating partner was…
The food and beverage industry accounts for 56% of global freshwater consumption for industrial use. In the meat sector, for example, pig slaughterhouses can use between 250 and 550 litres per head of animal slaughtered, with the cleaning of carcasses and equipment and sanitisation of facilities being the most water-intensive activities. In the case of…
The 4th project coordination meeting took place in Athens, in November 2022 (14th and 15th). It was organized by AGENSO and most consortium members attended the meeting physically, while those who were unable to travel, participated through a video call. During the meeting, the progress in all four demonstrators was presented as well as the platform that…
A series of dissemination activites by INNOVACC and UVIC took place during September. First of all, on September 15th they participated in the Watertalks conference, which was organized by the Catalan Water partnership and the main theme of which was water management in the agri-food sector. INNOVACC, as a representative cluster of the meat and…
The AccelWater digital platform approaches on Industrial Symbiosis and Circular Economy were presented by our partner, ICCS, both with an oral presentation as well as with a poster, at the 14th ISIE-SEM conference held between September 19th and 21st 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The conference was co-organised by the Vienna University of Economics and Business…
A new conference paper by ICCS, NTUA and DIGNITY has been published in E3S Web of Conferences, as part of LCM2021 conference proceedings. Based on an oral presentation in the conference with abstract title “Industrial Symbiosis Marketplace Concept for Waste Valorization Pathways” addressing the topic: 8.4 Applied Digital Solutions – Connecting Green and Digital Transformations, a…
On April 27th 2022, PRODAL and ANICAV from the tomato processing demonstrator in Italy, organized a webinar addressed to ANICAV’s members (ANICAV is an association representing companies operating in the sector of processing and conserving vegetable products). The webinar was attended by 30 representatives from different companies. During the webinar, the basic concept of the…
On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the Greek partners of the EU-funded project AccelWater are organizing a seminar on Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis in the city of Patras. As part of the event, the relevant strategies and opportunities of the EU for Greek industries (Industrial Symbiosis and Industry 5.0), regions, and cities (Circular Economy and…
On April 4th 2022, AGENSO and ICCS visited the PRODAL offices at the University of Salerno. After a small discussion, AGENSO, ICCS and PRODAL visited the CALISPA factory, where they first discussed with technicians and managerial personnel about the installation of sensors at the factory’s production lines. Additionally, AGENSO demonstrated the low-cost sensor technologies they…
In the context of Work Package 10 “Networking, Communication and Dissemination”, AGENSO has produced a short introductory video for the AccelWater project, in order to appeal to a broader audience. Video credits Illustrations and animation: Daphne Xourafi (https://www.daphnexourafi.com) Sound Design, Voiceover and Audio Production: MD Recording Studios (https://mdstudio.gr) Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Our project is mentioned in an article published from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA, the agency managing AccelWater) celebrating the World Water Day (March 22nd), along with 4 other H2020 projects, with which we participated in the Water Projects Europe 2021 event. The article is quoted below. Today is World Water Day,…
The 3rd Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held on March 10th 2022. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…
Catalan Water Partnership is organizing the Water Innovation Day – Digital and Circular solutions. The aim of this event, is the knowledge transfer regarding among the most relevant R&D projects in the field of sustainable water use. The event will take place on February 24th 2022 at the World Trade Centre of Barcelona. During this…
For the improvement of project implementation, AGENSO organized separate meetings with each demonstrator. Thus, from February 1st to 3rd, meetings with the industrial symbiosis demonstrator, tomato processing demonstrator and meat processing demonstrator took place online. During these meetings, the progress of each demonstrator was discussed, along with potential problems/obstacles that occurred. Also present in all…
The first installation of equipment for the AccelWater project has been completed! REZOS installed the weather station sent by AGENSO to the roof of their premises at the Industrial Area of Patras. Below you can check the weather data, as well as some pictures from the installation. Weather data <br /> Close
As part of the development of the Exploitation Strategy, AXIA organised the first AccelWater exploitation workshop on January 24th 2022. The workshop aimed at supporting the partners in the identification of KERs and future definition of KERs towards the AccelWater business plans. The presentations were given by Mrs. Raquel Moreno, Project Manager and Innovation Consultant…
The inspiring event you were waiting for! Registrations are on for the exciting Water Projects Europe 2021 event, designed to respond to the European environmental challenges by presenting 5 of the most revolutionary projects developing water-smart strategies: Waste2Fresh, AccelWater, IntelWATT, AquaSPICE and iWAYS. This free event will be online and will offer you the chance to learn how the projects are delivering a step change in…
The partners involved in the meat processing demonstrator located in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Spain) are holding meetings with authorities belonging to different areas of the Catalan Government with the objective of explaining the goals of the AccelWater project, reporting the challenges identified during the first year of the project and, starting to work together…
Two scientific publications have been prepared for the Accelwater project by ICCS. The first one is a systematic literature review related to the informational systems facilitating IS, the title of which is “Industrial symbiosis platforms for synergy identification and their most important data points: a systematic review”. Ultimately, Accelwater entails the development of a digital…
There was an oral presentation of AccelWater at an online agri-food sector cluster conference, titled “Carbon and water footprint reduction in the agri-food sector”. The conference took place online on July 7th and 8th 2021. The conference was organized by Agroalim (the agri-food cluster of Nuevo Leon, Mexico) and INNOVACC (pig meat processing cluster, Spain).…
A meeting of all partners from WP 4 took place at the ProdAl Scarl premises, on July 2nd 2021. During the meeting, each partner introduced themselves, and then Mrs. Ferrari (representing the host organization), made a brief presentation about the project, its main objectives, the methodology and the timeline. Then, WP 4 was presented in…
The 2nd Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held on July 8th 2021. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…
A meeting of all partners from WP 3 took place at the Industrial Area of Patras on June 16th 2021. The partners were guided to the biological treatment installations of FrieslandCampinaHellas and Athenian Brewery, as well as the facilities of Rezos Brands, where the Tasks described in WP 3 will be implemented. More specifically, the…
On June 8th 2021, Lidia Paredes, a researcher from BETA Technological Center (UVic-UCC) participated in the conference “Horizon Europe-Aigua” organized by the Catalan Water Partnership and ACCIÓ. This specific session about the water was part of the Horizon Europe Week and its objective was to explain the lines of action and funding priorities of the…
The leader of WP 4: Tomato Processing Demonstrator of the AccelWater project, PRODAL, will be making an oral presentation at the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. The conference was supposed to take place in Thessaloniki, from June 23rd to 26th 2021, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it will be held virtually. The…
The European Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050. An impact assessed plan will also be presented to increase the EU’s greenhouse gas emission reductions target for 2030 to at least 50% and towards 55% compared with 1990 levels.…
BETA Technological Center (Catalonia, Spain), a partner of the AccelWater consortium, has proposed an innovative valorisation system to treat and valorise solid waste and wastewater from meat processing industry (MPI). Freeze concentration, electrodialysis, solid-state fermentation, or biodrying are some of the technologies proposed for obtaining reclaimed water, energy and products with agronomic value. This approach…
The AccelWater project has become a member of the SPIRE Initiative (see here). The SPIRE Initiative, covers 8 EU industrial sectors (cement, ceramics, minerals, steel, non-ferrous metals, industrial water and process engineering), representing around 6.8 million jobs in 450.000 enterprises. The AccelWater consortium will seek to initiate synergies with other water-related projects of the SPIRE…
The kickoff meeting of the AccelWater project was held on November 12th 2020. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform. The entire consortium joined the meeting, as well as two officers from the EASME. During the meeting, there were presentations for the organizations of the consortium, as well…
The AccelWater project was mentioned in one of the most visited Greek news portals (https://www.protothema.gr, #8 on Greek sites ranking by Alexa). The article was describing Athenian Brewery’s (member of the AccelWater consortium) strategic partnerships for promoting sustainability and AB’s involvement in EU-funded projects (one of which is AccelWater). AB is one of the leading…