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 &…