Objective
The main objective of REFRESCO is providing on-demand professional refreshment courses (PRCs) in the field of non-energy raw materials, in particular regarding recovery of materials from secondary resources and substitution of CRM, and related fields such as environmental evaluation, business opportunities and supply chain management. The programme will target companies, public administration and professionals (e.g. consultants).
The solution (technology)
REFRESCO will tailor PRCs to target audiences, with a multi-disciplinary approach, combining in a single course many different topics, normally delivered separately (e.g. technological aspects, together with market issues) in order to offer a complete picture to professionals working with raw materials.
The courses will be offered on demand, after need and target analysis, within 6 areas related to raw materials, in particular:
- Supply chain management;
- Innovative and advanced technologies for recovering metals from urban waste;
- Innovative and advanced technologies for recovering metals from industrial waste;
- Innovative and advanced technologies for metals substitution to reduce CRM consumption;
- Business opportunities and relative market of recovered metals;
- Environmental impact of metals.
Partnership
- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Italy (Lead Partner)
- Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research, Hungary
- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), France
- Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
- Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca (University of Milano- Bicocca), Italy
- Università degli Studi di Padova (University of Padova), Italy
- University of Limerick, Ireland
- Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A, Italy
Programme Co-ordinator: Grazia Barberio, grazia.barberio@enea.it