Fiber reinforced plastics (FRP), composites, are advanced materials combining different single materials that lets achieve stronger and more flexible characteristics. FRP have experimented a wide expansion in multiple industrial sectors as they produce high-quality, cost-effective, and durable products. Construction FRP market is driven by the rising product demand in the construction industry due to its long life and low maintenance cost. Some countries as Poland, Greece and Slovenia have wide opportunities of growth in their use. To promote the introduction of FRP in the construction the partnership has identified the need to focus in two different targets that are in the core of the value chain of the construction industry: architects – civil engineers and building construction workers. Architects – civil engineers design building construction works, while building construction workers are in charge of implementing construction works. Both targets are key in the introduction of FRP. According to a report from the Architects Council of Europe, the majority of them have not received any education in FRP. In addition to this, building construction workers with primary or secondary studies neither have knowledge on FRP. Furthermore, the partnership has detected a lack of IVET and CVET training to use FRP in the construction sector that limits FRP introduction . TAB4BUILDING project aims to develop a common training for both targets that let them to increase their skills in the knowledge and application of FRP in the construction sector. This main objective has been defined in several operative objectives. A short summary of them would be:- increasing the knowledge of target groups about FRP and its usability.- increasing the technical, quality control and management skills with these materials.- promoting the use of FRP in the architectural design. - transfering harmonize guidelines and tools to target groups, and to increase the collaboration and learning in FRP applied to construction. To achieve these objectives the project will develop a blended training with in person sessions combined with online sessions with a common training programme for both targets sharing some common subjects and dedicating some specific to each target. Along 24 months, 3 Intelectual Outputs will let develop the professional profile map (IO1), develop the methodology and the e-learning tool (IO2) and the training contents (IO3). In addition, 4 complementary activities: A4 management and coordination, A5 validation actions, A6 dissemination and communication activities and A7 sustainability and exploitation activities will help to achieve the expected results. The partnership is composed by 6 partners from 5 EU countries to assure the widest scope of representation. -Silesian University of Technology (SUT) from Poland will coordinate the project and help with its technical knowledge from their School of Civil Engineers. They will connect with the industry from NE of Europe. -Asociación de Investigación en Materiales Plásticos y Conexas (AIMPLAS) from Spain is a technological centre expert in FRP materiales with a wide CVET training programme. It will take a lead in the development of the IOs and in the training contents. -3s Research Laboratory (3s) is a Research Institute from Austria with expertise in the design and implementation of projects in the field of knowledge with a multidisciplinary focus.They will take a lead position in the development of the professional profile map and the IOs. -Federación Valenciana de Empresarios de la Construcción (FEVEC) from Spain is a leading association in the building sector in the región of Valencia with a wide training programme. They will connect the industry in the SW of Europe. -Gospodarska Zbornica Slovenije(GZS) is the construction area in the National Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia with a wide training programme, leading promotion at international level. It will connect the industry in the Centre of Europe. -Panhellenic Association of Engineers Contractors of Public Works (PEDMEDE) is leading the construction sector in Greece representing the whole industry. They have a wide training programme and will be the link with the industry in the SE of Europe. European Industry Construction Federation (FIEC), as associated partner will contribute to spread TAB4BUILDING training through other the EU associations.Project result will be a training programme with ECVET certification for architects – civil engineers and building construction workers in the knowledge and use of FRP in construction that will help to introduce this material in construction with the benefits that it represents. Partners will disseminate results in the EU industry with an open access focus. The online distribution of contents, the inclusion of the training in partners portfolios, and the promotion of the training in third countries will guarantee results sustainability.

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMO) and cytochrome P450 (CYP) are copper- and iron-dependent, respectively, enzymatic systems that perform regio- and stereospecific oxidation of non-activated hydrocarbons in Nature. To control such reactions in modern industry and biotechnology is of utmost importance in creating products of value such as secondgeneration bioethanol and products of value for i.e. the pharmaceutical industry. Due to the major drawbacks of using CYPs, including their partially membrane bound nature and the requirement of a reductase in combination with reducing agents such as NAD(P)H to transfer electrons to the active site for oxygen activation, it is highly desirable to develop new type of catalyst that can perform the same type of reactions. An attractive alternative strategy is to engineer LPMOs to perform CYP catalysis. LPMOs are small, robust, easy to produce in large scale, and rigid water-soluble proteins with a plethora of electron donors. The extended, flat LPMO surface, with huge natural sequence variation and thus, likely, mutability, provides a fantastic scaffold for engineering access to the active site as well as substrate affinity. We propose to use LPMOs engineered to accommodate typical CYP substrates and immobilize this on solid supports to provide confinement necessary in bringing the oxygen species together with the C-H bond to be oxidized in a tailored, "closed" environment. Moreover, the rate of LPMO catalysis can be greatly enhanced compared to traditional CYP catalysis by the addition H2O2 in the presence of low, priming concentrations of an external reductant to achieve efficiency constants (kcat/Km) in the order of 106 M-1s-1, which is typical for peroxygenases. The proposed ground-breaking research fits excellently well with the work program "Future and Emerging Technologies" where the goal is to challenge current thinking.

Lime is one of the earliest industrial commodities known to man and it continues to be one of the essential building blocks of modern Society. The global lime market is anticipated to approach the value of 44 Billion Euros by the end of 2026 and resulting in various growth opportunities for key players. The SUBLime network aims to develop the most advanced technology in lime-based materials modelling and characterization for industrial use that will go beyond the limitations of existing solutions in new construction and conservation in the built heritage. It is firstly dedicated to recruit and train fifteen PhD students in multiple scientific and engineering fields towards a better understanding and development of sustainable innovations in both added functionalities and sustainability aspects in lime mortars and plasters, strongly based on novel biomimetic and closed-loop recycling approaches. The project covers the main features of lime-based applications analysis, including material characterization, numerical non-linear modelling of multiphysics behaviour, functionality and sustainability in lime use and performance-based design. These new developments include capacities such as: self-cleaning, (super-) hydrophobicity, self-healing, enhanced (catalysed) CO2 capture capabilities, and considers closed-loop recycling. The crossdisciplinary approach throughout the SUBLime value chain, leveraging the knowledge of the academic (6) and industrial members (11), such as lime producers, mortar/plaster/block producers, and end-users for the prioritization of industrial needs, will dramatically increase the transfer of scientific knowledge to the lime-consuming industries in the EU, ensuring their progress on social, environmental and economic aspects, and product understanding.