Climate change poses a global challenge, and the production of cement contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 5–8%. This project is, therefore, poised to revolutionize the industry by developing an innovative, eco-friendly cement using dredged materials (DMs) as precursors to produce greener geopolymers. The latter are synthesized by mixing materials rich in aluminosilicates with an alkaline solution. The GHG of geopolymer concrete is ~73% and ~46% less than ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete, respectively. Geopolymers exhibit noticeably improved mechanical properties compared to OPC concrete and have been shown to have better resistance to acid attacks, high temperatures, and fire. However, the production of large quantities of geopolymer concrete is limited due to the declining availability of fly ash worldwide. Dredged sediments have been identified as a potential source of silica and alumina. This project sets out to establish the foundational science needed to transform DMs into materials suitable for structural applications, thus pioneering a sustainable path to CO2 reduction. This study will foster the adoption of these by-products in sustainable infrastructure development and create a roadmap for producing DM-based geopolymers. The research, led by me, Dr. Amine el Mahdi Safhi, under the mentorship of Dr. Mahdi Kioumarsi and Dr. Shima Pilehvar at Østfold University College (HiØ) in Norway, will bolster my skills in materials and structural engineering, preparing me for an expansive academic career. The project is an international endeavor, with the collaboration of Dr. Ahmed Soliman from Concordia University (Canada) and industrial partner NETICS (Netherlands). Our vision is to turn an environmental challenge into an opportunity for sustainable development. By harnessing DMs, we will not only transform the cement industry but also positively impact society and the environment.

Buildings are responsible for over 40% of the energy consumption and CO2 emissions in EU. Accordingly, The CE has stablished ambitious building standard aiming to transform all existing buildings into ZEBs by 2050 to reach a fully decarbonised building stock. SNUG aims to demonstrate on three real buildings with different characteristics, uses and climatology, the application of an innovative methodology to support planners of new buildings or retrofitting works in selecting the most appropriate set of insulation materials, their combination and placement to maximise the energy efficiency and minimize GHG emissions of the building throughout its life cycle to make its ZEB rating more easily achievable, considering specific building characteristics and its environment, at an optimal cost level. This methodology will be supported by: -A Digital Tool Assistant based on AI and virtual simulation which will range several final options of thermal insulation materials and layouts, based on benchmarks predictions related with energy demand (operational and embedded energy), sustainability, safe & security and cost and particular features of buildings. -Innovative sustainable-by-design thermal insulation materials and lightweight prefab solutions ready to the market deployment, based on Circular Economy, Smart and/or Renewable materials, able to improve energy efficiency and sustainability of buildings in comparison with current market solutions at a competitive cost. -Insulation materials database, including technical and LCA information. Innovative thermal insulation solutions will be incorporated including current solutions in the market. This database will be released as an open data outcome. -A Digital Building Logbook, collecting all the information about the buildings throughout their whole life in a digital and interoperable format with BIM and the DTA. This DBL will facilitate decision making and information sharing within the construction sector and stakeholders

PRODUCTIVE4.0 - AMBITIOUS PROJECT WITH A UNIQUE MAIN OBJECTIVE The main objective of Productive4.0 is to achieve improvement of digitising the European industry by electronics and ICT. Ultimately, the project aims at suitability for everyday application across all industrial sectors – up to TRL8. It addresses various industrial domains with one single approach of digitalisation. What makes the project unique is the holistic system approach of consistently focusing on the three main pillars: digital automation, supply chain networks and product lifecycle management, all of which interact and influence each other. This is part of the new concept of introducing seamless automation and network solutions as well as enhancing the transparency of data, their consistence and overall efficiency. Currently, such a complex project can only be realised in ECSEL. The consortium consists of 45% AENEAS, 30% ARTEMIS-IA, 25% EPOSS partners, thus bringing together all ECSEL communities. Representing over 100 partners from 19 EU and other associated countries, it is a European project, indeed. HANDS-ON SOLUTIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL INDUSTRY • Productive4.0 tackles technological and conceptual approaches in the field of Industry 4.0. The term comprises IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), CPS (Cyber Physical Systems) and Automation. • The innovation project takes a step further towards hands-on solutions. In the process, practical reference implementations such as 3D printerfarms, customised production or self-learning robot systems will benefit in fields like service-oriented architecture (SOA), IOT components & infrastructures, process virtualisation or standardisation. These fields are addressed in the work packages WP1 through WP6. • In addition to furnishing the industry with tailor-made digital solutions, the Productive4.0 Framework will be provided. • Productive4.0 is a brain pool initiated to strengthen the international leadership of the European industry.

For the purpose of creating digitalisation and automation solutions Arrowhead Tools adresses engineering methodologies and suitable integrated tool chains. With the global aim of substantial reduction of the engineering costs for digitalisation/automation solutions. Thus the Arrowhead Tools vision is: - Engineering processes and tool chains for cost efficient developments of digitalization, connectivity and automation systems solutions in various fields of application For the further and wider commercialisation of automation and digitalisation services and products based on SOA, Arrowhead Framework and similar technologies there is a clear need for engineerings tools that integrates existing automation and digitalisation engineering procedures and tool with SOA based automation/digitalisation technology. For this purpose the Arrowhead Tool’s grand challenges are defined as: - Engineering costs reduction by 40-60% for a wide range of automation/digitalisation solutions. - Tools chains for digitalisation and automation engineering and management, adapted to: 1. existing automation and digitalisation engineering methodologies and tools 2. new IoT and SoS automation and digitalisation engineering and management tools 3. security management tools - Training material and kits for professional engineers The results will create impact on: - Automation and digitalisation solution market - Automation and engineering efficiency and the SSBS market - Automation and digitalisation security - Competence development on engineering of automation and digitalisation solution

"""An unforgettable experience"". This phrase summarizes the two and a half years that the execution of the CISOSS project has meant for all those involved in it.Yes, it was a project devised by Javier Rodríguez Pascua,VET professor of computer science, expert in free software and, currently, the director of the CFTIC Getafe, Training Center of the Community of Madrid, under the General Directorate of Training.The objectives of the project as well as its design and the support of the collaborating partners have been stimulating. Who can not be excited to create a new training specialty, especially designed to facilitate SMEs in Spain and Europe their digital transformation in an economic way, through the design of a profile of consultant-implementer of free software tools?Certainly, putting an innovative idea into practice is not easy. The effort to ""create"" has a much more valuable merit than that of reforming, expanding, or updating. But, with effort, we have overcome this difficulty throughout the execution of the project.Therefore, yes, we have managed to give an effective and affordable response to the need for digital transformation of SMEs, developing a new training action for unemployed people, based on an innovative program to increase ICT skills of a consultant-implementer profile of free software tools.This adventure has been the one that we undertook in 2015, 6 entities with interest in promoting the use of free software.But in February 2017 we suffered a blow, due to the departure of the main partner Sheffield City Council (SCC), for economic reasons. To diminish the repercussion of this fact, has been in some aspects, complicated.To highlight, fortunately, that after this serious incident, the response of the other partners has been to put the best of them, to get the project forward. Definitely, the partners have been:CFTIC GETAFE (MADRID) -Spain- Training Center of the Community of Madrid and National Reference Center of the Computer and Communications Professional Family.ESSI PROJECTS LTD -United Kingdom- Small company of services of Consulting and Training in Computing.SRH HOCHSCHULE BERLIN - Germany- Institute of Information Systems of the SRH University of Berlin.HOGSKOLEN I OSTFOLD (HIOF) -Noruega- Computer Science Faculty of the University of Østfold.HOGSKOLAN I SKOVDE (HIS) -Suecia- Software Systems Research Group at the University of Skövde.And get to work!It was the first experience of the CFTIC as coordinators of a project of strategic partnerships under the Erasmus + program. The difficulty that always means to lead a project has been overcome with the hope to achieve the goal of the project, which we have always believed.The technical activity is the one that has taken more time in the dedication to the project.Even with the difficulties generated by the abandonment of the SCC project, we are proud to have been able to finish it with the production of outstanding intellectual results, for their novelty and for the effort in controlling the quality of them.Being aware of the importance of disseminating a project, a great effort has been made to use all means to disseminate the CISOSS project as much as possible. Webs, twitter, LinkedIn, presentations, congresses, meetings, press releases, e-mails to associations and public and private institutions, have been the means used to achieve the objective of achieving maximum dissemination (as a sample button, the multiplier event celebrated at Getafe had an impact of 283,843 users) as well as the elaboration of the website of the project http://cisoss.es/.A huge achievement of which we are especially proud is that, finally, we have included in the National Catalog of Specialties of the SEPE of Spain, on an experimental basis, the latest CISOSS specialty.The work team of the CISOSS project leave, with satisfaction, with free access all the products produced, for the benefit of the whole society, thanks to the license with which they have published: ""International creative commons License"" and its offer in Moodle platforms .You can check all the work done through the Moodle platform. Please, use this credentials to access the moodle platform:user: evaluatorpassword: SepieEraCiso478There are three acceses:- Monitoring and documentation of the project:Here you can find all the material, reports, evidence and results of the project.URL: http://centrosdeformacion.empleo.madrid.org/aulavirtual/course/view.php?id=3- Virtual classroom for students:It is the virtual classroom where the students took the course.URL: http://centrosdeformacion.empleo.madrid.org/aulavirtual/course/view.php?id=5- Virtual classroom for teachers:Where the documentation to be used during the pilot was made available to the trainers:URL: http://centrosdeformacion.empleo.madrid.org/aulavirtual/course/view.php?id=54In the Erasmus results platform there are summaries of the documents, they are all in the Moodle platform."