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Luxembourg – Constant evolution

1850 1900 1950 1980 2000

AGRICULTURE

INDUSTRIALISATION –

IRON AND STEEL

INDUSTRIAL

DIVERSIFICATION

FINANCIAL SECTOR FOCUS ON KEY

INNOVATIVE SECTORS

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Major RDI players in Luxembourg

Luxinnovation : a private-public partnership

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CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE

CHAMBRE

DES METIERS

FEDIL

BUSINESS

FEDERATION

LUXEMBOURG

MINISTRY

OF HIGHER EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH

MINISTRY

OF THE ECONOMY

LUXINNOVATION services

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3main services

Access to

public grants

> National

> European

Sector

development

Entrepreneurship

Support

> Start-up creation

> SME Performance

• INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

• DESIGN AND CREATIVITY

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

• H2020 / NCP

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Economy

Ecology

EcoInnovation

“Positive Impact”

Marcel Klesen

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123 members,

110 companies

Luxembourg EcoInnovation Cluster

Renew. energy, water treatment, consulting, construction

mobility, biomass, waste treatment, smart grid, engineering, …

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MobilitySustainable Cities & Smart TechnologiesCircular Economy

epea

Identify – Connect – Realise

3 Topics

Luxembourg EcoInnovation Cluster

Circular Economy

A circular economy is an

alternative to a traditional

linear economy (= make,

use, waste) in which we

keep resources in use for

as long as possible,

extract the maximum value

from them whilst in use,

then recover and

regenerate products and

materials at the end of

each service life.

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Biological CycleConsumption Products

Biosphere Technosphere

Technical CycleService Products

Why Circular Economy?

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.....is it about going green?

It’s about this kind of green

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• Decoupling growth from resource consumption

• Growing and consuming, but with a fixed or renewable stock of

materials

• Conception for disassembling, return, reuse, repair, refurbish,...

• “Sell services, not products.”

• Material banking

• It is a global and cross-sector approach

• Product responsibility stays with the manufacturer

• Replace raw material costs with labour costs

• Products are stocks of well defined reusable materials

• It is not about a perfect circle

Circular Economy - Key messages

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Circular Economy - Potential

• Generate €300 million to €1 billion EUR

annual net-material cost savings

• 2.200 jobs especially for young unemployed

in the next years if robustly applied in the

construction, automotive, manufacturing,

financial, logistics, R&D, and administrative

sectors.

• Being less independent on the financial

sector.

Circular Economy - Action plan examples

• EcoBusinessParc

• Construction & excavation waste program

• Residential Building Pilot

• Database on material flow

• Reverse logistics

• CE Finance initiative (KPMG)

• LCA / balance sheet

• ECEN / European Circular Economy Network

• Fit4Circularity

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Circular Economy

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• “Solarwind” Smart Building

BREEAM (UK), HQE (F), DGNB (G)

• Ecoparc Windhof

“C2C BIZZ”

www.solarwind.lu

Circular Economy

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• Concept “Hollerich”

Circular Economy

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• «Neobuild» – Innovation Center for

Sustainable Construction

Circular Economy

….smart building, intelligent building, urban farming, renew.

energies, innovative materials and technologies

“Testing field”

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Circular Economy – “Circular HotSpot Wiltz”

….Design school, sharing

potential, pooling,

construction,

repair café, disassembling,

services,

shared spaces,

renew. energy, mobility,

materials, resources,

(waste), water treatment,

logistic, …

creating growth / wealth

“the human being”

……, Keep in mind

Circular Economy

Clear strategy

Strong network

Positive impact for the sector and the companies

through integrated economy solutions

Business opportunities

(national and international)

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Luxembourg EcoInnovation Cluster

The Luxembourg EcoInnovation Cluster is powered by:

www.ecoinnovationcluster.lu

LUXINNOVATION benefits

from the support of:

Marcel Klesen

Head of Energy an Environment Sector

Manager Luxembourg EcoInnovation Cluster

LUXINNOVATION GIE

5, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux

L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette

T (+352) 43 62 63 - 651

M (+352) 621 348 057

marcel.klesen@luxinnovation.lu

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Thank you!

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