Lab Hot-EC

The Project

This proposal is presented as a natural evolution of the work carried out by the InnoEcoTur  Platform in such a way that based on the knowledge and work generated up to now, as well as the conclusions drawn, a series of necessary actions are proposed, based in two main objectives:

 

  • Firstly, through the design of a real environment/Living Lab of Circular Economy oriented towards hotels (Living Lab Hot-EC), the aim is to generate the conditions and tools for measuring and collecting data to test, adapt or develop eco-innovative technologies according to their degree of circularity.
  • The second of the proposal's main objectives is to promote, within the framework of the Platform, the organisation of a specific training degree in Consultant/Manager in Circular Economy between Universities of the Valencian Community and in collaboration with companies and associations of the Tourism Industry.

Objectives

SO1

Improvement, testing and diffusion of the self-diagnosis tool to support the audits of circularity plans that measure the environmental footprint of companies in the tourism industry, thus establishing the basis for the promotion of a label or seal of recognition at the regional level.

SO2

Selection, design and promotion of a real environment/ LIVING LAB (hotel establishment) of CIRCULAR ECONOMY to generate the conditions and measurement and data capture tools for testing, analysing, adapting or developing eco-innovative technologies according to their level of circularity.

SO3

Development of a Circularity Assessment Guide and implementation of circular technology solutions for the tourism industry.

SO4

Promotion of an Autonomic Certificate of Circularity that allows public recognition of the efforts made by companies in their commitment to sustainable development and circularity.

SO5

Dissemination of R&D&I funding programmes on the Circular Economy and the dynamisation of collaboration between the InnoEcoTur Platform stakeholders and the Tourism Industry to participate in these programmes, both nationally and internationally.

SO6

Organisation of a University Degree in Circular Economy Consultant / Manager.
Promote specialised technological support services in the incorporation of Circular Economy models.

Lab Hot-EC

Working Plan

Sep '23- Nov '23

Task 0

  • Launch and presentation of the platform and the initiative. Presentation of the Self-Assessment Tool.
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Nov '23 - Mar '24

Task 1

  • Test the Circularity Self-Assessment Tool in hotel establishments.
mar '24 - apr '25

Task 2

  • Follow-up, data collection and evaluation of circular solutions.
Sep '24 - Dec '25

Task 3

  • Organisation of a training degree in circular economy manager
Jul '25 - Oct '25

Task 4

  • Development of a Circularity Assessment Guide in implementing circular technology solutions based on the tool. Promotion of a Circularity Certification Label.
Sep '23 - Dec '25

Task 5

  • Dissemination and transfer support activities