Holoss - Project Proplanet

Project: PROPLANET – Enhanced Safe and Sustainable coatings for supporting the Planet

Start: 01/01/2023 End: 31/12/2025

Project website: https://www.proplanet-project.eu/

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101091842.

DESCRIPTION: PROPLANET addresses novel coating materials solutions, tackling the problem from a sustainable-business perspective, enabling overcoming the barriers for environmental protection, safety, chemical improvements, and circular value chains. The main goal of PROPLANET is to design and optimise 3 innovative coatings for industrial sectors: textile, food-packaging, and glass. 1)Crosslinked biopolymer oil/wax microcapsules in polysaccharide matrix (hydrophobic, olephobic bio-based coating) 2) Hybrid siloxane biobased coating (non-stick and anticorrosion protection bio-based hybrid coating) 3) Hybrid siloxane coating (anti-soiling (AS) anti-reflecting (AR) hybrid coating). The value chain of each product is optimised from the raw material source to End-of-Life (EoL) of products, ensuring the circular economy. All coatings are designed based on Safe and Sustainable by design (SSbD) concepts and optimised with mathematical computational tools such as first-principles-based models, in silico models, environmental fate models, and sustainability assessment. On top of that, replication activities aided by a powerful PROPLANET Replication tool based on data-driven algorithms and multiobjective optimization (MO) will promote the integration of the novel coatings in different applications, supporting their route to market, operating at different conditions, and following an Eco-design thinking. A well-balanced consortium, covering all actors in the, formed by end-users, technology solution providers and research organizations, ensures the successful achievement of objectives, which will allow a wide-spreading replication strategy towards efficient and safe designs for new coatings.

HOLOSS ROLE:

HOLOSS ensures certification compliance by revising and implementing frameworks that validate sustainability and regulatory standards for the developed coatings.

Eco-design principles are embedded in coating development by HOLOSS to minimise environmental impact and maximise resource efficiency.

Environmental impacts of the coatings are assessed through LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), identifying sustainability improvements under HOLOSS leadership.

HOLOSS leads the analysis of economic feasibility and cost efficiency throughout the coatings' life cycle using LCC (Life Cycle Costing) methodologies.

Social impacts across the coatings' value chain are measured through s-LCA (Social Life Cycle Assessment), ensuring sustainability integration with HOLOSS expertise.

End-of-Life (EoL) strategies for the coatings are designed by HOLOSS to enhance material circularity through recycling, reuse, and valorisation solutions.

Circular Economy principles are integrated into coating development by HOLOSS to optimise resource use, minimise waste, and reinforce sustainable supply chains

The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework is operationalised by HOLOSS to support the development of safe, sustainable, and viable coatings.

Stakeholder engagement is fostered by HOLOSS to strengthen collaboration and facilitate the adoption of innovative sustainability solutions in the coatings industry.