f the LIFE CO₂IntBio project summarizes the general objectives, actions and results obtained since the beginning of the project in June 2019.

This report explains the actions developed to reach the main objective of the project: "CO₂ emissions reduction by industrial integration and the value chains creation".

One of the most importants activities of the project is the monitoring of the socioeconomic impact. It has been developed a specific study to determine the influence of the LIFE CO₂IntBio project in the local economy and the social impact derived from the implementation of a project of this characterisctics. 

As a part of the project, it has been studied the replicability potential of the project results and the possibilities of transfer the project knowledge (results, technology, procedures) to other industries of the same or other different industrial sectors. 

The report "Replicability and Transferability potential assesment" of the LIFE CO₂IntBio project, examinates specially the industrial model symbiosis developed in the project from a regional and national perspective. 

The LIFE CO₂IntBio project has developed the first type III ecolabel, a Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) product derived from the capture of CO₂.

The Life Cycle Assement (LCA) for green CO₂, aims to quantify environmental impacts associated to the product green CO₂ produced in the LIFE CO₂IntBio project. 

This LCA is the basis for the development of the Environmental Product Declaration associated to the green CO₂ and for its elaboration has been used the Product Category Rules described in the register system for the DAP (Environdec).

The Life Cycle Assesment (LCA) is a methodology that allows the evaluation of the environmental impacts of a product or service. 

In this case, thanks to the LCA it is possible to compare the environmental impacts associated to the CO₂ synthesis in different manufacturing scenarios, analysing the impacts of the different lyfe cycle stages for every production case: obtaining raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use and end of life.

Specific, the LIFE CO₂IntBio project report, asses the impact of  CO₂ synthesis:

Life Cycle Assesment (LCA) is a methodology that objectively evaluates environmental impacts of a product or a service during all the life stages of its existance. 

It has been developed de LCA of the CO₂ production in three different scenarios:

Circular economy is a model of regenerative economy where raw materials come back to the natural cycle or the productive cycle. This way, the product value, materials and resources are maintened in the value chain the most time possible. 

Innovation is key for the transition to a new economic model. Business collaboration and sinergies creation between different industries become a tool to develop a systemic approach of circular economy into the industrial sector. 

CO₂ market has a great growth projection especially due to the development of new CO₂ applications, especially as a sustainable alternative to other chemical products frequently used currently. 

This is very interesting for positioning the Green CO₂ produced in the LIFE CO₂IntBio project, with a 100% renewable origin, wich provides added value for its use as raw material by companies that are increasingly aware of environmental values. 

CO₂ as commercial product has multiple applications and is highly demanded by different sectors of activity. We can find CO₂ in many products consumed on a daily basis. Furthermore, it is the center of several research projects that investigate in new sustainable uses for this gas, since it can be an  alternative more respectful than other chemical products currently used.

In the document attached it is possible to find further information about the variety of uses for the CO₂.