Sustainable Production
Promoting eco-friendly production methods and sustainable industrial practices, the Sustainable Production Cluster focuses on sectors such as metal processing, agrifood, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, and textiles. Operating within ATHENA ecosystems, it drives the ecological transition of secondary sector industries by incorporating concepts like Industry 4.0, circular economy systems, carbon-neutral manufacturing, intelligent recycling, resource efficiency, smart energy materials, and hydrogen technology.
Contact person : Joanna Czarnecka (Joanna.czarnecka@mail.umcs.pl)
Cluster: Sustainable Production
3D Printing in education – improved student engagement with hands-on learning
This project aims to enhance 3D Printing teaching in schools providing a toolkit/guidelines/ and related trainings, a LMS online platform and skills to implement cross curricular lessons, optimizing learning outcomes and school teachers' skills. It offers hands-on learning opportunities, enhances creativity and innovation, and improve student's engagement and understanding. It will include gender equality and green approaches allowing cross-curricular learning using 3D Print technology.
Smart Electricity for Buildings
The (“Smart Electricity for Buildings” – SEBCoVE) project objective is to upgrade the role of the VET should play, to cover the needs for agile, resilient, and future-proof VET systems, which can support electricians towards employment, manage their entry to a changing labour market and ensure that they all will have an opportunity to access vocational programs tailored to digital transition. Specifically, the objective of the SEBCoVE project is in line with EU objectives by developing Centres of Vocational Excellence, supporting the Smart Specialisation, embedded in regional skills ecosystems, with the ambition to be world-class reference points for continuing up- and reskilling of professionals engaged in Smart Electricity for Buildings (SEBs) sector and establish an international knowledge hub, VET excellency systems, transferring know-how, for boosting regional development.