Identifying the skills requirements related to industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency for the European process industry

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dc.contributor.authorAkyazi, Tugçe
dc.contributor.authorGoti Elordi, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorBáyon, Félix
dc.contributor.authorKohlgrüber, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSchröder, Antonius Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-04T12:11:38Z
dc.date.available2025-07-04T12:11:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-20
dc.date.updated2025-07-04T12:11:38Z
dc.description.abstractThe need for sustainable production, efficient use of resources, energy efficiency and reduction in CO2 emission are currently the main drivers that are transforming the European process industry besides Industry 4.0. Since the potential of industrial symbiosis (IS) and energy efficiency (EE) about environmental, economic and social issues has been discovered, the interest in them is gradually increasing. The funding and investments for IS and EE are highly encouraged by the European Commission, while more and more policies as well as research and innovation (R&I) activities are initiated to promote European industry’s advancement towards a circular economy and CO2 neutrality. The aim is to maintain the competitiveness and economic progress of the industry. The key to build a competitive and sustainable European manufacturing industry is to create a competent, highly qualified workforce that is capable of handling the new business models coming with IS and EE requirements and digital technologies. We can generate this by identifying the skills needs and upskilling and reskilling the current workforce accordingly by delivering the suitable training programmes. Therefore, this work identifies the most critical skills needs related to IS and EE for six different energy-intensive sectors (steel, ceramic, water, cement, chemical and minerals) in Europe. The effect of the digital transformation on the skills needs is as well discussed. The identified skills are aimed to be included in vocational education and training (VET), tertiary education and other kinds of training curricula. We also identify the cross-sectoral most representative job profiles linked with EE and IS in these sectors and demonstrate the methodology for the selection process. Furthermore, we present a key tool for identifying the most significant current and future skills requirements. Also, we define the critical skill gaps of the European process industry using this tool. Once the skill gaps are defined, they can be reduced by delivering well-developed continuous trainings. We also link our work to the respectable ESCO, the European Classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations, to attain a common ground with other studies and frameworks, minimise the complexity and contribute to their work. Our work is developed to be an academic and industrial guideline to prepare well-developed training programmes to deliver the needed skills.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research described in the present paper was fnanced within the projects entitled “Identifcation of the necessary skills and competences for professionals of the future renewable energy sector (RENSKILL)” and “Skills and Competences Needed for the Maximization of Energy Efciency and Industrial Symbiosis (S4SYMB)” and both funded by the Euskampus foundation and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and “Blueprint “New Skills Agenda Steel,ESSA”en
dc.identifier.citationAkyazi, T., Goti, A., Bayón, F., Kohlgrüber, M., & Schröder, A. (2023). Identifying the skills requirements related to industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency for the European process industry. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/S12302-023-00762-Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/S12302-023-00762-Z
dc.identifier.eissn2190-4715
dc.identifier.issn2190-4707
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/3157
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2023
dc.subject.otherCircular economy
dc.subject.otherEnergy efficiency
dc.subject.otherEnergy-intensive sectors
dc.subject.otherIndustrial symbiosis
dc.subject.otherProcess industry
dc.subject.otherSkills
dc.subject.otherSustainability
dc.subject.otherWorkforce
dc.titleIdentifying the skills requirements related to industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency for the European process industryen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Sciences Europe
oaire.citation.volume35
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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