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elopment
and
innovation
support
to
the
industry
and
undertake
an
extensive
outreach
project

to
promote
the
use
of
renewable
materials
in
sustainable
development
(Fig.
1)

With
excellence
in
research,
innovation,
and
application
into
economy
and
society,
the
new

Centre
of
Excellence
InnoRenew
CoE
will
improve
sustainable
building
practices
by
combining
the

existing
concepts
with
the
Restorative
Environmental
Design
(RED)
paradigm,
which
combines

sustainable
building
practices
with
biophilic
design.
This
will
increase
the
competitive
advantage

of
the
affiliated
renewable
resource-­‐based
construction
industry,
and
create
innovation
and

market
pull
for
RED-­‐based
materials
and
products.
Consequently,
innovation
and
market
pull
for

material
recovery,
and
higher
added
value
renewable
resources
will
be
initiated.
Research
and

development
activities
will
seek
the
optimal
intersection
of
performance
and
sustainability,

including
economic,
environmental,
and
societal
indicators.
With
support
and
guidance
from
the

advanced
partner,
Fraunhofer
WKI,
scientific
research
and
development
activities
will
be

transferred
profitably
and
efficiently
to
the
industry
and
through
them
to
society
in
the
form
of

innovative
new
products
and
processes.

Figure
1:

Schematic
presentation
of
the
InnoRenew
CoE
concept
–
to
convert
scientific,

fundamental
and
applied,
research
excellence
into
value
added
innovations.

References

InnoRenew
CoE
http://www.innorenew.eu/en/
(accessed
August
1st
2015)

Acknowledgments:

The
authors
would
like
to
acknowledge
the
European
Commission
Horizon
2020
Teaming

programme
for
financial
support
within
the
frame
of
the
project
InnoRenew
CoE.

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