this residue is a problem for a company and an additional cost may be best raw materials for another company. Therefore, in some industrial areas, what is known as the exchange of surpluses between the different companies that compose it has begun to be encouraged. industrial symbiosis. This is just one of the examples laid on the table this Wednesday. 3rd Valencia Community Industrial Zones Congress held in Alicante, organized by Fepeval and Sustainability in the management strategy of these venues.
It is a topic that was discussed at many roundtable meetings hosted by the event, attended by business representatives, municipal officials and consultants, as well as industrial zone managers from all over the country. In this context, the director of CBRE in Alicante, Maite BarguesHe explained in detail the work carried out by the company. Plans to reduce CO2 emissions in the design of many companies or marketing strategies sustainable mobilitysomething particularly relevant given the volume of workers who tend to go to polygons every day.
Aidimme’s deputy director and one of the directors of the Society’s Industrial Symbiosis Observatory, for his part, Vincent SalesHe explained the importance of the circular economy and how such applications are made. waste exchange can contribute to improving their sustainability among companies. A development that can also come through the Constitution Local Energy Communities Investments in self-consuming renewable energies combined to reduce the electricity bill of companies participating in the project, an issue addressed by the head of Synergies and Innovation at Eiffage Energía (CEL), Ramon Gero.
The executive also spoke about low carbon structure and other solutions where the impact of these industrial areas can also be reduced.
Along the same lines, its importance was also discussed at the congress. infrastructures Advisor to Femed and Valencia Entrepreneurs Association (AVE) within this strategy to advance in sustainability, Francisco Garcia Calvoemphasized the importance of interconnection of polygons. railway axes. “It should be noted that the railway is the most efficient, economical and safe means of transport, in fact, already in Europe there is talk of the railway highway, which allows trains to transport containers and truck semi-trailers,” he said. expert. .
In addition to promoting environmental strategies in this way, the Congress also stressed the need to modernize the management of industrial sites, and Management and Modernization Organization Created by Generalitat in 2018.
Success stories such as those related to the Cotes industrial area in Algemesi were also revealed at the event; L’Andana from Paterna; or that of Asempas in Teruel.
Already at closing, the head of Fepeval, Santiago Salvador, “The implementation of the Valencia Community Law 14/2018 allows us to have decent, modern, competitive and sustainable industrial spaces,” he said. President of the Spanish Confederation of Business Areas (Cedaes), Santos Prieto, drew attention to the importance of these places and reminded that “in cases of economic crisis, 5 percent less unemployment is recorded in cities with industrial zones”. Other attendees of the event are Mari Carmen, mayor of Alicante from Spain, or Júlia Company, manager of Ivace.