Fontys university of applied sciences, opens Friday, is a new knowledge center in Eindhoven, where students and companies get to work in order to ensure that the economy is in the Southern part of the Netherlands in a sustainable development.
The so-called centre of Expertise in a Circular Transition, focused on re-use of raw materials and the shift towards environmentally-friendly forms of energy consumption. College students will pull together with the third parties, in particular smes in the manufacturing sector.
There are already several projects in the region, in which the students and the smes to conduct research into business models in which resources are constantly recycled. The centre Communication of his knowledge to expand and apply it in practice. According to the school matches, this was really simple and the ambitions of companies and governments within the Region-a region.
The centre will begin next week during the Week of the ‘Circular Economy’ in Eindhoven, an exhibition and a symposium.