Van der Schueren, Lien and Buyle, Guy and Earley, Rebecca and Pavlidou, Silvia and van Zomeren, Andre and Jovancic, Petar and Hanning, Anne-Charlotte and Thureau, Frederique and Stellmach, Dieter and Sofianopoulos, Manos (2025) HEREWEAR: Final Progress Report. Technical Report. Centexbel. (Unpublished)
Type of Research: | Report |
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Creators: | Van der Schueren, Lien and Buyle, Guy and Earley, Rebecca and Pavlidou, Silvia and van Zomeren, Andre and Jovancic, Petar and Hanning, Anne-Charlotte and Thureau, Frederique and Stellmach, Dieter and Sofianopoulos, Manos |
Description: | The project HEREWEAR (Bio-based local sustainable circular wear) aimed at the creation of a European ecosystem for locally produced circular textiles and clothing made from bio-based resources. On the technical side, emerging sustainable technologies for wet and melt spinning of cellulose and bio-based polyesters, for yarn and fabric production and for coating and colouring have been developed and piloted at semi-industrial scale. HEREWEAR also worked on the minimization of microfibre release via measures along the textile manufacturing process. Further, the sustainability and circularity of our clothing and textile sector was supported via connecting regional micro factories and via platform-supported, networked production resources. The main focus of the WPs in the last reporting period is presented below. WP1 – UAL led on this work. Design for bio-based circular textiles focused on the finalisation of the software feature of partner CIRCFASH that aims to support fashion brands and designers to create more circular and bio-based products with local aspects. After a series of updated and improved versions, the so-called Design Inspiration Tool was launched on their website. WP2 – Biorefinery and WP3 – Wet & melt spinning finished during Reporting Period 2. Related activities focused on the upscaling of the developments and were linked to WP5 for the production of the required bio-based textiles for the prototypes and to WP7 to assess the biorefinery potential of alternative feedstocks. In WP4 – Bio-based textile intermediates manufacturing focus was given to the bio-based dyeing and finishing processes. In addition, the guidelines for industrial scale-up of the investigated textile processing steps were elaborated. WP5 – Demonstration bio-based garment production & validation took up the results from previous WPs for the creation and validation of garments. A range of garment prototypes was produced using HEREWEAR bio-based materials (both straw based cellulose and biopolyesters) and applying our HEREWEAR design approaches. These garments have been fully assessed for their performance as well as circularity potential. WP6 – Environmental & social assessment evaluates the sustainability of the HEREWEAR garment prototypes while comparing them with their reference counterparts, which shows the promising positive impact of using bio-based input material. In addition, a Global Sustainability Assessment was performed leading to the same conclusion. WP7 – Stakeholder community building focused on the organisation of a series of HEREWEAR community events and the organisation of some “proof of concept” exercises with a selected set of community members to validate the HEREWEAR scenarios. Also, the long-term sustainability of both the HEREWEAR Community and the HEREWEAR Hub was ensured. WP8 – Innovation management & Impact continued the dissemination activities to ensure visibility and engagement towards the HEREWEAR project and community. During this period additional focus was given to the business models, the creation of a policy brief and the interaction with standardisation. Finally, the training material was further developed under the umbrella of the HEREWEAR Hub Resources. From coordination side, the focus has been on the continuous project management processes, mainly related to communication, quality management (e.g. for internal review of project deliverables), reporting (e.g. M36 and final reporting) and the clustering activities with projects with similar goals for a more sustainable textile industry (e.g. twin projects and ECOSYSTEX). Overall, the project led to the creation of over 70 prototype garments, effectively demonstrating both HEREWEAR's technical achievements and its supporting services for design and networked manufacturing. These garments serve as an excellent showcase of the HEREWEAR vision and valuable promotional material to support the project towards exploitation and commercialization. Additionally, the HEREWEAR Community and Hub will play a key role in preserving and advancing the project's legacy. |
Official Website: | https://herewear.eu/ |
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | BioLocal Circular Design |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | Centexbel |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts |
Date: | 10 January 2025 |
Funders: | EU H2020 No. 101000632 |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2025 14:37 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2025 14:37 |
Item ID: | 23301 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23301 |
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