Green Electronics: electronics that are themselves sustainable by design. These aim to minimize environmental impacts using sustainable materials, cleaner processes, energy-efficient manufacturing, and circular product design.
Electronics for Green: electronics that enable sustainability in other sectors, for instance by improving energy efficiency, supporting smart mobility, or enabling digital solutions for resource optimization.
EU Project Landscape:
12 Horizon Europe or Horizon 2020 projects involved in the EU Green Electronics Working:
CircEl-Paper – Circular Economy Applied To Electronic Printed Circuit Boards Based On Paper
ECOTRON – How to minimize the ecological footprint for functional electronics?
HyPELignum – Exploring wooden materials in hybrid printed electronics: a holistic approach towards functional electronics with net zero emissions
SusFE – Innovative Processes & Methodologies for Next Generation Sustainable Functional Electronic Components and Systems
SUINK – SUstainable self-charging power systems developed by INKjet printing
Sustain-a-Print – Sustainable materials and process for green printed electronics
UNICORN – Unveiling Innovation Potential of Circular Approaches in Automotive Electronics and Beyond
REFORM – pRinted Electronics FOR the circular economy
EECONE – European ECOsystem for greeN Electronics
SUSTRONICS – Sustainable and green electronics for circular economy
CIRC-UITS – Circular Integration of independent Reverse supply Chains for the smart reUse of IndusTrially relevant Semiconductors
Best Practices for Green and Sustainable Flexible and Printed Electronics:
