From smart campus to smart city: Monastir living lab

Our aim is in conceiving innovative processes in the whole recycling value chain, including the waste treatment fields in the objective to economize water, energy and to create clean and safe environment in the main establishments of the University of Monastir and in the City of Monastir. The main mission is to establish circular economy concept by creating a sustainable development, based on research, innovation, cooperation and participation. The main objectives of the Monastir living Lab (MoLL)is to widespread the good practices from the smart campus to the smart City! The strengths of Monastir Living Lab are the existance of an important synergy between research, industrial and societal activities, especially in textile and fashion domains, chemistry, water treatment, energetics, electro-mechanics, biotechnology and health science. The University of Monastir campus is essentially based on an important collaborations and projects with industry in textile, packaging, electric-electronic-laptop devices recycling, public organisations and associations. For research and development, our Living Lab is synergy with various laboratories and specialities from the University of Monastir (UM); a multidisciplinary university with a medical campus and a technologically campus. Furthermore, UM is very active in international cooperation with several European projects (Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus Plus, Tempus, H2020...).