Lambton Circular Economy Innovation Platform (LCEIP)

人口在增长，对原材料的需求也在增长，但关键原材料的供应有限。此外，提取和使用原材料对环境有重大影响。它还会增加能源消耗和二氧化碳排放。循环经济作为清洁技术领域的一大重点，是缓解上述许多挑战的关键途径。兰伯顿学院有六个成熟的研究中心，专注于生物、材料、信息技术、制造、能源和水方面的合作研究。此外，学院拥有强大的研究小组，支持社会科学与健康、天然保健品和食品饮料。通过这些成熟的中心和小组，兰伯顿创建了一个强大的研究组合，支持以循环经济为重点的合作研究。Lambton将通过动员赠款形成Lambton循环经济创新平台(LCEIP)，该平台将提供必要的手段，通过增加获得资源的机会和能力来加强现有的研究中心和团体，以解决工业、卫生和专注于循环经济的非营利社区组织的应用研究优先事项。此外，通过LCEIP，Lambton将开发新的研究领域，包括电池制造和回收以及食物垃圾回收。此外，这笔赠款将允许扩大现有的合作伙伴关系，并与学院、大学、创新园区和其他政府机构发展新的关系，以启动与行业和非营利组织的更多合作伙伴关系，并提供更全面的创新服务。预计LCEIP将在5年内开发250个应用研究项目和125个更长的项目，每年吸引50万美元的伙伴关系支持和300万美元的基础设施赠款。此外，LCEIP将为来自技术、IT、健康和商业项目的不同学生提供155个研究型学生体验教育机会，以满足日益增长的循环经济重点行业的需求。LCEIP将成为一个关键项目，提供专注于循环经济的长期应用研究倡议，这是学院在自然科学、工程、社会科学、人文和健康科学领域的合作伙伴的优先事项。

The population is growing and with it the demand for raw materials, but the supply of crucial raw materials is limited. In addition, extracting and using raw materials has a major impact on the environment. It also increases energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Circular economy as a major focus for Clean Tech sector is a critical pathway to mitigate many of above-mentioned challenges. Lambton College has six established research centres focused on collaborative research in bio, material, information technology, manufacturing, energy, and water. In addition, the College has strong research groups supporting social science and health, natural health products and food and beverage. Through these established centres and groups, Lambton has created a strong research portfolio that supports collaborative research focused on the Circular Economy. Lambton through the Mobilize grant will form the Lambton Circular Economy Innovation Platform (LCEIP) that will provide essential means to enhance the existing research centres and groups by increasing access to resources and capacity to address applied research priorities in industry, health, and not-for-profit community-based organizations focused on the Circular Economy. In addition, through the LCEIP Lambton will develop new areas of research that will including battery manufacturing and recycling and food waste recycling. Furthermore, the grant will allow for the expansion of existing partnerships and development of new relationships with colleges, universities, innovation parks and other government agencies to initiate more partnerships with industry and not-for-profits and offer more comprehensive innovation services. It is expected that LCEIP will develop 250 applied research projects over 5 years and 125 longer projects, attracting $500K/year partnership support and $3M in infrastructure grants. In addition, the LCEIP will be critical for providing 155 research student experiential education opportunities for a diverse pool of students from technology, IT, health and business programs for a growing circular economy focused industries. The LCEIP will become a key program to provide long-term applied research initiatives focused on Circular Economy which is the priority of the college's partners in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and health sciences.