RES4LIVE

Cost-efficient solution for decarbonizing the energy consumption in buildings.

Project Scope

The strategic objective is to develop and bring into the market integrated, cost-effective and case-sensitive RES solutions towards achieving fossil-free livestock farming. To that end, RES4LIVE will adapt and test promising RES technologies in energy-intensive livestock farming (swine, dairy and poultry) for greatly reducing the fossil energy that is the main source to cover the energy demand. Dedicated, optimal designs combined with energy efficiency and other solutions are proposed, demonstrated in 4 pilot farms and evaluated technically, economically, environmentally, and socially.

The main goals that are expected to be succeeded are:

Creating forefront knowledge

in the application of renewable energy solutions in livestock farming

Supporting job growth and competitiveness

in the EU livestock industry, as farmers and entrepreneurially minded companies will be able of outsmarting large industrial farming companies importing animal goods from the USA, Asia, Australia, Brazil and Canada, leading to long-term improvements in competitiveness, sustainability, circularity and diversity of regional and local livestock farms.

Improving EU citizens’ quality of life

by drastically reducing the livestock sector’s environmental footprint, reducing farms’ dependency on fossil fuel and electricity providers and contributing to the de-fossilization of EU economy, fulfilling the EU Green Deal requirements. As a result, products with reduced environmental footprint (e.g. CO2–eq. emissions) will reach the consumers’ table.

Building a high animal welfare of animals and their productivity.

RES4LIVE activities are fully aligned with the future path for the livestock sector, which shall carry out productions suitable to assure food security and food safety, besides putting the animals in condition to have a life worth to be lived, with less diffusion of pathologies (e.g. cough) that could even lead to mortality, and elimination of thermal stress.

Key project Details

It involves 17 partners from 8 countries. The consortium is made of 4 Universities, 4 Research Organizations, 6 SMEs, 1 Farm and 2 International Associations. RES4LIVE will last 48 months from 1st October 2020 to 30th September 2024 with a budget of 4.998.455,00 €

Funded by the European Union