Turning waste streams into value.
Bringing waste to life.
Fresh locally grown Luxembourgish high quality tomatoes in Winter ? Yes please ! Today 97% of Luxembourgish vegetables are imported. We are determined to change that. At MiR3.lu we have found a way to use industrial waste streams to produce sustainable and needed vegetables, like tomatoes, in Luxembourg in a profitable manner
Our Mission
Capture and valorise industrial waste streams
MiR3.lu has the ambition to become a leader in the development and financing of circular projects on an industrial scale using waste streams in the Grouss Regioun. By converting unused residual flows into useful and valuable resources, we contribute to increased circularity and self-sufficiency while creating new green jobs: Industrial symbiosis.
Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a system approach that connects different industrial stakeholders to leverage underutilised resources in a more integrated and sustainable way.
We develop projects that capture industrial waste streams and we valorise these. We bring Industry, entrepreneurs, finance, and government together to facilitate Industrial Symbiosis. Our projects deliver needed outputs and jobs, sustainable and profitable.
By connecting industry that wants to put their waste streams to better use, with entrepreneurs that benefit from accessible energy and raw materials in different forms and the government to make it happen. This circular system also nurtures other possibilities, such as more local jobs and a self-sufficient food production.
Business concept
To capture waste streams and regenerate food-producing businesses
Climate change and sustainability-related challenges require real, rapid and decisive action in the form of industrial-scale solutions. MiR3.lu projects are based on re-use of medium to low-grade waste heat, which typically means temperatures below 80 C°. Such waste streams enable and enhance biological processes, allowing many forms of food, feed and fuel production.
These projects are best suited for cool climate conditions, like in the northern hemisphere. Ambient temperatures higher than the process temperature may require cooling to avoid harming process organisms, as in warm climates. For these reasons, our focus is food production in cool climates.
Five straight steps to a circular way
MiR3.lu regenerative system can be used anywhere in connection with major industrial production. Once potential waste streams, land and operators have been identified, MiR3.lu develops a commercially attractive project and runs the process of connecting local stakeholders, entrepreneurs and the community. A dedicated team secures funding, plans, designs and oversees construction of a new facility, while ensuring that all parties get to grow together. MiR3..lu continues to secure valuable knowledge from the project, monitor and oversee the impact created, and prepare for a potential divestment.
Assessment
Identify and qualify industrial waste streams, most suitable applications, partners and possible impact.
Planning
Define project, connect stakeholders, secure waste stream, land and funding, benchmark impact.
Development
Technical design, secure permits, select suppliers. Onboard project team.
Construction
Initiate construction and procurement, conduct tests, refine impact calculations
Asset management
Hand over to operator, monitor, carry out continuous improvements. Prepare divestment.
We See Our Role In
Bringing together partners
We bring together Industry, having waste streams & operators making using of these, together with partners for the marketing & sales of the products and ensure the support from governmental institutes
Financing
with our years of experience, we have the contacts to set appropriate financing in place with the right suitable partners.
Project management
We can manage the project from A – Z, from conceptualisation to start of operation.
Procurement
We offer to support in sourcing, identifying the right suppliers, in negotiating conditions and prepare the agreements.
Projects
Our Projects
In Koerich, close to Luxembourg City, we are realizing a pilot project. By using waste heat coming from a datacenter we are able to heat Luxembourg’s first large-scale high-tech greenhouse, of 3 hectares, in which we can grow vegetables, all year long under controlled and protected conditions. Heated by waste heat. Heat that otherwise would have been discharged into the atmosphere. Suddenly every season is harvesting season ! It is a substantial greenhouse for Luxembourg. We can produce 50% of the Luxembourgish demand for fresh tomatoes.
Concept Advantages
Turning waste into value
With only using waste heat, we can produce 50% of the Luxembourgish demand for fresh tomatoes.
100% sustainable
A greenhouse requires 90% less water compared to open field production where we cover 100% of the vegetable production with rainwater.
More control over quality
We will be able to produce the vegetables pesticides free. Also we shorten the transportation distance from farm to fork providing fresher production.
Creating non seasonal jobs
It is economically viable and profitable for the local community since It’s a local production increases the Luxembourgish autarky drastically.
Contact us
Who we are
Ralf Bartz
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Nuno Rodrigues
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Roel Hoogveld
20 years international experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, as well as Project Management. Working nearly 8 years POST Luxembourg, 6 years for Husky Injection Molding Systems and 9 years for PVG International.
About Us
Our Story
The 3 of us, were brought together by coincidence. We are sharing a common vision: Do something useful with waste heat. Three years ago, everyone told us our idea is impossible in Luxembourg. Many have tried to start up something similar in the past decades, but they all failed. Greenhouses were never approved in Luxembourg. We realised industry can play a catalysator role. Soon we noticed the enthusiasm in the market and that when a motivated industrial player joins, the things can happen. We have seen that in close collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment, Luxinnovation and other partners, we can enable and realise a project like this in Luxembourg. A project that makes economically sense and is sustainable due to using waste streams and using 100% rainwater. After 3 years we managed to get the authorisation from the government to construct the first high-tech large-scale greenhouse of Luxembourg, in a green-zone. Regulation was adapted. New laws were passed. Now it is possible.