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A Step towards zero eMissions goAl in Heath SectoR: BesT Practice Examples in Hospital Universitario RÃo Hortega (LIFE SMART Hospital)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2014, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2017,
...ector. According to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates, the 73 billion kilowatt hours consumed annually by the American health system have a cost of $600 billion in the form of direct energy consumption and health externalities arising from pollutant emissions.
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The main goal of the LIFE SMA ...
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Ensuring quality of waste-derived products to achieve resource efficiency (EQual)
Date du début: 12 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 24 oct. 2014,
...protocols include biodegradable waste compost, blast furnace slag, wood waste, and non-packaging plastics. These are recycled to produce products for use in sectors like agriculture, construction, energy and manufacturing. By 2020, the benefits to England and Wales from the WWP are estimated at around £1 billion, in business savings and increased sales of waste-derived products. Simultaneously, i ...
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Using hydrogeobiocells (HGBcells) for the in-situ biological treatment of CAH contaminated groundwater in areas with low hydraulic gradients (LVM-BIOcells)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,
...favourable.
Objectives
The project's objective is to demonstrate the applicability of an innovative, cost-efficient and energy-efficient remediation technique for groundwater contaminated by CAHs. This will be applied at a site characterised by low natural groundwater flow velocities.
The project aims to demonstrate: ...
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Project for Optimisation of Water and Emissions Reduction (POWER)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2013,
...ed by the agricultural sector. However, there is a high percentage of inefficient irrigation infrastructure and low levels of deployment of new technologies to improve irrigation efficiency. The high energy required to move water for irrigation is an additional environmental problem. According to the National Irrigation Plan, electricity use for primary agriculture and irrigation in Spain increase ...
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Eco-sustainable managmenet of water and wastewater in rural communities (ECOMAWARU)
Date du début: 1 mars 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2013,
...of biological processes driven by aquatic photosynthetic organisms, in this case the projectâs main innovation is to use microalgae in this context. The process is sustainable regarding energy consumption and management.
The project constructed two prototype plants (photobioreactors) with microalgae: a closed bioreactor and an open one (pond). In an urban catchment area, a photobioreactor was ...
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Promoting green products (GREEN-PRO)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2013,
...oducts are responsible for less environmental impacts, as they use fewer raw materials, reduce packaging, and utilise recycled or renewable sources (e.g. recycled paper, plastic, metals and renewable energy). Therefore, an increased use of green products can reduce waste sent to landfill.
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The main objective of ...
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Clean-Distribution of goods in Specimen Areas at the last mile of the intermodal Transport Chain (C-DISPATCH)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2005, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2007,
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Traffic and traffic congestion is a major cause of pollution in European cities. It produces noxious gas emissions, generates high levels of noise and consumes large amounts of energy. These factors can impact negatively on the natural environment as well as the historical and artistic heritage of the urban spaces and citizensâ quality of life.
Many European cities have c ...
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Water-Renew : Wastewater polishing using renewble energy crops (Water-Renew)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2004, Date de fin: 1 déc. 2008,
...y.
Objectives
The project aimed to:
Demonstrate nutrient removal from sewage effluent using wastewater polishing and bioenergy crops;
Enhance the efficiency of the system used in the project to ensure it can be widely adopted by water companies;
Identify long-term environmental hazards from pathogens, heavy metals an ...
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A sustainable development plan for Pianalto (HIGHPLAN PIANALTO)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2004, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2007,
...ich nine were completed, covering three of the fours strategic macro-areas (sustainable buildings, waste management and rural landscape). The completed projects included:
The application of an Energy Appendix to the Buildings Regulations of 10 municipalities to improve the energy efficiency of new or renovated buildings
Public buildings project: 14 public buildings were analysed and technical ad ...
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Building energy certification in the light of the Directive 2002/91/EC (ENCERB)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2004, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2006,
Background
The EC Directive 2002/91/EC on the Energy Performance of Buildings requires the energy certification of buildings in order to reduce CO2 emissions. A previous LIFE project "ENERLAB" (LIFE02 ENV/LV/000478) tested an energy certification scheme developed by Riga Technical University in the town of Ogre in Latvia. However, this system only conside ...
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Sustainable development of Croatian capacity in CHP (combined heat and power) sector (LIFECROCHP)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2002, Date de fin: 30 juin 2004,
...at cause global warming. The fifth EC Environmental Action Programme sets a long-term approach and focuses on a global approach to sustainability. Currently, Croatia does not have approved national energy, environmental or climate change strategies and there is no government agency dedicated to rational energy use or climate change. In the process of closer cooperation between Croatia and the E ...
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Implementing the Water Framework Directive to temporary rivers: tools for the assessment of their ecological status (LIFE TRIVERS)
Date du début: 2 juin 2014, Date de fin: 1 juin 2018,
...half of EU river basins. To respond to this, in addition to improving water allocation based on ecological flow, water efficiency measures should be taken to save water and, in many cases, to save energy too.
These issues are addressed by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), which establishes a legal framework to protect and restore clean water in Europe, and to ensure its long-term, sustainab ...
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Best agricultural practices for Climate Change: Integrating strategies for mitigation and adaptation (Life+ ClimAgri)
Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,
...is to take full advantage of the potential of agriculture to mitigate climate change and adapt to its consequences, as well as to increase the positive contribution the sector makes towards enhancing energy efficiency and carbon capture and sequestration. To achieve this outcome, European authorities must be informed about the mitigation and adaptation practices that have already been studied on a ...
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An innovative and sustainable plan for managing public lighting and combatting light pollution in Le Mans Métropole (URBAN LIGHT PLAN)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,
...nsification in the amount of public lighting across the globe in the past few decades has led to the emergence of the notion of light pollution.
Public lighting also consumes significant amounts of energy. This is not only an economic cost for local authorities, but also contributes importantly to the greenhouse effect, because it generates approximately 110 g of CO2 per kWh consumed. Furthermor ...
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Demonstration of a low cost and environmentally friendly Zinc Air Energy Storage System for renewable energy integration (LIFE ZAESS)
Date du début: 2 juin 2014, Date de fin: 1 oct. 2017,
... required to mitigate climate change and to limit global warming to the internationally agreed target of 2ºC above pre-industrial levels by 2050.
According to the European Environment Agency, the energy sector is the largest single source of CO2 emissions, generating 31% of all EU CO2 emissions. The transition to a low-carbon economy necessarily involves a significant transformation of the energ ...
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"Electric Bus Rapid Transit: high capacity Bus with zero local emissions" (LIFE BeeBus)
Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2017,
...ctric bus designed for quick recharging during stops at passenger stations.
The use of electric propulsion reduces emissions of many pollutants. In addition, thanks to the full recovery of kinetic energy during braking, the overall system performance is significantly more efficient than diesel buses.
The potential uptake the BeeBus technology is reinforced by its reasonable implementation cost t ...
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LIFE VANECO- Reduction of energy consumption and salt co-production during oxidation and condensation reactions (LIFE VANECO)
Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2019,
Background
With a more than 30% share of total industrial energy use worldwide (including feedstocks), the chemical/petrochemical sector is by far the largest energy user in industry, with related high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the European Environment Agency, the European chemicals industry, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals ...
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Alternative Energy Support Programme
Date du début: 31 déc. 2004, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2008,
The project is an alternative energy support programme. The programme proposes to employ a technical support officer and business development officer who will work as a team in promoting the production of alternative energy in the central Border area and secondly to advise business, industry and community businesses on the most efficient alternative energy systems. The technical support worker wil ...
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Introducing Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea (BaltSeaPlan)
Date du début: 31 déc. 2008, Date de fin: 23 janv. 2012,
...eate model for BSR wide data exchangeb) Include Spatial Planning in National Maritime Strategies• assess national frameworks and sectoral strategies influencing the sea space use (e.g. energy, fishery, transport, tourism, as well as nature conservation)• prepare recommendations on spatial issues within National Maritime Strategiesc) Develop a Common Spatial Vision for the Baltic Sea• develop joint ...
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ECOREGIONS
Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 29 sept. 2014,
...ganizations: Picardie Region (Fr) -exporting partner in Rur@ct and today ECOREGIONS Lead Partner (LP)-, District of Forcheim (De), State Development Coporation of Thuringia (De), Regional Agency for Energy of Eszak Alfold (Hu), Chamber of commerce of Cremona (It), Malta intelligent energy management agency (Ma), County of Hordaland (No) and ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network), ...
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The Ecologically Acceptable Application of the Sewage-Sludges in the Remediation of Soil (ECOSOILREM)
Date du début: 31 août 2012, Date de fin: 29 avr. 2015,
...ty of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava and the University of Western Hungary, and to extend their common activities with the involvement of the Research Centre for Growing Plants in Piestany and the Energy Agency Public Nonprofit Ltd.2. To strengthen the research activity of the co-operating partners, to increase efficiency, to utilise the already existing instrument infrastructure and the scient ...
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European model for Public Transport Authority as a key factor leading to transport sustainability. (EPTA)
Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 29 juin 2014,
...he local government) or decentralised (separate public owned company)depending on political choice.The EPTA proposal aims at increasing public transport sustainability focussing on environmental, energy and economic aspects through the identification of a MODEL of PTA as a powerful tool of governance.As a strategy the use of 3 leverages such as Quality, Efficiency and Efficacy will be applied to t ...
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INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES BY FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW-HOW TRANSFER BETWEEN SMES, RESEARCH, INDUSTRY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SPHERE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ICT FOR THE SOFIA AND NIS DISTRICTS
Date du début: 21 août 2011, Date de fin: 21 août 2012,
...strains of the CB region, revolves around the following pillars: i) LDOs and SMEs are interested in developing their capacity. They have expressed their need for acquiring specific knowledge over energy efficiency, renewable energy and ICT and appliance of these new technology in real business; ii) Study of the current needs for new technologies of SMEs in the priority areas; iii) finding solution ...
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Improvement the effectiveness of regional development policies in eco-INNovation for smart hOme and independent liVing to increase the quality of life of Aging people (INN.O.V.Age)
Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2014,
...ers met for the first time.It was the occasion for a public workshop during which the representatives of quadruple helix model reviewed their experiences for user oriented solutions to improve energy efficiency and elderly independent living at home; and also for the Study Visit to i-Live cluster. On June, the Partners met again for the second study visit in Netherland organized by TNO to show Dut ...
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Regional policy instruments and approaches for improving access to finance and speeding up investments in sustainable energy. (Regions4GreenGrowth (R4GG))
Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2014,
The EU, its Member States and EU regions have defined ambitious energy strategies, setting firm targets for an increased share of renewable energy sources, more energy efficiency and less carbon emissions in order to make Europes energy supply sustainable and future proof.An important obstacle for wide-spread introduction of renewable energy production capacity and energy efficiency measures is th ...
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Improving Communities' Sustainable Energy Policy Tools (STEP)
Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2014,
The STEP partnership consists of 9 ambitious partners from 8 regions wishing to improve their local sustainable energy policies and support the deployment of regional policies at local level. In order to achieve the EU 20-20 by 20 targets national and regional policies have to be deployed more efficiently at local authorities level, which are the key of successful policy implementation. The EU str ...
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Smart Metering and home Automation technologies Re - Training for Electricians
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGESThe adoption of energy efficiency measures for buildings creates a strong demand for digital and green skills for smart metering and home automation technologies. Electricians, apart from technical proficiency, require a combination of digital and environmental skills to respond to the installation, maintenance, and programming of smart metering and energy efficiency home au ...
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Eco Manufactured transportation means from Clean and Competitive Factory (EMC2-Factory)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2014,
According to the International Energy Agency, the Manufacturing sector is at worldwide level responsible for approximately 37% of primary energy consumption being, in most of the developed countries, it is the largest energy consumer and CO2 producer. In this new competitive scenario, European manufacturers have to rethink the current ideas of manufacturing and factories, to be prepared for the n ...
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Factory ECO-friendly and energy efficient technologies and adaptive autoMATION solutions (FACTORY-ECOMATION)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,
The production landscape is changing. Traditionally, energy costs represented a small part of the production expenses, meaning that the design of production facilities usually neglected efficient energy usage in favour of maximization of production throughput; the energy consumption of factories has been always high, but energy cost has increased dramatically in the last decades, pushing industria ...
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Radiant heating wall-to-wall carpet for energy efficiency space heating of existing non-residential buildings (RADCARPET)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,
Energy efficiency is using less energy while maintaining an equivalent service. EU set a target for 2020 of saving 20% of primary energy consumption. Nearly 40% of the energy is consumed by buildings. Large efforts are being invested in future low energy buildings, but the reality is that existing buildings represent 99% of the stock. The EPBD recast sets minimum requirements for existing building ...
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Demonstration of a novel thermo-chemical heat storage system to improve energy-efficiency in CHP power plants and in solar driven industrial applications with high relevance in SMEs (HS-Demo)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,
...reement No.: 222116) successfully developed a zeolite based thermo-chemical heat storage concept at an integrated 1000 litre scale with significant advantages compared to SoA technologies in terms of energy density and flexibility. HeatSaver was assessed by the EC Research Executive Agency(REA) as delivering high quality science and technology development: That the project made good progress, achi ...
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INTerdisciplinary ACTion for accelerating RD on and implementation of solid sorption heat pumps (InterAct)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2015, Date de fin: 30 juin 2016,
...ms to advance the introduction of solid-sorption heat pumps to the market and to expand their application to industrial process heating as well as heating in buildings. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy efficiency is the first option for reducing carbon dioxide emissions – before renewables and biofuels. Solid-sorption heat pumps are a very promising option for energy effi ...
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Organisation and Delivery of the Luxembourgish Presidency Conference on the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) (SET LU)
Date du début: 25 mars 2015, Date de fin: 24 nov. 2015,
The European Strategic Energy Technology plan (SET Plan) aims at creating a new European policy for Energy technology, by delivering a joint strategic planning, effective implementation, optimised resources and a new approach to cooperation. This includes a complex coordination of member states, PPPs and research networks.Therefore, “checking points” are necessary to assess the activities develope ...
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Intelligent functional glazing with self-cleaning properties to improve the energy efficiency of the built environment (IntelGlazing)
Date du début: 1 mars 2016, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2021,
The latest forecast by the International Energy Agency predicts that the CO2 emissions from the built environment will reach 15.2Gt in 2050, double their 2007 levels. Buildings consume 40% of the primary energy in developed countries with heating and cooling alone accounting for 63% of the energy spent indoors. These trends are on an ascending trajectory - e.g. the average energy demand for air-co ...
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Breakthrough high performance cost competitive solar concentration system for combined heat and power generation (FOCALSTREAM)
Date du début: 1 mai 2016, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2018,
The building sector is one of the key consumers of energy in Europe where energy use in buildings has seen a rising trend over the past 20 years. Buildings are responsible for around 40 % of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Moreover, electricity consumption in the residential and commercial building sector doubled between 1980 and 2000, and is expected to increase another ...
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Cloud Energy management solution for Office It equipment and Smart devices (POWERCLOUD)
Date du début: 1 août 2015, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2017,
ICT industry requires a large amount of energy to power its infrastructure (Computing and networking mainly), accounting for 10% of global electricity consumption. The ICT sector direct emissions are expected to increase a 270% from 2002 to 2020. As electricity takes a larger portion of the SME costs, companies try to find new ways to reduce both the financial and environmental impact of this cons ...
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Capacity Building on Energy Performance Contracting in European Markets in Transition (EnPC-INTRANS)
Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2017,
A project proposed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with the Climate Protection and Energy Agency of Baden-Württemberg/Germany and European competence centres on Energy Performance Contracting (EnPC) in Croatia, Greece and Slovenia, a competence centre for e-learning in Slovakia, and key actors for the promotion of EnPC at the local level in Latv ...
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Efficient Grid Connected Buildings: A Distributed Control Framework for Managing Flexible Loads (BuildingControls)
Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2018,
The renewable energy penetration targets set by EU and US necessitate a radical change in the way we operate the electric power grid. Conventional power grid was designed around dispatchable central power plants at a transmission level providing services down to industrial, commercial and residential end-users at a distribution level. Increased penetration of the intermittent and uncertain renew ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project
Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 31 mai 2016,
...part of previously given educational offer conducted entirely in English at CUT:
- BSc in Biotechnology for Environmental Protection,
- BSc in Business and Technology,
- BSc in Intelligent Energy,
- BSc in Computer Modelling and Simulation,
- BSc in Management and Production Engineering,
- MSc in Management
- MSc in Logistics,
new English taught specialization had been developed:
- MSc in Managem ...
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Structuring of the building energy innovation offer and the technology transfer in the Midi-pyrenees region (InCITE)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 30 juin 2011,
According to the European Commission expertise, the building sector accounts for nearly 40% of the EU total energy consumption. In this context the implementation of new technologies in the building industry is crucial as far as the energy efficiency objective is concerned. The InCITE project aims to establish a regional cluster in the field of building energy. It will constitute the innovation, ...
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