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Climate Governance: Implementing public policies to calculate and reduce organisations' carbon footprint (LIFE Clim'Foot)
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Background
The European Union has a set of objectives and policies to mitigate climate change and to shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. These objectives require the involvement of all European stakeholders with the support of national policymakers.
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has led to the development ...
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Energy Sustainability for Adriatic Small Communities (ALTERENERGY)
Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Aug 30, 2015,
The ALTERENERGY Strategic Project aims to provide a significant contribution to the widely agreed objective of achieving a higher level of sustainability with regards to energy production and usage in the Adriatic area. This objective is strictly connected, as we all know, to creating a better environment and the protection of life and the natural environment. In pursuing this overall general obje ...
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Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Irrigated Agricultural Production in Lebanon and Jordan (ENSIAP)
Start date: Nov 16, 2011, End date: Nov 16, 2014,
Both in Lebanon and Jordan the increase in the domestic and industrial water demands has led to a significant reduction of water available for irrigation purposes. This is a key issue for such countries in which agriculture accounts for 80% of the water use although it is not the sole problem: the aquifers are overexploited, the use of environmental-friendly irrigation methods is still limited and ...
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FROM MARGINAL TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SITES Recovering marginal territories, making them regain their lost value by pursuing sustainable development programs (M2RES)
Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,
The EU territory has an enormous under-valorised natural asset: marginal terrains (exhausted landfills, mines & quarries, brownfields & contaminated terrains, former military sites, etc). The project aims at re-qualifying marginal areas through investments programmes that focus on the installation of RES (PV, Wind, Biomass, geothermal, biogas, etc) that will contribute to a significant amount of r ...
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Upgrading of Energy Efficient Public Procurement for a balanced economic growth of SEE area (EFFECT)
Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Feb 27, 2014,
EFFECT proposal arises from the need to innovate SEE countries public procurement procedures and stimulate their integration with energy efficiency criteria to meet EU Public Procurement requirements and to contribute to achieve Eu energy strategy objectives. EU public procurement impacts for 16% on EU GDP and it is an important tool for public authorities to effectively address energy efficiency ...
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ENERMED - Mediterranean Renewable Energies (ENERMED)
Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: May 30, 2013,
Enermed aims to coordinate and improve the regional policies of renewable energies (RE), through: -shared instruments for the analysis of projects and policies RE -development of common policies in the RE -common experiences in the RE We will develop and implement: -a transnational (common) methodological and strategic framework -a database of good practices on regional policies -concrete p ...
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Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Rural Areas (MedStrategy)
Start date: Feb 15, 2009, End date: May 30, 2012,
Project aims at improving and address territorial governance of Med rural areas towards sustainability through an innovative integrated planning model (PM) comprising: integrated social, economic, environmental analysis assessment of institutional framework and review of success governance modes establishment of communities participation process definition of 4 strategic pilot plan patterns and ...
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ENergy Efficiency and Renewables ? SUPporting Policies in Local level for EnergY (ENER - SUPPLY)
Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,
In South East Europe the introduction of innovative processes characterized by the transfer, experimentation and consolidation of know-how related to the use and production of energy following a good planning and employing the appropriate management methods is a way to improve the energy balance. The aim of the ENER-SUPPLY project is to assist the local territories towards this direction through t ...
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Applying European Emissions Trading & Renewable energy support mechanisms in the Greek electricity sector (ETRES)
Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Mar 31, 2006,
Background
The environmental impacts of power generation from fossil fuels are widely recognised. The wider environmental gains of renewable energy are also well documented.
The Greek commitment under the 1998 Kyoto Protocol agreement is to limit the increase of its greenhouse gas emissions in the period 2008 to 2012 to 25% over 1990 levels (this trans ...
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Over the recent years it has become clear that an essential requisite for future growth & competitiveness in the European agro-food industry (in which SMEs represent 99% of the sector, with consequent high strategy fragmentation) are not only the investments in global network of commodities & distribution channels but also to extend the paradigm of sustainability in the food processing from the bi ...
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Public buildings are considered as a key component towards the development of future smart cities for the following reasons: - The public sector must play a leading-by-example role in formulating energy efficient cities. - The efficiency of public services depends on workers' productivity which is directly affected by indoor comfort and air quality conditions. Measures to ensure the latter elevate ...
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The project „Interactive Learning of Energetic Utilisation of Agricultural Products and By-products (ILEAP) aims at developing e-learning materials on the topic of renewable energy sources and bioenergy production. The target groups are households, entrepreneurs, farmers, agribusiness professionals, consultants, actors responsible for sustainable energy planning at local and national level (munici ...
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The project seeks to define the content of Energy Management Technician studies. The proposal is based on the rise and the current and future need of energy saving all over the world, and mainly in Europe. This is a cross-training along other professions: electric installers, heater installers, technicians in refrigeration, renewable energies, etc. The project intends to contribute to the establis ...
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...tering and networking to share information, create synergies, capitalize and disseminate experiences and results. Besides, it will be strengthened the cooperation between SMEs, research, innovation centres, intermediary bodies to foster innovation. WPs are: 1.Management and Coordination 2. Information, awareness raising and Capitalization 3.Measures to favour user-driven innovation for eco-smart h ...
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...gy schemes in the participant countries. The content will be structured on three levels of complexity and on different educational topics in a matrix type structure. The self-direct learning, problem-centred environments, collaborative learning and quality assurance instruments will all be employed in the development and design of the modules. The products will appeal to local and national governm ...
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Training for a new energy source : The project provides a distance learning package with an interactive CD-ROM and a web portal for communication. These materials will be used for training hybrid power system designers and operators. This project started in 2003 and lasted 24 months.
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