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Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems (ICARUS)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

ICARUS will develop innovative tools for urban impact assessment in support of air quality and climate change governance in the EU. This will lead to designing and implementing win-win strategies to improve the air quality and reduce the carbon footprint in European cities. An integrated approach will be used for air pollution monitoring and assessment combining ground-based measurements, atmosphe ...
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Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis Emas Registration (LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) is an EU-level management tool designed to help registered organisations enhance their environmental performance and credibility. The EMAS scheme operates through incentives that reward organisations that make commitments to sustainability. The European Commission has initiated a process to improve and sim ...
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Energy Efficiency with Performance Guarantees in Private and Public Sector (guarantEE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) is a proven model for modernizing mostly public buildings by ESCOs with guaranteed energy and cost savings. Nevertheless, a broad roll-out of EPC is being prevented mainly because of two unresolved issues: the split incentives dilemma and the lack of adequately flexible contract models.The guarantEE project will address prevailing barriers to EPC in a team of 1 ...
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Engaging European Start-ups and Young SMEs for Action for Sustainable Energy (START2ACT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

START2ACT aims to reduce residential energy consumption in the EU via changing the behaviour of consumers in their everyday lives by approaching them at their workplace. With a focus on European start-ups and young SMEs, the project aims at triggering action by young entrepreneurs and their emerging enterprises as well as by the owners and staff of young SMEs to introduce energy efficiency measure ...
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ODYSSEE-MURE, a decision support tool for energy efficiency policy evaluation. (ODYSSEE-MURE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

The 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) establishes a set of binding measures to help the EU reach its 20% energy efficiency target by 2020. Countries have also set their own indicative national energy efficiency targets. To reach these targets, EU countries have to implement energy efficiency policies and monitor their impact. The Commission has also the task of monitoring the impacts of the m ...
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Coordination and Assessment of Research and Innovation in Support of Climate Mitigation Actions (CARISMA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

The CARISMA project has two overall objectives. First, through effective stakeholder consultation and communication leading to improved coordination and assessment of climate change mitigation options, it aims to benefit research and innovation efficiency as well as international cooperation on research and innovation and technology transfer. Second, it seeks to assess policy and governance questi ...
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STEam And Management Under Pressure (STEAM-UP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The industrial sector could reduce its energy use by at least 13%. 75% of the potential savings can be found in steam and electric motor systems. Actions to tap the full potential in steam systems have been taken in the past but without success since findings from energy audits were not, or partly, implemented. The following barriers have been identified:- There is no business case for steam savin ...
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motion of Resource Efficiency in SMEs in Central Europe (PRESOURCE)

Start date: May 31, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Resource efficiency means to use the Earth's limited resources in a sustainable manner while minimising impacts on the environment. The European Union must use natural resources in a more convincing manner and the answers must go beyond existing policy actions. The situation within the central Europe area is even more alarming, since productivity in most of the countries joining the EU after 2004 ...
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Developing a best practices e-tool for reducing VOCs emissions in the European printing SMEs industry according to BATs (BATsGPRAH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Background The European Graphic sector makes a significant contribution to the European economy; it is formed by more than 106 000 enterprises with 1 281 478 employees and a combined turnover higher than 125 billion euros. The sector is characterised by many small and medium-sized companies. Roughly 95% of graphics enterprises employ less than 20 workers. ...
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Development of regional and Pan-European guidelines for more efficient integration of renewable energy into future infrastructures (SUSPLAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

The overall impact from SUSPLAN is contribution to a substantially increased share of renewable energy sources (RES) in Europe at an acceptable level of cost, thereby increasing security of supply and competitiveness of RES industry. The results will ease PAN-European harmonisation and lead to a more integrated European energy market.The main objective is to develop guidelines for more efficient i ...
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Co-firing -from research to practice: technology and biomass supply know-how promotion in Central and Eastern Europe (COFITECK)

Start date: Aug 1, 2007, End date: May 31, 2009,

Central and Eastern European electricity sectors in general deficit of knowledge on newest technologies on co-firing of biomass with fossil fuels, impact of co-firing on the plant itself and ways to optimise the fuel supply chain to avoid distortions in local biomass markets, such as competition with other electricity and/or heat producers or other sectors using biomass. Yet, many plants are takin ...
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European Sustainable Innovation License (for SME's) - ESIL

ESIL (The European Sustainable Innovation Licence) aims at consolidating successful training programmes for SMEs in the fields of innovation and sustainability from several EU member states (Austria, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Estonia) as well as disseminating the method by means of a defined procedure to other member states such as Ireland, Czech Republic, and Romania. Previous projects – partly d ...
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