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Environment
The importance of labels and how to know which ones to trust
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May 10, 2023
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We trust and rely on labels, but they come in all shapes and colours. So which ones are trustworthy?
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Transport
Plug-in mass electromobility through bidirectional smart charg...
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May 9, 2023
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Vehicles-to-everything (V2X) technology has huge potential to drive the mass electromobility uptake and lead the transition towards a greener and smarter mobility system. DriVe2X aims to stay at the forefront of this ...
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Cooperation
Bringing circularity to the deep renovation of social housing....
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May 8, 2023
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HOUSEFUL is over. What have we learned, and what is the state of play vis-à-vis public, cooperative, and social housing providers embracing the circular economy?
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Regions & Cities
GreeNexUS, an urban regeneration project to train 10 new speci...
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April 21, 2023
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“Green-health-safety Nexus for new Urban Spaces”: the project will be active until the end of 2026 and provides training-through-research of 10 doctoral candidates
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Culture
Prelude to a fairer music industry with Fair MusE’s kick-off...
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April 20, 2023
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An EU-funded project – Fair MusE – has been launched to help the music ecosystem become more fair and transparent at a time it struggles with the over-dominance of social media platforms and streaming services in ...
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Recycling
How we helped the inhabitants of the two Spanish demo building...
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April 19, 2023
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Inhabitants from demo sites Sabadell and Sant Quirze de Vallés learned about sustainablebehavior and how to use the Houseful facilities properly at the last training workshops.
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Renewable Energy
Webinar Series | From Waste to Resource: renewables, better so...
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April 4, 2023
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This webinar, hosted by Homebiogas, aims to explain how the production of biogas from organic waste benefits both society and the planet.
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Food
New project cultivates the change for a sustainable and resili...
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April 4, 2023
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The CULTIVATE EU-funded project aims to increase awareness and knowledge of Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs), understand what drives or hampers their practice, and foster sustainability, inclusion, and resilience in ur...
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Climate
Five cities, one mission: Climate neutrality
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March 31, 2023
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A new EU-funded project – Neutralpath – challenges 5 cities to develop climate-friendly urban models and solutions for replication across Europe. The ultimate goal is to achieve climate neutrality.
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Road Transport
The charge of the electric brigade
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March 31, 2023
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To fight CO2 emissions, European cities from Finland to Spain are investing in fleets of electric vehicles and their charging infrastructures. More importantly, when given the chance, people are changing their persona...
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Cities
Sobreiro Rehabilitation receives Honourable Mention in the Nu...
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March 22, 2023
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The Sobreiro Social Neighbourhood, which includes the intervention area of the Lighthouse 4 Maia of the Eyes hearts Hands project, was recently distinguished with an Honourable Mention in the Nuno Teotónio Pereir...
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Food
CLEVERFOOD: leading an urgent change in food systems for a bet...
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March 17, 2023
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Together with University of Copenhagen an EU project is helping Europeans to embrace a sustainable and circular food system.
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Agriculture
Putting bio-based NPK fertilisers from waste streams into the ...
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March 16, 2023
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FERTIBERIA presented the B-Ferst project at the conference of the International Fertiliser Society.
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The MOZART EU project disrupts food handling with softness
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March 16, 2023
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The EU MOZART project investigates the latest robotic technologies and system solutions to drive the food industry towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
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Renewable Energy
Energy is the force of nature in Valencia
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March 16, 2023
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The power of nature is visible here, and the city of Valencia has decided to make the best use of it: thanks to the wave energy converter (WEC), sea waves can light up the seafront.
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Robotics
Robots for gender balance: helping women conquer the construct...
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March 8, 2023
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Women have conquered space, but still struggle to break the glass ceiling of the construction sector. How robots will tackle gender imbalances, foster safety and save the industry from the “ticking bomb” of labour...
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Water
Webinar Series | From water polluters to water providers. Gree...
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March 7, 2023
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This webinar hosted by alchemia–nova and LEITAT, featuring Aqua Publica Europea as a special guest, aims to examine the legal, economic, technical, and social situation for wastewater reclamation and reuse.
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Forests
Healthy trees translate to healthy citizens: FORWARDS project ...
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March 7, 2023
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The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests is one step closer to becoming reality. On the 30th and 31st of January, the FORWARDS consortium and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ...
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Agriculture
BECOME A RURAL GAME CHANGER: call for Mirror Region is now open
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March 7, 2023
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Get from €60,000 up to €120,000 to replicate the dRural platform in your region. Apply by 13 April 2023.
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Health
If you have long covid the pandemic is far from being over
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March 7, 2023
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A video interview with a patient advocate features the burden of long covid and how we can address it
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Energy
The future of heavy industry is flexible
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March 7, 2023
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To meet the current EU sustainable goals for resources and energy-intensive industries quality is no longer enough. Flexibility is a decisive component for technologies to make industry clean and efficient. This has b...
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Recycling
Is organic cotton actually more sustainable than conventional ...
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March 2, 2023
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Cotton is the world’s most commonly used natural fibre. The production of cotton can bring economic gains to developing regions in the world but it is also known to cause serious environmental and social problems. T...
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Cities
Webinar Series | Circularity within construction: diving into ...
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February 28, 2023
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The goal of this webinar, hosted by AIGUASOL, is to provide insightful content about the versatile applications that circularity can offer to one of today’s most environmentally impactful industries: construction.
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Cities
Co-creation ideas get validated at demo building “El Bloc de...
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February 28, 2023
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During the final co-creation workshop, the participants put their heads together to validate the implementation of the ideas in the Houseful demo building “El Bloc dels Mestres”
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Health
Fighting cancer: when survival depends on geography and education
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February 27, 2023
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If you’re just born in the wrong country, or social class, you may have 60% less chance of surviving cancer. On World Cancer Day, experts call to fight “inequities”: not a matter of chance, but of modifiable fac...
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Energy
Electric, for sure. Sustainable, it depends. How green is my b...
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February 27, 2023
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E-car batteries are crucial to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement, but can also have a high social and environmental toll. Experts warn of the urgency of a sustainable value chain and recommend an innovative solu...
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Agriculture
Financing agriculture to destroy biodiversity: the subsidies p...
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February 27, 2023
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One out of four animal and plant species is threatened, and 1 million face extinction. The UN warns of a “biodiversity apocalypse,” but experts say: “We spend much more financing the destruction of nature, than ...
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Regions & Cities
Helping the housing sector to embrace the circular economy: a ...
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February 8, 2023
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Our partner Housing Europe has developed a set of 70 recommendations for mainstreaming and upscaling HOUSEFUL-type circular renovation solutions in the European building sector
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Trade
BEEYONDERS’ journey towards a safer, sustainable, and compet...
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February 3, 2023
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The EU-funded project BEEYONDERS releases a new video presenting its mission and key technologies to be developed to transform the European construction industry.
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Regions & Cities
A taste of circularity: Meet Plug-N-Harvest Project
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February 1, 2023
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Learn about how the EU-funded project Plug-N-Harvest contributes to the green transition of buildings through circular smart solar façade solutions.
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Renewable Energy
Under the Turkish sun: Antalya goes solar
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January 30, 2023
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Turkey's tourist capital on the Mediterranean coast, Antalya, has the distinction of being surrounded by both mountains and a famous crystal-clear sea.
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Renewable Energy
Implications of decarbonisation in a Steel Plant for Heat Reco...
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January 26, 2023
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An investigation was made to determine the effect of changing energy sources in industrial furnaces using heat recovery systems in steel processing.
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Energy
Tracking materials for sustainability: the battery passport
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January 26, 2023
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Batteries are key drivers of the energy transition, but experts agree: for them to unleash their potential, the entire value chain must be tracked. A dedicated tool, which has just been presented in Davos, records the...
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Tourism
Meet TExTOUR: Marinos Ioannides
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January 16, 2023
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The series of Meet TExTOUR interviews has a new episode. Marinos Ioannides from Cyprus University of Technology explains the unique heritage of the village of Fikardou and the importance of developing a cultural touri...
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Renewable Energy
Microgrids and emergencies: how an optimal decision-support sy...
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January 13, 2023
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Greece's Centre for Research and Technology – partner in the European project TIGON – has produced a paper on optimal decision-support systems for microgrids and their use in emergencies
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Health
Are we all equal in facing Covid-19?
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January 13, 2023
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A video interview with a researcher in molecular biology discusses the factors that affect each individual’s response to Covid-19 and the tool that can be used by public health officers to predict it
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Energy
SITRANS – a new project to support energy transition in coal...
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January 11, 2023
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The European Union is faced with enormous energy challenges regarding climate change and energy security as well as public acceptance, competitiveness, and energy poverty. Transitions towards low-carbon energy systems...
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Cities
Invisible is better: when sustainable solutions blend into the...
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December 23, 2022
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Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or terracotta bricks to match the city skyline. The innovative solutions adopted by the archaeological park of Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora pave the way fo...
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Health
Painting and writing to fight cancer: the importance of being ...
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December 23, 2022
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Developing art and creativity to improve the effectiveness and delivery of healthcare. From narrative medicine to the disclosure of one’s medical records on the net: how “open sourcing” feelings and fears can he...
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Social
Virtual Diving in the Mediterranean Ancient Cultures
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December 23, 2022
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Combine 3D reconstruction, serious gaming technologies and intriguing digital storytelling and the result is a new way to access and enjoy underwater archaeological sites, even if you are not a scuba diver. Fabio Bru...
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Renewable Energy
Too much demand for the existing infrastructure. The renewable...
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December 23, 2022
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Rising prices are fuelling a rush for renewable energy communities. But the existing infrastructure makes it often impossible for them to meet such growing demand. A lost opportunity to speed up the energy transition?
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Energy
Flexibility is key to building a carbon neutral power system
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December 23, 2022
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To manage future electricity demand in line with the EU's Energy Roadmap 2050, power grids need to rely on both supply and demand flexibility and be structured as a system of systems.
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Energy
Integrated and multi-vector: the energy systems of the future ...
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December 23, 2022
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Fossil fuels still account for over 60% of global electricity generation. Experts warn of a “discouraging trend” but part of the solution might come from “local energy communities”: integrated hubs, optimizing...
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Recycling
Wearing wood for a low-carbon life
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December 23, 2022
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Companies in Europe are developing and manufacturing more and more products made of wood. The aim is to find renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based feedstocks to help fight climate change. This is what...
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Food
“In difficult times the bioeconomy is not a luxury, but a re...
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December 23, 2022
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The prices of fertilisers jumped by +116% in one year. While the Ukraine war and the energy crisis are stressing the urgency of ending Europe’s dependence on Russian imports, an EU-funded project aims at creating ne...
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Economy
Working in the bioeconomy: make a job out of your environmenta...
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December 23, 2022
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The bioeconomy is expected to create 1 million jobs by 2030. From agriculture to the food industry, a wide range of opportunities is within reach for almost everybody. From dedicated masters’ programmes to mobile ap...
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Cities
When Houseful goes on the book “Architectures for EU Next Ge...
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December 23, 2022
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The book explores future design actions to address the challenges, factors, and trends influencing the liveability of tomorrow’s cities.
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Cities
POCITYF leads the way to a better use and distribution of ener...
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December 16, 2022
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Read our factsheets to find out which tools we are developing to help cultural heritage cities become smart cities!
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Validating the HOUSEFUL-ideas – co-creatively
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December 16, 2022
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During the final co-creation workshop, our stakeholders put their heads together to validate the strategies for implementing the co-creation-ideas
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Recycling
Giving a voice and a face to the PLASTICE project
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December 16, 2022
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PLASTICE, an EU-funded project aimed at giving a new life to plastics, has now completed its press kit and branding.
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Culture
Heritage embraces technology. ICT for cultural tourism strategies
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December 16, 2022
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A new scientific paper by Raiyani et al. explains the importance of Information Communication Technology tools in fostering social innovation and cultural tourism development in lesser-known localities.
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Renewable Energy
Innovative district heating system set to cut CO2 emissions by...
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December 15, 2022
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A new district heating system in Pamplona's Txantrea neighbourhood will cut CO2 emissions by 80%. The vice-president of the Government of Navarra, José María Aierdi, visited the district on 18 November to take stock...
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Power
Biomass as fuel input to become carbon neutral in the magnesia...
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November 29, 2022
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Industries from the magnesia sector are implementing a long-term strategy to replace fossil fuels with biomass
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Regions & Cities
Data is the new treasure for cities
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November 29, 2022
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Data is the essence of digital innovation. Its public availability is beneficial for residents, public and private sectors and academia. But it’s crucial also for government and administration, which have a key role...
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Regions & Cities
HOUSEFUL WORKSHOP SERIES | Digital Enablers for circularity in...
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November 18, 2022
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ITeC and Turntoo, two Houseful partners, will demonstrate how digital technology can serve as an enabler to improve the circularity of materials, the building, and the entire process. The event is free of charge.
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Culture
A visit from the European Commission President von der Leyen
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October 19, 2022
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On Monday 10th October, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen visited Estonia for the launch of the implementation of the Estonian just transition plan in Narva.
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Agriculture
Become a rural game-changer
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October 18, 2022
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Get from €5.000 up to €50.000 to provide your service in rural areas.
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Economy
Bioeconomy and carbon neutrality: “Without further investmen...
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September 30, 2022
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“Without further investments in the bioeconomy, the net zero emission target will not be met”. Data issued from the EU project Biomonitor point out gaps in the Green Deal and suggest speeding up procedures: “New...
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Health
From the laboratory to the market: innovation in COVID-19 diag...
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September 30, 2022
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A video-interview with the Chief Executive Officer of a company from the CORONADX project discusses about bringing new diagnostic tests to the market
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Culture
MEET TExTOUR: GIORGIO RAVASIO
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September 30, 2022
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It is time to take another peek behind the scenes of TExTOUR, discovering one of the project’s pilot sites: the Italian company town of Crespi d’Adda.
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Agriculture
Agro2Circular taking part in the 3rd University Congress on Ag...
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September 29, 2022
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On September 15 and 16, the 3rd University Congress on Agrifood Innovation and Sustainability (CUISA) took place in hybrid mode at the Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela - Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spa...
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Regions
Houseful Webinar Series | N.1 – Material solutions for a cir...
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September 12, 2022
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The HOUSEFUL Webinars Series presents the circular solutions that are currently under development and will be demonstrated at building scale in each of four demo buildings. The 1st webinar will focus on material solut...
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Tourism
Under broad daylight: the lost paradigm of Côa Valley Palaeol...
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September 12, 2022
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Where do we come from? This is one of the humankind oldest questions. Digging in the past of our species is not easy. Further back we go in time, deepest is the darkness that envelops our history. The Upper Palaeolith...
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Transport
OVERLEAF: Novel low-pressure cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage...
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September 12, 2022
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The Horizon Europe project that aims to clean the skies through a game-changing Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) storage tank, helping toward H2 -powered aviation
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Industry
Mining a rich seam of creativity: how the minerals sector is c...
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September 12, 2022
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The minerals industry in Europe supports thousands of jobs and livelihoods, and attention is turning to how to balance its energy requirements with its climate responsibilities to make the sector more sustainable
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Regions & Cities
When nature came back to the cities
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August 31, 2022
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The heatwaves we are going through this summer are just one of the extreme weather conditions caused by the climate challenges. The heavy urbanization worldwide causes pollution, floods, biodiversity loss and many oth...
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Tourism
Meet TExTOUR: Dina Regalo
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August 23, 2022
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Through the “meet TExTOUR” interview series we are getting to know all the people that work hard to make this project a success. A virtual tour across countries and stories, understanding how a European project wo...
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Energy
Challenges and outlook for a fully electric vehicle market in ...
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August 22, 2022
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We asked Seydou Hebie from Stellantis about the status of the electric vehicles market, its challenges, and prospects. He also explained how ASTRABAT is helping cut emissions from transport completely by 2035.
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Regions & Cities
Sustainable is beautiful
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August 5, 2022
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Beauty in architecture is often expensive, while sustainability should be affordable and widespread. Does this mean that aesthetics and sustainability are in conflict? Or can one integrate the other? Solutions exist. ...
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Tourism
A link between past and future: TExTOUR's pilot forum in t...
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August 5, 2022
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Defying the flight service disruptions, lost luggages, heatwave and last-minute setbacks TExTOUR’s partners met in Foz Côa, in Portugal, on the 14th-15th of July for the pilot forum workshop. An intense two-day mee...
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Economy
The Bioeconomy in light of future development – BioMonitor a...
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July 12, 2022
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The BioMonitor project, which will end this year, shared its achievements at the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research – ICABR 2022: a great opportunity to reach its target audiences.
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Raw materials
Circular is better: recyclable buildings to save the planet
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July 12, 2022
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House units which can be reassembled into other buildings. Citizens’ groups volunteering to renovate the existing stock with natural materials. And an EU project testing innovative solution, to involve users and ins...
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Agriculture
Agro2Circular at the national stakeholders meeting: communicat...
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June 29, 2022
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The dissemination of Agro2Circular strategies to boost the upcycling of the agri-food sector residues has begun in Murcia Region, Spain.
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Agriculture
dRural refines marketplace strategies at first in-person meeti...
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June 29, 2022
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We've just about set up 4 the regional marketplaces in the project's rural communities and they will soon go live.
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Climate
Integrating plastic waste in the circular economy: new project...
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June 29, 2022
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Today, only 20% of plastic is recycled but a new EU-funded project – PLASTICE – hopes to improve this figure by introducing valorisation processes aligned with the latest chemical recycling technologies.
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Cities
A Taste of Circularity: Meet CityLoops
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June 9, 2022
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Learn about how the EU-funded project CityLoops contributes to the ecological transition by harnessing two of the most important waste streams in Europe: Construction and Demolition Waste, and Bio-waste.
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Tourism
RURITAGE's modern troubadour
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June 9, 2022
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A book collecting stories, interviews and experiences from six different rural territories in Europe showing how natural and cultural heritages can help rural communities’ development.
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Energy
Helping electric vehicles stay the course in extreme weather �...
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June 1, 2022
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The i-HeCoBatt project has recently held an event – The Innovation and Networking Days on Battery Technologies & E-Vehicles – to showcase its achievements. There we interviewed the technical coordinator Mikel Arri...
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Renewable Energy
Pandemic semiconductor problems are set to shape electric vehi...
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June 1, 2022
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Manufacturing cuts put cars at the back of the queue for silicon chips. Now, electric vehicles are set to increasingly use silicon in their batteries too, and the industry is therefore making dramatic changes in how i...
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Health
Early signs support revolutionary potential of EU clinical tri...
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June 1, 2022
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The EU Clinical Trials Regulation should help resolve problems caused by its predecessor directive and help meet needs arising from the pandemic. There will be challenges in doing so, but there is already strong evide...
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Tourism
Chart the course: TExTOUR's steering committee meeting in ...
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May 25, 2022
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TExTOUR steering committee met in Turin, Italy, on April 27th-28th, for a hybrid meeting to take stock of the work done in the projects’ first 15 months and to trace the route for TExTOUR’s next steps.
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Pollution
How the pandemic highlighted bioplastic benefits
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May 23, 2022
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Covid-19 has led to a paradoxical increase in plastic use even as people are more concerned about the pollution the material causes. Yet it has also made some people more aware of sustainability challenges and led to ...
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Agriculture
Recycling nutrients to save the Planet and avert a global food...
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May 23, 2022
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Plant nutrients are crucial for fertilizers, but the war in Ukraine is highlighting Europe's dependence on non-EU countries and the risk of a global food crisis. A circular approach is being tested to recover such key...
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Agriculture
Agro2Circular: a territorial circular systemic solution to upc...
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May 23, 2022
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The European Union is facing the challenge of building a future economy that is sustainable, low carbon, resource- efficient and competitive at the same time. It is crucial for the EU to foster a transition towards a ...
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Cities
Transformation in Antalya for a smarter, low-carbon future
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May 23, 2022
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The renaissance of the Kepez Santral district in Antalya as a green, hi-tech neighbourhood with energy-efficient homes is symbolic of the Turkish city’s decision to embrace smart solutions for a sustainable future, ...
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Health
Living with covid-19 will need a testing transformation
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May 20, 2022
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Dealing with lower covid-19 levels will require improved understanding of what diagnostic tests are best used for. It will also need more accurate tests, but as testing demand will fall, delivering that needs incentiv...
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Climate
The dialogue with stakeholders continues in Demo Building “E...
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May 6, 2022
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In April, HOUSEFUL partners AHC, LEITAT and WE&B organised a meeting with key stakeholders of the “El bloc del Mestres” in Sabadell, Barcelona – the Campoamor Neighbourhood association and the Sabadell City Council.
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Energy
ASTRABAT & i-HeCoBatt towards a Greener Value Chain
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May 4, 2022
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ASTRABAT will take part in the Innovation and Networking days on Battery Technologies & E-Vehicles in Valencia. Then, the project consortium and its industrial partners will co-create the Life-Cycle Inventory of the n...
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