Projects

Below you may find some of the projects we have been involved in.

The ETRe – Empowering schools’ transition readiness to a distance/hybrid learning model enhanced by cloud technology tools. 

Energy Ambassadors – Campaign in the domestic sector to fight against fuel poverty and raise awareness on energy efficiency and energy savings. 

The Energy Ambassadors’ campaign aimed to tackle energy poverty and support families to better manage their water, heat and electricity consumption, through the intervention of social workers who will be trained in these issues. 

It aimed to find solutions for citizens in distress to save energy and money, improve their comfort and health and, finally, improve their social situation. 

The campaign took place in 9 different European countries.

The project “Urban Heat Islands and Urban Thermography” aimed principally at defining, designing, developing, verifying, validating and demonstrating a set of services that integrate satellite observations with ground weather stations into urban meteorological and climate models for a better prevention of UHI impacts during summer heat waves, a reduction of the heat wave risk in metropolitan areas, and a better implementation of energy efficiency policies in European cities.

The PEPESEC project (Partnership Energy Planning as a tool for realizing European Sustainable Energy Communities) was the coordinated effort of twelve (12) partners from six (6) EU Member States (UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, Greece, Sweden) to support the development of sustainable energy communities.
These 7 city-regions aquired complete “Energy Action Plans”, which may be used as a model for the development of corresponding actions plans in other European municipalities or communities, after identifying transferable and adaptable methodologies for multi-stakeholder strategic development.

STERNA (Semantic Web-based Thematic European Reference Network Application) is a Best Practice Network project supporting the objectives of the European Digital Library by pioneering the integration of semantically enriched digital resources in the field of natural science, biodiversity and conservation.

Birds and all kinds of information related to birds are at the core of the STERNA digital library. It brings together and presents all sorts of multimedia resources on birds, bird species and their habitats in one information space.

Health is important for the wellbeing of individuals and society, but a healthy population is also a prerequisite for economic productivity and prosperity. The Lisbon strategy underlines the importance of health as a key factor for economic growth. However there is a limited awareness of the contributions that a “healthy” urban policy can make to tackle challenges in health.

The aim of the project is to investigate candidates belonging to the age group 50+ who wish to work in another EU country. The creation of a Network consisting of specialized labor managers of the partners, the preparation and training of specialized personnel for job opportunities presented in other countries and of interested parties who want to work in other EU member states. The creation of a pilot model that will link the problems and opportunities in each region with the needs and profile of the respective candidates.

The aim of the project is to develop, evaluate and disseminate the web tool that will allow the effective assessment of the impact of new technologies on the back-office procedures of Municipalities in Europe. The project methodology will help the political leadership of European municipalities to develop successful and long-term strategies in the field of new technologies.
The pro-EE project aimed to improve energy efficiency through sustainable public procurement. To this end, pro-EE brought together producers and consumers, implemented energy-efficient green public procurement (GPP) procedures in local administrations, and organised training sessions for municipalities’ procurement staff. At the same time, five pilot cities set up integrated energy efficiency action plans, which included the involvement of stakeholders and awareness-raising campaigns for citizens. pro-EE identified tools to support sustainable public procurement: procurement schemes, joint public procurement (JPP), training for municipal workers, and to embed sustainable procurement in local energy efficiency plans.
Benchmarking Integration Governance in European Cities
The IDEMS project has as its general objective the definition of a reference model for use by Public Administrations for the integration between the systems of environmental management (EMAS and ISO 14001) and the systems of environmental balance / accounting (Environmental Balance CLEAR and Ecobudget) that responds to the needs of the local authorities in the adoption of an urban environmental management Plan which has as its aim, the establishment of greater environmental policy efficiency and a continuous improvement in management and urban environmental performance