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EUvsVirus Hackathon to develop innovative solutions and overcome coronavirus-related challenges

Image Source: European Commission / euvsvirus.org/ The European Commission, in close collaboration with the EU member states, will host a pan-European hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe in order to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges. The #EUvsVirus Hackathon will take place on 24, 25 and 26 April and address …

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“Smart-BEEjS”: INTERNATIONAL PhD STUDENTS VISITED TORRES VEDRAS

  PhD students of the ” Smart-BEEjS ” visited the city of Torres Vedras last Friday. The group of 15 students is working in several European countries in order to explore and enhance Energy Districts positives, from different disciplinary perspectives and from different European universities. In Torres Vedras, the group got to know various solutions implemented at the level …

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Smart-BEEjS PhD Project, a human-centric approach to the design of Positive Living Districts for sustainable living.

The 15 PhD candidates of the Smart-BEEjS consortium visited project partner Instituto Tecnologico Canarias (ITC) in Gran Canaria last week to participate in a number of preliminary planning activities in order to better understand how to work together and complement each other’s expertise in this interdisciplinary project. Furthermore, the candidates took part in several seminars led by external project collaborators such as Cenex, and NEA, …

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Human-Centric Energy Districts: Smart Value Generation by Building Efficiency and Energy Justice for Sustainable Living

Objective The EU has used the Strategic Energy Technology Plan to transfer power to consumers, by decentralising the energy eco-system by establishing “100 positive energy districts by 2025 and 80% of electricity consumption to be managed by consumers in 4 out of 5 households”. The SMART-BEEjS recognises that this requires the systemic synergy of the …

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3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2019 (SSPCR 2019)

3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2019 (SSPCR 2019) will be held in Bolzano (Italy) 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2019 (SSPCR 2019) will be held in Bolzano (Italy) during December 9-13, 2019, with a theme of “turning visionary approaches into planning …

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Horizon 2020: €4M Grant Awarded to NBS Researchers

A substantial €4M research bid has been awarded to NTU by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks Fund for a four-year project on positive energy districts, promoting efficient energy generation/use, and energy justice, for sustainable living.Horizon 2020: €4M Grant Awarded to NBS Researchers The bid was developed with a consortium involving 24 organisations …

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