Extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, storms, floods or forest fires can considerably damage roads, railways, communication systems and power lines. Now, researchers within the EU-funded RAIN project—due to be ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2015
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All over Europe cities and towns strive to become climate smart. They revamp their energy districts, step-by-step, while looking across borders to learn from best practice.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 8, 2015
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Retrofitting a district is quite different from retrofitting a single building: the technological challenges involved are far greater.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 19, 2014
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African swine fever, or ASF, is a viral disease that kills almost every pig it infects and is likened to Ebola. It gained a foothold in Georgia in 2007, when contaminated pig meat landed from a ship from South-East Africa ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2014
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Bioplastics take on traditional petrochemical plastics in food packaging, with some challenges.
Materials Science
Dec 15, 2014
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One of the biggest challenges of retrofitting projects is to make them attractive to residents. Now, one of them, the EU-funded project R2CITIES, is analysing the initial first feedback received from residents of the Cuatro ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2014
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A holistic approach is necessary to successfully plan and construct energy efficient buildings. But implementing best practices elsewhere is not a straightforward task.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2014
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Monitoring so-called key performance indicators enables engineers to evaluate whether a newly erect building is as energy efficient as originally planned.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2014
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Choosing novel bread for its nutritious value without losing the attractiveness of white bread, is now possible thanks to European research
Other
Nov 28, 2014
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Cuatro de Marzo is a district in the southern part of the Spanish city of Valladolid. It is a dense residential area with 190 privately-owned dwellings, developed in 1955. The area is populated by a series of buildings of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2014
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