Heat-Shield: on ensuring the workforce health
HEAT-SHIELD is studying the effects of workers’ exposure to increased workplace temperature in five major industries: manufacturing, construction, transportation, tourism and agriculture. Being a consequence of climate change, this issue has a negative impact on [...]
BlueHealth: on how to promote health and wellbeing
The BlueHealth project is investigating how water-based environments in towns and cities can have a positive impact on health and wellbeing. The aim is to make recommendations on how both existing and new blue infrastructures [...]
POWERSTEP: Redesigning the traditional system of wastewater treatment
This revolutionary H2020 project is redesigning the traditional system of wastewater treatment. The project is based on the foundation that potential energy stored in the organic matter of wastewater can and should be used to produce [...]
FLOW: Walking and Cycling
FLOW’s mission is for walking and cycling within cities to become a user-friendly method of transport capable of competing with motorised transportation. The project is assessing the effectiveness of different measures taken to reduce road [...]
Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking
The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking is meant to produce a strong industrial sector of bio-based production. Accomplishing the goal would “reduce Europe’s dependency on fossil-based products, help the EU meet climate change targets, and lead [...]
Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking
The Clean Sky joint undertaking is a collaborative effort of six hundred entities, and is funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project works to develop technologies that reduce CO2 gas emissions and noise [...]