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CENTRO DE RECURSOS ONLINE PARA EL ESTUDIO INNOVADOR DEL CICLO DE VIDA DE LOS MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

BACKGROUNDThe awareness and environmental culture of citizens is expanding at same time that the regulations are stricter. Construction sector contributes with a 35-40% of the total of CO2 emissions, for this, it is the moment to implant the carbon footprint calculation in buildings sector. Calculating carbon footprint enables to value the environmental impact regarding to greenhouse gas emissions ...
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A 3D ANIMATION FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY WORKPLACES IN CEMENT QUARRYING AND PRODUCTION PLANTS

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

BACKGROUND Health and safety in the workplace is currently one of the most important aspects of developing an EU policy in regard to employment and social affairs. In 2006 Eurostat agency has estimated near 5720 deaths per year related to labour accidents and the International Labour Organization stated an average of 159,500 workers who died due to labour diseases. SME’s workers show the worst num ...
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SELECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF ORNAMENTAL STONES BASED ON DEMAND (SUSTAMINING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

SUSTAMINING project marks the start of a series of development activities aiming to realise the concept of an invisible, zero-impact mine. The natural stone extractive sector, still seen as being old-fashioned and highly environment polluting, will join forces to revise this image showing that natural stone extraction can be approached with a cutting edge methodology with low impact underground an ...
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Post-mined polluted landscapes reclamation by means of valorization of different residues (MIPOLARE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Background Although abandoned several decades ago, mining activities in the Murcia Region of Spain have left environmental scars that persist to the present day. The extensive mining of iron, lead, and zinc has left behind 85 mining ponds containing industrial mine tailings - the material remaining after removing the desired fraction from mined ores. The ...
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Develop of a new and highly effective modeling and monitoring Energy Management System technique in order to improve Energy Efficiency and move to a low CO2 emission in the energy intensive non-metal (EE-QUARRY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The EE-QUARRY project emerges from the necessity to control a very demanding energy-intensive industry, which characterizes from its high energy demands and enormous CO2 emissions. The goal is to improve energy efficiency and to reduce CO2 on quarries, through the develop of a new and highly effective modeling and monitoring Energy Management System technique. The use of crushed stone could increa ...
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STONEPLACING – Improve qualification and employability of stone placing workers by implementing a common European curriculum with the support of ICT based tools.

Start date: Nov 1, 2012,

RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND. The project is based in the need of stone sector in counting with dully skilled staff to perform the placement of the most common stone products. It is an important problem in the stone industry. It is necessary to define and compile the most appropriate methods for placing stone, those which bring high levels of effectiveness, starting from the local traditional methods, ...
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A multimedia tool for increasing safety knowledge and awareness in stone sector

... the stone sector and allows them to access a material for courses related to health and safety, in order to correspond to the need of risk and accidents prevention.Partners of the project: Promoter: Centro Tecnológico del Marmol (Spain)Coordinator: Asesoramiento, Tecnología e Investigación S.L. (Spain)Euroroc Brussels/Wiesbaden (Germany)STONECON OY (Finland)Square Concept Ltd (Malta)EPROCHAS- Ass ...
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A 3D animation for promoting healthy workplaces in stone quarrying (SAFEQU)

BACKGROUNDHealth and safety in the workplace is currently one of the most important aspects of developing an EU policy in regard to employment and social affairs. Courses are continuously being implemented in all professional sectors, particularly those where accidents happen more frequently, but not always these courses get the expected impact among attending workers and companies and the rates o ...
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