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Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow: Generating Exemplar Districts In Sustainable Energy Deployment (Ruggedised)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2021,

... are: - to manage peak load variation in thermal and electrical energy supply and demand; - to develop appropriate cooperation structures and business models for exchange of energy;- to develop Smart City (open) data platforms and energy management systemsRUGGEDISED has derived 10 specific objectives and planned 32 smart solutions to meet the challenges. The development of solutions in the lightho ...
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Reliable Capacity Provisioning and Enhanced Remediation for Distributed Cloud Applications (RECAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

... or fog computing.However, while recent years have seen significant advances in system instrumentation as well as data centre energy efficiency and automation, computational resources and network capacity are often provisioned using best effort provisioning models and coarse-grained quality of service (QoS) mechanisms, even in state-of-the-art data centres. These limitations are seen as a major hi ...
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Energy Saving Lighthouse Cities in the NPA region (e-Lighthouse)

Start date: Apr 26, 2016, End date: Apr 25, 2019,

Description (EN): Project actions will support increased energy efficiency in buildings (40% of EU energy consumption) and increase the uptake of renewable energy, thus decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. Our goal is to support and follow-up the retrofit of more than 250 public buildings. In the private sector with the consultation of building supervisory authorities, the project a ...
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Context-Aware Cloud Topology Optimisation and Simulation (CACTOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...ent, scheduling and migration by continuous optimization across multiple partially orthogonal or correlated criteria (consumer contracts; provider contracts e.g. for energy, network bandwidth, capacity, licenses, ...; energy efficiency and costs)• Development of a simulation framework for conducting costs and risk analysis in order to validate the intelligent Context-Aware Cloud Topology Optimisat ...
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Green citizens of Europe - Innovative tools and methods for interactive and co-creative citizens (GREENCIT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Background Growing cities and changing lifestyles demand an ever increasing supply of natural resources. However, city managers have the opportunity and the means to drive forward change and reduce the negative impacts of urban development, such as urban sprawl and the growing demand for car-based urban transport. This can be done by developing and implem ...
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European Science and Technology in Action Building Links with Industry, Schools and Home (ESTABLISH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The aim of ESTABLISH is to facilitate and implement an inquiry based approach in the teaching and learning of science and technology across Europe, mainly focussed, through the collaborative actions of the consortium, on appropriate teacher education and support using trialled and tested resource material particularly suited to inquiry based teaching. Inquiry based teaching methodologies are encou ...
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Regional ICT based Clusters for Healthcare Applications and R&D Integration (RICHARD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

Chronic diseases represent for healthcare systems the heaviest cost burden. Aside from the social costs in terms of suffering, they account for 70% on European average of public healthcare systems in the EU. A plethora of ICT based applications have been developed in the last years, allowing to tackle at least partially problems related to specific pathologies. However, even advanced experiences h ...
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Increasing Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IEEB)

Start date: Jul 31, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2013,

The project Increasing Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IEEB) has the following objectives: 1. Technological development of low-energy solutions in housing 2. Transfer of knowledge about energy solutions to the construction industry and the society 3. Measurement techniques to decrease energy consumption in both new and existing buildings 4. Measuring the energy consumption in existing buildings th ...
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Optimized Infrastructure Services (OPTIMIS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

...s accompanied by reference architectures illustrating their use in a few scenarios of broad interest. The scenarios in focus are (1) service providers utilizing cloud bursting to complement local capacity for peak loads, (2) service providers making use of multiple clouds, and (3) infrastructure providers subcontracting resources in a cloud federation. A core of the OPTIMS Toolkit is the OPTIMIS B ...
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Bothnian Green Logistic Corridor (BGLC)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,

...er loads and faster empties have been suggested. A new methodology for maintenance of railway tracks have been developed that could be used for maintenance staff on the railroad in order to avoid capacity disruptive downtime One of the more long term actions is the suggestion on a Corridor Management structure for the BGLC-corridor that we presented. It is based on a wide commitment amongst all t ...
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Women, Enterprise and Employment in Local Development (WEED)

Start date: Jan 18, 2009, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

Women at work (improving working conditions, promoting/ supporting entrepreneurship, fostering employment in NTIC and scientific/ knowledge-based sectors, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports:WEED Presentation September 201020/02/2015EC Presentation WEED 101026 220/02/ ...
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VBN InnoReg - Strengthening Via Baltica Nordica Macro-Region through Transnational Cooperation for Regional Innovation Promotion (VBN InnoReg)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...ransnational cooperation in innovation promotion and a joint development vision for 2017 were identified in the joint approach.2) Regional training events and study tours were organized to ensure capacity building of key innovation system actors and sustainability of the RIS analyses results.3) Key innovation actors skills and knowledge on concrete tools and best practises in developing the RIS we ...
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Alliance of Baltic Cities II - A City network co-operation for Local Approaches to Regional Strategies / ABC (ABC )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2007,

The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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art II: Alliance of Baltic Cities II - A City network co-operation for Local Approaches to Regional Strategies (ABC II)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: May 30, 2006,

The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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Via Baltica Nordica Development Zone (VBNDZ )

Start date: Jul 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2005,

The Via Baltica Nordica is a coherent development corridor stretching from Berlin to Mo i Rana in Norway. The idea is not to construct or develop the Via Baltica road connection as such, but to develop the regions located along the corridor by means of transnational co-operation. More than 40 cities, municipalities, regions and other development organisations from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia ...
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ERASMUS NETWORK

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

REASONS: The knowledge of consumer behavior is of great relevance from the economic and civic point of view. There must be a pool of knowledge in consumer behavior that allows the firms and other associations and public organisms to take appropriate decisions regarding the market. Currently this knowledge is neither organized nor clearly disseminated. When dealing with cross-cultural consumer beha ...
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LANQUA - Language Network for Quality Assurance

The area of languages is a major strategic concern for the future of Europe. This network will address five key aspects. (1) Intercultural communication as the ability to navigate different cultures within the global knowledge economy. (2) Education of language teachers. (3) Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in European higher education. (4) Learning about the literature and culture ...
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Four Corners: Research & Development

Start date: May 2, 2011,

... an ongoing dialogue with EU cultural workers and in a globalized context.MAIN PROJECT CRITERIA Cross cultural experience.Interdisciplinary approach.Unconventional spaces and "site related" works.Capacity to communicate beyond language.Connection to other sectors of society (transversality).OBJECTIVES- to establish new partnerships, extending the project for future long-term project co-production ...
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