DECOST participates in the “Spring Tulkarm Carnival & Exhibition” at Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie
The DECOST project team from the Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie (PTUK) had participated in the “Spring Tulkarm Carnival” 2022, with the attendance of representatives from the Tulkarem Governance and the Chamber of Commerce of Tulkarem, both attending the event with a high level delegation.
DECOST workshop in the Verde.tec Forum organized in Athens, Greece
The University of Patras, member of the DECOST consortium, organized the successful Workshop, “Sustainability and circular economy: The contribution of composting”. The workshop took place in Athens, as part of the 4th International Exhibition, "Verde.tec / Environmental Technologies" and the Verde.tec Forum.
DECOST: demonstration activity about composting in American School of Beita, Palestine
As part of its dissemination and divulgation programme in Palestine, the team responsible for the implementation of the pilot in this country has continued with its formative actions in schools. On this occasion, the Palestine Technical University Kadoorie researchers visited the American School of Beita, where they gave an introductory session on composting as an urban organic waste treatment system, and also delivered some composting units to the school.
MED-InA in Spain supports 4 start-ups and innovative ideas towards zero waste
LIVINGAGRO field visits in support to Mediterranean agroforestry farmers: flashback on the outcomes of the Lebanese visit performed in November 2021
In the framework of the LIVINGAGRO project, since several months researchers are visiting enterprises in the agroforestry sector in order to:
a) Assess businesses’ specific needs for innovation;
CROSSDEV in Lebanon: working on the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
With the contribution of the CROSSDEV project, the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon managed to improve its surroundings and to create a better experience to welcome future sustainable tourists. See what happened in their "3 years in 3 minutes" video.
"BEEP exemplifies the direct application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)", interview with Sorina Mortada
The Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) is a partner in the BEEP project responsible for the preparation of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) guidelines but it is also involved in other technical tasks of BEEP project. As a result, two pilot buildings were selected in Tripoli city, the "Municipality of Tripoli" and the "Rachid Karami Municipal Cultural Center" were different retroffiting measures have been considered: repairing the heating, ventilation & air conditioning system, replacing the fluorescent lamps w
The ARTOLIO project continues building bridges between the different cultures that make it up
On Tuesday the 30th of May, the second day of the ARTOLIO kick-off meeting, the ARTOLIO team went on a city tour of Jaen, so that they got to know the area as well as to establish bonds between the partners of the project outside the workplace.
NAWAMED: toward an efficiency and dynamic resilience of water reuse - Interview to Alain Meyssonnnier, Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau
Alain Meyssonnier, president of the Mediterranean Water Institute (IME), was inteviewed during the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum.
NAWAMED: water reuse, which opportunities and which challenges - Interview to Almotaz Abadi, Union for the Mediterranean
Almotaz Abadi, managing director at the Union for Mediterranean (UfM) was inteviewed during the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum.