Is this the future of sustainable community living?
Pioneering building raises the standard
More than 40 % of the energy consumption in Finland is consumed in buildings. Accordingly, buildings have an important role in tackling climate change. A common problem is that owners do not know the energy consumption of their buildings due to lack of data and analysis tools. Even if there are measurements, only 10 % of the gathered data is further used for making decisions. Analytics could substantially improve the productivity of, for example, a standard building automation system.
Making the most of a vital resource
When low impact is a very good thing
Deadline: 17 September 2019
Published under the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, the EU financing instrument at EU level to promote a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions, this call focuses on two of the programme axes:
In December 2017 the European Commission established The Industry 2030 high level industrial roundtable, consisting of 20 experts selected following an open call for applications, to provide independent advice on future EU industrial policy action. On 24/07/2019 DG GROW published the final report of the Industry 2030 high level industrial roundtable, with recommendations on the future of EU industrial policy strategy towards 2030.
On 11 December 2018 the European Commission announced the launch of the Circular Plastics Alliance, an alliance that gathers public and private stakeholders in the plastics value chains and has the purpose of improving the quality and economics of plastics recycling in Europe and ensuring the 10 million tonnes target is reached by 2025.
Taiwanese companies have worked closely with European companies for decades. Indeed, Europe is Taiwan’s third largest trade partner. According to Taiwan Directorate General of Customs statistics, Taiwan exported US$315.7 billion to Europe in 2018, accounting for 9.4% of Taiwan’s total exports, 8.3% higher than 2017.