CIRCULARTECH
CIRCULARTECH Study to promote the circular economy in the technical textiles sector Website: textils.cat/circulartech/circulartech-objectius/ ABSTRACT The project carries out a
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Circular Economy
Meet us at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona
From the 19th to the 21st of November, the Smart City Expo World Congress will take place in Barcelona. It
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SUSINCHAIN Project: Insects as a Substitute for Animal Protein get a Boost
SUSINCHAIN, a project funded by Horizon 2020 program, started on 1 October 2019. The project aims to contribute to a
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General Assembly of the EFLUCOMP Project
On the 3rd of October, the EFLUCOMP project met for its General Assembly in l’Hospitalet del Llobregat, in Acciona’s facilities.
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SUSINCHAIN
SUSINCHAIN Sustainable Insect Chain Website: susinchain.eu ABSTRACT The expected global population growth to 9.1 billion people in 2050 and the
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CITY LOOPS
CITY LOOPS Closing the loop for urban material flows Website under construction ABSTRACT CityLoops brings together six ambitious European cities
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Second INDIA-H2O Meeting in Delft
The second INDIA-H2O consortium meeting was held in Delft, in September (17th-19th) 2019, and was hosted by our partner IHE
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Developing new anti-microbial solutions for aircraft fuel tanks
MICTEST, a new Clean Sky project, received a grant to tackle the microbially corrosion in aircraft fuel tanks. Aircrafts, that
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Breeze presented at E-MRS Spring Meeting 2019 in Nice
The Breeze project was presented during the 2019 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), which was held
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Leitat promotes the Vallès Circular Platform: Knowledge Transfer for a Circular Economy
Leitat promotes the Platform Vallès Circular. Tecnologia i Assesorament en Economia Circular, an initiative to transfer knowledge and solutions in
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Leitat and COCO Catering eliminate plastic waste
Leitat and COCO Catering have launched the ecoCOCO project, which aims to eliminate the use of disposable packaging and the
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Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura: Bridging Circular Economy and Aquaculture
From the 7th to the 10th of May, the XVIIth Spanish National Congress of Aquaculture is taking place in Cartagena
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SELECTIVELI
SELECTIVELI Conceptual Study of Electrochemical based novel process using Lignosulfonates to produce bio-based monomers & polymers Webiste: selectiveli-project.uni-mainz.de ABSTRACT SELECTIVELI
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Circular economy stands up
alchemia-nova, member of the HOUSEFUL project, has launched a series of stand-up innovation events to boost the uptake of circular
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Workshop: Opportunities for Circular Economy R&D Projects
Currently, several grants are available to companies eager to develop R&D projects in the field of circular economy. During this
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Review of the BES Event: Bringing Innovations to the Market
“If we want to help make a better world with water technology, the entire value chain needs to be aligned
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Low Cost Water Treatment Systems with Bio-Mimetic and Phytotechnologies
India-H20 is a bilateral project between the EU and India and aims to develop, design and demonstrate high-recovery, low-cost water
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A Guide for the establishment of synergies between the packaging and textile sectors
PACTEX Project: Publication of the “Guide for the establishment of synergies between the packaging and textile sectors” The PACTEX Project,
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Bioelectrochemical Systems: Key Technologies in the Water-Energy Nexus
This event will bring together experts in the field of bioelectrochemical systems to reveal the capacities of these technologies in
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Climate change: trees to the rescue
Bringing nature back into cities can help fight global warming Original article from Urban GreenUP project. Fighting climate change is
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BIOCON-CO2 Meeting in Israel: CO2 conversion for the iron and steel industry
Today, the consortium of the BIOCON-CO2 project is meeting in Ramla (Israel). The event is the 12M meeting of the
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HOUSEFUL video: New systems to reuse and recycle in our houses
HOUSEFUL project’s team created a video to explain the importance of the impact of the housing sector and the changes
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WATERTUR: Intelligent water management in the Catalan hotel sector
WATERTUR: Intelligent water management in the Catalan hotel sector The WATERTUR project will implement intelligent and innovative water treatment and
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18M meeting of RUN4LIFE project in Barcelona: Nutrients for Low Impact Fertilizers
On the 21st and 22nd of November, the 18 month meeting of the RUN4LIFE project took place in Barcelona and
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Empowering Consumers to Prevent Diet-Related Diseases
On the 15th and 16th of November, the kick off meeting of the Horizon 2020 project PREVENTOMICS took place in
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Meeting of the HOUSEFUL consortium: solutions for more resource efficient buildings
On the 12th and 13th of November, the HOUSEFUL consortium met in Vienna for the first meeting after the kickoff.
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Presenting URBAN GreenUP at Smart City Expo World Congress
Presenting URBAN GreenUP at Smart City Expo World Congress Leitat is presenting a great project these days in the Smart
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Meet us at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona
From the 13th to the 15th of November, Leitat will be participating in the Smart City Expo World Congress in
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Presentation of the MIDWOR-LIFE project in the OECD towards a more sustainable textile industry
On October 30th, the European project MIDWOR-LIFE, led by AEI TÈXTILS (the cluster of technical textiles in Catalonia), presented its
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PREVENTOMICS
PREVENTOMICS Empowering consumers to PREVENT diet-related diseases through OMICS sciences Website: preventomics.eu PREVENTOMICS builds a new paradigm in preventive personalised
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IFISHIENCI
IFISHIENCI Intelligent Fish Feeding through Integration of Enabling Technologies and Circular Principle Website: ifishienci.eu iFishIENCi will deliver breakthrough innovations supporting
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TO-SYN-FUEL will demonstrate a new integrated process combining the highly novel TCR®
This newsletter reports the latest developments of the project carried out up to the summer of 2018. TO-SYN-FUEL will demonstrate
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Launching the Energy Flexibility of the Tirant lo Blanc Library
Within the framework of the REFER project (Energy Reduction and Flexibility in Buildings in Rehabilitation), partners have installed a system
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Introduction to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) for UPC students
Introduction to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) for UPC students On October 10th at 12am., the “Introduction to Nearly Zero
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LEITAT is presenting the results of Electrowetland optimization
LEITAT is presenting the results of Electrowetland optimization Leitat is presenting the results of Electrowetland optimization in the frame of
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Recovery and revalorization of urban effluents in the context of circular economy
Recovery and revalorization of urban effluents in the context of circular economy The DigesTake is an industrial research project whose
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MIDWOR-LIFE Reaches its end but Work Continues Towards a More Sustainable Textile Industry
MIDWOR-LIFE is a project co-funded by LIFE programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and
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Study on Possibilities to Apply a Reduced Tax on Second-Hand Goods
The AERESS (Asociación Española de Recuperadores de EconomÃa Social y Solidaria) publishes a study prepared jointly with Leitat that analyzes
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Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group
Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group The MIDWOR-LIFE team has recently joined the Global PFC Group from the OECDÂ with
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DeWine: R&D project to dealcoholize wine
Within the OsmoFOOD project, which was awarded with funding from the SME Instrument of the European Commission, LEF Ingenieros is
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Article published in Nature nanotechonolgy: Advanced tools for the safety assessment of nanomaterials
On the 6th of July 2018 a group of scientists from various European research centres including LEITAT, published an article
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Second Meeting KET 4 Clean Production Project in Leitat
Today and tomorrow, partners of the KET 4 Clean Production project meet in Leitat headquarters for the second time. During
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Safety Aspects in Pilot Lines: an EPPN-NSC i2L joint session at NanoSAFE 2018
The workshop will be held during the 6th International Conference NanoSAFE 2018 on Wednesday 7th of November in Grenoble France.
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BIOCONCO2 meeting in Terrassa: CO2 conversion into commodities for chemicals and plastics
On the 19th of June, the BIOCON-CO2 consortium met in Leitat headquarters in Terrassa (Barcelona) 6 months after the kickoff
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MIDWOR-LIFE Gathers International Stakeholders for its Final Event to Present Key Results
On June 5th, the final event of MIDWOR-LIFE gathered 36 stakeholders from 10 European countries in the field of substitution
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