Regional, networked, successful: More than 80 stakeholders came together at the third GastroRegioTag on November 8 at the Natur- und Wohlfühlhotel Brunner Hof in Arnschwang (Germany). Anja Beckord and Stephanie Lizak from Umweltcluster Bayern presented the...
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Exchanges for a more Sustainable Tourism Sector
Although many projects could be beneficial for practitioners, they often do not succeed in transferring their findings into practice. This is counteracted by platforms where information about various projects are shared and fruitful exchanges of participants take...
Alps4GreenC presented at Re-Think Circular Economy Forum
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Štajerska and Unibz presented Alps4GreenC project at the Re-think Circular Economy Forum in Taranto, Italy. Taranto is one of the most polluted cities in Europe due to the heavy industry that was operating in the city in the...
The First Participatory Workshops in the Italian Living Labs of Valmalenco and Maniva
TranStat aims at developing sustainable transition scenarios starting from the territorial analysis and the active involvement of local actors. The organization of participatory workshops throughout the project has the aim to create a shared vision in each Living...
Achieving climate targets and climate neutrality in the Alps, too – CERVINO energy data platform as an important basis
Energy production and consumption are responsible for more than 75% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve the climate targets for 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050, the energy system of the EU and thus also of the Alpine region must become climate...
Adapting Alpine Ski Tourism: Navigating Climate Change Challenges and Embracing Sustainable Solutions in Kranjska Gora and Zreče
Author: Nina Kobal (Development Agency for Upper Gorenjska) Ski tourism in the Alpine Space is highly vulnerable to snow scarcity, which is increasing due to climate change. Climate change leads to a rapid decrease in snow cover, ski seasons are becoming shorter and...
Poliedra’s activities in SmartCommUnity
One of the ambitions of Consorzio Poliedra is to widen the base of institutions and entities cooperating and striving to make rural and mountain areas attractive, re-attractive, lively and lived for all generations. To this end, Poliedra has been one of the leading...
Remote work in the Alps: Readiness, opportunities and barriers
The AlpSatellites project is making waves in exploring the potential of remote work in alpine and rural areas. Recent workshops in France, Italy, and Austria have unearthed crucial insights and solutions for the future of remote work. French workshop revealed a high...
The Living Labs in TranStat: Experimental Roles and Objectives
In the TranStat project, the ski resorts selected were not selected solely on the basis of their physical characteristics (typically their altitude and the possible impact of a lack of snow), or their ski areas, but more generally on the basis of their vulnerability...
1° FRACTAL Newsletter
Would you like to know about the goals and outputs of the FRACTAL project? Would you like to know more about the project partners? Are you curious about what has been done in the summer, what we are doing now and some news about what's next? The first issue of the...
Cool*Alps event in Brixen
On Friday 11 October 2023, the "Cool*alps" user forum took place at the Progress Group in Brixen. Progress is a KlimaHaus partner. Experts from the industry were invited to give presentations on the topic of thermal building component activation (BTA). Among the...
CEFoodCycle project launches the pilot activity in Piemonte Region
The pilot activity will involve institutional actors, mentor companies, local networks and actors who can facilitate dialogue between different entities (such as universities, research centers and development and promotional actors). The main purpose of the pilot...
Launch of the AlpPlan/PlanToConnect Expert Platform
In line with recent developments in the European policy framework, the PlanToConnect project is developing an “Alpine Planning Strategy for Ecological Connectivity” that promotes multifunctional Green and Blue Infrastructure networks (GBI) and Nature-based Solutions...
Territorial perspectives and development potentials: France
Hydrogen is making rapid strides in France. As a sustainable energy carrier, it has attracted attention from governments, businesses, and the public as a viable substitute for conventional energy resources. In this article, we delve into the present status of...
TranStat Talk
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is TranStat’s Austrian Project Partner leading the work package “Stakeholder-driven Transition Method”. Listen to three researchers of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Reasearch talking about the TranStat Project, the...
Connecting the digital platform, data approach and pilot actions
3 new deliverables have been produced by the Alpine Space SmartCommUnity partherhip that intertwine the project work in different aspects of integration to produce set project outputs. Report on the expansion of the Smart Villages platform Report and Guidelines on...
SmartAlps webinar on “Coworking spaces in the alps – an experience exchange.”
The second SmartAlps webinar on “Coworking spaces in the alps – an experience exchange.” has been organized by the SmartCommunity partner Swiss center for mountain regions www.sab.ch and took place on the 31st of October 2023. The seminar dealt with questions like...
First FRACTAL workshop in Italy
On Saturday morning 25 really motivated people were with us at Maso Pacomio, in Fiavé - Valle delle Giudicarie (TN- Italy). An amazing landscape frames the first FRACTAL workshop in Italy. We worked with enthusiasm with an incredibly friendly and active group of...
The 2nd edition of the bi-annual newsletter of AMETHyST project is out!
The 2nd edition of the bi-annual newsletter of AMETHyST project is out. You are welcome to read it. You will find a lot of news, events, findings, key points and first 2 results in it. AMETHyST is an Interreg Alpine Space project that supports the deployment of local...
Summer Academy
The primary school in Hallwang, a hybrid building, Knoll Logistik, a solid building and the Auenwerkstatt, a wooden building - all 3 buildings are component activated. Thanks to Peter Horner and Harald Kuster for the exciting insights into heating and cooling...
Symposium Alpine Construction
The consumption of the construction industry in figures is impressive: more than 50 percent of existing CO2 emissions, up to 50 percent of energy consumption, use of up to 50 percent of existing raw materials and 50 to 60 percent of waste (Germany-wide). This was...
What came out of the autumn workshops?
The AlpSatellites project, dedicated to uncovering the potential of remote work in alpine and rural areas, continues to progress. After completing a phase of extensive quantitative research with stakeholders, the findings have shed light on the dynamic realm of remote...
Exciting insights from Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Mountain Resorts
Authors: Jan Schmieder and Kathrin Schwab (AlpS) In TranStat's Living Labs (LL) SNA is applied to identify and analyse relevant stakeholders for transition towards more sustainable forms of tourism and their interactions. SNA is a quantitative and qualitative research...
WHAT IS THE SPEED OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE ALPINCE SPACE? – Cervino might provide some answers…
It’s getting serious and promising! The Cervino project partners have managed to collect enough data and users to start the evaluation process of the data platform. And since there is always room for improvement, the project partners are currently discussing user...
X-RISK-CC Project: The Latest Updates and Insights
In a world where the climate's unpredictability keeps us on our toes, facing the intricate web of challenges posed by extreme weather events becomes a shared endeavor. The X-RISK-CC project, in collaboration with 10 partners from six Alpine Space countries, is leading...
Unlocking the Potential for Transition to Sustainable Ski Tourism: ZRC SAZU’s Living Lab Journey
Author: Maruša Goluža, ZRC SAZU Living Labs as a core research unit in the TranStat project Living Labs are central to the TranStat project's research endeavours, serving as dynamic hubs for testing and refining innovative sustainable practises in alpine mountain...
Food Stakeholder Meeting on ‘Food By-Products’
Bolzano, September 28, 2023 A groundbreaking meeting recently took place in the presence of leading South Tyrol organizations, including the Laimburg Research Center, University of Bolzano, South Tyrolean Farmers' Association, EURAC, HDS, Fraunhofer Italia, South...
“Cradle to Cradle often involves challenging the prevailing belief systems that have been ingrained in our practices.” Interview with Dr. Jan von der Lancken, EPEA GmbH
According to Jan von der Lancken from Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency, Cradle to Cradle is first and foremost a design framework. Their job is to help companies apply this framework effectively. How they achieve this, Mr von der Lancken explained...
SmartCommUnity and the governance of fuzzy territories in EWRC 2023
Peter Niederer from the Swiss Center for Mountain Regions www.sab.ch presented the Interreg Alpine Space SmartCommUnity project in a panel on « the governance of fuzzy territories» organised by Regione Lombardia during the EWRC 2023 in Brussels...
The I-SWAMP seminar for Italian teachers was a success!
I-SWAMP recently hosted a successful seminar on Alpine wetlands, which drew the attention of teachers and educators dedicated to environmental conservation. The seminar, held at the Lucio Susmel Centre for Alpine Environment Studies (University of Padova - TESAF...