The Forest EcoValue project officially started its journey with the kick-off meeting held in Turin on 29-30 November 2022. Coordinated by Finpiemonte S.p.A., this Interreg Alpine Space project is dedicated to exploring innovative and sustainable business models while...
In the heart of Piove di Sacco, Italy, a company with a vision beyond commercial success emerged in 1998. JVP, a manufacturer specializing in raised steel floors, set out not only to conquer the global market but to do so with products that embodied advanced...
November 27th, 2023 --> 35 enthusiastic students from MS Kohfidisch, a group of accompanying persons, as well as 3 community workers and volunteers together to plant trees and shrubs. In Kohfidisch various types of hedges were planted as part of the FRACTAL GI Day....
On October 25th, 2023, the EGTC Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke and the IRSNC-ZRSVN, in collaboration with the University of Padova, organized an impactful online seminar centered around the Geopark school topic, "Wetlands – in nature with boots," specifically designed...
November 2023 Innsbruck (Austria): The second project management meeting has been held in the BFW office of Innsbruck. A specific attention has been paid on the project’s webatlas development, modeling and marteloscopes tasks.
‼️⚠️ ✨👉 NEWS FROM SLOVENIAN PARTNERS👈✨⚠️‼️ Last week, the meeting with headmasters was organised at the Dušan Muniha Most primary school in Soča - at their incredible biology classroom, packed with wonderful educational materials. At the meeting, the Triglavski...
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...
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...
November 2023 Ljubljana (Slovenia): Presentation of the marteloscopes concept and MOSAIC’s objectives to 20 students of Pedagogic faculty of Slovenia. Kristina Sever presented Slovenian forestry and the importance of protective forests, discussion how to involve this...
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...
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...
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...
Utilizing a combination of social network analysis and stakeholder identification, workshops have been structured to encourage active engagement among representatives from local authorities, environmental organizations, tourism entities, ski resort operators, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
13th September 2023, Mompantero (Italy) : Visit to Mompantero pilot site by students from the University of Yamagata Nicolò Anselmetto, Erik Carrieri, Matteo Garbarino, Giulia Mantero, and Fabio Meloni. A group of 32 students and professors from the University of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. 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...
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...
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...
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...