Once again, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) joins the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, reaffirming its commitment to visibility, recognition, and the full inclusion of women in…
Today, women scientists from IREC took part in the #científiques event, an initiative aimed at increasing the presence of women in science and technology in Catalonia. Organized by the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca…
Today, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), a CERCA center dedicated to research and technological development in the field of energy, welcomed 14 students from the Centre d’Estudis Stucom as part of the Escolab…
This January, the citizen science project Vigilants de la calor, promoted by the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, and developed by the Institute Metròpoli, and the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, with the support of the…
IREC has participated in the European Researchers’ Night 2024, a European Commission initiative under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions within the Horizon Europe program. This event, which has been running since 2005, takes place simultaneously in…
This year, the 10th edition of the Positive Energy Buildings (PEB) course, formerly known as nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) course, will be celebrated starting this October. The course is organized by the following institutions:…
IREC, in its mission to disseminate and promote scientific culture in the field of energy generation and use, presents the project “Gara OpenLAB“: a project aimed at stimulating citizen participation in science and technology on…
The “Vigilants de la Calor” project has started and a hundred children from 3 schools in the metropolitan area will participate. The aim is to generate new data on thermal comfort in metropolitan homes. Through…
Barcelona has celebrated the Science Festival, reaching its 17th edition with a program full of innovative and outreach activities. Researchers from the Department of Nanoionics and Fuel Cells at IREC participated in this annual event,…
The Mad for Science (Bojos per l’Energia) course, an initiative led by the Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN) with the collaboration of IREC, celebrated the closing ceremony and diploma presentation of its third edition on Friday,…