SIGEEV is a R+D project funded by ACCIO (Nuclis – call 2022) that started this 2023 and will extend until March 2024. The goal of this project is to increase and improve the energy efficiency…
The Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural of Generalitat de Catalunya promotes the creation of the R&D&I Platform in Marine Energies of Catalonia (PLEMCAT) led by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), an…
IREC has secured 10.8M€ funding within the Horizon Europe (HE) framework programme in the 2021 and 2022 calls being part in 19 granted HE projects since the framework programme started. Most return is achieved in…
There is the need to generate a cultural flip that turns citizens into energy agents of change. The main objective of UpEnergy is to develop a mobile application for improving energy awareness at home, with…
On Tuesday 7th February 2023 took place in Brussels the final event of the TRI-HP project, whose research has focused on tri-generation heat pump systems for multi-family buildings. In this project, two complete heat pump…
The second edition of “Gara y la energía que nos rodea” project has already started. In this occasion, the novelty lies in the adaptation of the exhibition to the digital format. The generation of different…
In the recent years, the number of disasters caused by climate hazards has increased considerably. According to recent studies by the United Nations, between the years 2000 and 2019, more than 7,000 disasters caused by…
The R+D+I Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) is a benchmark energy ecosystem that encompasses the entire energy spectrum and promotes the energy transition at a Catalan and international level. The XRE4S is coordinated by IREC…
Today, Friday, the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Pere Aragonès, has made an institutional visit to the region of Osona to visit different projects and get to know the economic and social boost initiatives…
The project ComMit-20 aimed to establish the long and short-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic situation regarding energy consumption, changes in usage patterns, and higher indoor environmental quality requirements in the built environment. The objective…