The ARV project has received 20M euros in funding from the EUs Green Deal call to research climate positive circular communities in Europe. The project will provide guidelines and a political framework for future energy-efficient…
ICAEN, IREC, Leitat, Eurecat, CIMNE and CEEC have organized the 7th edition course about nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB). The sessions were held online and recorded, so that the material is now available to all citizens. New buildings must be near-zero energy buildings from 31 December 2020,…
The kick-off meeting of Comunitat.Coop (Social and Sustainable Economy SSE support platform for urban regeneration) was held on December 22, 2021. The main purpose of the project is to create the digital platform Comunitat.coop that…
Genius is a newly granted project that stands for “Empowering Clean-Energy Transition of Energy Intensive Industry Through Advanced and Innovative Digital-Tools”. It is funded under the “líneas estratégicas” call and held its kick-off meeting on…
On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, the group of Thermal Energy and Building Performance participated in the first inter cluster event organized by the Cluster of Efficient Energy of Catalonia (CEEC), the Fire Safety Cluster (CLUSIC)…
The 26th edition of the Science Week is held in Catalonia from 12 to 21 November with the aim of bringing science and technology closer to citizens and promoting scientific careers among the youngest. IREC has participated…
LOCALISED is a H2020 funded project that stands for “Localised decarbonisation pathways for citizens, local administrations and businesses to inform for mitigation and adaptation action“. The kick-off meeting is held in Potsdam (Germany) from 9-10th…
Our experts at IREC consider that the risk of a global blackout in Europe is very low, as the electricity grid system is robust and has contingency plans. José Luis Domínguez, head of the Power…
On the occasion of EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2021, IREC researchers have carried out several dissemination and outreach activities related to the core activities at IREC. On October the 26th, Lucile Bernadet gave a…
The main goal of the “Som Comunitat Energètica” project was to introduce a web-service platform, able to discover the potential energy communities around a specific end consumer, and following current regulations. Thus, the platform, freely…