Closing the water cycle
in Mediterranean tourist facilities
On November 21st 2016, Ignasi from ICRA presented demEAUmed project at a school in the framework of the “science week” (setmana de la ciència) in Lloret de Mar (Spain). Around 100 high school students joined the presentation to know about demEAUmed project. Further information on the science week can be found on the official website (in Spanish): link
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From 15 to 17 November, Barcelona hosted the Iwater show, a new international benchmark event with activities and content of a high technological, commercial and strategic value, targeted at the different stakeholders involved in the complete water cycle. |
Hostelco 2016 focused its efforts on attracting some 1,100 key buyers from over 10 countries. Among them were 300 Spanish distributors, for whom a special programme had been designed, with facilities and incentives to boost their presence at the show.
Another important collective was the purchasing managers from some 50 Spanish and foreign hotel, restaurant and service management chains who met up with exhibitors at Hostelco through a series of B2B meetings planned by the show.
This event was organized by: Fira de Barcelona and the Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Fabricantes de Maquinaria para Hosteleria, Colectividades e Industrias Afines (FELAC) with the collaboration of the Federacion Espanola de Hosteleria (FEHR) .demEAUmed project was presented by the director of Samba Hotels, Lloret-Blanes, Costa Brava, Mr. Eduard Coloma Boada. Samba Hotel is the demonstration site of demEAUmed technologies.
Last month, demEAUmed project was presented by several members of the consortium during international events. Among these events are:
- TUI Bestenzirkel Conference, September 6th-07th 2016, Hanover-Germany:
TUI-Hotel group organised an event on sustainability where UVOX, Radtke Biotechnik and alchemia presented demEAUmed project, their technologies and the added value in terms of water efficiency and environmental sustainability in hotels. (link)
-13th IWA Specialized Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems (SWWS) and the 5th IWA Specialized Conference on Resources-Oriented Sanitation (ROS), September 14th-16th 2016, Athens – Greece:
The Conference brought together researchers, engineers, water practitioners from academia, industry, water utilities, public authorities and administration to exchange know-how and experiences on innovative systems, technologies and processes which are/can be applied at small and decentralized regions for the management of water and wastewater. ICRA made a presentation during the event , an outcome of a paper made jointly with UNESCO-IHE. (link)
- 22nd SETAC Europe LCA Case Study Symposium, September 20th-22nd, 2016, Montpellier-France:
With the overarching theme of ‘Life Cycle Innovation for the Transition to a Sustainable Society’ this year’s Symposium was designed to provide every opportunity to share and learn about business practice, application experiences and challenges regarding. Both LEITAT and ICRA participated at the event and presented demEAUmed project and covering LCA tasks within the project as well as environmental and water-saving in hotels. (link)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 619116.
