European Union - Research & Development

• Better sound barriers  

  11/02/13

  

  A Croatian project, part funded by the European Union's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme Eco-innovation initiative, is aiming to demonstrate that recycled vehicle tyres can be turned into an environmentally-useful product: sound reduction barriers that are installed alongside roads and railways.

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  • Energy efficiency,
  • Recycling,
  • Technology

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• Pooling Europe’s eco-innovation efforts

  26/10/11

  

  ECO-INNOVERA is an attempt to create a truly European vision and support programme for eco-innovation with one of its first outputs being a cross-border call for proposals for R&D.

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• The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) calls for independent experts.

  28/07/11

  

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• EUREKA label marks out outstanding projects in market-oriented water technologies

  28/07/11

  

  ACQUEAU, the industry-driven EUREKA initiative which funds innovative R&D in the European water sector, launched a third call for projects focusing on low-energy wastewater treatment.

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• EIT knowledge and innovation communities to promote innovation and ensure competitiveness in Europe

  28/07/11

  

  Knowledge and innovation communities hold the key to the growth of innovation in Europe, and will form the foundations of the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

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• EU funding for environmental research encourages a variety of projects

  28/07/11

  

  Funding for environmental technologies in FP7 has resulted in a series of promising research projects. Such investment into R&D can potentially lead to real environmental benefits.

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• Importance of industry's R&D contribution to sustainability

  28/07/11

  

  Industry has a key role to play in optimising the contribution research makes to sustainable development but management must seize the opportunities according to a recent Commission conference.

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• Nanotechnology: potential benefits, unknown risks

  28/07/11

  

  As the European Commission works to shape the EU’s future nanotechnology strategy, experts from across the Union are calling for more research into potential environmental risks.

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• Developing collaborative solutions to environmental challenges

  28/07/11

  

  European Technology Platforms play a key role in helping the Environmental Technologies Action Plan ensure eco-innovations make the transition from research to commercialisation.

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• Eco-technologies get a boost through innovation clusters

  28/07/11

  

  Academic, economic and political sectors are forming partnerships in regions around the world to give extra impetus and support to R&D, innovation and brand-new eco-technologies.

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