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The EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee, together with the LIFE Unit, have identified the 25 Best LIFE-Environment / Information projects completed during 2015.
This 13th Best LIFE-Environment / Information Projects' exercise, follows on from a lengthy identification and evaluation process based on a set of best practice criteria, developed by EU Member States in collaboration with the European Commission.
The objective of the exercise is to help improve the dissemination of LIFE project results by clearly identifying those projects whose results, if widely applied, could have the most positive impact on the environment.
The following projects (in no particular order) have been selected by the Member States as "Best of the Best" LIFE Environment / Information projects that finished in 2015:
| The 5 "Best of the Best" LIFE Environment / Information Projects 2015 | |
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EDEA-RENOV - Development of Energy Efficiency in Architecture:
Energy Renovation, Innovation and ICTs project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Junta de Extremadura |
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Odourless casting - Odour and hazardous emission abatement of
foundries project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Uudenkaupungin Rautavalimo Oy (Meehanite Technology Oy) |
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SEWeb - Scotland's environmental web project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) |
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ACUMEN -Assessing, Capturing & Utilising Methane from Expired and
Non-operational landfill project summary | website | project clip Beneficiary: Environment Agency of England & Wales |
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HEO - Highly Efficient Ovens through eco-friendly, energy efficient
sol-gel enamelling process project summary | website | Layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Whirlpool Europe s.r.l. |
25 exemplary projects have been awarded "Best" project status – 24 LIFE ENV and 1 LIFE INF (listed):
| The 20 "Best" LIFE Environment / Information Projects 2015 |
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DOMOTIC - Demonstration Of Models for Optimisation of Technologies
for Intelligent Construction project summary| website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Fundación San Valero |
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REDUST - Best winter maintenance practices ot reduce respirable street
dust in urban areas - demonstration of best practices, strategy
development and implementation project summary| website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: City of Helsinki Envinronment Centre |
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ACEPT-AIR - Development of A Cost Efficient Policy Tool for reduction of
Particulate Matter in AIR project summary| website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: N.C.S.R. "Demokritos" |
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SOL-BRINE - Development of an advanced innovative energy autonomous
system for the treatment of brine from seawater desalination plants project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Municipality of Tinos |
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ENERGY-WASTE - Energy exploitation of non-recyclable urban waste in a
sustainable waste-to-energy market project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: WATT S.A. |
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DYEMOND SOLAR - Innovative Technology for
Low Cost Production of Energy Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: NLAB Solar AB |
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EDOC - Electronic Duty of Care project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: The Environment Agency of Englandand Wales |
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BREAD4PLA - Demonstration-Plant Project to Produce
Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA) Biopolymer From Waste Products of Bakery Industry project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Asociación de Investigación de Materiales Plásticos y Conexas |
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POLYMIX - Polymer Wastes in Asphalt Mixes: a Way to Increase
Sustainability of Roads Infrastructures project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Universidad de Cantabria |
| AQUAENVEC - Assessment and improvement of the urban water cycle eco-efficiency using LCA and LCC project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: CETAQUA |
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HARMONICA - HARMOnised Noise Information for Citizens and
Authorities project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: BRUITPARIF |
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ELINA - Integrated green life-cycle management of waste oils
and petroleum residues project summary | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Cyclon Hellas S.A. |
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PODEBA - Use of poultry dejection for the bating phase in the tanning
cycle project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile |
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NOW - No more organic waste. A new integrated system to eliminate
organic waste in the organised large scale distribution project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Cantiere Autolimitazione Cooperative Sociale a.r.l. |
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B.R.A.V.E. - Better Regulation Aimed at Valorising Emas project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitarie di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna |
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BIOTTOPE - BIological tools to Optimize Treatment Technologies to
remove micro Pollutants and Endocrine disrupters project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation SNC |
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PRISCA - Pilot project for scale re-use starting from bulky waste stream project summary | website | Layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitarie di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna |
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GeoPyrz - Demonstration of the innovative technology of the improvement of absorption of the geothermal deposit layer project summary | website | Layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: "Geotermia Pyrzyce" Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością |
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GREEN SINKS - Realization of green composite sinks substituting
organic and mineral primary materials by recovered waste project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: DELTA srl |
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REBIRTH - Promotion of the recycling of industrial waste and
building rubble for the construction industry project summary | website | layman's report | project clip Beneficiary: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) |
Scoring of completed LIFE-Environment projects began in the summer of 2004. The system was introduced by the Commission, following an initiative taken by Sweden and the Netherlands. A set of ‘best practice’ criteria was developed in collaboration with the Member States. These criteria included: projects’ contribution to immediate and long-term environmental, economic and social improvements; their degree of innovation and transferability; their relevance to policy and their cost-effectiveness. In view of the importance of these aspects to project success, project beneficiaries are also required to provide an After-LIFE Communication Plan and an Analysis of the long-term benefits of the project with their final report. This information forms an integral part of the evaluation process.
All completed projects were initially technically assessed by the LIFE Unit’s external monitoring team (the Astrale consortium). The monitors ranked all the projects that ended during the reference period (summer 2009 to spring 2015), to produce a first list. The final selection was undertaken by the Member States.
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