Partners:
- CAIB / CTM - Spain, Palma (Mallorca)
- CDA - France, La Rochelle Cedex
- Cinesi - Spain, Palma de Mallorca
- ESNWL - United Kingdom, London
- FGM-AMOR - Austria, Graz
- GEN - Spain, Llucmajor
- IFEU - Germany, Heidelberg
- ITP - Poland, Poznań
- NET - Italy, Roma
- REAC - Greece, Heraklion, Crete
- UniZag FSB - Croatia, Zagreb
- Veneto Region - Italy, Venezia
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CAIB / CTM
CAIB. Environment, Mobility and Regional Planning Ministry of the Balearic Islands Government CAIB. Environment, Mobility and Regional Planning Ministry of the Balearic Islands Government
Regional Government of the Balearic Islands has a big degree of autonomy in many governmental fields. For this, there is a specific ministry, the Environment, Mobility and Regional Planning, which manages with all the related duties in the region.
The Mallorca Transports Consortium (CTM) is an inter-administrative Consortium created in 2006 and is fully depending on the Mobility Department of the Balearic Islands Government. Main current duties of CTM are coordinating inter-city public transport network as well as regulating Mallorca Intercity public transport fare issues. At this point, CTM is in charge of implementing and developing the new integrated fare system, which in the future will include also Palma Urban Public Transport Network.
Role of the organisation in the project:
This ministry is competent on issues regarding Environment and mobility, and hence their current tasks are fully in line with BIOSIRE project goals. As main coordinator of inter-city public transport, CTM plays a key role in changing behavior of PT fleet operators towards more environmentally-friendly sources of energy.
Contact:
Antoni Bosch Oliver
Phone: +34 971913191
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CDA
Communauté d'Agglomération de La Rochelle La Rochelle Urban Community 'CDA LR' (population 160,000) lies on the coast of Western France in the Poitou-Charentes Region. La Rochelle’s historical heritage and the strong links with the sea make the city one of France's most popular destination. Consequently, it has a large number of shops, restaurants and hotels.
Apart from tourism, other sectors are well-represented on the territory, such as boat industry, transport (Alstom, Delphi, Rhodia…), information technology, food and healthcare.
Although relatively small, the local authority of La Rochelle has developed over the years an ethos of urban ecology, from the 1st town centre pedestrian area in France in 1973 to the 1st car-free day (1997), not forgetting the 1st public bike loan system (1976). Other sustainable actions can be highlighted: introduction of clean vehicles, bike- and car-sharing, electric shuttle boats, pilot cooking oils recycling unit for transportation purpose.
Role of the organisation in the project:
As one of the demonstrator city of BIOSIRE, CDA LR will carry out pilot initiatives to broaden and upscale its approach to sustainable mobility and alternative propulsion in the field of tourism.
La Rochelle’s approach to addressing sustainable transport in tourism will focus on:
- Establish contacts with the key local actors of the electric and biofuel chain value:
* Supply side actors: notably restaurant using cooking oils
* Demand side actors: CdA LR (Water Treatment Department) for special vehicles, boat companies, Congress Hall, Leisure Harbour, car rental companies, taxi companies, hotels, main tourism sites…
- Increase the volume of recycled cooking oils available on the La Rochelle Urban Community territory.
- Design strategies to attract tourist’s, resident’s and local actor’s attention on alternative propulsion
- Promote actions among specific target groups (restaurants owners, car-rental companies etc)
- Encourage the use of clean vehicles (electric vehicles or biofuels):
* at the LR Congress Centre
* during major events in LR (Francofolies music festival, Grand Pavois international boat fair…)
* as specific service proposed by hotels
* ...
- Extend the use of the LR electric car-sharing system to the tourists
Contact:
Matthieu Graindorge
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Cinesi
CINESI is a transport consultancy founded in 1996, which operates mainly in the field of traffic simulation and analysis, transport planning and mobility management. CINESI has a multidisciplinary team compounded of civil engineers, industrial engineers, economists, geographers and public transport engineers. The company has offices in Barcelona (Headquarters), Palma de Mallorca and Valencia.
After a successful participation in the European Commission Project Bypad (Bicycle Policy Audit: www.bypad.org), CINESI has decided to make a step further in all related with European Projects. At this point, CINESI has worked hard for participating in the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE) 2007 Call and in the INTERREG IV C Programme Call. At this point, CINESI is currently participating in three projects: BIOSIRE, BENEFIT and SUGAR.
Role of the organisation in the project:
CINESI is the coordinator of the project, which means that participates in all workpackages. Besides, CINESI is the workpackage leader for workpackage 1 (Poject Management), workpackage 3 (Implementation in tourist regions) and workpackage 7 (Common dissemination activities). CINESI plays an active role also in the rest of the workpackages and has a relavant participation in the local implementation of the project in Mallorca.
Contact:
Carles Petit
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ESNWL
Energy Solutions, North West London Energy Solutions is a not-for-profit Energy Agency providing information and advice about all aspects of sustainable energy to households, businesses, local government and community groups in North West London. It also has a subsidiary consultancy company which carries out professional energy consultancy work, including the provision of Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates as required by the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Energy Solutions is currently a partner in 5 Intelligent Energy Europe projects and is Coordinator of one - BioDieNet “Developing a network of actors to stimulate demand for locally produced biodiesel from used cooking oils”.
Role of the organisation in the project:
In the BIOSIRE project Energy Solutions is leader of Work Package 2 which aims to provide stakeholders with a sound understanding of the problems met in the transition to alternative fuels in tourist regions for all transport modes including non-road applications. |
FGM-AMOR
Austrian Mobility Research Austrian Mobility Research (AMOR) is an independent non-profit organization. AMOR and its employees are associates in an affiliated private limited company.
One of Europe's leading companies in the field of mobility research, AMOR has extensive experience in cooperating with EU research and promotional institutions. Austrian Mobility Research offers state of the art know-how and access to the latest European research results as well as the latest examples in the field of mobility management.
Austrian Mobility Research works for sustainable environmental-friendly and people-friendly traffic development. The range of activities includes research, consulting, training, and project implementation in the field of mobility management. Customers of AMOR profit from the flexible and interdisciplinary teams, offering years of international and national experience.
Role of the organisation in the project:
Communication and Dissemination
Contact:
Iris Pein
Phone: 0043 316 81045165
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GEN
GRUPO ECOLÓGICO NATURAL, S.L. Natural Ecological Group, SL (GEN), was created in December 2001 with the collaboration of the Government of the Balearic Islands, following also the guidelines of the SESCO European Plan (Sustainable Energy Systems for Communities), which aims to promote energy independence in isolated regions.
GEN is the first biodiesel production plant in the Balearic archipelago, and is located in the industrial estate of Son Noguera, on the island of Mallorca.
The plant produces biodiesel, an alternative fuel which promotes ecological protection of the environment, and the reduction of energy dependence on fossil fuels such as diesel. In addition, it contributes to improve the quality of life of residents and tourists.
The basic idea of GEN is to use vegetable oil from sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, palm etc. and used cooking oils from households, hotels and restaurants.
The production and consumption of biodiesel is basically addressed to the regional market, providing the product mostly to public transport companies and private fleets.
Role of the organisation in the project:
GEN is a key partner in the deployment of the local implementation of the BIOSIRE project on the island (WP3). It participates very actively in all activities that aim to promote and raise awareness about the collection of used cooking oils, recycling and subsequent treatment and use for the production of biodiesel. These marketing and communication campaigns are aimed primarily at residents and tourists.
Contact:
Jerónimo Morales
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IFEU
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg IFEU, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, was founded in 1978.
Since then IFEU has established itself as an independent centre of excellence for environmental research. Its expertise covers areas like environmental implications of transport, energy supply and renewable energy sources, life cycle assessment, air pollution control, sustainable development, environmental impact assessment, and environmental management
Role of the organisation in the project:
IFEU conducts an integrated assessment of the demonstrator impacts, considering technology and energy/environment/greenhouse gas aspects. This integrated assessment will be conducted based upon evaluation activities including data collection from demonstrator regions which IFEU will lead throughout the project period. The evaluation will also produce reflections on lessons learned and policy recommendations, based upon the demonstrator regions and their impacts. This analysis will be followed by demonstrator specific reflections on if/how they will modify their future planning for broadening and upscaling of their activities.
Contact:
Guido Reinhardt
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ITP
Institute of Technology and Life Sciences Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP) is the body of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, for which we realize tasks, orders and expertises.
The Institute head office is located in Falenty (near Warsaw) and covers central and eastern part of Poland with its activity. ITP Departments are located in Gdansk (north of Poland), Poznan (western part of Poland), Krynica (southern part of Poland) and Kludzienko (near Warsaw).
The Institute co-operates with Agricultural Advisory Centres spread all over the country in every district, and also with Polish agricultural and technical universities. We are the foundator and co-ordinator of the international Scientific Network AGRORISKS. Due to broadly conducted educational activity for farmers we spread innovative ways of farming, compatible with UE legal rules, with impact on environmental protection, biofuels and global climate.
ITP conducts a series of research in its labs and experimental farm.
ITP is also experienced in editorial branch.
Role of the organisation in the project:
ITP is responsible for Polish national transfer activities in WP4 and performs a role of an expert in agricultural aspects of the Project. |
NET
NET Engineering S.p.A. Net Engineering spa is part of Net Engineering International, an international holding group that includes Spiekermann AG e IMS GmbH (Germany), Net Engineering Bulgaria, Net Engineering Ltd India. Net Engineering spa operates in the field of civil engineering, infrastructures and trasport, with competences in preliminary, final and construction design, territorial research and analysis, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, environmental impact research and evaluations, financial and economic analysis and research, transportation studies, traffic and urban mobility plans, development of operating models. Since 2004, NET Engineering set up a research and development team of experts (RSV) for the realization of European projects in the fields of integrated transport planning for all modes of transport, environment and renewable energies related to transport. Net has been or is currently involved in Interreg III-IV, Life+ and IEE projects. Net offers technical support for public administrations, associations, industries, universities and research institutes for the development and management of projects and the dissemination of projects results.
The services offered include: identification of projects and support in the constitution of partnership and international working groups; feasibility studies; environmental studies; data collection and processing; technical support for the implementation of projects and assistance to public administrations in the management and accounts of the projects financed by the U. E.
Role of the organisation in the project:
NET is involved in the demonstration site implementation evaluation, as well as the leader of the Transferability workpackage. In this WP, external experts will be consulted on best practices within the area, and the involvement of new regions and institutions interested in developing similar programmes locally will be stimulated. Furthermore, NET will be responsible for the development of the final documentation lessons learned and policy recommendations.
Contact:
Natasa Avlijas
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REAC
Region of Crete - Regional Energy Agency of Crete The creation of the Regional Energy Agency of Crete:
In December 1993, within the framework of implementing regional energy policy and in pursuit of establishing “Crete as a preferential area for extensive applications of Renewable Energy Sources in Europe and in Mediterranean”, the Region of Crete has founded a Regional Energy Agency. Today the Agency operates with modern equipment and, except the permanent personnel, a vast network of external experts.
The areas of excellence of the Agency are:
-> Energy
-> Environment - Climate Change
-> Sustainable Mobility
-> Renewable Energy Sources
-> Energy Saving and Rational Use of Energy
-> European and International Co-operation
The main objectives of the Regional Energy Agency of Crete are:
1. To contribute to the formation of the Regional Energy Policy, in close co-operation with all the responsible bodies in local and regional level and in accordance with the National and European Energy Policy
2. To co-ordinate the energy programmes and activities of several regional and local bodies, to combine them with other Community or National programmes (Research and Technology, Environment, Tourism etc.)
3. To participate in European and National energy programmes and networks. To promote European and international co-operation.
4. To provide consultancy services to interested bodies.
5. To promote (through information, dissemination) programmes, technologies and applications of renewable energy sources, sustainable mobility & biofuels, rational use of energy, energy saving etc.
6. To realise training programmes, seminars, technical visits, conferences, etc.
7. To sensitise citizen consumers and energy users.
The Regional Energy Agency of Crete has achieved very important results since its creation:
1. The creation of the Agency has introduced for the first time in Greece - the conception and the promotion of the regional energy policy at regional political level. The Region of Crete - through its Regional Energy Agency - disposes now an integrated regional energy policy, which is divided in short, medium and long term measures for ten years horizon.
2. The very strong co-operation, which has been developed among the Regional Energy Agency of Crete and all local, regional, national and European authorities, Organisations, Universities, etc. made possible the implementation of the regional energy planning.
3. In the same direction and in co-operation with other national and European organisations and Universities - in the framework or European programmes - an Action and Implementation Plan for the large-scale deployment of RES in Crete have been formulated and is being promoted.
4. Co-ordination and effectiveness of energy projects and programmes in Crete took great advantage from the establishment of the Agency.
5. The necessity of the promotion of RES investments in Greece resulted to the formulation of the favourable legal framework in 1994 (Law 2244/94). This law includes also a mention for the establishment and operation of regional and local Energy Agencies in Greece. The Regional Energy Agency - as a pilot project in Greece - contributed to these legal progresses and is a member of a special committee in the framework of the above law, for specifying the related directions and helping to the formulation of a special Presidential Decree.
6. The creation of REAC has introduced the «energy centred project», but the most important, is the continuous and effective demonstration and support of the «horizontal character of the energy» and the connection of the energy policy with other sectorial policies and programmes at regional level.
7. In 2001, the Region of Crete and its Regional Energy Agency have been honored by the European Commission with the first award for the Best Regional Renewable Energy Partnership (in the framework of 2001 Campaign for Take-off Awards), for the existing RES plants in Crete and its successful integrated programme “Large Scale Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in Crete”.
Role of the organisation in the project:
The Regional Energy Agency of Crete is participant in all work-packages (1-6) of the project "BIOSIRE" and is responsible for the "Demonstration Activities" in Crete.
Contact:
Konstantinos Kalitsounakis
Phone: +302810224854
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UniZag FSB
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, (UNIZAG FSB) is a leading higher educational and research institution in the region covering wide rang of research and teaching (http://www.fsb.hr/). UNIZAG FSB consists of 13 Departments that have been divided into several chairs and in total more than 400 people work on the Faculty. Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment (DEPEE www.powerlab.fsb.hr/depee) and its four chairs: Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair, Chair of Turbomachinery, Chair of Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Ecology and Water Treatment Technology, together with their three laboratories are very active in research concerning energy, power engineering and related environmental protection. Beside their teaching and research job, employees of those two departments are members of various scientific, research, professional and political organizations.
The research group at the Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair (PEEMC), Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment on the UNIZAG FSB a leading group in sustainable development of power supply, covering the following main areas: power plants technologies, optimisation and control, cogeneration technology and optimisation, energy management and energy efficiency, energy policies and energy planning, integrated environmental studies, sustainability, energy related climate change, capacity building in energy and environment, and promotion of energy technologies, among others. The group has also big experience in research of combustion, radiation and pollution processes. This research group has more than 20 years of experience on various fields related to combustion technologies, industrial engineering, process control, energy management, environmental control, operating conditions and control of industrial furnaces and boilers, conventional and advanced power generation, combined heat and power systems, control of emissions disposal. Since 1990 the Chair has engaged in the leading-edge research in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), mainly in the field of combustion, radiation and pollution processes. The group is also responsible for teaching various courses on undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Previous projects:
1. ADEG: Advanced Decentralised Energy Generation Systems in Western Balkans (FP6-STREP-INCO-CT-2004-509187). The overall objective of ADEG project was to formulate promising solutions for decentralised systems in the area of Western Balkans based on the utilisation of renewable energy sources and hybrid systems. The PEEMC job on the project covers research and leading of two work packages. The first work package on the project was related to the examination of renewable energy sources potential in the region of the Western Balkans. This work package was lead by the PEEMC group and it has been successfully finished. Another WP coordinated by our group was WP3 Investigation of the most promising configurations for the advanced utilisation of renewable energy in decentralised systems has been also coordinated by the PEEMC. http://powerlab.fsb.hr/adeg
The results of the project were widely published but also enabled work on several current projects ("Geothermal technologies for electricity production applicable to Republic of Croatia"; "Analysis of Croatian potential for construction of biomass power plants of size 5-20 MW"; "Renewable Energy Resources Project, GEF/IBRD Grant - TF054973", and two Intelligent energy for Europe projects: STORIES: "Addressing barriers to STORage technologies for increasing the penetration of Intermittent Energy Sources" http://www.storiesproject.eu ; SMART: "Strategies to promote small scale hydro electricity production in Europe".) Results of these projects will make "real change on the ground" and will certainly boost local economy.
2. LIFECroCHP 2002-2004 (ref. no. LIFE00TCY/CRO/084): Sustainable Development of Croatian CHP Sector: http://powerlab.fsb.hr/lifecrochp/. The LIFE project includes a multicriterial sustainability analysis of different CHP scenaria in Croatia, the project has been successfully finished. One of the main objectives was the establishment of the local cogeneration capacity which was achieved trough complex sustainability analysis. The analysis comprised economic, environmental and social aspects of cogeneration and confirmed that cogeneration increases sustainability of Croatian development. The results of the project activities were recognized by officials from Energy and Mining Division of the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship who are responsible for energy legislation and they were part of our capacity building services. After the project’s end the status of cogeneration in primary energy legislation was improved following guidelines in order to allow for support measures for cogeneration. The successful project enabled our group to help government to prepare Secondary legislation in the field of renewable energy sources and cogeneration which have been applied since summer 2007. The project also enabled our current work on the CARDS project „Support for the further approximation of Croatian legislation with environmental acquis" and project "National potential of cogeneration" - 1st phase.
3. SDEWES (INCO-FP5): Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water, and Environment Systems: http://www.dubrovnik2009.fsb.hr. In cooperation with IST (Lisbon), UNIZAG FSB (DEPEE) organized the first Dubrovnik Conference on SDEWES in 2002. The conference was partly financed by European commission. Since then, two more conferences have been organized, in 2003 and 2005. SDWESS conferences, their side events and special sessions are becoming important places for gathering of various researchers and project leaders from the region but also Europe and the World. In 2007 the fourth SDWESS conference has been organized with more than 150 participants. http://www.dubrovnik2009.fsb.hr.
4. GERONIMO: "Getting Energy Reduction on Agendas in Industrial Manufacturing Operations" is project supported trough Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme in which PEEMC group is promoting energy efficiency and rational use of energy on dairy farms in Croatia. http://www.dairyenergy.eu
5. WEB-ENV: Development of Environmental Guidelines for the Region of Western Balkans (SSA-INCO-CT-2004-510617). The main objective of WEB-ENV project is the development of general environmental guidelines concerning the region of Western Balkan, with a particular focus on water resources, renewable energy and use of recycled materials. Project finished in December 2007. The PEEMC was a leader of work package concerning Review of existing environmental legislation.
http://powerlab.fsb.hr/webenv
6. WEB-MOB: Development of Mobility Guidelines for the Region of Western Balkans (SSA-INCO-515923). The main objective of the WEB-MOB project is the development of guidelines related to researcher’s mobility policy in the region of Western Balkans. The main supporting activities of the project are: a review of the existing legislation related to the mobility issues of the WBC, a mapping exercise for the identification of web links and useful information, informative material for follow-up from the main stakeholders, organization of workshops and development of web portal. The most important rule of PEEMC in the project is organization of big regional workshop. Project is successfully finished in October 2007 and resulted in establishment of the Agency for Mobility and EU programs which is governed by Prof. Neven Duic. http://powerlab.fsb.hr/webmob
7. FLICK-THE-SWITCH: “Instigating Simple Energy Efficient Behavioural Practices in Schools Getting Energy” is IEE project aimed at getting European primary and secondary schools pupils into the habit of turning off lights and electrical devices when not in use in order to save energy, save money and save the environment! www.flicktheswitch.eu
8. STORIES: Addressing barriers to STORage technologies for increasing the penetration of Intermittent Energy Sources is IEE project. The main objective of STORIES project is to facilitate RES penetration in islands, through modifications in the legislative and regulatory framework that will adopt energy storage technologies. http://www.storiesproject.eu/
Role of the organisation in the project:
The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture is participant in all work-packages (1-6) of the project "BIOSIRE" and is responsible for the "Demonstration Activities" in Croatian tourist area Island of Losinj, National Park Mljet and Dubrovnik Region. Also, UniZag FSB is responsible for the Croatian national transfer activities in WP4
Contact:
Neven Duic
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Veneto Region
Veneto Region is a densely populated and highly productive region, with more than 400.000 SMEs. To this productive fabric, it must be added the strong tourist attractions to artistic cities, mountains and seaside environments. Approximately 13 million tourists visit the Region each year, with the highest concentration in Venice with 7 million tourists per year; these figures illustrate Venice’s primary role as an attraction centre in Italy.
Such characteristics produce inevitably situations of traffic congestion, pollution and energy consumption. These factors are particularly critical given the delicate and particular Venetian lagoon environment; the Venetian lagoon involves productive components, from the chemical area of Porto Marghera, from urban life and from tourism.
For this reason, the Veneto Region, an public territorial body, has chosen to concentrate its activities in such reality, defining and evaluating the opportunities of applying alternative fuels, such as the biofuels in local transport.
Role of the organisation in the project:
The Veneto Region will implement feasibility study with reference to the Venice Lagoon and to the city of Venice. The study will define and analyse the use of biofuels in the local transport (i.e. boats), which serves both tourists and local citizens.
The feasibility study will analyze the possibilities and the conditions for converting the actual vehicles to biofuel and it will assess the operational yield, the emissions, energy saving, applied to the various options, considering the production of biofuels derived from the touristic market and from cultivation. The Veneto Region will evaluate the potential areas that could be dedicated to the production of biofuels and which are the impacts of a similar decision in terms of effects on land use.
There will be the support of Regional assembly and in particular reference the mobility and transportation policies branch of the Veneto administration. Local stakeholders will be involved at every level of the foreseen actions.
Contact:
Andrea Ballarin
Phone: +39 3271675323
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