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On a mission to build energy-efficient homes

Romanian environmental economist, Dr Monica Ardeleanu, is on a mission to make the world’s housing and living solutions greener, with the help of EU ...

Researchers created an app to help communities boost their own clean power. © PintoArt, Shutterstock.com
Energy  |  Environment  |  Science in society
Energy app turns neighbours into local clean energy power players

An energy app developed by EU-funded researchers is helping neighbours cut carbon, earn modest returns and boost the use of clean power in their own ...

To help green steel production, researchers are turning wastewater sludge into valuable materials for furnaces. © Artie Medvedev, Shutterstock.com
Agriculture  |  Energy  |  Environment
From sewer to furnace: how wastewater sludge is greening steel production

By turning wastewater sludge into biocoal and green hydrogen, EU-funded researchers are helping reduce the steel industry’s environmental impact.

The Nu-Office building in Munich has small, triple-glazed windows and thick, insulated walls to keep out the winter cold. Image courtesy of Nu-Office.
Energy  |  Environment  |  Industry
Sustainable buildings should differ across Europe

Sustainable buildings should be different depending on where they are in Europe - that's according to the developers of one of the world's greenest office buildings.

Plastic ready to be recycled. © Moreno Soppelsa/Shutterstock
Environment  |  Energy  |  Industry
The magnetic attraction of recycling plastics

Magnets and nano-sized magnetic particles could help to change the way plastics are sorted for recycling, saving billions of euros in raw material imports, and providing new tools to erode Europe’s mountains of discarded plastic.

Smart meters are helping people use electricity more efficiently. © Shutterstock/LeahKat
ICT  |  Energy
Smart meters for smart consumption

The people of Alginet, a small town in eastern Spain, are paying less for their electricity. Households reduced their electricity bills by an average of 12 % over 2012, while large, commercial consumers saved 58 %.

Open rotor jet engines could reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 25 % to 30 % compared to standard jet engines. © Safran
Public–Private Partnerships  |  Energy  |  Industry  |  Innovation Union
Cleaner and quieter future for Europe’s skies

Europe’s skies will be cleaner and quieter thanks to a proposed partnership between the EU and industry. During the partnership, technologies will be developed to help cut noise and carbon dioxide emissions from planes by up to 30 %.

Unused waste from trees and crops could be turned into everyday products. © Shutterstock/Taina Sohlman
Public–Private Partnerships  |  Agriculture  |  Energy  |  Innovation Union
Oil-free fuel from agricultural waste

Europe’s agricultural by-products could be increasingly used to give people greener everyday commodities, such as oil-free vehicle fuel and bio-plastics, thanks to a planned multi-billion-euro partnership between the EU and industry.

In the French region of Champagne, local farmers and industrial partners have developed a fully integrated industrial biorefinery. It takes advantage of the biomass, based on traditional agro-industries, for new applications of agro-resources to be used in the local area. © Getty
Energy  |  Bioeconomy  |  Agriculture  |  Industry
Biorefinery sorts the chaff from the wheat

Among the vineyards and wheat fields of north-eastern France, a revolution in chemical manufacturing is quietly gathering momentum. Here, biomass is turned into valuable components and energy.

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