CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL

AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Francesca Visintin

Joint Project Meeting of the Interreg Projects "Efficient Effective Smart" and "Smart Energy"

Lakeside Park – Klagenfurt – 07 /11/2013

CETA is2

no-profit Association funded in 1987

with legal status recognized by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in 1995

registered to the National Register of the Research by the Italian Ministry

of Instruction, University and Research

member of CER – Research Bodies Coordination of Friuli Venezia Giulia

instituted at Area Science Park of Trieste

Public bodies (University of Trieste, University of Udine, Province of Gorizia,

Province of Pordenone, Municipality of Gorizia, Chamber of Commerce,

Industry and Handicraft of Gorizia)

and individual bodies are members of CETA

CONOSCENZA – KNOWLEDGE The engagement in the research represents the most

successful strategy to offer forefront solutions.

In this sense collaborations with international innovation

and technological centers are developed

• Experimentation of production models for first, second and third-generation

biofuels

• Research and development of low environmental impact crops for energy

purposes, wind energy, building integrated solar thermal energy

• Validation of advanced and innovative technologies

• Cooperation among research centers in order to develop international

partnership in the fields of energy, environment and low carbon economy

ENERGIA – ENERGY We aim to the development of models for decentralized

energy production based on the low environmental impact

sources and energy efficiency

• Development of the most suitable technology

• Feasibility study, strengthen and weakness assessment, technical

support to planning activity

• Bankability and economic sustainability assessment, business plan,

fund raising and credit advice

• Planning of sustainable management models for the supplying chains

TERRITORIO – TERRITORY Planning and managing the territory to safeguard the

environment and its local communities

• Strategic and participated planning and programming in the sectors of

Energy, Government of the Territory, management of sensitive

ecosystems

• CO2 – energy – environmental balances, environmental accounting

models, cost-benefit analysis, multicriteria analysis

• Ecosystem service assessment

• Valorization and conservation of landscape, tourist resources, territorial

marketing, labeling, management of sensible ecosystems

AMBIENTE – ENVIRONMENT Preservation of the environment and natural resources as

development tool

• Re-qualification, re-naturalization and depollution of contaminated

areas adopting natural techniques (phytoremediation, bioremediation)

• Low environmental impact technology adoption for water treatment

(constructed wetlands)

• Strategies finalized at the reduction of waste production, solutions for

the biodegradable waste treatment and of public municipal green

• Creation of greenways and re-naturalizations

PROJECTS FINISHED

DURING THE LAST

12 MONTHS

SWEETHANOL

Diffusion of a sustainable EU model to produce Ist generation ethanol from

sweet sorghum in decentralized plants

• PartnersCETA (It) – Project lead partner

INIPA-Coldiretti (It), Cartif Foundation (Es), ADABE (Es), REACM-Anatoliki (Gr), Agricultural

cooperative of Halastra (Gr)

• Objectives– Improving of the technological knowledge relative to the ethanol production from sweet sorghum

– Professional training of the chain actors and creation of the "Sweethanol - on-line community"

(http://esse-community.eu)

– Changes in the EU market structure concerning ethanol stimulating the decentralisation

GOVERNEE

Good Governance in Energy Efficiency

(www.governeeproject.eu)

• PartnersMunicipality of Hódmezővásárhely (Hu), Municipality of Quedlinburg (De), Administrative District of

Burgenlandkreis (De), Metropolitan District of Prague 11 (Cz), Municipality of Bologna (It), CETA (It),

CERE (At)

• Objectives– Guidelines for the policy decision makers regards energy efficiency and renewable energy sources

in public and historic buildings

– Pilot projects: renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures

– Training of policy decision makers

– Divulgation events: energy days, local focus group, permanent showroom

FITOAMBIENT

Constructed wetland and education to improve the environmental quality

in a bio-region of Lebanon

(Decentrated International Cooperation Project)

• PartnersAgency for the Decentralized Cooperation (It) – Project Lead Partner, CETA (It), University of Udine –

Poli-functional Centre of Gorizia (It), Union of the Municipalities of Hermel, Abdul Ghani Bleibel

(Lebanon), Cultural association Hermel (Lebanon)

• Objectives– To preserve the main water source of Lebanon, the Assi river, constituting the central knot of the

local and economical development through the introduction of a proper water management

– Sensitization of the stakeholders and the population

– Realization of a pilot plant of phytodepuration (constructed wetlands) at the trout breeding in the

district of Hermel – Governorship of Bekaa

ZOOTANOLO

The production of bioethanol as an innovative energy use of manure

• PartnersEdmund Mach Foundation – Agrarian Institute of San Michele all’Adige (Trento)

CETA - Gorizia

CRA-RPS - Council for the Research and Experimentation in Agriculture. Research Centre for the

Study of the Relations between Plant and Soil - Gorizia

• Objectives– Production of bioethanol of 3rd generation from the manure

– Optimization of the energetic valorization of manure

MULTISORGO

Integrated bioethanol and biogas production from a high water-use efficient

energy crop, the sweet sorghum: technological, economic, energetic and

environmental aspects

• PartnersCETA - Project Lead partner, ENEA-BAS – Bio-tecnology Department, Agro-industry and Health

protection–Research Centre Trisaia, CRA-RPS - Council for the Research and Experimentation in

Agriculture. Research Centre for the Study of the Relations between Plant and Soil - Gorizia

• Objectives– Production of 1st and 2nd bioethanol generation from sweet sorghum

– Optimization of the sugars with the aim of industrial use sweet sorghum

– Optimization of the energy valorization of the by-products of the processing

EXTRAVALORE

Valorization of by-products from the biodiesel chain

• PartnersCETA, CRA-CIN, ISAFOM-CNR, ERSA-FVG, INEA, CRA-ORT, CRA-VIT, University of Molise,

Department of Animal, Vegetable and Environment Sciences (UNIMO), Phyto-sanitary service of the

Emilia Romagna Region (SFRER), Research society “Eureco” (EU), CRA-OLI, CRA-PAV, University of

Salerno, Chemical department (UNISA), CRA-FLC, CRA-SUI, CRA-PCM

• Objectives– Optimization of by-products valorization from the biodiesel chain

– Construction of the economic, energy and environmental balances

Reutilization of

municipal waste material resources

production of second generation bioethanol

in Gorizia province

• Objectives– Experimentation for producing ethanol from organic fraction of the municipal solid waste

– Experimentation for producing ethanol from residues of the wine-industry

– Experimentation for producing ethanol from municipal sludge

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

GREENNET

Promoting the ecological network in the European Green Belt

(www.greennet-project.eu/)

• PartnersAssociation of Rural Development of Thuringia (De), BUND Bavaria - Projekt Office Central European

Green Belt (De), Austrian Nature Protection Institute Styria (At), Ametyst - Evironmental Proction

Association (Cz), REC - Regional Environment Centre (Sk), University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (De),

University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (At), Nature park Gorico (Si), Austrian

League for Nature Conservation Lower Austria (At), Regional Development Agency Burgenland (At),

CETA (It)

• Objectives– Policy and strategy for sustaining the conservation and valorization of the areas subjected to

military servitude along the former Iron Curtain

– Pilot projects in 6 areas belonging to the Green Belt of Central Europe

SMART ENERGY

Network of Excellence

(http://smartenergyproject.eu/)

• PartnersLakeside Science & Technology Park GmbH (At) – Project Lead Partner

CETA (It)

University of Udine (It)

CTR (At)

• Objectives– Connecting the scientific community and the enterprises

– Indicating a roadmap of the technologies and instituting an advisory board

– Realizing demonstrative projects with the aim of rendering accessible to the public the research

results and the technological knowledge in the trans-boundary area

EUROSTART

(Decentrated International Cooperation Project)

• PartnersAutonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (It) – Project Lead Partner, Informest (It), Agency for balanced

regional development of the AP Vojvodina (Serbia)

CETA (It)

Secretariat for Energy of the AP Vojvodina (Serbia)

Foundation Aquileia (It), Secretariat for Culture of the AP Vojvodina (Serbia), Insiel (It), ASS1 Triestina

(It), Secretariat for Health of the AP Vojvodina (Serbia)

• Objectives– Local energy plan guidelines

– Data collection and elaboration

– Feasibility studies

– Project proposals submitting

BIOSEGEN

Innovative chains for the production of second generation biofuels from

crops residues, agro-industrial residues and energy crops

• PartnersENEA – Casaccia, CETA Gorizia, CNR – ISAFOM, CRA – API, CRA – CIN, CRA – MAC, CRA – PLF,

CRA – RPS, CRA – VIT, CRAB, INEA, University of Bologna – Agro-environmental sciences and

technologies department (DISTA), University of Catania – Agronomic and agrochemical sciences and

animal production department (DACPA) , University of Florence – Inter-department research centre for

the alternative and renewable energies (CREAR)

• Objectives– Production of 2nd generation biofuels from energy crops and residual biomasses

– Construction of energy and environmental balances

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

as

EXTERNAL EXPERTS

CLIMAPARKS

Climate changes

and protected areas management

• PurchaserJulian Prealps Park

• Objectives– Energy plan for the Park in the framework of the project Interreg IV Italy-Slovenia

CLIMAPARKS

Climate changes

and protected areas management

• PurchaserDolomiti Friulane Park

• Objectives– Energy plan for the Park in the framework of the project Interreg IV Italy-Slovenia

ADRIAWET2000

Adriatic Wetlands for Natura 2000

• PurchaserIl Mosaico – consortium of social cooperatives

• Objectives– Energy plan for the Park in the ambit of the project Interreg IV Italy-Slovenia

– Park labelling

– Ecosystem service and environmental accounting

– Education activities and study visits

iCON

Competitiveness of SMEs

through Innovation and Collaborative

Entrepreneurship

• PurchaserEINE – Enti di Industrializzazione Nord Est – North-Eastern Industrialization Bodies

• Objectives– Management of the Green Economy cluster with refer to the renewable energy and waste

management sectors

CEC5

Demonstration of energy efficiency and

utilization of renewable energy sources through public buildings

• PurchaserMunicipality of Udine

• Objectives– Trans-national Baseline to energy efficient building

– Trans-national feasibility study about the common certification concept

– White paper about energy efficiency technologies and solutions to be applied to new and existing

constructions, incl. a manual for the training of the building occupants.

– Transnational Observatory

REMIDA

smaRt Energy chains and coMmunIties in the meD Area

• PurchaserInformest

• Objectives– Valuation of the energy system of the Municipality of Gorizia

– Smart energy chains

– SEAP

– Action for smart cities (referring to energy sector)

– Information, sensitization and capitalization actions

Via Licinio, 44

34170 Gorizia

Telephone 0481 391887

Laboratory 0481 537159

Fax 0481 393882

Email: francesca.visintin@ceta.ts.it

Website: www.ceta.ts.it