Methane observations at Mt. Cimone used to study anthropogenic methane emissions from the Po basin
Mt. Cimone, where the “O. Vittori” atmospheric observatory is located , credits: CNR-ISAC.
Studio modellistico d'impatto atmosferico della dispersione di fibre di amianto da emissione areale
Studio dei campi di concentrazione annuali di fibre di amianto prodotti da un modello di dispersione alla microscala per l'anno 2021. I campi prodotti dal modello verranno comparati con misure in situ per determinarne l'attendibilità.
DESTINE-CSC-ECMWF - DESTINATION EARTH SERVICES - ECMWF/DESTINE/2022/DE_340 - CLIMATE ADAPTATION DIGITAL TWIN
Destination Earth (DestinE) will deploy several high resolution thematic digital replicas of the Earth system to monitor and simulate natural and human activities as well as their interactions, to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable developments and support European policy making. DestinE is intended to unlock the potential of observations and both physics-based and data-driven models for achieving a break-through in the realism of the simulation of Earth-system components.
The high-priority digital twin on climate change adaptation will develop an enhanced simulation system, informed by observations and based on a new generation of Earth system models. This enhanced system will not only allow to realistically represent the Earth system but will also produce information at precisely those scales where the impact of climate change and extremes are felt and where key processes are observed thus allowing users from impact-sectors to access and exploit such information for their specific application.
17th PLINIUS Conference on Mediterranean Risks - 18/21 ottobre 2022 Frascati
The 17th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks will take place from 18 to 21 October 2022 near Frascati, Roma, Italy, at the Villa Mondragone Congress and Event Center (Via Frascati, 51 00040, Monte Porzio Catone, RM).
The objective of the 2022 edition is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions on our current state of knowledge of Mediterranean risks in a climate change context. Different aspects related to monitoring, assessment, diagnosis, prediction, and definition of weather extremes and hydro-geological effects, impacts on natural resources, agriculture, health and society, as well as adaptation capacity and preservation strategies for natural and cultural heritage at risk, will be addressed with a multi-sectorial approach. This will be achieved by bringing together scientific experts in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, sociology, engineering, cultural heritage conservation, and also governmental or private risk management actors.
The active participation of early career scientists will be encouraged via reduced participation fees and awards for best oral and poster presentations.
FRIEND EUROPE - Financing Research and Innovation from Europe to Nord EST
The proposal aims to contribute to the objectives of the SMP improving the competitiveness and sustainability of SMEs in particular implementing the triple transition to sustainability, digitalization and resilience building them on flexibility, adaptability and innovation. The project wants to assist and support SMEs that have sustainable growth ambitions and that are ready to scale their activities in the Single Market and 3rd countries to increase their presence in the market, internationalize in Europe and beyond, innovate and start innovation processes, pursue digitalization, become more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. The consortium supports the digital transformation to help SMEs selecting the most suitable technologies fort a better relationship with the market. The project is implemented by EEN experienced and well committed partners and new host organizations that provide additional competences and guarantee a better integration with the ecosystem and the EU Networks in the territory. The partners will work together to implement through a no-wrong door and a client-centric approach the Enterprise Europe Network services and activities.
BAQUNIN–2 - BAQ-2/SER/SUB/04 - Satellite Calibration/Validation and Urban Environment Monitoring Super-Site: Boundary-layer Air Quality-analysis Using Network of INstruments – 2
Operativity and maintenance of the BAQUNIN super site for satellite calibration and validatipn activities
ECHO - Efficient compact modular thermal energy storage system
The project’s goal is to develop and demonstrate novel modular, compact, high performances and Plug&Play thermal energy storage
(TES) solutions for heating, cooling and hot tap water production. The new concept of TES proposed in the project will provide
electricity load shifting with meaningful peak shaving of the thermal and electric load demands. Furthermore, the exploitation of
renewable sources will be a key point of the new TES device considering at the same time the cost-effective results in terms of energy,
costs and sustainability of the system.
The project will provide a TES system able to store energy for heating and cooling in building applications for a period of at least four
weeks. The novel TES system will be based on a closed-loop TCM reactor insulated by PCM and equipped with an ice storage, again
integrated with PCM, for high cooling energy demand. The thermodynamic cycle has been designed to benefit from a further PCM
thermal buffer tank, breaking through the closed-loop concept by compensating the energy for humidification with its latent heat.
An advanced heat pump will be finally dedicated to the power conversion during the thermal charging process of reactor and PCMs
storages, increasing the overall performance.
A dedicated control system will be developed to operate the TES according to the energy production and the end-users’
requirements, adapting to the conditions of use according to the type of air conditioning system and the particular demand for
domestic hot water.
The TES solution will be adaptable to all the different possible European scenarios, in terms of energy policy and end-users’
requirements. It will be designed to be used both as integrated into the building heating system and in the smart electricity grid, or in
buildings not connected to district heating and cooling network.
Different characteristics of the system will be taken into account, ranging from storage efficiency and durability to cost reduction and
LCA and LLCA.
CAMS2 - AGREEMENT FOR COPERNICUS SERVICES - AGREEMENT CAMS2_72IT FOR THE PROVISION OF CAMS National Collaboration Programme – Italy
The National Collaboration Programme proposes a dedicated scheme to support the Member States in achieving maximum benefit from CAMS products and services in the implementation of their mandate. The overall objective of the project is to stimulate the uptake and adaptation of CAMS global and European-scale products for feeding official national environmental information systems and services. In particular SNPA, CNR, ENEA and a few Regional Agencies for Environmetal Protection will be envolved in the evaluation and adaptation of CAMS products and their connection to the corresponding products over Italian territory.