New era. New plan
The Ex’tax Project brought together fiscal experts of Deloitte, EY, KPMG Meijburg and PwC. The group developed a plan to significantly decrease labour taxes in the European Union, while increasing…
International Congress of Circular Economy in the Building Sector – Barcelona (Spain) 26th May 2017
Barcelona’s Building Construmat is an international congress, with the Circular Economy Foundation (http://economiacircular.org/ ), as main curator and organized by Fira de Barcelona, to become one of the most important…
The LIFE CERSUDS Project congregates the Regional Work Group to discuss about the sustainable drainage systems in the cities
LIFE CERSUDS, funded by the European Union’s Environment and Climate Action Program 2014-2020 (Ref: LIFE 15 CCA / ES / 000091) uses ceramic material in an innovative drainage system for…
The Danish government has established an Advisory Board on circular economy
The 12 Board members represent on CEO level a variety of Danish companies and their role is to come up with recommendations on, how the government can create and support…
Milan Design Week 2017: Waste no more
Designers are reinvigorating the conversation around “circular” production, reassessing their materials while continuing to produce affordable, innovative, and high-quality products. British designer Max Lamb collaborated with Danish company Really to…
The 12th International enviBUILD 2017 Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, on September 7 and 8 2017 at the TU Wien
We expect cutting edge research papers addressing recent progresses and future directions in the field of building physics, sustainability, healthy built environments, building materials, building envelope systems, integrated building design,…
University of Aveiro Design students win wood furniture contest
The Guilherme Awards are promoted by the Association of Industries of Wood and Furniture in Portugal (AIMMP). These awards where funded to encourage professionals, industries and students to develop and…
University of Aveiro receives first international “Cork in Science and Applications” conference
This conference will happen on the 7 and 8 of September and aims to be a forum for the discussion of ideas and the generation of contacts between industry and…
European Parliament votes to strengthen waste laws to support Circular Economy
Members of the European Parliament voted in plenary today to strengthen resource efficiency in the EU by 2030 – a move that signals strong political support for the transition towards…
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES, LIVELIHOODS and the CIRCULAR ECONOMY 27-29 June 2017, Brighton, UK
The third Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption theme this is “Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy,” hosted by the Institute of Development Studies and the Science…