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In an effort to develop the circular economy, Spanish legislation now requires construction and demolition waste (CDW) studies to be carried out. This handbook for CDW management studies is a theoretical and practical guide for anyone designing waste-management plans. The plans can help property...

This guide shows the use and value of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and provides a detailed diagnosis of the main international certification systems. EPDs are an ideal information tool to compare the environmental performance of similar products and services from a life cycle assessment...

This guide supports environmental product assessment, helping companies reduce their environmental impact. It includes a case example and support tool, Ecoindicator 99, which can quantify environmental aspects. The guide is helpful for those planning to pursue or renew ISO 14006 Ecodesign...

Guidelines aimed at organisations in the Basque country that already have an environmental management system under the UNE-EN ISO 14001:2004 standard and wish to make the transition to UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015. This guide has been developed to help companies identify, understand and implement the...

This guide shows companies a practical way to carry out Strategic Environmental Surveillance of competitors, customers and suppliers. If the organisation already carries out surveillance, the guide indicates how to extend it to consider environmental factors. If no surveillance takes place, the...

The PINE Tool is an auditing approach that focuses on modelling the energy consumption of an SME using a simple MS Excel sheet. The tool lists energy consuming equipment with key characteristics, analyses the distribution of energy consumption and helps to identify energy efficiency options. It...

It is time for the yearly meet-up of clusters in Spain! The Spanish cluster federation Clusters.es will celebrate its cluster congress 2021 in Málaga, Andalusia, on 14 and 15 April. Taking all necessary safety measures for this first presential meeting after a long time at Forum Transfiere, Clusters...

The General Secretariat for Industry and Small and Medium Entreprise within the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism in Spain has recently published an emergency post informing that AMETIC, the Spanish Electronics and IT Association of Industries is looking for miniatures electro valves. AMETIC...

Why are more than 100 companies ecodesigning in the Spanish Basque region? Why is it expected that these companies ecodesign products to reach 7.000 milion €/year turnover by 2020? A 20 years public-private partnership is the answer. The early adaption of EU Product and Ecodesign Policies has been...

A session on industrial ecosystems and open innovation took place last Thursday, 12 December 2019 during the COP25 Climate Summit in Madrid, Spain, where the example of business clusters was showcased as a driver for innovation and growth. The session was open by Ms. Eva Revilla, from the European...

Deadline for applications: 01 April 2020, 17:00 (CET) Within the Eureka initiative, this call is based on mutual consent between the participating national funding bodies (NFBs), namely: the Department of Science and Innovation ( DSI) (South Africa); The Austrian Research Promotion Agency ( FFG)...

The Water Council (Milwaukee, USA) and the CWP (Catalonia, Spain) signed an MOU agreement at WEFTEC last year. Since then, they have welcomed two cluster-associated companies from CWP: SIGMA DAf and CondorChem Envitech, as overseas members of The Water Council. Recently Beverly Ferrara, representing...