LIFE Wood for Future
LIFE20 CCM/ES/001656
The LIFE Wood For Future project aims to be a key instrument for the recovery of poplar plantations, to halt their replacement with intensively-grown herbaceous crops. The ultimate objective is to provide the forestry sector with tools that guarantee a sustainable supply of local wood to industry, leading to the generation of certified high-quality wood. This will also enhance the provision of numerous environmental services, including the capture of much more CO2 to mitigate against climate change; improved water, air and soil quality; and increased biodiversity. The project team will help industry to develop new structural bioproducts, which will be commercialised and used in a demonstration building as an example of sustainable construction.
LIFE Wood for Future Consortium: Universidad de Granada, COSE (Confederación de Organizaciones de Selvicultores de España), DIPGRA(Diputación Provincial de Granada), UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 3EDATA (3edata ingeniería ambiental sl)
Frugal cities through Energy Efficiency and Low-tech communities FEEL
Interreg Europe 2021-2027
Frugal cities through Energy Efficiency and Low-tech communities will test and develop Frugal City approaches in 8 European cities and regions. Project partners will apply the principles of energy sufficiency in schemes to renovate older housing, enhance biodiversity, improve services & engage their communities.
They will cooperate over these two challenges:
• Developing the frugal approach: ultra-simple solutions, sufficiency, and community engagement.
• Transitioning to the frugal city: business model; public acceptance and adoptionEach project-partner will already be moving down this path, but in different ways.
Through FEEL they will improve their planning through inter-regional learning.
FEEL Consortium: Local Climate and Energy Agency of South Brittany, Cork City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí), BistritaMunicipality, Frederikshavn Municipality, Liguria Region, Valencia Climate and Energy Foundation, Mazovia Energy Agency, North Sweden Energy Agency, Energy Cities.
BIG4LIFE (Building-integrated Greenery): Collaborative xeriscaping-based maintenance and monitoring in Mediterranean cities
LIFE22-ENV-ES-BIG4LIFE
The general objective of the BIG4LIFE project is to demonstrate that it is possible to guarantee positive service life, and optimal and continuous provision of ecosystem services, through the application of appropriate collaborative strategies for the management, maintenance, and impact monitoring and evaluation of Building-Integrated Greenery (BIG) systems. The BIG4LIFE project will focus on the Mediterranean climate.
BIG4LIFE Consortium: Universidad de Lleida, Sempergreen BV, Università degli Studi di Genova, Hellenic Open University, Solucions Eixverd SL, Consorci Centre de Ciencia I Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, TEB Verd SCCL, Verdtical Ecosistema SL.
Promotion and Enhancement of Forest System through different Ecosystem Services aimed to increased Carbon Stock
LIFE19 CCM/IT/001201
The objective of the LIFECO2PES&PEF project was to promote and support the forestry ecosystems in CO2 storage and prevent fire and windthrow risks by:
- Identifying a set of ecosystem services and assessing their benefits;
- Improving forestry and forest-based industry systems;
- Creating an ecosystem credit to finance the same ecosystem services.
The actions implemented had both an environmental and socio-economic impact on interested territories.
LIFE CO2 PES&PEF Consortium: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – SSSUP, Consorzio Comunalie Parmensi, FederlegnoArredo, Legambiente, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Emilia-Romagna Region, Union of Municipalities of Romagna Forlivese (UCRF), University of Milan.
BauhausingEurope - Beautiful, sustainable, together: validation of the New European Bauhaus approach for the reimagination of public buildings as boosting projects for the transformation of their neighbourhoods.
LIFE22-ENV-ES-LIFEBauhausingEurope
The main objective of the LIFEBauhausingEurope project is to boost the ecological transition of European communities by applying the NEB approach to the renovation of public buildings and spaces. It is focused on a neighbourhood level to successfully appeal to citizens as the most effective way to address climate change, the energy crisis and the lack of resources.
BauhausingEurope Consortium: Eurovertice Consultores SL, Grad Verazdin City of Varazdin, Hrvatski Savjet za Zelenu Grandnju, Razvojna Agencija Sjever-Dan Drustvo Za Usluge Privlacenja Investicija Stvaranje Radnih Mjesta Izradu Projekata Za Privlacenje Sredstava Fondova Eu I Obrazovanje Doo, Ayuntamiento de Cartagena, Ayuntamiento de Blanca, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Budapest Fovaros VII Kerulet Erzsebetvaros Onkormanyzata, Pro Progressione Kulturalis Nonprofit Kozhasznu KFT, Adazu Novada Pasvaldiba, EKodoma.
More LIFE to LEVELs - Learning from the experience of bringing Level(s) to real Life
LIFE22-PLP-ES-More LIFE to LEVELs
More LIFE to LEVELs proposes to gain a rigorous, harmonised and thorough understanding of how the Level(s) Framework is applied in different building typologies across Europe.
More LIFE to LEVELs Consortium: Green Building Council-Espana Consejo para la Edification Sostenible-Espana, Ogni GMBH, Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Nachhaltiges Bauen-Dgnb Ev, Green Building Council Denmark.
Green Me 5 - LIFE-Good governance
LIFE GreenMe5 aims to support five European municipalities in implementing the Green City Deal through territorial cooperation, exchange of experiences, and the development of shared solutions to environmental challenges. The project also foresees pilot actions on biodiversity, air quality, waste, water, and noise, designed to be transferred as good practices to other European cities.
LIFE Green Me 5 Consortium: project leader: Federation of Municipalities of the Region of Murcia. Partners: the municipalities of Murcia, Cieza (Spain), Arezzo (Italy), Vilnius (Lithuania), Helsingborg (Sweden), and EuroVértice Consultores (Spain)
LIFE Help - New approach for managing Holistic EnvironmentaL governance Practices
LIFE22-GIE-IT-LIFE-HELP/101113783
The LIFE HELP project aims to test, in the Municipality of Rimini, an integrated and long-term model to overcome fragmentation in environmental planning and management, making it replicable at the European level.
It includes the reorganisation of the environmental decision-making system, adherence to European standards and agreements (Green City Accord, ISO 14001, EMAS), the development of the WA2NNA-BEST index to monitor and communicate environmental performance, as well as free tools and guidelines to foster organisational change, public participation, and replication in other cities.
LIFE Help Consortium: project leader: Comune di Rimini. Partners: Fondazione Piano stetegico, Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria Srl, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e le Ricerca Ambientale.
Panelka 2.0 - Thermal renovation of a panelka building in Chernihiv and technology transfer
LIFE23-PRE-FR-Panelka 2.0
The Panelka 2.0 project addresses environmental, energy, and waste management challenges in the construction sector, with particular focus on sustainable reconstruction in Ukraine through the recycling of war-related construction waste and the use of local bio-resources.
The initiative aims to train professionals and homeowners’ associations to promote circular renovations based on prefabrication and bio-based materials, transferring expertise from Estonian experiences and aligning with recent Ukrainian energy efficiency reforms, in coherence with the country’s European integration pathway.
Panelka 2.0 Consortium: project leader: Neoeco Developpement. Partners: Matek AS, Rethink Ngo, Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine.
LIFE Seed NEB - Beautifying cities through nature
The LIFE SeedNEB project (2024–2028) demonstrates how integrating the New European Bauhaus and Nature-Based Solutions can enhance biodiversity, environmental quality, and urban well-being in three pilot neighbourhoods in Lorquí (ES), Potenza (IT), and Dunaújváros (HU).
Through renaturalisation interventions on buildings and surrounding spaces, the project aims to reduce pollution, climate risks, and urban vulnerability, while promoting participatory governance and training through the establishment of local Bauhaus Citizen Schools.
LIFE Seed NEB Consortium: project leader: Ayuntamiento de Lorqui. Partners: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Asociacion de Naturalistas del Sureste Anse, Singulargreen, Eurovertice, Dunaújváros Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzata,Comune di Potenza, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
LIFE Biomatine - Implementing biobased materials and solutions for the insulation of Energy-inefficient buildings
The LIFE BIOMATINE project, coordinated by the Municipality of Amsterdam, demonstrates the applicability of bio-based insulation in the energy renovation of historic buildings and social housing, overcoming technical, regulatory, and cultural barriers.
The pilot interventions involve the Centrale Markthal (1934), where the roof is being replaced with a bio-based composite solution, and the 557 social housing units of the Tasmanblokken, with an estimated reduction of more than 965 tonnes of CO₂ and improved indoor comfort.
LIFE Biomatine Consortium: project leader: Gemeente Amsterdam. Partner: Nationale Maatschappij Tot Restaureren & Herbestemmen Van Cultureel Erfgoed B.V., De Groene Grachten Bv, Stichting Building Balance, Structural Collective Bv, Woonstichting Lieven De Ke.
