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23 Sep EIfI-Tech’s latest approved Erasmus+ project, HySkills

This September, the European Institute for Innovation – Technology (EIfI-Tech) was granted a new EU-funded Erasmus+ project, called HySkills, which aims to develop a modular training course enhanced with practical training focused on the subject of green hydrogen (H2) safety skills. Chris Ashe, Director of...

15 Sep Interreg Europe Project Spotlight: VIOLET

The VIOLET project has explored the issue of renovating historic and heritage buildings for energy efficiency, identifying good practices from across Europe for enhancing energy efficiency in heritage buildings, and developing action plans for its partner regions, to improve regional policies and European Regional Development Fund policy...

09 Sep SME POWER 3rd Interregional Event (virtual)

During the second semester of the SME POWER project, the good practice (GP) concept was introduced and templates for identifying good practices were established. Change needs and potential GPs were identified during a regional analysis, which resulted in tailormade Energy Support Maps per partner region....

31 Jul STRIDE Interreg Danube Project, Press Release

On the 18th of May 2020, the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme approved (under conditions) 35 new projects within the programme’s third call for proposals. The third call launched by the Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) started with an initial 276 Expressions of...

13 Jul Housing 4.0 Energy Animation is finalised

The Housing 4.0 Energy partnership has finalised the project-wide animation, which visually demonstrates the short-term and long-term objectives and goals of the project. A task overseen by EIfI-Tech, the animation video is now available with subtitles in three languages: English, German and Dutch.  ...

19 Jun Report on ‘’Policy Recommendations to Promote the Inclusion of Standards for Heritage Buildings in EU Regulations’’ has been published

Earlier this year, EIfI-Tech published the openly available report, titled ‘’Policy Recommendations to Promote the Inclusion of Standards for Heritage Buildings in EU Regulations’’, within the Interreg Europe VIOLET project. The primary intent of the VIOLET EU Policy Recommendation Paper is to review the current...

09 Jun Replacing the Transnational Meeting for the EMIC-GEM Erasmus+ Project

On the 21^st and 22^nd of May the third transnational meeting of the EMIC-GEM project was supposed to be held in Bilbao, hosted by CIFP Construcción Bizkaia. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, partners have been unable to meet personally, pivoting to the best of their abilities through monthly partner video calls and interactive transnational online workshops. On the 4^th of June, our most recent online meeting, the EMIC-GEM Erasmus+ consortium activities at the meeting included some of the actions that would have been part of our transnational meeting in Spain. The meeting consisted of general project updates from the lead partner, followed by an update on the report by Višja Strokovna šola Academia (Slovenia) on the training model and competency framework. An update on module descriptors was then provided by the lead partner, the City of Glasgow College. The virtual meeting concluded with further updates on the website development from our Austrian partners at LBS Pinkafeld and general project communication points. Our next Transnational Meeting is planned for November 2020 in Bieberach, Germany at the Holzbau Baden-Württemberg Bildungszentrum. We hope that this allows enough time for restrictions to be lifted and for face to face meetings to be allowed again. While online meetings are good for keeping up the productivity of the project they can’t replace many of the important aspects of Erasmus projects like getting impressions from other countries, experiencing their schools and work places or getting to know the project team over a shared meal. We hope to find a date later on in the project to reschedule the transnational meeting at our partners in Bilbao. The EMIC-GEM consortium convenes monthly to follow up on particular actions highlighted in the transnational meetings and workshops in order to ensure project success.  

22 May EIfI-Tech attends the virtual Housing 4.0 Energy Steering Group Meeting

Earlier this week, the European Institute for Innovation – Technology (EIfI-Tech) attended the virtual  Steering Group Meeting for the Interreg North-West Europe Housing 4.0 Energy (H4.0E) project, presenting communication updates and actions for partners as the Work Package lead on communication. The international meeting, which...

13 May EIfI-Tech develops report on ‘’Skills Data for IOT in Smart Manufacturing”

This spring, the European Institute for Innovation – Technology (EIfI-Tech) conducted research into Skills for IOT in Smart Manufacturing. Research was used to identify skill gaps and opportunities for the development of smart manufacturing skill sets on which to focus the investigation, as well as...

13 Apr The CleanMobilEnergy Project Animation is finalised

EIfI-Tech's Interreg North-West Europe CleanMobilEnergy (CME) project will integrate various renewable energy sources, storage devices, electric vehicles and optimisation of energy consumption through one unique smart energy management system. The EIfI-Tech has overseen the production of the project-wide animation (also available with subtitles in French, Dutch & German),...