No Winter Slumber for HOUSEFUL dissemination

Face-to-face interactions are one of the most effective ways to spread new ideas. So why not joining meetings with relevant stakeholders when these ideas can have a positive impact on the environment, such as the HOUSEFUL solutions and overall strategy?

Mrs Dolores Hidalgo and Mr Sergio Sanz-Bedate from HOUSEFUL partner CARTIF Technology Center have presented the project at a number of events in the past weeks, namely:

• Progress in biomethane mobility (15 – 17 October 2019 in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany), a three-day conference aimed to bridge the gap between the technology on biomethane production and the end user. It addressed the international scientific community as well as practitioners, and it presented the status quo and new and modern technologies in the field of alternative biofuels. The conference with company exhibition received around 150 international participants and offered an ideal opportunity for knowledge exchange. Mr Sergio Sanz-Bedate had the opportunity to present the work “Separation of CO2 for biogas upgrading using gas-liquid membrane-based absorption systems“, showing to the attendance the technology that will be implemented in two of the HOUSEFUL demo-buildings to produce biomethene as a new energy source in cities.

Watch the videointerview with Sergio Sanz-Bedate filmed by Biogas Channel during the Progress in biomethane mobility conference

• Economía y Gobernanza de la economía circular en la ciudad de Valladolid (Economy and Governance of Circular Economy in the City of Valladolid, 29 October 2019 in Valladolid, Spain), a co-creation workshop organised by the Valladolid City Council together with representatives of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The goal was to analyse potential actions to be carried out in Valladolid to increase the application of circular economy principles. Mrs Dolores Hidalgo participated in the event and presented the HOUSEFUL concept to the audience.

• Gestión de vertidos en el marco de la conomía circular (Waste Management in the Context of Circular Economy, 12 November 2019 in Madrid, Spain), an event organized in the framework of the LIFE ANSWER project. The project is coordinated by the Mahou San Miguel company and focuses on the optimisation of water use. Mrs Dolores Hidalgo presented the HOUSEFUL project and in particular the technical solutions related to the water vector.

• Economía Circular: La apuesta europea para dinamizar el crecimiento (Circular Economy: the European Bet on Growth Revitalisation, 14 November 2019 in Valladolid, Spain), a workshop organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Valladolid to promote successful and/or innovative cases on Circular Economy. Mrs Dolores Hidalgo was invited as a speaker and had the opportunity to present the HOUSEFUL case.

Cover image: Mr Sergio Sanz-Bedate presents HOUSEFUL at the Progress in biomethane mobility