Happy Pride Month!
June is the month in which we celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and with it the recognition of rights for all sexual orientations, against all forms of discrimination related to them. This month is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of inclusivity in all sectors of society, including within the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines…
Participation in the event “ReCYCLE 2024 – Reuse on the move”
On 14th April 2024, Eco Research took part in “ReCYCLE – Reuse on the move“, organised by the Municipality of Bolzano, from 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bolzano’s Piazza Tribunale. The square became the stage for various moments dedicated to proposals, initiatives and opportunities related to the theme of the event, i.e. re-use and a more careful and conscious use of everything that surrounds us. For the occasion, the city centre of Bolzano was closed to traffic, with a ban on all motor vehicles. The 40th edition of VIVICITTA’, the famous city run promoted by the UISP, which takes place simultaneously in dozens of Italian cities, also started from the Piazza Tribunale…
Participation in the event “Fine & clean” on 05/04/2024 at Waltherplatz in Bolzano
On 5 April 2024, Eco Research took part in the participatory clean-up day “Limpido & Pulito” organised by BZheartbeat,from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Piazza Walther in Bolzano. The event saw the active participation of students from the “Dante Alighieri” primary school and the “Josef von Aufschnaiter” secondary school, as well as numerous other people who decided to mobilise to collect abandoned waste in the historic centre of Bolzano and along the Talvera meadows….
UPAD Conferences “Curious by Nature” in Vipiteno and Brunico
The fruitful collaboration with the UPAD Foundation in the field of science dissemination continues. This time, the Vipiteno and Brunico venues were involved, where two conferences held by Massimo Donegà were proposed, on 21/02/2024 in Vipiteno and on 13/03/2024 in Brunico, on the complex topic of plastics and related environmental problems…
“The invisible challenge: Let’s clean the air” with the children of “Arianna Carnevale” project, organized by UPAD Bolzano Foundation
On 14 February 2024, Eco Research met with the children of the “ARIANNA CARNEVALE” project, an activity for children aged 6 to 11 years organised by the UPAD Bolzano Foundation in the week of Carnival 2024.
In particular, researchers and collaborators from Eco Research proposed a workshop entitled “The invisible challenge: let’s clean the air”. The children present were able to learn how to identify the pollutants that can be found in the air we breathe inside buildings (also in our homes and classrooms), their effects on our health and the main sources of release of these pollutants, to see one of the scientific instruments used to measure the substances in the air around us in action, but also to learn about those daily actions and new habits that can make a big difference in improving air quality and preserving a healthy living environment…
PROJECT EFRE1018-PlasticFree
Project duration: 2024-2026
Funding: Programme ERDF2021/2027 – First call – Priority 1 Smart – Specific objective 1.1 – Research and innovation
Total budget: 1.217.937,02 €
Maximum total contribution granted: 971.685,82 €
Budget Eco Research: 464.259,10 €…
Indoor air quality in schools (ARIA IN AULA)
Indoor air quality in schools (ARIA IN AULA) Project duration: 2023-2025 Funding: Programme agreement between the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Eco Research – three-year period 2023 – 2025 Budget allocated: 350.000€ Contact person: Massimo Donegà Project description: Schools represent a category of buildings in which a wide variety of activities, including very heterogeneous activities […]
Dr. Werner Tirler awarded as Italian knowledge leader
The third edition of the Italian Knowledge Leaders took place on 5 December 2023: the event that enhances Italian excellence in the academic, medical, cultural and scientific fields, recognising them as valuable references for the intellectual growth of the country and the international convention market. The event took place in Rome in the Sala della Protomoteca of the Campidoglio and was organised by Convention Bureau Italia together with Enit – Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism. Speakers included representatives from national institutions and trade associations, as well as Convention Bureau Italia member organisations…
Le Mille e una Scienza 2023
Eco Research took part once again this year in the science popularisation festival “Le Mille e una Scienza” (The Thousand and One Science), organised in Bolzano by TesLab (youth culture centre of the Arciragazzi Bolzano Bozen APS Association) and the science popularisation association Accatagliato, with the contribution of the Office for Youth Policies of the Province of Bolzano in collaboration with the Office for Scientific Research. The festival, held from 9 to 12 November 2023 and aimed especially at children and young people, offered a journey into science and research with various initiatives and appointments held by researchers, lecturers and science popularizers…
Ecomondo 2023, Indoor air quality
Eco Research participated in Rimini at the Ecomondo 2023 trade fair as co-author of an oral contribution in the session “Indoor air quality: the state of knowledge in the light of experience. Development models and control and prevention policies‘, moderated by Prof. Settimo of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Prof. De Gennaro of the University of Bari.
A selection of students from the ‘Chemistry and Environmental and Sanitary Biotechnology’ course of the ‘Galileo Galilei’ Technological Institute and the ‘Construction-Territory-Environment’ course of the ITCAT ‘A. and P. Delai” of Bolzano, presented the results of the research and monitoring activities carried out over the past year, with a speech entitled “Application with EAS teaching methodology in Situated Learning: development of a prototype for the study of the role of controlled mechanical ventilation on healthiness and air quality in confined environments – teaching processes and models for prototyping in indoor environments”…