North Devon Biosphere Reserve How to stem the outflow of £300 M per annum spent on energy and turn it into local investment and good resource management? The Biosphere Partnership is leading the development of a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) for the Biosphere as part of
Read more →A new vision of energy education and intelligent tourism in Terras do Miño Biosphere Reserve (Spain). Terras do Miño was designated a Biosphere Reserve in 2002 and covers a large area of the Lugo province (Spain) that hosts outstanding natural and cultural values. The Sotavento Experimental Wind
Read more →Energy Centre at Fontevraud Abbey at Loire Valley (World Heritage Site) The Energy Centre is the first new building at the Abbey in a century, and the first major achievement of the Fontevraud Sustainable city programme, and as such is a unique experience in France in a
Read more →World Heritage site adds hydropower to become one of Britain’s ‘greenest palaces’. The stately home, a World Heritage Site, will install the “Archimedean screw” design of hydropower with renewables firm Hallidays Hydropower. Fitted on the River Glyme, at Bladon Dam, the technology will be within landscape designed
Read more →The Warsaw way to climate protection. The City of Warsaw, aspiring to become the “green metropolis”, sets itself a prospective goal of ensuring a high standard of living for its residents in conditions of sustainable development and respect for the natural environment. Like other cities in our
Read more →Reconciliation of Energy Production and Cultural Heritage Protection. Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve is situated in south western Serbia and belongs to the inner zone of the Dinaric mountain system. The biosphere reserve includes the Studenica Monastery, which is a cultural World Heritage site and a popular tourist attraction.
Read more →Building into the tundra. As one of the leaders in sustainable design, the National Park Service made a priority of re-modeling Eielson Visitor Center using sustainable building methods and materials. Building into the tundra. A main goal of the project was to design a low-profile building that
Read more →Cost-effective and eco-friendly: a former ammunition bunker is turned into a large-scale solar power. In Radelstetten, in the Swabian Alb hill range of southern Germany, was constructed a 1.1 MW output PV plant on the site of a former German Army ammunition dump. Up until the year
Read more →Integrated Energy System: geothermal and waste energy sources. Ferrara is situated in the north of Italy. It covers an area of 404 km2 with a population of 134,000. The town was listed as a Unesco world heritage in 1995. The land is flat and the town centre
Read more →Reducing emissions and preserving historical buildings at the world heritage site. Visby is a world heritage town. Gotland limestone features prominently in its buildings and ruins. Some of its oldest buildings also have beautifully carved portals and friezes in Gotland sandstone. Both these stones are sensitive to
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