BLOQUE 7 – Proyectos europeos – Memoria 2021 Ihobe

European projects

The Urban Klima 2050 Integrated LIFE Project is set to be the biggest climate action project in the Basque Country in the coming years. With an investment of 19.8 million euros and the involvement of 20 member organisations, the project will take forward 40 specific actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Basque Country, split into 5 areas.

In 2021, the project released seven implementation reports/tools/materials and organised three technical workshops, a public awareness-raising campaign and three international events to share the project progress, two of which coincided with COP26 in Glasgow.

The goal of the AGREE project, supported by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, is to attract investment to improve the energy efficiency of private homes in the Basque Country and the quality of life of the residents. The project is led by the Department for Housing of the Basque Government, in collaboration with Ihobe and Tecnalia and with the local authorities in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Donostia-San Sebastián and Basauri.

In 2021, the project was unveiled to the Los Luises, Gastelu and Zarategi districts of Donostia-San Sebastián. Research was conducted with a view to rehabilitating the Adurtza and San Cristobal districts of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and the Federico Mayo district of Basauri. The goal is to invest approximately €8.5M and to achieve a 250-tonne reduction in Co₂eq/year by 2022.

The project involves 35 organisations from 10 European countries to make progress in implementing the circular economy in the construction sector. Ihobe manages the project’s scientific communication and dissemination work.

In 2021, the Iceberg project (still in its first year) developed functional tools to rapidly digitalise buildings at the end of their useful life, to improve planning, to accurately quantify and identify demolition waste, and for traceability to improve the circular nature of construction and demolition materials.

The Adapyr project is run by the Pyrenean Climate Change Observatory (OPCC). Its goals are to observe, capitalise, transfer and acquire good practices for climate change adaptation in the Pyrenees with cross-border cooperation. Ihobe is a project member together with 11 other regional, national and international institutions.

The main project activities in 2021 include completion of the Pyrenean Climate Change Strategy which sets out the vision for 2050 along with the challenges and lines of action for addressing climate change in the Pyrenees.

Coordinated by the Italian Area Science Park agency, POSIDON brings together 10 international organisations to identify innovative and sustainable solutions for appropriate and profitable management of soil contamination. Ihobe is a technical member of the project. It is part of the European Horizon 2020 programme.

In the second half of 2021, the POSIDON project successfully completed Phase 2. Phase 3 began in September and is due to finish in March 2022.