The NENA network is born!

Checking the feasibility and setting the baseline for a network aimed at serving an innovative and sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship in the Alps was one ofthe major aims of the NENA Interreg IIIB project. This has been achieved.

NENA network: a secret to success

Collaboration within networks is evolution’s secret to success and will also be the secret to success in science, economics, politics and all other social institutions!

Why wood? A DVD has the answer!

With the support of the Tis Innovation Park and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano twelve innovative South Tyrolean SMEs decided to collaborate on a common project. Tyrolean SMEs decided to collaborate on a common project.

Expertise through studying wood construction

The University of Rosenheim has designed a further education course that is unique across Germany.

Energy vision in Styria 

Energieagentur Obersteiermark has carried out several activities relating to the use of biomass for energy production.These include feasibility studies for biomass district heating, energy concepts and excursions.

Increased use of woodfuel

The Soča Valley Development Centre sees the NENA project as a means of increasing the use of renewable resources.

Vorarlberg engaged for better use of wood and energy in building sector 

Vorarlberg’s eight project partners have carried out a number of projects. The three main projects are presented here.

Large PV plants are drawing more and more attention 

Most of the work has dealt with legal arrangements for investors who are installing large photovoltaic panels on buildings that do not belong to them.

The ITACA Protocol enriched by a domotics evaluation method 

Regione Piemonte has improved the existing ITACA Protocol for assessing the environmental sustainability of buildings, by adding domotics (home automation) to its evaluation criteria.

Expert help for innovative companies

The Innovation Assistant program was launched in Tirol in 2005 by the Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung. The mission of the Innovation Assistants is to carry out an innovation project over a period of two years.