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In Europe, it currently takes an average of 171 km for food to travel from farm to kitchen, and global food logistics account for a staggering 26% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Despite this, large quantities of food are wasted daily. The FoodMAPP project seeks to address these challenges in line with the European Strategic Plan for reducing the impact of climate change. This plan involves strong and influential changes in the food industry, including reducing food waste and changing the fragile and complex delivery chains of industrial producers to create a new, fair, and sustainable food industry.

The FoodMAPP project aims to optimize food supply chains by reducing waste and promoting local food production. It is funded by the Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska-Curie program for researcher exchange, together with additional funding from the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) program for research and innovation. The project aims to support the transformation of food delivery chains by enabling and promoting transparent local supply from local production, including family farmers and processors, directly to customers. Over four years, extensive market intelligence will be gathered from all stakeholders involved to understand market needs and preferences, with the goal of achieving a transparent localized food supply chain. This knowledge will be applied in the form of precise information to all stakeholders, laying the foundation for a new phase of a dynamic geoinformation search platform for local producers to supply and sell directly to consumers.

The project will support an interdisciplinary consortium of European partners, which includes FER as the Croatian representative, as well as technical, business, food, and social academic partners from England, Spain, Belgium, and Hungary, and industrial partners from France and Austria. The project coordinator is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vinko Lešić from the Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems - LARES at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, and partners include Ghent University (Belgium), Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), CREDA (Center for Research and Development of Agri-food, Spain), and Bournemouth University (United Kingdom). Food industry partners are the Institute Paul Bocuse (France) and Ronge & Partner (Austria).

The project began on March 1, 2023, and a kick-off meeting was held on March 6-7 at FER, which hosted world-renowned academic and industrial representatives.

 

Picture: Representatives of project partners, from left to right: Maxime Michaud (IPBR), Djamel Rahmani (CREDA), Márta Alexy (ELTE), Ádám Tarcsi (ELTE), Jeffery Bray (BU), Katherine Appleton (BU), Ivana Bašljan Puceković (FER), Barbara Ronge (RP), Manfred Ronge (RP), Hans De Steur (UGent), Juliet Memery (BU), Nikica Perić (FER), Roberta Discetti (BU), Luka Jelić (FER), Vinko Lešić (FER), Filip Vrbanc (FER), Slaven Begović (FER)

Author: Ivana Bašljan Puceković
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On January 26th, Croatian radio station, Radio Sljeme broadcasted an interview with 3Smart project coordinator dr. sc. Mario Vašak within their science show ''Iz svijeta znanosti''.  Dr. sc. Mario Vašak hosted the show at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing to present the main objectives of the 3Smart project and to familiarize the listeners with the 3Smart concept as well as with the importance of the whole energy sustainability concept. An audio recording of the show can be reproduced by clicking on the following link: Audio

 

Author: Anita Banjac
3Smart - Public presentation of the...

On 16th January 2017 a public presentation of the 3Smart project was held in Zagreb on the premises of University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing who is the lead partner on the project. The event attracted a significant number of participants from different sectors representing government, industry and academia. The project 3Smart is funded by the European Union through the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme.

Author: Kristina Radoš Cvišić
On January 17th, Jutarnji list, Croatian daily newspaper published an article about project 3Smart (Smart Building - Smart Grid - Smart City where the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is the lead partner. The article highlights the importance of such a project recognizing the need for sustainable, reliable solutions for the transmission, distribution and use of energy resources and the role of the Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla in this and future projects. The article can be found here.

 

Author: Kristina Radoš Cvišić
3Smart project featured in Jutarnji list

On January 2nd, Jutarnji list, Croatian daily newspaper published an article about 10 Croatian innovators. Among them is head of our Laboratory and coordinator of our newest project 3Smart (Smart Building - Smart Grid - Smart City) started with the beginning of the new year, Assoc. Prof. Mario Vašak. 3Smart project is recognized as one of the most promising enablers of the future smart cities and a step forward in making Zagreb a smart city. The article highlights the importance of such a project and the role of the Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla in this and future projects. The article can be reached through the following link: link.

Author: Anita Banjac
ENHEMS-Buildings action was presented on Croatian National Television within the Eko zona show. Eko zona is a weekly TV show on ecology, sustainable development, renewable energy sources, energy savings and environmental protection. One of the objectives of the show is through review of the difficulties and problems, but also positive examples, make viewers familiar with the use of renewable energy sources and care about energy efficiency. The show was broadcasted on 11th November 2015. The related show part be reached through the link next to the text.
Author: Anita Banjac
ENHEMS-Buildings action was presented on Croatian National Television within the Eko zona show. Eko zona is a weekly TV show on ecology, sustainable development, renewable energy sources, energy savings and environmental protection. One of the objectives of the show is through review of the difficulties and problems, but also positive examples, make viewers familiar with the use of renewable energy sources and care about energy efficiency. Action ENHEMS-Buildings is recognized as one of the examples of how to improve the energy efficiency of one the world’s biggest energy consumers - buildings, through the use of advanced control algorithms and consolidation between industry and science. The show was broadcasted on 3th December 2014. The related show part can be reached through the link next to the text.
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Author: Anita Banjac