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A team from the School of Architecture of Barcelona will receive a 60.000€ grant from RecerCaixa to develop this project, which includes the study of several listed buildings and will result in a best practices guide for the restoration of buildings of architectural heritage.

Solvay announces the creation of Solvay Energy Services, the first concrete outcome of the integration of Solvay and Rhodia. This new business aims to optimize the energy costs and CO2 emissions both of the Group and on behalf of third parties.

The UPC's Board of Trustees launches a call for awards to recognize research valorisation, excellence and teaching quality.

The factory located in Martorell redesigns its system of ideas.

On 26th January the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC.BarcelonaTech (UPC) held the first meeting of the Catalan Network of Campus of International Excellence (CEI), which was attended by most of the Catalan public universities that currently lead or are part of a CEI project recognized by the Ministerio de Educación.

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) is the first university in Catalonia, the third in Spain and the 30th in Europe, according to the ranking produced by the 4 International Colleges and Universities (4ICU).

The application process for IRENA Scholarship for the academic year 2012-2013 has opened on 1 November 2011 and will close on 31 May 2012.

(e)co is one of the 21 projects, there are 4 projects from Spain, competing in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 and the only one from Catalonia. The new model of sustainable and low cost home, is based on more efficiency, more performance and more comfort, and uses less resources, less energy and less money. A design of future, cheap and sustainable for everyone.