NEWS
6th-9th November 2023 – Skybelt Final project meeting
After the terrible earthquake that hit Turkey in February 2023, the consortium meets in Adana at the premises of Cukurova University for the final project meeting.
2nd – 3rd October 2023 - Clustering event of Erasmus+ CBHE project in Thailand
PhD students Saowarot Chongchitwatthanakun and Eakrit Kaewcharoen of Naresuan University participated and reported the experience of Skybelt project at the Clustering event of Erasmus + - Capacity Building in Higher Education projects in Thailand at Kasetsart University in Bangkok on. Please see here some pictures of the event.
8th September 2023 – More than 100 organisations joined the project network.
Please see at this link the full list of associated partners to the project network
4th-6th September 2023 – 7th International Seminar on Organic Rankine Cycle Power System
Dr Ramin Moradi, previous post-doc at eCampus University, presented the training activities related to the ORC test benches set up at Universiti Putra Malaysia, University Sains Malaysia and Naresuan University within the project. Some photos of the presentation during the conference are reported here.
Click here to download the related paper.
11th April 2023 - ETIP-RHC Platform
Skybelt project is promoted in the European Information Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (ETIP-RHC). Please see details at the following link:
https://www.rhc-platform.org/project/enhancement-of-engineering-skills-of-students-of-all-levels-for-application-of-evidence-based-sustainable-renewable-energy-solutions-in-the-built-environment/
7th January 2023 - 10th project meeting
From 7th to 9th of January the 10th internal meeting of Skybelt has been held at the School of Mechanical Engineering of Universiti Sains Malaysia. Please see what was reported on their website:
https://mechanical.eng.usm.my/index.php/ms/collaborate-with-universities-list/356-10th-meeting-of-the-erasmus-project-skybelt-in-usm
From 13th to 16th of June 2022, 8th internal meeting of Skybelt
Finally, the 8th internal meeting of the project will be held in hybrid mode. All the teams with the exception of teams at BJUT and LZJTU will meet at the branch of Ecampus University in Rome.
26th of April 2022 - Biennial EU-China Higher Education Platform for Cooperation and Exchange (HEPCE) meeting
Prof. Luca Cioccolanti talked about the Skybelt project at the online event on the role of the university in the green transition co-organised by the China Education Association for International Exchange, the Chinese Ministry of Education and the European Commission.
Please click here to see the presentation.
19th July 2021 Online newspaper Rinnovabili.it speaks about Skybelt project
Prof Luca Cioccolanti speaks about the role of residential users in new energy communities and presented the advancements of Skybelt project.
Please find the entire article at https://www.rinnovabili.it/energia/comunita-energetiche-rinnovabili/settore-residenziale-consumers-prosumers/
7th December 2020 Erasmus + Grant 101: Sharing Experience.
Dr Ermira Junita Abdullah took part to the webinar organized by UPM on sharing experience, information and best practices to facilitate the participation in future EU Erasmus+ programme calls. Please see her intervention at minute 45:00 at this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdYRmu7cOs&list=LL&index=4
29th - 30th October 2020, Applied Energy Symposium 100% Renewable Conference.
Prof. Luca Cioccolanti presented the results of the initial survey on the labour market needs at the Internal Conference held online due to covid-19 pandemic crisis. The related presentation can be downloaded here
27-28 January 2020, Grant Holder Meeting in Brussels.
The EACEA set up the 2019 CBHE Projects Conference of the selected asking for the participation of the project coordinator and of a representative of a beneficiary institution located in Partner Countries. Luca Cioccolanti, Project Coordinator, and Ermira Junita Abdullah, team leader at UPM, participated to the meeting for the Skybelt project consortium.
MEETINGS
6th – 9th NOVEMBER 2023, SKYBELT 14th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The internal project meeting in Turkey was originally planned in Spring 2023 but it was postponed because of the terrible earthquake that hit the country in February 2023. Hence, the final meeting of the project was hosted in Adana at Cukurova University.
1st – 8th SEPTEMBER 2023, SKYBELT 13th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The thirteenth internal meeting of the project has been held in China. The consortium first met at the premises of Beijing University of Technology and then moved to Lanzhou at the premises of Lanzhou Jiatong University for the second part of the project meeting.
10th – 13th JULY 2023, SKYBELT 12th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The twelveth internal meeting of the project has been held in UK at the premises of Northumbria University in London. All the teams met in presence for the first time since the beginning of the project.
9th – 12th MAY 2023, SKYBELT 11th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The eleventh internal meeting of the project has been held in hybrid mode at premises of of Ecampus University in Rome (Chinese teams were again connected online). Project teams also visited two research labs at ENEA Casaccia Research Center.
4th – 9th JANUARY 2023, SKYBELT 10th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The tenth internal meeting of the project has been held in Malaysia. (Chinese teams were again connected online). The consortium first met at the premises of Universiti Putra Malaysia and then moved to Universiti Sains Malaysia for the second part of the project meeting.
15th – 20th SEPTEMBER 2022, SKYBELT 9th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The nineth internal meeting of the project has been held in Thailand. (Chinese teams were again connected online). The consortium first met at the premises of Chiang Mai University and then moved to Naresuan University for the second part of the project meeting.
13th – 16th JUNE 2022, SKYBELT 8th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
Finally the eighth internal meeting of the project has been held in hybrid mode (Chinese teams were connected online). All the other teams met at the branch of Ecampus University in Rome.
16th – 17th FEBRUARY 2022, SKYBELT 7th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The seventh internal meeting of the project has been again held online.
2nd – 3rd NOVEMBER 2021, SKYBELT 6th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
The sixth internal meeting of the project has been again held online
15th JUNE 2021, SKYBELT 5th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
One day online meeting on claiming expenses for the project.
8th - 9th MARCH 2021, SKYBELT 4th INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
Because of covid-19 pandemic crisis also the fourth internal meeting of the project has been online.
26th - 27th OCTOBER 2020, SKYBELT 3rd INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
Because of covid-19 pandemic crisis also the third internal meeting of the project has been online.
9th - 10th JULY 2020, SKYBELT 2nd INTERNAL PROJECT MEETING
Due to the restrictions measures because of the covid-19 pandemic crisis also the second internal meeting of the project has been held online.
23rd March and 3rd April 2020, SKYBELT KICK-OFF MEETING
After being postponed for the diffusion of the covid-19 pandemic, the kick-off meeting of the project meeting has been held online. Introduction of the partners and discussion of the main activities of the project.