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Málaga converts during three days in the epicentre of the investigation and the advance in energetic efficiency

Straight final for the celebration of ‘Greencities & Sustainability'

Editorial Interempresas29/10/2012

The Palace of Fairs and Congresses of Málaga (Fycma) celebrates, of the 7 to 9 November, ‘Greencities & Sustainability', 3er Living room of the Energetic Efficiency and Sustainability in Edificación and Urban Spaces. The evento has been presented on 26 October in presses conference by the mayor of Málaga, Francisco of the Tower; the rector of the University of Málaga (UMA), Adelaida of the Street; the president of the Committee Organiser of the living room and director of Division Andalucia Centre Endesa, Alfredo Rodríguez, and the dean of the School of Architects of Málaga, Antonio Vargas.

The Palace of Fairs and Congresses of Málaga will celebrate, of the 7 to 9 November, ‘Greencities & Sustainability', 3er Living room of the Energetic Efficiency and Sustainability in Edificación and Urban Spaces, a professional forum that allows to know solutions and tendencies that help to improve the energetic sustainability in the cities. The evento, resulted of the union between ‘Greencities' –organised by the enclosure malagueño- and the forum ‘TIC & Sustainability' -organised by Ametic- will convert to the capital malagueña in epicentre of the investigation and the advance in the field of the energetic efficiency.

With the applications TIC's like common element, the evento offers multiple activities that turns it into an important tool of networking. As it has indicated the councillor malagueño, will have a zone of networking “where to day of today already there is more than 90 participants confirmed”, and that offers the possibility of concertar meetings B2B with other visitors and display units. Besides, Of the Tower has stood out that the living room “already has more than 1.000 professionals inscribed” apostillando that “is an useful evento for all, especially for Málaga”.

Of left to right: the rector of the University of Málaga (UMA), Adelaida of the Street; the mayor of Málaga, Francisco of the Tower; the president of the Committee Organiser of the living room and director of Division Andalucia Centre Endesa, Alfredo Rodríguez; and the dean of the School of Architects of Málaga, Antonio Vargas.

In this regard, Rodríguez has explained that –beside said space- Fycma will have a zone expositiva, with more than 60 companies represented, that will house the zone of Network of Intelligent Cities (RECI) where is confirmed the participation of 13 urbes such like A Coruña, Alicante, Santander, Valladolid, Valencia and Málaga, between others; in addition to offering the presentation of international projects like ‘Zem2All' and ‘Green and-Motion', and receive “the current project more important in R&D, ‘City 2020', that develops a new model of intelligent city”.

Besides, has commented that there will be a Forum, formed by a wide program of conferences and round tables where the assistants will have the possibility to attend to the conferences of stood out experts of the sector like José Luis Marín López-Otero, general director of Endesa Network; Harry Verhaar, world-wide director of Public and Governmental Subjects of Philips Lighting, or Ignacio González, president of Telvent, among others.

Like this, the forum will agglutinate a veintena of reports, “had the sponsorship of big companies of the sector like Endesa and Telvent Schneider, and the project ‘City 2020'” has added Of the Tower. “With this type of projects Málaga turns into a city referent in energetic matter and, thus, has been recognised like one of the ‘intelligent cities' of the country”, has resaltado the president of the Committee Organiser.

On the other hand, the zone expositiva of the living room will receive the Classroom Greencities where will celebrate more than 45 reports. Between them, 38 scientific communications –six more than the past edition- and 17 projects participants in the 1ª Biennial of Projects of Edificación Sustainable, as it has concretised the dean of the School of Architects. “This space is a meeting point and transmission of the investigation that realises in Spain”, has matizado Vargas, adding that “for 2013 will give him a new approach to centre us no only in the project but in the building finished”.

Likewise, has matizado that this initiative is result of the work so much of architects as of groups of investigation and skilled institutions, between which finds the University of Málaga (UMA). Thus, the rector has done upsetting in the stood out work of the groups of investigation that participate in this important “evento no only to level malagueño but with international projection and with a clear bet by the transfer of knowledge”.

Parallel activities

Of parallel form to the living room, the enclosure malagueño will be the headquarters of the XX Technical Days of the National Association of Companies of Environingingment (Anepma); the Technical Day ‘Smart Cities and Cogeneration', organised by the Association Take Spain; the Technical Day Atecyr, and the Managerial Board of the Spanish Network of Intelligent Cities (RECI).

The schedule of ‘Greencities & Sustainability', living room of professional field and organised by the Palace of Fairs and Congresses of Málaga (Fycma) –dependent of the Area of Economy, Inland revenue and Personnel of the City council of Málaga- will be of 10.00 to 19.00 hours, the Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8; and of 10.00 to 15.00 hours, the Friday 9. The entrance to the zone expositiva and to the Classroom Greencities is free, previous registration. To access to the Forum and participate in the zone of networking, the price of the registration splits of the 55 euros and can realise through the web.