text: AUDIMOD is a decision support tool that is designed to help investors and decision makers to simulate the potential for irrigation modernization projects to help secure a more efficient water use for the pre-determined objectives, by looking at a large number of indicators before and after the project is made. AUDIMOD provides a standardised method that helps to monitor, audit and anticipate the environmental, socioeconomic and hydrologic effects of an irrigation modernisation project before, during and after the investment.
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  AUDIMOD tool is composed by two separate modules: a) The “Ex-Post” Module: this module supports decision makers and managers to regularly monitor and audit the irrigation system including hydrological, environmental and socioeconomic indicators b) The “Ex- Ante” Module: this module helps decision makers and managers to simulate the potential effects of an irrigation modernisation project, based on a set of indicators and variables which can be easily compiled and/or produced before the project is approved.
  TRL 4
  Technology validated in lab.
  Basic technological components are integrated to establish that they will work together. This is relatively “low fidelity” compared with the eventual system. Examples include integration of “ad hoc” hardware in the laboratory.
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  The testing plan and the BRIGAID’s Testing Innovation Framework (TIF) has been rightly applied and finished. The TRL of the innovation has been effectively reached.
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  The business plan for this innovation has been evaluated by The Funding Company and it is considered to be ready for investment.
  The accounting and auditing methodology has already tested and validated at small scale, i.e. a number of irrigation modernization projects with different characteristics. The main elements have been integrated in a prototype tool.
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  The AUDIMOD tool encompasses a software tool supported by a full water accounting and auditing methodology. The AUDIMOD tool generates a reduced set of indicators that allow water managers to assess and periodically monitor the main effects of an irrigation modernisation, i.e. addressing agronomical, hydrological, socioeconomic and environmental aspects. This allows to evaluate whether an irrigation modernisation has reached its main objectives. The AUDIMOD “ex ante” tool applies a multi-criteria method to typify modernisation projects into a set of predefined groups based on already implemented irrigation modernisations. This is accompanied by a set of guidelines to help steer the projects to meet the planned requirements.
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  Maptionnaire in Albania
  River Floods
  Disasters and ICT
  In Albania there is scarcity of information and mobilization during Civil Emergencies, mostly floods, that have increased rapidly in the recent years in many regions like Shkodra, Vlora, Fier ect. During these events the most concerned is the affected population, who mostly is uninformed and unprepared. Therefore, there is a need for innovative tools to engage the citizens and civil society to share their knowledge and gather data to adapt for future extreme weather events.The data gathering is mostly focused at the first and the second phase of the disaster management for the evaluation of the damages, and for the rehabilitation.The aim is firstly to identify from the citizens themselves what are the incurred damages. That is another information gathering channel and contributes to the transparency and data publication. Secondly during the rehabilitation phase each citizens is invited to declare his conformity or nonconformity with the measures taken from the central or local government. In the framework of the disaster management plan maptionnare contributes and covers the public participation and communication.This is a feedback mechanism for permanent data gathering related to every kind of climate change impact.
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  Maptionnaire
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  The Maptionnaire questionnaire service runs solely on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is a cloud provider known for its security. Datacenter is located in Ireland, EU, and Maptionnaire complies with the safe harbor directive of EU. The AWS data center physical security is described in the following Amazon Security Whitepaper: https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-whitepaper.pdf.
  TRL 4
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  The tool exist but the method to evaluate the flooding event and to aware the citizen need to be develop further. Albania has the problem to develop this tool.
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  Maptionnaire® is a unique SaaS service for creating, administering, and publishing map based questionnaires and for collecting geographical survey data. The service consists of following elements: Editor,Maptionnaire® organization maintenance,Data upload and analysis, Permission to use Maptionnaire® online analysis tool,Base maps, Maintenance.
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  January, 2019
  TRL updated from 6 to 4 according BRIGAID selection assessment
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  Danube Living Labs Pilot application Potelu Living Lab Romania
  Multi-hazard
  Agriculture
  Urban Areas
  Water Availability
  While at the Danube basin scale strategies create a sustainable framework for action, acknowledging and managing water related risks at local level is generally a major challenge. Our solution aims to test collaborative models centered on communities to support strengthening their capacity to assess risks, identify the most appropriate solutions to mitigate and implement them as well as manage these solutions on long term within local and regional contexts.
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  Along the Danube and in the Danube Delta using nature based solutions for floods and drought management is a set objective of ICPDR and national management plans but at the same time, for many years, an open subject for debate as regards practical implementation.
  TRL 4
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  Basic technological components are integrated to establish that they will work together. This is relatively “low fidelity” compared with the eventual system. Examples include integration of “ad hoc” hardware in the laboratory.
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  While the Living Lab concept is applied at international level in many sectors, their role in facilitating innovation in the water sector needs more practical exercise especially at small scale tackling water challenges at the “grass roots”. The current initiative aims to provide evidence and guidance to support water related living labs initiatives making a step forward from TRL 7 towards TRL 9.
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  The Potelu Living Lab is focused on the idea to put the local community in the driver seat for increased capacity to transform local challenges into opportunities. Specifically this involves to partner between different stakeholders for developing local capacity to identify and manage solutions to mitigate climate extreme events and increase resilience of population, environment and economic activities and at the same time to design and implement those solutions that also directly impact on local development and restore the attractiveness of the region for different population categories. The combination of water related risk mitigation actions which also build on economic opportunities will be at the core of the Potelu Living Lab approach.
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  January, 2019
  TRL updated from 7 to 4 based on BRIGAID selection assessment by Sergio Contreras
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  ArboDroughtStress
  Droughts
  Agriculture
  Disasters and ICT
  Water Availability
  Changes in climate and their impact on agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident. Tree productivity is inextricably tied to climate, in particular, the increased uncertainty regarding water management in arboriculture as recently reaffirmed by the extreme temperatures coupled to drought. Drought events and heat waves that are supposed to increase in frequency and intensity have increased the importance of knowing what to do. Moreover, we need to study how trees (fruit and ornamental) react to such climatic variability. This is particularly important under Mediterranean growing environments, which alter tree ecophysiology, especially during summer as a consequence of the combined effects of high light, high air temperature, high vapour pressure deficit and low rainfall. It is of vital importance to develop and adopt strategies to face drought–related risks, in order to secure the future supply of fruits, in a society with increasing population. With ArboDroughtStress, growers can monitor tree water status from anywhere, especially the stomata closure due to drought stress which limits photosynthesis and therefore tree productivity. It has a high precision of estimate and reduces data requirements (air temperature, vapour pressure deficit and net radiation) relative to other tools and can automate the irrigation.
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  Agricultural University of Tirana
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  Despite the multitude of sensors and DSSs currently available, estimating stomatal conductance and transpiration at orchard level remains a challenge. ArboDroughtStress is a validated model which applies a direct parameterization of the Penman–Monteith equation to compute diurnal courses of orchard canopy conductance (gc) from sap flow in sub-hour resolution for both day and night conditions.
  TRL 4
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  Basic technological components are integrated to establish that they will work together. This is relatively “low fidelity” compared with the eventual system. Examples include integration of “ad hoc” hardware in the laboratory.
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  The BRIGAID Business Development Programme has been successfully completed. A MAF+ assessment has been conducted and its results have been enriched and incorporated into a business plan document.
  Following the definition of TRL, we have tested the model in specific environments and tree species. There is still work to be done to validate the model and especially to use the IoT tools to provide the data on drought stress (stomata closure) very easy for farmer usage and linked to the automation of the irrigation system.
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  Sap flow sensors are installed in some trees within the plantation for monitoring purposes. A portable meteorological station measures net Radiation (Rn), air Temperature (Ta) and Relative Humidity (RH) of air. Atmospheric vapour pressure Deficit (D) is calculated from temperature and relative humidity. Our modeling approach is different as it uses diurnal courses of variables instead of commonly used daily means (see dattached paper for details of the model). The farmers can monitor the field conditions from anywhere, especially the stomata closure due to drought stress which limits photosynthesis and therefore tree productivity. The innovation is precise farming and is highly efficient when compared with the conventional approach.
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  MyClimateServices.eu
  Multi-hazard
  Disasters and ICT
  Urban Areas
  Infrastructure projects imply considerable investment and have a lifetime of several decades. Their design and make will be influenced by environmental, climatic, technical and societal conditions as well as they influence their natural and societal environment and sometimes the habits of their users. "Infrastructure" comprises buildings, transport infrastructure like roads, bridges, waterways and railway system, urban infrastructure like sewers, network systems like power grids, telecommunication and assets like power plants, waste treatment facilities and private production facilities of any kind.
  Owners, developers and operators of infrastructure need to be enabled to assess relevant risks of upcoming climatic conditions, appraise adaptation measures and monitor their implementation and effectiveness in a cost-aware and meaningful way.
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  Myclimateservices.eu contains
  * a digitized standardized workflow for assessing climate risks and appraise adaptation scenarios basing on climate- and location data at the site of the respective infrastructure project and
  * a marketplace to match projects with relevant localized data, experts for in-depth and specific counsel and to find projects (already realized or in planning) comparable in terms of hazard profile, elements at risk and type of project in order to share and transfer knowledge.
  TRL 4
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  The newly designed workflow is under implementation in four European demo locations (featuring as labs); as end users from municipalities and industry were involved in user story development as well as are validating the results one may presume the path to "relevant environment" (TRL5). The entire innovation in all elements builds on results from former research projects for climate- and disaster risk modeling and methodology (e.g. for urban climate, "hazard twins“ feature), which provide TRLs from 3 to 7. Programming and implementing each module of the digitized workflow is under development (agile approach); mock-ups are the basis for end user input and feedback and may actually be estimated as TRL3 - experimental proof of concept.
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  Access is provided by web services. End users gather relevant information on their project in a structured, comprehensive way and are guided through the process by the digitized workflow.
  First action is marking a project´s location on a map. An overview of "data packages" for the selected location is provided - besides climate data in several resolutions these may be land use, topography, census data etc.
  At the end of the screening process a report summarizes hazards, risk, impact and adaptation options and the end user can decide to connect with experts for working on most critical risks. The marketplace provides a connection appropriate for the type of project, detected hazards, additional required data in better resolution etc.
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  3D Printing of coastal protection Reefs
  Coastal Floods
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  The Albanian coastline has been declining in recent years due to coastal erosion and uncontrolled pier built in order to protect one area over another. Coastal erosion and losing land to the sea its slowly causing more and more coastal floods. Currently, as there are no real prevention systems to coastal floods and erosion, the Albanian coastline has been declining everywhere, loosing land and affecting coastal populations through coastal floods. Latest studies show that from 427 km of Albanian shoreline, almost 154 km have been eroded or are in danger of erosion. Erosion is one of the biggest threats that the Albanian coastline is facing and especially Seman has been affected by it.
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  POLIS University
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  This innovation mitigates Coastal Floods and is focused on the Albanian Coastline using industrial 3D printing technology. Using a large scale robotic arm so-called Reef Ball protective elements are 3D printed in stone like material (mixture of sand, cement and water as the binder) in layer like configurations. Using this technology would allow to print full scale protective barrier reefs to be deployed in different coastal areas in Albania with erosion risks. The innovation it is not a fixed structure, but has mobile components.
  TRL 4
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  Smaller scale prototypes of the reef balls have been constructed through smaller scale 3D printers and a CNC machine. These prototypes are constructed from polylactic acid (PLA) and tested in laboratory. The presence of a robotic arm would allow the jump to the real scale and adequate material testing. Even though our laboratories miss the robotic arm, the staff of our laboratory has previous experience in large scale digital prefabrication thank to the collaboration with partner universities and research centers.
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  Using a 3D Printer and digital tools for the Reef Ball elements to protect the coastline not only allows for fast prototyping but also for easily changeable and unique components to each coastline. The innovation is a ‘green based’ solution, as the proposed stone-like concrete is 90% recyclable and can be obtained by recycling other already built systems. The Reef Balls themselves provide a habitat for flora and fauna of the sea to inhabit the structures and enrich the underwater life. Finally, the possibility to model the structures in different ways and even turning those structures to works of arts and sculpting could encourage future underwater tourism.
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  QoAir: A blockchain-based system for heatwave management in urban areas
  Heatwaves
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  Urban Areas
  Every summer in big cities are reported death cases, discomforts or sicknesses, especially in elder people, because of high temperatures for many days in a row. Statistics show an increase in mortality every year and the predictions show it will be on the rise for the coming 50 years. Cities in southern Europe are most exposed, but these hot days and tropical nights are also in increase in western, central and eastern Europe, where people and towns are less accustomed to heat.
  To assist the wide urban population and public institutions, the QoAir system is designed in helping: measuring and detecting UHI – Urban Heat Island; raising awareness in decreasing exposure to hot days and nights; and checking other weather parameters such as humidity and air pressure related to heat waves. The idea of the project is to build a network of sensors spread over an urban area to measure UHI.
  One way to achieve accurate measurements is to ideally have fast and decentralized information systems, such as one built on the new emerging technology: the blockchain.
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  The QoAir system will provide a quick feedback about the situation in the urban area. Even though everyone has a mobile device with temperature prediction, all these results come from measurements done in other conditions such as under shadow, etc. They don't reflect the real degree and the real feel of the heat in urban areas caused of pollution factors. The idea of the QoAir project is to create a network of sensors distributed over an area. These sensors, connected together in the blockchain network, will measure the temperature increase of the area where they reside.
  TRL 4
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  The project is comprised of two parts: (1) software development, and (2) hardware integration. The first part is in development phase, and for the second part we need the proper hardware, which in the meantime is replaced with synthetically generated data.
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  QoAir is a blockchain-based solution to measure heat in urban areas via a network of connected sensors. In case a heat-wave is detected a trigger will be generated and sent to a governmental institution which will then follow their respective guidelines to raise awareness and prepare the population with the right countermeasures. Here comes in hand a new technology, a distributed database made up of blocks of data connected with each other in a hashed form: the blockchain. This component will contribute to greater stakeholder involvement, transparency and engagement and help bring trust and further innovative solutions, since it can be later integrated with other systems.
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  Low cost meteorological stations
  Multi-hazard
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  Meteorological data are very important for an accurate analysis of the exact cause of flood, that is why it is very important to have a large as possible data set in order to make adequate predictions. The cost of a fully equipped meteorological station varies between 15000-20000 Euros which is quite expensive for Albania, that is why there are only about 30 of them active at the moment. About 150 stations measure partial information, mainly temperature and some of them water level.This project aims to increase the number of meteorological stations in Albania considerably, to have a wider distribution of stations for a better weather monitoring in the country, thus obtaining a far larger amount of data in order to better analyze weather phenomena and propose more adequate solutions for the mitigation or prevention of floods.
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  Epoka University
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  The low cost meteorological station is a module composed of a microcontroller connected to: 1. GPS sensor, which shows the accurate coordinates of the module 2. Precipitation sensor 3. Humidity sensor 4. Temperature sensor 5. Real time data transmitter connected to internet via SIM card. 6. Other optional sensors could be added, ex: fire detector etc. 7. Power supply
  TRL 4
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  A simple prototype similar to the proposed module has been built, but some of the features have not been studied yet such as: no GPS was integrated, the data was received via wireless not sim. The current equipment measures: ambient temperature, detects fire and measures the humidity.
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  The low cost meteorological station is a module composed of a micro-controller connected to:GPS, Precipitation,Humidity, Temperature sensor,Real time data transmitter connected to internet via SIM card.The cost of a module varies between 30-50 Euros. Each module delivers data in defined time periods will be archived in the server of the project. The real time data of each of the stations will be available online for every internet user. The users can reach the real time data simply by clicking on the map. Also companies, public or research institutions will be able to receive the information in return of a payment or in accordance with any agreement between the project administration and the respective end-user.
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  Permeable Polymer Concrete
  Heavy Precipitation
  Urban Areas
  Floods have always been a serious problem for Albania, but with the uncontrolled demographical changes during the post-communism period the cost and amount of damage has increased dramatically. Almost every year heavy rains cause floods and landslides in different regions of Albania. Tirana and Durres are from a demographical and economical point of view the two most important cities in Albania. Both have been badly affected by seasonal floods and flash floods. In the last few years some of the main urban roads of Tirana and Durres and the most important road that connects these two cities has been greatly affected by flash floods. With this innovation we are trying to find a sustainable solution to prevent or decrease the flash flooding effects in the urban and industrial areas.
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  Epoka University
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  Permeable Polymer Concrete (PPC) is a highly porous and permeable material which is mostly appropriate for pavements and roads. With its highly permeability rate it minimizes to a large extent the effect of flash floods. If designed properly it reaches very good strength values and it is resistant to abrasion, wet-dry cycles, frost, high ambient temperatures etc. We propose Permeable Polymer Concrete as a very good solution to the mitigation of flash flood problems in urban and industrial areas like Tirana and Durres.
  TRL 4
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  Several specimens of PPC with different mix designs were produced at Epoka University Civil Engineering Laboratory. It was observed that resin hardens in a couple of hours, nevertheless the samples were left in the molds for 3 days. After three days they were removed from the molds and analyzed. The sample was kept under flowing water for several minutes and it was observed that flowing water passed through PPC samples without almost no resistance. The properties of the binding material such as compressive and flexural strength, wet-dry cycle resistance and resistance to high temperatures were investigated in one of our previous studies on small scale specimens. The preliminary investigations provided very important information about the capabilities of this innovative material, showing that PPC could be a very good solution for flash flood with its high permeability and drainage capacity.
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  Permeable Polymer Concrete is a type of concrete obtained from mixing coarse aggregate with polymer resin. It consists of coarse aggregates of size larger than 10 mm, and resin material which creates a thin layer around the aggregates during mixing acting as a binding material to immobilize the aggregates in the aggregate matrix. Accordingly, it contains many voids, which play the major role in defining its properties. PPC is suitable for Roads, Walkways, Parking Lots, Pavements, Green Houses and precast industry. Preliminary investigations have shown that PPC can drain water with almost no resistance from the material being such a very good solution for flash flooding especially in urban and industrial areas.
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  SkyDowser
  Droughts
  Agriculture
  Water Availability
  Water Quality
  Climate change is un undeniable fact to which we, as mankind, have to find ways to adapt. To a large extent this change relates to water. In case of extreme weather, water supplies become equally extreme, either as droughts or floods. To fight such extremities we need to bring water management to the next level. As every good manager knows: there can be no effective action if there is no insight. Insight in water however is difficult, since a large part of the earth's water resources is hidden underground. How can we gain the required insights in groundwater, such that we can take the proper actions and mitigate the consequences of climate change?
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  WaterMappers
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  SkyDowser is a very special sensor system, carried by a drone, which is able to map the earth's first 50m of soil at high speeds, at least an order of magnitude higher than what is currently available. Due to this big improvement the cost of groundwater monitoring is reduced by an order of magnitude as well. The sensor uses classical groundwater exploration techniques, repackaged in a light-weight fashion for operation with drones. The measured signals can be used to detect groundwater levels, determine soil moisture levels and map salt-water intrusion.
  TRL 4
  Technology validated in lab.
  Basic technological components are integrated to establish that they will work together. This is relatively “low fidelity” compared with the eventual system. Examples include integration of “ad hoc” hardware in the laboratory.
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  We have developed a prototype of our sensor system. The prototype features integrated hard and software past the breadboard stage (TLR 4-5). Testing however has been mostly limited to lab tests. We are therefore anxious to get the system out in the field and start testing in collaboration with a variety of potential end-users.
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  The SkyDowser uses the fundamental electromagnetic properties of the earth to find, quantify and analyse groundwater. The sensor continuously transmits an electromagnetic field, which in turn causes Eddie-currents to run below the earth's surface. These currents induce a secondary electromagnetic field, which is picked up by the sensor's receivers.
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  January, 2019
  - The innovation is renamed from WaterMapper (name of the company) into SkyDowser (the name of the technological sensor). The URL alias is accordingly modified. - Link to the company's web is restored by Sergio Contreras (WP3 leader)
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  The CLIMATE INNOVATION WINDOW is developed under the frame of BRIGAID project. It aims to be a reference portal for innovations on climate change adaptation.
  BRIGAID is a 4-year project (2016-2020) under EU Horizon2020 aimed to effectively bridge the gap between innovators and end-users in resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather.
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