{"id":14240,"date":"2024-07-26T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/uncategorized\/unipd-and-acegasapsamga-together-in-the-sustainable-management-of-water-resources-with-the-new-memorandum-of-understanding-to-reduce-water-waste\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:52:20","slug":"unipd-and-acegasapsamga-together-in-the-sustainable-management-of-water-resources-with-the-new-memorandum-of-understanding-to-reduce-water-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/news\/unipd-and-acegasapsamga-together-in-the-sustainable-management-of-water-resources-with-the-new-memorandum-of-understanding-to-reduce-water-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Unipd and AcegasApsAmga together in the sustainable management of water resources with the new memorandum of understanding to reduce water waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\r\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14240\" data-postid=\"14240\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14240 themify_builder tf_clear\">\r\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\r\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"srns113\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_srns113 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_z612114 first\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        \t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tb_gros115 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"subrow_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_w\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_f32s115 first\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        <!-- module text -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_m81r115   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\r\n    <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Unipd and AcegasApsAmga together in the sustainable management of water resources with the new memorandum of understanding to reduce water waste<\/h1>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_be0h115   image-top tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\r\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/news-H-HOPE.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-7347\" title=\"acqua\" alt=\"acqua\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/news-H-HOPE.png 860w, https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/news-H-HOPE-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/news-H-HOPE-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/>\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\r\n    \r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/module image -->                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            \t    <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><!-- \/themify_builder_sub_row -->\r\n\t<!-- module text -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_v8ru116  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\r\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 24 July at Palazzo del Bo,<\/span> a <b>Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the University of Padua and AcegasApsAmga S.p.A.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the<\/span><b> management and monitoring of water resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a two-year validity.<\/span> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a document that is in line with Goal 6.4 of the UN&#8217;s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/span> <b>and is part of the actions identified in the University&#8217;s Sustainability Commitments Charter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which the University commits to better water resource management by defining protocols for saving, recovering and reusing water in its facilities and promoting agreements with the managing body to control consumption.<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018In this context, a dialogue has been active for some time with AcegasApsAmga, the first multi-utility in north-eastern Italy active in environmental services,\u2019 explained<\/span> <b>Francesca da Porto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice-rector for sustainability. With this Protocol, Unipd and AcegasApsAmga are embarking on a path of great value for the environment, committing to monitor and improve efficiency in the use of water resources\u2019. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the memorandum provides for the implementation of<\/span> <b>projects aimed at improving the overall management of water resources in the Padua area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly in the areas where the University&#8217;s facilities and activities are concentrated.  <\/span>This will be achieved by supplying <b>74<\/b> <b>upgraded meters<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the University by AcegasApsAmga, allowing continuous, hourly and daily monitoring of the water consumption of the main water supplies registered in the University&#8217;s name; access to the multi-utility&#8217;s<\/span> <b>\u2018Consumption Portal\u2019<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has also been set up, where, through the <\/span><b>\u2018Telemetering Dashboard\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the University will be able to supervise the bills and costs associated with water supplies.<\/span> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will make it easier<\/span> <b>to identify abnormal consumption and hidden leaks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, otherwise the source of large water losses, to understand the rates of consumption attributable to equipment and facilities,<\/span> <b>to define daily consumption profiles<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">related to employees and students attending the buildings, and<\/span> <b>to design effective interventions to reduce water wastage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Protocol is also an opportunity to develop research projects and best practices: for this reason, the FEM Office, Energy Sustainability Sector, has launched an<\/span> <b>internship in cooperation with the Master&#8217;s Degree Course in Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies for Circular Economy, and a collaboration with the Levi-Cases Centre for Energy Economics and Technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The goal is to arrive at the calculation of the University&#8217;s water footprint and to consequently develop sound \u2018water resources management\u2019 practices within an organisation as complex as ours. The University of Padua consumes around 500 litres of water per minute, and we have set ourselves the target of reducing water consumption by at least 3% by 2027. As a university, however, we are able to have a broader impact, both because we can raise the awareness of the student community and the general public through training, dissemination, and information campaigns, and because we now have a consolidated role, with the collaboration of our professors and research centres, in the promotion and dissemination of best practices developed in the university to other bodies and institutions,&#8217; concludes professor da Porto. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The University of Padua, with its laboratories and facilities, is one of the main users of water in the city with an average of 230,000 cubic metres per year,\u2019 explains<\/span> <b>Giovanni Piccoli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of AcegasApsAmga Networks. \u2019Thanks to this collaboration, not only will the University achieve significant savings in consumption, but a joint and concrete strategy will be implemented to limit losses, raise stakeholder awareness, and protect the water resource, as envisaged by the objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda. Based on the results and the reliability of the data validation system built now on an experimental basis, the opportunity to extend this approach to other stakeholders with similar territorial dimension and water consumption will be evaluated\u2019.   <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\r\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"nzw5114\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_nzw5114 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_jjs7116 first\">\r\n                                                <\/div>\r\n            \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 24 July at Palazzo del Bo, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the University of Padua and AcegasApsAmga S.p.A. for the management and monitoring of water resources, with a two-year validity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":7349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[64,63],"class_list":["post-14240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-environment-and-energy","tag-networks","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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With this Protocol, Unipd and AcegasApsAmga are embarking on a path of great value for the environment, committing to monitor and improve efficiency in the use of water resources\u2019. <\/p><\/blockquote><p>Specifically, the memorandum provides for the implementation of <b>projects aimed at improving the overall management of water resources in the Padua area<\/b>, particularly in the areas where the University's facilities and activities are concentrated. This will be achieved by supplying <b>74<\/b> <b>upgraded meters<\/b> to the University by AcegasApsAmga, allowing continuous, hourly and daily monitoring of the water consumption of the main water supplies registered in the University's name; access to the multi-utility's <b>\u2018Consumption Portal\u2019<\/b> has also been set up, where, through the <b>\u2018Telemetering Dashboard\u2019<\/b>, the University will be able to supervise the bills and costs associated with water supplies. <\/p><p>This will make it easier <b>to identify abnormal consumption and hidden leaks<\/b>, otherwise the source of large water losses, to understand the rates of consumption attributable to equipment and facilities, <b>to define daily consumption profiles<\/b> related to employees and students attending the buildings, and <b>to design effective interventions to reduce water wastage<\/b>. <\/p><p>The Protocol is also an opportunity to develop research projects and best practices: for this reason, the FEM Office, Energy Sustainability Sector, has launched an <b>internship in cooperation with the Master's Degree Course in Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies for Circular Economy, and a collaboration with the Levi-Cases Centre for Energy Economics and Technology<\/b>.<\/p><blockquote><p>\u2018The goal is to arrive at the calculation of the University's water footprint and to consequently develop sound \u2018water resources management\u2019 practices within an organisation as complex as ours. The University of Padua consumes around 500 litres of water per minute, and we have set ourselves the target of reducing water consumption by at least 3% by 2027. As a university, however, we are able to have a broader impact, both because we can raise the awareness of the student community and the general public through training, dissemination, and information campaigns, and because we now have a consolidated role, with the collaboration of our professors and research centres, in the promotion and dissemination of best practices developed in the university to other bodies and institutions,' concludes professor da Porto. <\/p><p>\u2018The University of Padua, with its laboratories and facilities, is one of the main users of water in the city with an average of 230,000 cubic metres per year,\u2019 explains <b>Giovanni Piccoli<\/b>Director of AcegasApsAmga Networks. \u2019Thanks to this collaboration, not only will the University achieve significant savings in consumption, but a joint and concrete strategy will be implemented to limit losses, raise stakeholder awareness, and protect the water resource, as envisaged by the objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda. Based on the results and the reliability of the data validation system built now on an experimental basis, the opportunity to extend this approach to other stakeholders with similar territorial dimension and water consumption will be evaluated\u2019. <\/p><\/blockquote>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14241,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14240\/revisions\/14241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sostenibile.unipd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}