Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
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Innovative sensors for monitoring earthquakes as well as climate change and extreme events, information system for collating and displaying real time, past and future data, and digital dashboards to inform citizens and Public Administrations about strengthening of city resilience with focus on historic areas that are of invaluable significance, although very fragile.
ENEA has developed GREEN CA, a calculation model to plan urban green space interventions, fight degradation and fire hazard, especially in summer, and cut public management costs by up to 70%.
A new low-cost, anti-mold coating to be applied directly on fruit and vegetables to preserve their quality and nutritional properties for up to ten days, which ENEA has developed jointly with the University of Salerno (Department of Industrial Engineering), it appeared in the journal Nanomaterials.
ENEA has created the first antibacterial LED lamps which, in addition to illuminating, are able to sanitize against bacteria and viruses - including the virus responsible for Covid (SARS-CoV-2) - schools, offices and public places, but also surfaces , air and water, safely, quickly, sustainably and economically.
Grow vegetables at home thanks to a new simple, sustainable, low-cost and pesticide-free system involving precision lighting, targeted ventilation and minimal use of water. All this is being tested by ENEA researchers engaged in unconventional cultivation at the Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division laboratories.
Latest generation drones for finding people missing in the snow and for reaching inaccessible places in the shortest possible time.