The fourth edition of “Green Week delle Venezie ” promoted by VeneziePost, from February 17 to 22, 2015 invites to a tour of the most innovative factories in Veneto and Trentino, which produce goods and services in an environmentally friendly way. The “Factories of Sustainability” tour includes ten guided tours.
It starts in Venice: a unique opportunity to understand the significance of Mose (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), a civil and environmental engineering project under construction to defend the city and lagoon from high water. On Feb. 17 at the Venice Arsenal, experts will explain how the Mose and other interventions (reinforcement of shorelines, raising of banks and pavements, redevelopment of the lagoon) should ensure defense from tides up to 3 meters. Even those who produce synthetic fibers can operate according to the new models of sustainable development: this will be demonstrated on Wednesday 18 by Aquafil in Arco di Trento, which, in addition to being among the world leaders in the production of synthetic fibers (especially polyamide 6 fibers), has become a reference point for quality, innovation and sustainable development, thanks to continuous investments of capital and know-how. How building can be sustainable will be explained on Feb. 18 at the Science Museum in Trento by the Green Building Council Italia association.
The Muse designed by Renzo Piano, seeks to blend into the landscape, moreover during construction pollution was contained by favoring local materials and bamboo was used to pave the exhibition areas. In terms of energy, the building makes extensive use of renewable sources and high-efficiency systems: photovoltaic panels, geothermal probes, and a centralized trigeneration system for the entire district. On Feb. 18, a visit to Cielo e Terra spa (Collis-Veneto Wine Group), a Montorso Vicentino winery founded in 1908, will illustrate the eco-sustainable policy undertaken through the choice of materials (lightweight bottles with lower environmental impact, packaging with FSC-certified paper) and technologies (LED lighting, recovery of calories from technical systems, recovery of process water, sorted waste and recycling of RafCycle label holders). The company was the first Italian winery to introduce lean management in 2006 to reduce waste. Committed to the environment is S.A.V. spa, which in Trebaseleghe (Padua, Italy) has been producing aluminum alloys in second melt cakes for foundry castings since 1996. A tour of the modern plant that uses sophisticated equipment is set for Saturday, Feb. 21. The company has implemented an environmental management system that complies with the Iso 14001 standard, obtaining certification in May 2003. Here is in detail the entire program of the journey among the factories of sustainability. It starts on Feb. 17 at Mose in the Venice Arsenal (4 p.m.), on Tuesday 18 (10:30 a.m.) we move to Arco di Trento at Aquafil (synthetic fibers), at 2 p.m. in Trento at the Muse- Science Museum and at 6 p.m. in Montorso Vicentino at the Cielo e Terra spa winery. Friday, Feb. 20 (11 a.m.) in Treviso a visit to Contarina spa. Saturday, Feb. 21 (11 a.m.) visit to Maschio Gaspardo, a pillar of renewable energy: thanks to Maschio Gaspardo facilities, 3,400,000 Kwh of renewable energy from photovoltaic sources were produced in 2014 alone. At 3 p.m. visit to S.A.V. spa in Trebaseleghe (Padua). Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Department of Economics, University of Padua, lecture on energy transport and geopolitical issues, Friday 20 at 9:30 a.m. at Confindustria in Belluno workshop for children and young people, and at 6 p.m. in Muccin Hall Giovanni XXXIII Center the conference “Smart growth: sustainability, tourism and manufacturing for the revitalization of territories.”
Saturday 21 at 5 p.m. at the S.A.V. in Trebaseleghe presentation of the “Radical Green Award.” And at 8:30 p.m. in the Trebaseleghe auditorium children’s show. Finally on Sunday 22 at 9:30 a.m. at the Euganean Hills Park Nordic Walking walk. For tours book at info@veneziepost.it.
From: Green Week, Feb. 16, 2015 – by Roberto Brumat