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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 5:04 PM
Waste can become sofas, lamps, games, and musical instruments. But even stage sets, art objects and installations. How? We'll tell you about it in this project.
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 5:02 PM
Thanks to robotics and artificial intelligence we can make our flows more efficient and develop the full potential of individuals and their intellectual capacities. With our Robotic & Intelligent...
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Web Content Article · written-by LUCIA ALGISI on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:49 PM
By 2024, Rimini's beaches will be 100% fit for swimming thanks to the Rimini Optimised Seawater Protection Plan (Piano di Salvaguardia della Balneazione Ottimizzato - PSBO). Discover the most...
psbo Categoria Progetto: Heratech Project Circular Economy Water Project -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:39 PM
The Great Engine of the World With a free programme of educational initiatives promoted by Hera in Bologna, Modena, Ferrara, Imola, Faenza, Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena and Rimini area schools, students...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:39 PM
How do we monitor 6,600 plants and over 67,000 km of networks? With our Forlì Remote Control Technological Hub, which monitors operation in real time to detect failures and malfunctions of...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:32 PM
Fuel may also be extracted from vegetable oils. Used domestic vegetable oil (such as frying oil) which is recovered by multiutility services via roadside containers and drop-off points, is...
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Web Content Article on-date Nov 24, 2020 10:22 AM
The NexMeter Green project aims to take a further step towards the future by offering a product that is not only safe and innovative but also sustainable
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:26 PM
We monitor the sewerage networks from high up on the European Space Agency's satellites to prevent any damage and take preventive action. Modena and Bologna lead the pilot project. Find out more.
Categoria Progetto: Water Project Innovation -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:21 PM
What's Ferrara's green secret? It's underground, where a geothermal basin feeds its district heating system. The result? 87% of the thermal energy distributed in the city is "clean" and we avoid...
Categoria Progetto: Innovation Energy Efficiency Circular Economy -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:19 PM
The ultrasound hydrolysis system, installed in the Forlì treatment plant, makes the life cycle of wastewater sludge circular. The result: less sludge to dispose of, and more biogas produced.
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:16 PM
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:15 PM
Our 300,000 waste bins are talking. How? Thanks to a "tag" that always tells us where they are, how they are working and if they have been emptied. Find out more about the projects of...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:07 PM
We have installed a turbo expander at the R&M stations of Ducati's factory in Bologna. The goal is to recover electricity from the decompression process of methane gas.
circulareconomy Categoria Progetto: Innovation Energy Efficiency -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:04 PM
Hera Group's drones are alternative and supplemental investigation tools to provide quality services to the areas we serve.
Categoria Progetto: Water Project Innovation -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 4:01 PM
From city to "smart city" thanks to data: with our detection systems we can monitor traffic trends, air quality and consumption of public parks.
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 3:46 PM
The Digital Workplace has transformed how we work, making office presence increasingly unnecessary, and fostering remote working and flexibility.
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 3:44 PM
Modena's smart purification plant is COSTANCE, the prototype of the purification plant of Granarolo dell'Emilia. Two outstanding examples of sustainable water resource management.
utility4.0 Categoria Progetto: Water Project Innovation -
Web Content Article · written-by Palvi Andrea Tonziello on-date Aug 4, 2020 3:40 PM
With our digital payment solutions, you can pay your bills quickly, easily and securely, directly from your smartphone or home PC.
utility4.0 Categoria Progetto: Innovation -
Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 3:32 PM
Thanks to Imola's cogeneration plant, which produces electricity and heat from a single source, the city and its district are completely self-sufficient in case of blackouts. Find out more about...
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Web Content Article on-date Aug 4, 2020 3:28 PM
To obtain clean energy to power Ravenna's buses by decomposing waste in landfills.
circulareconomy Categoria Progetto: Innovation Circular Economy
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From city to "smart city" thanks to data: with our detection systems we can monitor traffic trends, air quality and consumption of public parks.
A smart waste bin, one which opens and closes autonomously, and that can recognise users by card or smartphone and record what they have put in, alerting operators wirelessly when it is full. Is that science fiction? No, it's our Smarty waste bin, one of the latest projects launched by Hera to improve and make separate waste collection even more efficient. An initiative that easily and immediately represents, especially for customers, the innovation and digitalisation process that Hera has pursued in recent years, putting data and its analysis first.
Every day we receive millions of data, a volume of information that is not comparable to what we were facing just a few years ago. The most advanced digital systems come to our aid, such as the Internet of Things and business intelligence systems, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence tools.
The city of the future, the "smart city", is one of the areas in which we can most effectively express the innovation of our services. Thanks to Acantho, Hera Group's digital company with its 4,200 kilometre long proprietary fibre optic network, we have developed public Wi-Fi services, smart security systems, and digital signage such as multifunction totems that display information or promotional content. Our detection devices and sensors, connected to a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, enable us to collect information on traffic trends, air quality, usage of public parks by the building industry, and even satellite reconnaissance of roofs containing asbestos. Valuable information, which is essential to increasingly understand the local area in which we operate and to create shared value.
Accessing such an advanced data pool places a great responsibility on us: to protect it. According to the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report 2020, cyber-attacks are one of the top 10 risks for people and the global economy, both in terms of impact and probability. That's why we are continually working to improve our approach to cyber-security, to defend devices, users, identities, and infrastructure. Over the past few years, we have enhanced the security of email and browsing on our employees' devices and strengthened cloud protection and monitoring of our industrial plant networks to comply with the latest regulations such as the GDPR.
"There are many technologies available to the world of utilities. The critical issue, and the real challenge, lies in identifying the right ones for the company's strategic goals: data analytics and intelligent automation show enormous growth potential. Understanding data and how to use it in a forward-looking approach offer unprecedented opportunities for cost-cutting, and improving our service and competitiveness," explains Salvatore Molè, Central Director of Innovation and Head of ICT at Hera Group.
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