ESS actively participates as coordinator and partner in a number of EU supported RTD Projects in Frameworks 4,5, and 6.
These research projects provide valuable input for ESS' Products and help to develop and maintain an international network of cooperating institutions and individuals.

OPTIMA, Optimization for Water Resources Management, develops, implements and tests a multi-criteria optimization approach for large, complex, distributed and non-linear systems, with a strong participatory element intended to increase efficiencies and to reconcile conflicting demands. Based on the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) the approach equally considers economic efficiency, environmental compatibility, and social equity as the pillars of sustainable development.



SMART is funded by the European Commission under the INCO-MED programme.

SMART, Sustainable Management od Scarce Resources in the Coastal Zone, addresses issues of integrated coastal zone management with emphasis on water resources, and competing water users in the Mediterranean coastal regions. Comparative case studies in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia are used to develop and test a common methodology.



Env-e-City is funded by the European Commission under the eContent programme.

• the adaptive routing of hazardous transports, integrating environmental risk criteria with other road information;
• the support of emergency management tasks (and related staff training) for transportation accidents involving hazardous substances and for hazardous installations, as foreseen by the amended Post-Seveso Directive (82/501/EEC, 87/216/EEC, COM(94) 4).

ECOSIM was funded by the EC, DG XIII under the Telematics Applications Programme.

ADAPT - BOOTSTRAP: Building adaptive world-class SMEs

GAIA, a Multi-Media Tool for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Education addresses both issues of environmental planning and management as well as information technology. Its primary objective is to build multi-media tools for environmental education and management, in a collaboration of 10 countries from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In collaboration with two European institutions and university partners from seven developing countries, the project has developed a client/server multi-media system for environmental education, using the EARSS system as its starting point. Developed both as a workstations version and an internet server, GAIA provides access to numerous case studies and examples of environmental issues, problems, and solutions, embedded in the framework of Agenda 21.

EUREKA E!3266 EUROENVIRON:  WEBAIR
WEBAIR: web-based urban and industrial air quality assessment and management.

WEBAIR builds a web based application service for real-time multi-media management information system for industrial, urban and regional air quality assessment and management, integrating on-line monitoring and modelling with AI components, in support of relevant EU Directives.
EUREKA E!1388 EUROENVIRON:  AIDAIR    

In collaboration with research institutions, government agencies, and industrial enterprises in the Switzerland, the UK, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Portugal, and Russia, ESS has initiated a EUREKA project that has received definitive EUREKA A status end of June 1995. The project, with an expected total volume of more than 3 Million ECU, is designed for a three year initial development phase.

Case studies are being developed for Vienna, Austria; Geneva, Switzerland; and Izmir in Turkey. The emphasis is on the integration of energy systems analysis and traffic models with a range of air quality modeling and assessment tools, as well as on-line sensors and monitoring equipment.

The aim of the IQEM project was to develop, within a flexible artificial intelligence environment, a modular set of integrated tools for quality control procedures, environmental management, and safety management an intranet/extranet environment for combined ISO 9000, ISO 14001, EMAS and safety management.