The European Commission, the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the Government of Principality of Asturias, the NANOfutures association and PRODINTEC have announced the Official Launching of the European Initiative "NANOfutures": European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform (ETIP) in Nanotechnology. This event will be held in Gijón (Asturias) on the 15-16th June 2010

The Eracobuild ERA-NET has issued its first Newsletter recently.

In addition to a general overview of Eracobuild activities by Luc Bourdeau, Coordinator, and an interview with the Chairman of the Steering Committte Theo Zillner from BMVIT, Austria, it contains information on the 2 first joint calls launched by Eracobuild in the framework of two trans-national programmes already agreed by Eracobuild: "Value Driven Processes" and "Sustainable Renovation". News from the Dutch National Liaison Point of E2B are also included in this issue.

All buildings built after 31 December 2020 must have high energy-saving standards and be powered to a large extent by renewable energy. Public authorities will lead the way two years earlier and part of the funding for these changes will come from the EU. These are among the key points of a deal reached on Tuesday 17 November 2009 between Parliament and Council negotiators.