Work Packages

  • Ensure that all other WPs function well and coherently
  • AUTH will be the coordinator due to its prior experience in management
  • Overwatch of the efficiency in the use of existing resources and coordination
  • Internal/External communication
  • Publicity
  • Dissemination of results
  • Elaboration of final construction details (e.g. exact location of required water tanks)
  • Public tendering processes for the construction of pilot installations
  • Functionality tests on the installations
  • Elaborate the criteria for site selection to include
    • groundwater quality,
    • aquifer depth,
    • vicinity to prospective water and energy users,
    • flooding risk
  • Production of a simple decision-support tool
  • Study of the technical details for application to existing and new buildings
  • Cost estimation
  • Optimize the design and standardize the calculation procedure
  • Several studies for the application of conjunctive water and energy conservation systems
    • Inspection of buildings and collection of data on their performance
    • Calculation of water and energy demands
    • Design of conjunctive water and energy conservation system
    • Estimation of costs
  • Simplification of the required permit process in both countries
  • Elimination of bureaucratic barriers
  • Monitor installations
  • Evaluation of existing data and fixing of the measurement protocol
  • Perform ground water quality measurements at selected locations
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of pilot installations
  • Evaluation of the environmental and social benefits
  • Dissemination of the results
  • Familiarization with current international developments on the issue