Follow up the implementation of Laboratório Vivo para a Descarbonização de Évora (LVpDÉ), the City Council, in partnership with the Commercial Association of the District of Évora (ACDE) and the partner LVpDÉ Logistema, specialized in logistics models, carried out the first two sessions referring to the process of characterization of the logistics system and circulation of commodities to the Historic Center of Évora (CHÉ).

LVpDÉ is based on a laboratory model with the active participation of agents, in an informed and continuous manner, which allows for the collection of information, data and knowledge generation, in order to contribute to innovative solutions. The key element of the first phase is the carrying out of surveys to gather information that characterizes CHÉ's logistical needs.

The active participation of all economic agents that have commercial activity in the historic center is essential for a diagnosis and solutions that contribute to the improvement of logistics conditions, in terms of economic, urban and environmental efficiency. In this way, the city will be endowed with real and measurable knowledge about the existing situation, so in collaboration with economic agents, logistic models, that serve collective interests, can be studied, allowing the optimization of resources compared to the traditional model.

Only with the participation and responsibility of everyone will be possible to obtain positive results for the city, in terms of Mobility, the Circular Economy and the Environment, with the adoption of innovative solutions that reduce CO2 emissions, placing Évora at the forefront of the fight against climate change, responsibly and adapted to the needs of traders and citizens.

The challenge is also an opportunity for Economic Agents to participate in the LVpDÉ participation process, by completing the following surveys:

Canal Horeca e Retalho Alimentar:

https://survey.evoralab.pt/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=941572&lang=pt  

https://survey.evoralab.pt/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=259897&lang=pt

The City Council and partners of LVpDÉ, in particular with Logistema, will soon implement, under the terms of the financing contract with the Environmental Fund, a pilot project that will experiment with a first logistics model, together with the University of Évora and the Hospital do Espírito Santo. For this model, a common Logistics Platform will be implemented for the aggregation of commodities destined for the three institutions, and its distribution will be carried out to destinations in the historic center using a vehicle neutral in terms of CO2 emissions. The objective is to test models that can later be shared with traders and logistics companies that wish to improve their processes and that accept the challenge of decarbonisation imposed by the “Green Deal” strategy and targets set at national and European level.

More information about Laboratório Vivo para a Descarbonização de Évora can be consulted on the Portal of the Municipality of Évora by accessing the: www.cm-evora.pt/municipe/projetos-municipais/projetos-estruturantes/evora-laboratorio-vivo-para-a-descarbonizacao-lvpd/ or in www.evoralab.pt.

Soon, new sessions to clarify LVpDÉ will be carried out, in conjunction with Commercial Association and Services sector.

On the 4th of November, the City Council, in collaboration with the Commercial Association of the District of Évora, will promote two sessions to present the solutions to the economic agents in the Historic Center within the scope of the implementation process of the Logistics, Commerce and Services Pilot Project integrated in the Laboratório Vivo para a Decarbonização (LVpDÉ), with construction for the city's Urban and Sustainable Mobility Plan (PMUSÉ).
The first session will take place at the Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho at 11:00 am (Commerce and Services) and a second session at 15:30 (Horeca Channel).

We invite everyone to participate and contribute to the success of a city that is both efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly. 

Today, February 20, at Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho, the consortium contract of the "Laboratório Vivo para a Descarbonização de Évora" (LVpDÉ) was signed, a project that focuses on the historic center of the city and which aims to implement and demonstrate innovative technological solutions linked to sectors of transport and mobility, promotion of energy efficiency and efficient urban space.

LVpDÉ has ​​a maximum financing value of 500 thousand euros for a total investment of more than 1 million euros and will be implemented in a consortium by a wide range of partners, and the Municipality will be responsible for its management. The expected deadline for the implementation phase will be until the end of the first half of 2021.

This consortium consists of GoWithFlow, Logistema, University of Évora, Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central, DECSIS, ALTICE and Agência Desenvolvimento Regional Alentejo.

The consortium contract of the "Laboratório Vivo para a Descarbonização de Évora" (LVpDÉ) is signed tomorrow, February 20, at 11:30 am, at Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho (LVpDÉ), a project that focuses on the historic center of the city and which aims the  implementation  and innovative technological solutions linked to the sectors of transport and mobility, promoting energy efficiency and efficient urban space.

The LVpDÉ has ​​a maximum financing value of 500 thousand euros for a total investment of more than 1 million euros and will be implemented in a consortium by a wide range of partners, the Municipality being responsible for its management. The deadline for the implementation phase is until the end of the first half of 2021.

This consortium consists of GoWithFlow, Logistema, University of Évora, Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central, DECSIS, ALTICE and Agência Desenvolvimento Regional Alentejo, being responsible for the major areas of "Sustainable Mobility", "Efficient Collective Space", "Integrated Operation Center / Monitoring "," Infrastructure and Connectivity "," Operational Zoom "and" Media Management ".

LVpDÉ translates into the adaptation of an urban space with a local identity in order to become a space for testing, demonstrating and appropriating integrated technological solutions in a real context, with a focus on mobility issues. The project promotes the decarbonisation of living cities, through the integration of solutions in the fields of transport and mobility, energy efficiency in buildings, innovative environmental services and the promotion of the circular economy.

In February 2018 Évora was one of the 12 municipalities that had their applications for Fundo Ambiental, approved for the implementation of LVpDÉ project. This candidacy deserved an excellent evaluation in the criterion of Innovation and Excellence, having been valued its incidence in the Historical Center, World Heritage of Humanity, with a strong local identity, with the potential for integration of measures in different domains, in different spaces, and with the presence of knowledge centers, companies, commerce and users.

This implementation of innovative environmental services, could serve as a model for other cities, in line with the principles set out in the Pacto de Autarcas and in Acordos de Paris, centered on reducing the emission of polluting gases into the atmosphere and decarbonizing living in cities.