Consortium

cardimed@mail.ntua.gr

Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering School of Civil Engineering 5 Iroon Polytechniou St. 15780 Zografou Campus Athens Greece

https://www.ntua.gr/en/

Short Description:

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is the oldest and most prestigious educational institute of Greece in the field of Technology (founded in 1836). NTUA attracts funding for research from National and European sources that place it on the top of all Greek academic and research institutions. Research is carried out in about 100 laboratories belonging to the various departments and sections of the institution. NTUA employs approximately1800 researchers in more than 700 R&D projects supported by National and European Union funds. The School of Civil Engineering has been recently ranked among the top 100 of the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject – Civit Engineering, 2024) maintaining a very high standard of academic staff and attracting the best of the country’s students. NTUA will participate with the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory.

Role in CARDIMED:

NTUA is the project coordinator of CARDIMED and as such contributes to all activities of the project. In particular, the NTUA team is responsible for the administrative aspects of the project. Their team also has an overview of the implementation of demonstration sites (DEMOS). In addition NTUA leads the DEMO1 on Non-conventional water loops on Aegean Islands. There, the NTUA will operate an innovative wastewater treatment plant that combines anaerobic treatment, constructed wetlands and agroforestry systems on the island of Lesbos. Finally, NTUA is in direct contact with the Secretariat of the Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change and in the forefront of dissemination and communication activities.