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Also signed a protocol to develop in the municipality saving measures and energy efficiency and achieve the objectives of the Covenant of Mayors

The Ministry of Universities, Business and Research reinforces its commitment to R & D as a key strategy in the furniture sector with the City of Yecla assignment of land use of the 'Innovation Factory', located near the Technology Center Furniture and Wood (CTM).

The assignment agreement was formalized today between the Minister Jose Ballesta and the mayor of Yecla, Mark Ortuño, and involves "consolidating a forum for the exchange of information and knowledge between companies, the CTM and the network of collaborators and technology providers. "

The 'Innovation Factory', which started filming early last year, is the space where you installed the Finished Product Laboratory, created to check the quality of innovative products, the New Materials Area, dedicated to research recent advances in nanotechnology, intelligent and ecological applications, as well as the area of ​​Electronics and Home automation, increasingly in demand by companies

José Ballesta said that "the objective is to work on creating new innovative products in both design and use of materials, including technology that opens new lines in a sector with a strong weight in the region such as the furniture."

Energy savings in the municipality

On the other hand, the Minister of Universities, Business and Research and the mayor of Yecla signed a protocol to develop cost-saving measures and energy efficiency in this town and take steps to achieve the objectives of the Covenant of Mayors, signed by Yecla in May.

In this sense, José Ballesta explained that it is "a strong commitment to and necessary for the whole region, which will save energy, a decrease in the emission of greenhouse gases and clean energy development."

"Do not forget, he added that energy efficiency and energy production from renewable sources an emerging economic sector promoted by the firm we bet, since it is a clear source of wealth and skilled jobs."

With technical support from the Energy Management Agency Region Murcia, Yecla City Council will design its own municipal energy plan to achieve the European commitment of '20-20-20 '.

The challenge, said the adviser, to "reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 20 percent, 20 percent of energy consumed in the municipality from renewable sources, and improve energy efficiency Yecla of its public facilities by another 20 percent. "

Source: CARM