On June 5, World Environment Day, the European Environment Awards for Enterprise 2013/14 (Spanish edition), convened at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, were delivered to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. by the General Directorate of the Environment of the European Commission.
In this edition, representatives of the MAGRAMA, the CEOE, WWF-Adena, Ecology Foundation and Development, IDAE, IE Business School, CDTI Center for Industrial Technological Development, ICTA- University have participated as members of the jury. Autónoma de Barcelona, CSIC General Foundation and the Spanish Global Compact Network.
We want to share our joy and pride in the fact that Red Eléctrica de Espaà ± atrica received the award (from 99 participating companies) in the special category, Empresa y Biodiversidad, for the project"Birds and aerial lines: mapping of flight corridors”. In this project (started in 2010 and still underway) promoted and designed by the Electrical Network is collaborating a team of At Clave. The project, with a pioneering and innovative character, consists in the development of a tool based on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and sensitivity maps that integrate the most complete national data, relevant and up-to-date information on bird flight corridors (presence areas and routes).
The initiative is proposed in the context of the study and search for solutions to the problems derived from the interactions between birds and power transmission lines. Facilitates the decision making in the planning and implementation of projects of the electrical installations in the territory and in the management of the existing network, introducing the consideration of the protection of the avifauna in all the phases. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.
This project, and its recognition through the awarding of the award, represents a step more in our effort to integrate research and consultancy of excellence and in maintaining the innovative pulse of our activity. providing the best service to the entities with which we work.
The team of At Clave who participates in the project is formed by: