ESMIS
Enhance Sustainable Measures In Sports facilities
Together with five other partners, Cluster Sports & Technology managed to win a European project designed to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and innovation in sports facilities throughout Europe. It seeks to meet the urgent demand for sustainable transformations in these facilities. By creating tools, guidelines, and knowledge-sharing platforms, ESMIS aims to equip sports facilities with the means to implement sustainable practices, thereby fostering positive changes within the sports sector and beyond.
Get a sneak peak at the first prototype of the ESMIS Platform
What is ESMIS?
The traditional model of sports facilities has faced increasing scrutiny due to its significant environmental impact and vulnerability to global challenges such as climate change. Recognizing the urgency of addressing these issues, the Enhance Sustainable Measures In Sports Facilities (ESMIS) project aims to pioneer a new era of sustainable sports facilities across Europe. The project aims to initiate a new era of sustainable sports facilities throughout Europe.
Utilizing a multifaceted approach, it carefully maps existing sustainable practices, organizes workshops to pinpoint key challenges and opportunities for improvement, and produces extensive benchmark studies and practical guidelines. ESMIS also uses interactive tools to effectively spread knowledge within the sports community. By motivating and equipping sports facilities to adopt sustainable practices, the project aspires to enhance community engagement and drive positive environmental, social, and economic outcomes. Through collaborative efforts, ESMIS seeks to lead the charge towards a more sustainable future for sports facilities across Europe.
Our role
Cluster Sports &Technology is leading the project and coordinating the actions of the different work packages and the efforts of all partners. Our team also is responsible for drafting the methodology framework that will define what type of sustainability solutions the ESMIS project will look for. At a later stage, we will coordinate the process of mapping, analyzing and benchmarking best practices across Europe.
Project Objectives
1. EU Guidelines
Develop tools and guidelines to facilitate knowledge sharing and technological advancements across the EU. Guidelines aims at empowering sports facilities and stakeholders to implement successful sustainable measures effectively. They will distil lessons learned from the project and incorporate innovative measures, serving as a cornerstone reference document for the sports sector.
2. Workshops
Organize workshops with relevant stakeholders to identify challenges and needs in advancing towards sustainable sports facilities.
3. Interactive tools
Develop a benchmarking study and an interactive map to showcase best practices and raise awareness of sustainable measures deployed in sports facilities across Europe.
4. Sustainable practices toolkit
Implement and test a diverse toolkit to support sustainable practices in sports facilities, complemented by a series of webinars and seminars for mutual learning and inspiration among sports facilities.
Our partners
In the ESMIS project, we are working together with 5 other parties:
- UCLM (Spain)
- INDESCAT (Spain)
- Olympiacos SFP (Greece)
- Sport Ireland (Ireland)
- EPSI (Belgium)
- SportInnovator (The Netherlands)
