The tool for calculating a product’s impact on the environment

LCA, which stands for Life Cycle Assessment, is an objective procedure for assessing the potential environmental footprint related to a product, process or service carried out throughout its life cycle.
This is done by quantifying the use of resources, such as: energy, raw materials, materials and waste released into the environment.

Approved on March 29 the legislative decree on the Public Contracts Code, implementing Article 1 of Law No. 78 of June 21, 2022 among favorable and unfavorable opinions.

As part of the implementation of the PNRR, the reform of the procurement code is one of the binding deadlines for receiving funds from Europe.

Let's look below at the main new features and differences from its predecessor (Legislative Decree 50/2016) and the views of some key figures in the procurement world.

The Technical Project implemented by Sinted Srl Stp Sb for CNS and Cristoforetti, as executing consortium, was awarded Lot 3 of the "Single Operator Framework Agreement for Maintenance Garrison Services and Ordinary and Extraordinary Maintenance Works." Specifically, the Maintenance of Plumbing and Thermomechanical Systems - Leonardo Headquarters and Territorial Poles of Cremona, Mantua and Piacenza. 

The Technical Project implemented by Sinted Srl Stp Sb for Integra and Tecnoservice, as the executing consortium, wins the contract for the “Service of management, operation and maintenance of the facilities and logistics infrastructure of Alghero Airport”.

The Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM) are the environmental requirements defined for the various stages of the purchasing process, aimed at identifying the best design solution, product or service from an environmental point of view along the life cycle, taking into account market availability.

BIM (Building Information Model) is the most intuitive way to define the topics that come into play in building digitization is to refer to "dimensions." If for geometric description alone the three 3D dimensions, which have been known to all for a long time, suffice, other descriptive modes are needed to introduce other information, which carry with them the introduction of other dimensions, for example: time, cost, etc. 

Benefit Societies (SBs) represent an evolution of the very concept of a company. While traditional corporations exist with the sole purpose of distributing dividends to shareholders, benefit corporations are an expression of a more evolved paradigm: they integrate into their corporate purpose, in addition to profit goals, the purpose of having a positive impact on society and the biosphere.