diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index eb59e96..3c4e941 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/gcube-loggedin-3.2.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/gcube-loggedin-3.3.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/gcube-loggedin-3.2.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/gcube-loggedin-3.3.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.GWT_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/gcube-loggedin-3.2.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/gcube-loggedin-3.3.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 443e085..b257af7 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 15d5bf4..99496cf 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="email-templates-library-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/email-templates-library/email-templates-library">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 06e11d4..a5f7268 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.gcube-loggedin-portlet.3-3-0"
+		date="2017-05-16">
+		<Change>Ported to Java8</Change>
+		<Change>Added support for template emails</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.gcube-loggedin-portlet.3-2-0"
 		date="2016-11-23">
 		<Change>Removed ASL Session dependency</Change>
@@ -9,7 +14,8 @@
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.gcube-loggedin-portlet.3-0-0"
 		date="2016-07-15">
-		<Change>Added possibility for VRE Manager to edit VRE Abstract text</Change>
+		<Change>Added possibility for VRE Manager to edit VRE Abstract text
+		</Change>
 		<Change>Restyled and ported to Liferay 6.2</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.gcube-loggedin-portlet.2-7-0"
@@ -22,7 +28,8 @@
 		<Change>Added show more option when VRE Description is too long
 		</Change>
 		<Change>Added client scope handler for preventing back button cache
-			problems</Change>
+			problems
+		</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.gcube-loggedin-portlet.2-5-0"
 		date="2014-11-13">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 510d171..218be2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gcube-loggedin</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>3.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>gCube Environment Home Portlet</name>
 	<description>
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
 		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
 		<liferay.version>6.2.5</liferay.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.gwtbootstrap</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-bootstrap</artifactId>
-		</dependency>	
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
@@ -87,6 +86,11 @@
 			<artifactId>gcube-widgets</artifactId>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal.mailing</groupId>
+			<artifactId>email-templates-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
@@ -189,8 +193,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.3.2</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+					<target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<!-- SA Plugin -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubeloggedin/server/LoggedinServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubeloggedin/server/LoggedinServiceImpl.java
index 0efa406..b667bd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubeloggedin/server/LoggedinServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gcubeloggedin/server/LoggedinServiceImpl.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
 import org.gcube.common.portal.mailing.EmailNotification;
+import org.gcube.portal.mailing.message.Recipient;
+import org.gcube.portal.mailing.service.EmailTemplateService;
+import org.gcube.portal.mailing.templates.TemplateUserHasLeftVRE;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubeloggedin.client.LoggedinService;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubeloggedin.shared.VObject;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubeloggedin.shared.VObject.UserBelongingClient;
@@ -220,41 +223,31 @@ public class LoggedinServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements Loggedi
 	}
 	/**
 	 * 
-	 * @param scope .
-	 * @param optionalMessage .
+	 * @param username
+	 * @param scope
+	 * @param portalbasicurl
+	 * @param gatewayName
 	 */
 	public void sendUserUnregisteredNotification(String username, String scope, String portalbasicurl, String gatewayName) {
 		ArrayList<String> adminEmails = getAdministratorsEmails(scope);
+		ArrayList<Recipient> recipients = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (String email : adminEmails) {
+			recipients.add(new Recipient(email));
+		}	
 		UserManager um = new LiferayUserManager();
 		GCubeUser currUser = null;
 		try {
 			currUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-
+			_log.trace("Error getUserByUsername", e);
 		}
-		String name = currUser.getFirstName();
-		String lastname = currUser.getLastName();
 
-		StringBuffer body = new StringBuffer();
-		body.append("<p>Dear manager of "+ scope +",<br />this email message was automatically generated by " + portalbasicurl +" to inform you that ");
-		body.append("</p>");
-		body.append("<p>");
-		body.append("<b>"+name + " " + lastname +"</b> has left the following environment: ");
-		body.append("<br /><br />");
-		body.append("<b>" + scope+"</b>");
-		body.append("<br />");
-		body.append("<br />");
-		body.append("<b>Username: </b>" + username);
-		body.append("<br />");
-		body.append("<b>e-mail: </b>" + currUser.getEmail());
-		body.append("</p>");
+		String selectedVRE = scope.substring(scope.lastIndexOf("/")+1, scope.length());		
+		
+		EmailTemplateService.send("Unregistration from VRE", 
+				new TemplateUserHasLeftVRE(currUser, selectedVRE, gatewayName, portalbasicurl), 
+				getThreadLocalRequest(), 
+				recipients.toArray(new Recipient[recipients.size()]));
 
-		String[] allMails = new String[adminEmails.size()];
-
-		adminEmails.toArray(allMails);
-
-		EmailNotification mailToAdmin = new EmailNotification(allMails , "Unregistration from VRE", body.toString(), getThreadLocalRequest());
-
-		mailToAdmin.sendEmail();
 	}
 }