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EU funding (€5,602,934): Integrated porous cementitious Nanocomposites in non-Residential building envelopes for Green active/passive energy STORAGE Hor1 Apr 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Integrated porous cementitious Nanocomposites in non-Residential building envelopes for Green active/passive energy STORAGE
The NRG-STORAGE project will launch a novel breakthrough solution that replaces the currently available insulation materials used in building envelopes, by proposing a multi-functional and eNeRGy saving cementitious Foam (NRG-Foam). The heat-activated foam will be used for passive/active management of energy transfer and will be applied to new building envelopes and to retrofit existing ones. Graphene-based nano-additives will be doped in both cementitious foam matrix and bio-based PCM fraction for improving the thermal storage capacity, volume stability and mechanical properties of the resulting composite. Two active/passive systems will be prototyped and validated. First, an implicit heating system for thermal activation of the added nano-graphene will be installed representing a material-based approach, and, second, a multi-functional energy efficient façade system (MeeFS) will be installed, to diverse and direct the thermal absorption capacity and shadowing of the external building walls for optimizing the NRG-Foam’s. NRG-Foam composites will be optimized to achieve the best compromise between thermal insulating properties (air bubbles) and heat storage capacity (bio-PCMs). A highly conductive cementitious paste will be designed and produced, targeting on an increase in thermal conductivity (once activated up to 10 times for bio-PCM, and 2 times for cement matrix), and an enhanced efficiency of bio-PCM heat storing performance (> 5 times). With this project, the partners will develop an innovative functional material that combines high insulation capabilities (more than 25% of classical layers) and high energy-storage capacity (more than 10% of improvement in active applications). Furthermore, the NRG-Foam layer will be characterized by a high water and air tightness (between 10% and 25% higher than existing solutions) and at least 15% lower costs than the actual solutions available in Europe for insulation purposes of non-residential buildings.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas | €436,779 |
| Centro de Investigacion CRL de Energias Alternativas Fundacion, Cic Energigune Fundazioa | €250,614 |
| Cervenka Consulting s.r.o. | €308,875 |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation | €437,500 |
| GBS Inzhenering | €612,714 |
| Graphenea SA | €271,250 |
| NETZSCH Geratebau GmbH | €727,125 |
| Politechnika Slaska | €313,976 |
| Sphera Encapsulation Srl | €274,744 |
| Technische Universitat Darmstadt | €687,358 |
| Technische Universiteit Delft | €322,924 |
| Universidad Nacional Del Litoral | €251,548 |
| Wilhelm Roser Sohne GmbH CO. KG | €707,529 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/870114
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