Functional and advanced insulating and energy harvesting/storage materials across climate adaptive building envelopes.
Program: H2020
Reference: 952886
RESOLUTION Date: 12/11/2020
Execution date: 01/03/2021-28/02/2025
Buildings account for about 40% of total energy use and 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe. According to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), all new buildings after 2020 must achieve nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB), which means that they must demonstrate very low energy needs covered mainly by renewable energy sources. EU targets for 2030 aim for at least a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels), at least a 32% share for renewables, at least a 32.5% improvement in energy efficiency and an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a profound market transformation through the deployment of efficient materials and technologies in the building sector to support the real implementation across Europe of near-zero energy and emission level buildings with high indoor environmental quality. As the energy consumption of buildings is highly dependent on the local climate and weather conditions, additional aspects (such as environmental, technical, user experience, functional and design aspects) arise in the selection of the right material and installation of technical components for a successful implementation of nZEBs. In addition, this selection of materials and design for climate must be based on a circular economy perspective that considers environmental, economic and social effects along value chains. Better utilization of products and resources through reuse-repair-recycling is essential to achieve a transformation from a linear to a circular economy model. Many of today’s materials and technical systems still have a varying degree of difficulty in achieving a circular perspective. The development of materials and technical systems in a ZEB framework should focus on improving the thermal performance of the building, the high quality of the indoor environment in accordance with the comfort and health needs of the occupants, while reducing the intensity of emissions in terms of production, maintenance, assembly and operation.
ICLIMABUILT’s main focus is to reduce the energy use and environmental impact of buildings by developing and commercializing new technological solutions that respond to the needs outlined above. To this end, the consortium of 27 partners from 14 countries has received more than sixteen million euros in funding from Horizon2020, the EU’s research and innovation program.
The main objective of the iClimabuilt project is the development and innovation in building envelope materials and technical systems through its 9 Pilot Lines (PL), in order to achieve a near-zero-energy building balance (nZEB). Likewise, different use cases (TC – Test Cases) have been developed, as a combination of material technologies oriented to different climatic zones. At the same time, iclimabuilt will support and help small high-tech companies to scale up and cope with the continuous increase in technological complexity, helping to transform research results into innovations.
In the iClimabuilt project, ITAINNOVA will be the lead partner for modeling and simulation activities, with an advanced materials design approach through the development of multiphysics and multiscale computational methodologies, ranging from material design to use case performance. Modeling will help optimize multi-material / multi-layer structures in search of customized product performances.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS – NTUA (NTUA)
EURECAT FOUNDATION (EUT)
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN (TUD)
SINTEF AS (SINTEF)
NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU (NTNU)
RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB (RISE)
INEGI – INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL (INEGI)
INNOVATION IN RESEARCH & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS (IRES)
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (UOS)
GRANTA DESIGN LTD (GRANTA)
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY HAMBURG (TUHH)
CIDETEC FOUNDATION (CIDETEC)
STRATAGEM ENERGY LTD (STRATAGEM)
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTENFORSCHUNG E.V. (FRAU ISE)
POLITECNICO DI TORINO (POLITO)
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON (ITAINNOVA)
E2ARC ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH FOR CITIES (E2ARC)
AIDEAS OU (AIDEAS)
TEGNOLOGY ApS (TEGNOLOGY)
FENX AG (FENX)
CENTRO DI RICERCHE EUROPEO DI TECNOLOGIE DESIGN E MATERIALI (CETMA)
BERGAMO TECNOLOGIE SPZOO (BGTEC)
OPEN SOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (OSM)
RUBITHERM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (RUBITHERM)
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (UOB)
BIOG3D NEES TEXNOLOGIES 3D DESPOINA BRASINIKA IKE (BIOG3D)
HOCHSCHULE FÜR TECHNIK WIRTSCHAFT UND KULTUR LEIPZIG (HTWKLEIP)
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: 16,431,777.50 €.
TOTAL BUDGET ITAINNOVA: 500.000,00 €.
TOTAL PROJECT SUBSIDY: 14.999.167,63€.
TOTAL FINANCING ITANNOVA: 500.00,00 €.
This action is co-financed by the ICLIMABUILT project whose reference number is 952886 and is marked in the H2020 program, 100% financed by the European Union.
