The Eurecat Manresa technology centre is presenting as of today at the ExpoBages fair two test beds for the construction industry, where companies can test smart materials for façades and monitor them in real time in a diversity of climates, along with technologies for monitoring and improving indoor air quality.
Eurecat is a member of the European iClimaBuilt project consortium which has built an Open Innovation Test Bed platform available to the industry for designing, developing, testing and validating nanotechnologies, advanced materials for energy saving and emission reduction and services for industrial environments.
“These test beds in Manresa and Amposta can be used by companies to help them in the process of transforming the construction sector to meet the European Union’s targets and shift towards nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB),” says Juanjo Martin, Eurecat Manresa’s regional manager. “The technologies are tested in real-world environments and climatic conditions and sensorised to monitor their performance. These sensors furnish specific data to validate their operation and for designing the materials, drawing on the expert input of Eurecat’s technologists.”
The iClimaBuilt consortium is also developing advanced energy technologies for insulation and energy harvesting and storage in buildings and new smart building materials which can adapt to a diversity of climates which will enhance performance, thermal comfort and air quality with functional solutions in buildings.
The project promotes materials and designs anchored in a circular economy approach which factors in the potential environmental, economic and social impact across the entire value chain.
