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The HYBUILD coordinator COMSA participated in a “Case Solving” event on Tuesday, Dec 18th 2018 in Barcelona (Spain) with the InnoEnergy CommUnity.
The bulk of attendees were current Energy Engineering Master’s students, with some entrepreneurs and academic alumni participating as well. The HYBUILD project was presented and attendees were asked to vision how they would market the HYBUILD solution. See case study presentation here.
The attendees helped define ideas and a value proposition canvas for three distinct market scenarios for applying the HYBUILD solution. A unique idea specific to farming applications was presented as a possible business model.
HYBUILD Deliverable 1.3 – Key performance indicators, system components and performance targets – is now available to download.
The report defines a number of significant performance indicators (namely the Key Performance Indicators, KPIs) to be used at different stages of the project to provide means for the measurement and management of the progress towards project goals and evaluate the impact of the HYBUILD solutions, as a function of different cases of application.
Seven KPIs have been agreed within the consortium and they will be quantified throughout the project and compared with the initial objectives :
HYBUILD Deliverable 1.2 – Technical and market review codes studies, national and European certification frameworks – is now available to download.
This report provides an analysis of the technical and economic framework in which the HYBUILD technologies will be implemented, in order to pave the way for the business development and the definition of realistic and achievable market applications.
The methodology followed consisted in analysing first the global HYBUILD solutions, and then the single components constituting them. The same approach was adopted also for what concern the analysis of regulations and directives: the European context was first analysed, and then the analysis was further developed for each target country and for each core HYBUILD components. The market analysis was performed mainly at European level and considering heating and cooling demand given the early stage of the project.
The aim of this report is first to characterize a limited number of climates to be taken as reference in the analysis of the HYBUILD solutions, considering the different climatic conditions as well as the different habits and constraints in energy consumptions. The second purpose is to classify and characterize the most representative residential building typologies in Europe, identifying potential candidates for the HYBUILD technologies application.
The building typologies characterization is carried out starting from the analysis of two of the several tools developed in the context of European projects (FP7) related to the building characterization: TABULA/EPISCOPE (EPISCOPE FP7 EU funded Project, 2012-2016) and INSPIRE (INSPIRE FP7 EU funded Project, 2016).
A methodology to assess the technology applicability, define the sizing of the HYBUILD solutions and to assess their performance in given conditions (climates, building typology, user scenarios) is proposed. It allows for evaluating if the HYBUILD technologies can be applied in the different building typologies and climates and under which conditions.
Another objective is to define user scenarios and boundary conditions consistent with the building typologies, serving as input in the energy simulations used to define loads profiles for heating, cooling and DHW. In this way it is possible, given a set of boundary conditions and uses scenarios, to assess the performance in the different climates. Load profile and peak loads for each building and climate are defined to be used in further energy simulations that will be carried out in the upcoming activities of the project to evaluate the HYBUILD system performance.
Boundary conditions refer to the standard internal gains, the infiltration and ventilation of the buildings, the shading elements and the temperature set points to be considered in the simulations, as well as the scheduling for heating and cooling systems. The user scenarios comprehend additional cases of heating and cooling temperature set points, in order to have a wider evaluation of the performance.
Six H2020 research and innovation projects are pleased to invite researchers, industrial companies, professionals and wide public interested in the topic of thermal energy storage for the common workshop called “Save today, use tomorrow”. Projects representatives from HYBUILD, CREATE, SCORES, TESSE2B, THERMOSS, SUNHORIZONwill introduce their results and lead interactive discussions related to the topic. The event will be held in English.
The workshop is organised in the context of WSED – World Sustainable Energy Days – on Feb. 28th, 2019.
Workshop registration is free of charge, but it is necessary to be registered on the WSED conference in order to participate in the workshop.
Workshop registration for free: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-today-use-tomorrow- thermal-energy-storage-systems-tickets-52040437349?aff=eac2
HYBUILD is a group of 21 partners from 9 countries. Every month, a new HYBUILD partner is introduced in our Blog section. Today, AIT.
AIT – In a nutshell
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria’s largest Research and Technology Organisation with more than 1000 employees, is taking a leading position in the Austrian innovation system. With its eight Centers, AIT regards itself as a highly specialized research and development partner for industry and concerns itself with the key infrastructure topics of the future.
At the AIT Center for Energy, around 200 employees are developing solutions towards a sustainable energy system of tomorrow. Many years of experience and scientific excellence of the AIT staff, as well as a high-quality laboratory infrastructure and a worldwide innovation network offer companies innovative and applied research services and thus a clear competitive advantage in this future market. The Center for Energy’s thematic portfolio is based on three central systems: Sustainable energy infrastructure, decarbonisation of industrial processes and plants, as well as innovative technologies and solutions for enabling sustainable urban transformation (buildings, cities). The Center for Energy has gained more than 20 years of experience in managing and participating in large-scale national and international R&D projects.
AIT role in HYBUILD
AIT is responsible for the design of the Continental hybrid sub-system. The Continental hybrid sub-system uses a latent storage which is directly integrated into the heat pump cycle to utilize the sensible heat of the hot refrigerant after the compressor for Domestic Hot Water (DHW). AIT will perform system simulations of the hybrid sub-system which will help to design and control the lab-test prototype and the demo prototype. Furthermore, experimental tests of the Continental hybrid sub-system will be carried out in AIT’s laboratories under controlled environmental conditions. Additionally, AIT leads the “Hybrid storage sub-systems” work package of the project.
Meet our staff
Johann Emhofer, Energy Department – Photo credit : @AIT/Zinner
Johann Emhofer has been working as a scientist for the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Energy, since 2012 in the area of Thermal Energy Systems with a special focus on heat pump technologies. Prior to his engagement at AIT, he was a project assistant at the Atominstitut of the Vienna University of Technology. Johann holds a master’s degree in Technical Physics and a doctorate in Low-temperature Physics/Superconductivity, both of the Vienna University of Technology.
Tilman Barz – – Photo credit : @AIT/Zinner
Tilman Barz has been a Senior Scientist at AIT, Center for Energy, since 2014. He has more than 10 years of experience in conducting research projects on process dynamics and operation, process an automation control, model validation, and numerical methods. Prior to his engagement at AIT, he led a research group in the field of model-based analysis and optimization of chemical and biological systems at the Technical University of Berlin. Tilman holds a master’s degree in Energy and Chemical Engineering and PhD in Process / Control & Automation from the Technische Universität Berlin.
Klemens Marx, Center for Energy – Photo credit : @AIT/Zinner
Klemens Marx has been a Scientist in the AIT Center for Energy since mid-2015 and is particularly involved with research issues in the field of integrating renewable energy technologies into industrial and commercial processes. Klemens has many years of experience as a scientist in R&D projects and has worked before AIT as a consulting engineer in the field of oil and gas as well as biogas treatment using membrane processes. He holds a doctorate in chemical engineering and studied mechanical engineering with a focus on energy technology, alternative energy systems and thermal turbomachinery at the Vienna University of Technology.
Hybrid solutions are needed, inherently addressing the seamless conversion and integration of renewable electricity and heat, as to anticipate the future energy grid that will fully allow an exchange of different energy carriers.
HYBUILD goes beyond the current state of the art on energy storage for residential buildings through the development of two innovative compact hybrid electrical/thermal storage systems for stand-alone and district connected buildings.
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The HYBUILD Stakeholder Advisory Board (SHAB) is a group of external experts which will be involved throughout the project in order to provide guidance and strategic advices for the progress of the research conducted in the project.
The HYBUILD SHAB is formed by the following five experts:
The purpose of this report is to describe the HYBUILD Flipbook, an online magazine which supports HYBUILD watch activities in the area of innovative solutions for energy storage.
Flipboard is a news aggregator and social network aggregation company. Its software, also known as Flipboard, was first released in July 2010. It aggregates content from social media, news feeds, photo sharing sites and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to “flip” through the articles, images and videos being shared.
A dedicated HYBUILD Flipboard magazine was created for the project.
The HYBUILD Flipboard magazine is accessible at: https://flip.it/5yVsa7
HYBUILD Deliverable 8.1 – Internal and external communication strategy – is now available to download.
HYBUILD communication activities aim at demonstrating that hybrid energy storage solutions are a key component in providing flexibility and supporting renewable energy integration in the energy system and can efficiently contribute to the decarbonisation of buildings.
The HYBUILD communication strategy identifies, organises and defines the promotion of project objectives and results and as such it is integral to meeting the overall aim of the project.
The main concept which underpins the HYBUILD communication strategy is to exploit the full potential of the large HYBUILD consortium of 21 partners. Most partners already have well- established online and physical communication presence and through that, they can produce a wide communication impact in Europe and / or in their own country, and they can contribute to quickly raise awareness about the HYBUILD project, its objectives, and its outcomes.
The bulk of attendees were current Energy Engineering Master’s students, with some entrepreneurs and academic alumni participating as well.
The HYBUILD project was presented and attendees were asked to vision how they would market the HYBUILD solution. See case study presentation here.
The workshop is organised in the context of WSED – World Sustainable Energy Days – on Feb. 28th, 2019.
Flipboard is a news aggregator and social network aggregation company. Its software, also known as Flipboard, was first released in July 2010. It aggregates content from social media, news feeds, photo sharing sites and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to “flip” through the articles, images and videos being shared.
HYBUILD communication activities aim at demonstrating that hybrid energy storage solutions are a key component in providing flexibility and supporting renewable energy integration in the energy system and can efficiently contribute to the decarbonisation of buildings.