POWERSKIN

Horizon 2020

15 Mar

Written By Zuzana Tatakova

WALLS ENERGIZING BUILDINGS

www.powerskinplus.eu

FUNDING PROGRAM AND AREA

H2020-EU.2.1.5.2
Integration of energy smart materials in non-residential buildings (IA)

DURATION

Starting date - October 1, 2019
End date - September 30, 2023

OUR ROLE

Dissemination, communication and exploitation leader

COORDINATOR

INSTITUTO PEDRO NUNES ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA, Portugal

OBJECTIVES

POWERSKIN+ will develop and scale-up eco-innovative, cost-effective and smart material solutions to renovate existing facade systems of both double skin and advanced integrated curtain walls.

It will smart integrate unprecedented highly innovative insulations and renewable energy technologies, with breakthrough features based on nano-formulated VIP, PCM, flexible thin glass perovskite solar cells and multi-functional nano-enabled coatings.
Comprehensive POWERSKIN+ portfolio comprising off-site prefabricated modular “ready-to-buy” and ‘easy-to-install’ glazing and opaque elements, sustainable eco-designed connecting framings and a dedicated large capacity electric building storage system will be processed up to the final commercializable end products.
The market uptake of POWERSKIN+ will be facilitated by optimal compatibility without additional structural modification.
It will benefit from:
- lightweight transparent (TM) and opaque modules (OM) (< 30 Kg/m2 and 5Kg/m2 respectively)
- improved insulation (TM GIU Ug-value 35% better than standard double glazing and OM VIP thermal resistance value 33% better than a 25mW/mK PIR)
- on-site energy generation and storage elements (Perovskite-PV power conversion efficiency >12% and >8% for OM and TM respectively; 15% improvement in energy storage capacity), aiming to be recognized as an affordable high standard retrofit solution (installation cost and time reduce 50% and 74% respectively).

DEMONSTRATIONS

Powerskin+ system will be validated in non-residential buildings in three different environmental, economic, logistic and social scenarios, namely Portugal, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, with environmental sustainability and benefits proving through LCA and LCCA approaches.

COOPERATION

The clustering of projects aims at more efficient cooperation between projects dealing with the same topic. Clustering activities include sharing knowledge, expertise and experience, organising joint events and cooperating on raising public awareness about the common problematics.

Learn more

JRC and CCDRC Visit

The Powerskin+ coordinator Jorge Corker explained the project developments to experts from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) (Richard Harding and Claire Nauwelaers) and a delegation from the Regional Coordination and Development Committee of the Portuguese Centro region (CCDRC).