Annual report CARTIF 2018 by CARTIF

ANNUAL REPORT|2018

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General information

Economic sectors

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What is CARTIF? Members of the board CARTIF in figures Excellence Platforms and associations

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Industrial solutions Energy and environment Construction and infraestructures Health and quality of life Agro-food

Projects

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QUDRA GysTRA RENERPATH2 DiASpORA 4.0 BIOMOTIVE NATURE4CITIES

Special section/ SmartCities projects ……. pág. 46 OptEEmAL REMOURBAN CITyFiED R2Cities

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01 GENERAL INFORMATION

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What is

Turn opportunities into competitive advantages

Identify and develop business challenges

An efficient and

proactive attitude

Committed to driving business innovation

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Members of the board

Technology advisers D. Fernando Aldana. Exgeneral Secretary of CYTED. Dr. José R. Perán. CARTIF CEO.

Board Presidency. SEADM Vicepresidency. CECALE. Secretary. Universidad de Valladolid. Members. Queserías Entrepinares, S.A., Acciona, Galletas Gullón, S.A., Dragados, Iberdrola, Grupo Siro, Productos Solubles S.A., Bodegas Matarromera.

Associated companies. Aciturri, Proingesa, Ayuntamiento de Boecillo, Maxam, Grupo Unicaja, Industrias Ríos, S.L., Carburos Metálicos S.A., Huercasa, Divisa IT. P/10

CARTIF in figures

227 Client companies 172 Staff 46

PHDS

Average age 36 years old

63,87 %

men

36,13 %

woman

134 Projects 56,72

public

43,28

private

With companies International

Generic research

13 LIFE

25 H2020

7 projects leds

5 project leds

0,9 M

3 Latinamerican projects 1 projects led

4 7th Framework Programme

0,1 M

10 Other EU projects 2 projects led 0,5 M

2 projects led 0,7 M

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Excellence

Our laboratories have accreditations to carry out trials in compound materials, paints, varnishes and pellets and non-metallic materials testing AS 7003. In addition, the Centre has different certifications in quality, environmental management, research and development management and Ecodesign.

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Platforms and associations PROMETIA_ Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy for mining and recycling Innovation Association GBC_ Green Building Council España

EERA AISBL_ European Energy Research Alliance EFFRA_ European Factories of the Future Research Association ECTP_ Europena Construction Technology Platform EU ROBOTICS_

EU ROBOTICS Association

ISES_ International Solar Energy Society

SPIRE_ Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency BDVA_ Big Data Value Association BIC_ Biobased Industries Consortium CIGRE Comité España_ International Council of Large Electric Systems AITADIS_ Ibero-American Association of Support Technologies for Disability AVEBIOM_ Spanish Association of Energy Valorization of Biomass AEC_ Spanish Association of the Road CBECYL_ Capital goods of Castilla y León Cluster AEICE_ Efficient Construction Innovative Business Association SIVI_ Innovative Solutions for the Independent Life of Castilla y León Cluster AEI CIBERSEGURIDAD_ Cybersecurity and Advanced Technologies Cluster

AER-ATP_ Robotics and Automation of Production Technologies Spanish Association FACYL_Castilla y León Automotive Cluster AEDIVE_ Electric Vehicle Infrastructure AEI ADABE_ Asociación para la Difusión de la Biomasa en España AIF_ Iberian Association of Photocatalysis

PTV_ Wine Technological Platform in Spain PTEA_ Spanish Water Technological Platform PTEC_ Spanish Construction Technological Platform HISPAROB_ Spanish Robotics Technological Platform SMART CITY VYP_ Association for the Promotion of Smart City Valladolid and Palencia CONFEDEM_ Employers of Mining and Metallurgy Confederation LOGISTOP_ Technological Platform in Integral Logistics, Intermodality and Mobility PTC_ Plataforma Española de la Carretera THINKTUR_ Tourism Technological Platform

VITARTIS_ Food Industry of Castilla y León Association BIOTECYL_ Castilla y León Health Cluster PTEEE_ Spanish Energy Efficiency Technological Platform Food for Life MANUKET_ Spanish Advanced Manufacturing Technological Platform BIOPLAT_ Spanish Biomass Technological Platform

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02 ECONOMIC SECTORS

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Industrial solutions

INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIOS CARTIF has remained 24 years as one of the national references in the industrial sector. Since its foundation, the centre has provided all kinds of industrial solutions to clients of different nature with two priority objectives: to favour efficient manufacturing and enable a transition to the Factory of the Future. Always ensuring its profitability, CARTIF develops research lines constantly updated according to the needs of an increasingly demanding market, improving the competitiveness of customers and facilitating their evolution. These include flexible manufacturing, the efficiency of manufacturing processes, intelligent processes, collaborative robotics and advanced automation, among others.

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Energy and environment

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CARTIF has an extensive experience in technologies, developments and projects that involves all agents in the value chain of the energy and environmental sectors, preserving the ultimate purpose of significantly reducing the economic costs and the environmental impact in all its processes. Sustainable and ecological awareness is one of the pillars on which CARTIF's activity is based. The centre was one of the first to bet in Spain for R + D + i in renewable energies and biofuels, and currently has one of the leading energy efficiency research groups in Europe.

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Constructions and infraestructures

CONTRUCTIONS / INFRAESTRUCTURES Within the construction and infrastructure sector, CARTIF has been developing for years a line of research that integrates the concept of sustainable and intelligent construction, trying to respond to the changing needs of the market. This is the line of work of CARTIF teams of integration of renewable in building, smart home and rehabilitation of buildings, with special impact on those who are part of the Artistic and Cultural Heritage. All this is integrated, in turn, in the global concept of urban regeneration (Smart City). The same criterion is applied in the study of the behavior of infrastructures, logistics and transport, field in which the centre stands out for its intelligent maintenance software and for the development of new materials with innovative properties.

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Health and quality of life

HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE Another of the main challenges that CARTIF has always had as a priority is to improve the welfare and quality of life of people. The centre works to provide health professionals with the engineering tools to improve research, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as to evolve the technological systems used in the various areas of health and welfare. The research team works on projects of active aging within the philosophy of the silver economy. The objective is to improve the health and quality of life of older citizens, maintain long-term sustainability and preserve the efficiency of health and social care systems, as well as increase the competitiveness of the industry in this growing sector.

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Agro-food

AGRO-FOOD The concern of modern society to control their health through food, makes essential an exhaustive control of the production processes of food to ensure the utmost quality and the complete safety in its composition. Since its birth, CARTIF has been providing solutions, on the one hand, to industry and, on the other, to consumers. In this way, the centre maintains a double commitment in this area, attending to the demands of the market and the needs of the final customers. To fulfill this premise, the CARTIF research team carries out the optimization of the production processes, develops new products and valorizes agri -food waste, in addition to performing physical-chemical, microbiological and sensory analyzes. Thanks to these capabilities, the centre helps companies to obtain a differential factor with respect to their competence and to increase their level of innovation.

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PROJECTS

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QUDRA

Reduction of energy consumption in countries bordering Syria to invest savings in social services. The border territories with Syria begin to suffer demographic pressure due to the arrival of the thousands of refugees fleeing the Civil War that began in the Arab country in 2011. As a result, the supply of basic public services begins to suffer. The aim of the QUDRA project is to reduce the energy consumption of three municipalities on the Syrian border in Jordan and to invest these savings in the improvement of the necessary services. In this way, the resilience of host communities of Syrian refugees is strengthened. They are not only located in the camps, but also in different localities in nearby countries and which, in some cases, doubles or triples the population of that territory in question. As experts in energy efficiency, CARTIF works on the design of an energy improvement plan in the municipalities of the Jordanian towns of Mafraq, Sarham and Ramtha, which allows prioritizing investments and saving money. This plan includes: I. II. III. IV.

Reduction of municipal energy expenditure through lower consumption. Proposal for improvement and modernization of facilities that are considered obsolete or with deficient performance levels. Exploitation of own energy resources through the recovery of residual energy flows. Training of municipal technicians in energy matters.

In addition, a series of energy management tools will be available to the three municipalities. This will provide continuity to the work carried out and will serve to maintain and improve efficiency and energy savings.

www.qudra-programme.org

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GysTRA

A new policy of sustainable mobility in cities based on the reduction of vehicle emissions. The European Union has the important challenge of reducing the pollution caused by urban traffic to improve air quality. Traffic means the 60% of total emissions in major cities. Pollutants such as CO, CO2, NOX, HC and particles in suspension (PM) have negative consequences for the environment, climate, health and even the economy. The 10% of the vehicles with the highest emissions are responsible for 80% of the pollution generated by road traffic. Europe needs, therefore, to identify these large emitters in order to be able to control and reduce air pollution. This is the main goal of the GySTRA project, led by CARTIF and framed in the European LIFE programme. LIFE GySTRA provides the most effective solution to this environmental problem, creating a global system to quantify, with great precision, the emissions of vehicles in real driving situations, thus promoting the creation of a new sustainable mobility policy that achieves a meaningful reduction. All this is achieved through the use of a new remote sensing device adapted to the current requirements of the EU: the RSD +. There was not, until now, a system in the world that measured the emissions of vehicles remotely, especially the NO2, in real driving conditions and with a guarantee of precision. The RSD + will be the first. This international initiative takes place in two pilot cities: Madrid (Spain) and Sofia (Bulgaria). In the Spanish capital, 700.000 vehicles will be monitored per year with two RSD + devices. Vehicles identified as 'high emitters' will receive a notice to be repaired. With this measure, it is expected a reduction in emissions of 14,8% in CO, 2,8% in HC and 22,7% in NO X, NO and NO2. Although only half of these vehicles were repaired, it would be possible to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 16 million tons per year.

www.lifegystra.eu

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RENERPATH2

Energy rehabilitation in heritage buildings. The objective of the RENERPATH 2 project, coordinated by CARTIF, is to establish a specific European regulation for the energy rehabilitation of heritage buildings for public or private use, in parallel to the existing one for newly constructed buildings. This regulation has its starting point in the methodology obtained during the development of the first RENERPATH project, which was developed between 2011 and 2013. This was obtained from the analysis of the energy needs of these buildings, the development of materials applicable to energy rehabilitation of this type of construction, the identification of improvement actions and the establishment of benchmarks. As a result of its application in several Spanish and Portuguese buildings, there was a significant reduction in the energy consumption necessary for the maintenance and use of the heritage buildings. In this second phase of the project, the methodology already studied is being applied to seven heritage buildings located in Castilla y León and the central and northern regions of Portugal. Once tested and generalized, the pre-normative object of the project will be reached. These buildings are: I.

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In Spain: Casa de la Cultura of Ciudad Rodrigo, La Colegiata of Villagarcía de Campos, Palacio Episcopal of Astorga and Castillo de La Mota of Medina del Campo. In Portugal: Museu do Abade de Baçal in Bragança, Sé of Vila Real and Museu Histórico Militar of Almeida.

The consortium of the project, with CARTIF at the head, is completed by the Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural of the Junta de Castilla y León, the Ente Regional de la Energía de Castilla y León (EREN), the Fundación Ciudad Rodrigo 2006, the Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte, the Regional Agência de Energia e Ambiente de Interior (ENERAREA) and the Centro Tecnológico da Cerâmica e do Vidro (CTCV). RENERPATH 2 is financed with ERDF funds, through the interregional cooperation area of the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal program (POCTEP) 2014-2020.

www.renerpath2.eu

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DiASpORA 4.0

DiASpORA 4.0 Digital simulator to optimize the production processes of the food industries. Simulation is a tool that helps in making decisions and provides a wide range of possibilities to implement improvements based on criteria of quality, time and production costs. The generation of a 'digital twin' of the productive process allows to evaluate changes and estimate their consequences quickly and economically. This methodology makes it possible to assess, for example, the consequences that the introduction of a new product typology will have on the manufacturing line, or the most efficient way of assigning work among the different operators to work in a balanced manner. In this context, the DiASpORA 4.0 project has developed a 'digital simulator' that replicates one of the production processes (a 'digital twin') of each three partner companies of the project, in order to design the optimization of them so that it can be applied later with the maximum guarantees of success. The companies of the food sector that use this application of industry 4.0 in its production processes are Queserías Entrepinares, Huercasa and Moralejo Selección. CARTIF is in charge of developing the simulations, analyzing the results and making personalized recommendations to each company so that they can incorporate the most appropriate improvements. The DiASpORA 4.0 project, which began in 2017, is an initiative co-financed by the call to support to Agrupaciones Empresariales Innovadoras del Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, and is coordinated by VITARTIS (Association of the Food Industry of Castilla y León). The contribution of the Ministry to the project is € 111.024, which is more than 73% of the total budget of the project.

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GIRTER

New intelligent manager for district thermal networks that reduces primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Typically, the structure of the current district thermal networks consists of energy generation equipment, a distribution ring and various loads connected to it through exchange substations. In the so-called Smart Thermal Grid, the generation is distributed in several production units and a management system is required to coordinate them efficiently and anticĂpate the behavior of these connected loads. Therefore, the goal of the GIRTER project is the development of a innovative control system in the market to improve the exploitation of district thermal networks with polygeneration in which there can be dispatchable production systems (boilers, cogeneration, etc.) and non-dispatchable (solar energy, prosumer buildings, residual heat from industries, etc.), trying to maximize the contribution of clean energy and low cost by providing a high degree of intelligence through the implementation of an advanced management system , both at generation and distribution levels with variable driving temperatures. This allows a lower consumption of primary energy and, consequently, a reduction in CO2 emissions. This project aims to develop a district thermal network control system that, starting from a configurable and flexible environment, establishes operating slogans at all times and under different conditions, for which it will be underpinned on a logic based on operating strategies and validated decisions that will consider the meteorological conditions (radiation, wind speed, temperature...) and their prediction in a limited time horizon, the temporary availability of the renewable resource and the residual heat of external processes and the forecast of demand of the loads connected to the ring. The GIRTER project team (RTC-2016-5800-3) is formed by the CARTIF Technological Centre, SEDICAL, IDEAS TX INGENIERIA, SOMACYL, CIEMAT and UVA, and has a funding of â&#x201A;Ź 873.828 from the European Fund of Regional Development. P/40

BIOMOTIVE

Bioplastics in the automotive industry. The vehicles incorporate a multitude of materials including different types of plastics such as polyurethanes. Polyurethanes are fundamental components of the vehicle thanks to their mechanical and physical properties, which allow to reduce the total weight of the vehicle and therefore its consumption. More and more manufacturers in the automotive sector are betting on bioplastics as a renewable source of this type of materials, but it has not yet been possible to develop a product that guarantees the properties of polyurethanes. The BIOMOTIVE Project is aimed at the development of this type of material, focusing on market penetration, improving costs and environmental behavior. BIOMOTIVE wants to validate, on an industrial scale, biological polymers in the production of inner fascias and / or automotive door handles, foams for the production of biologically based seats and regenerated fiber to produce biologically based textiles to cover the seats of the vehicles. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to reduce primary energy consumption and the emission of greenhouse gases (by 58%) in the processes developed, in addition to improving the recyclability of bioproducts at the end of their useful life through strategies of ecological design. Funded by the Biobased Industries (BBI) within the framework of the European Union's H2020 Program, the BIOMOTIVE project aims to create 400 new jobs in the fields of green biochemistry, green chemistry and agricultural sectors, while smoothing the path for additional investments in the biologically based economy in Eastern European countries. Likewise, it seeks to expand the market of thermoplastic polyurethanes and regenerated fibers in the construction and textile sectors. The project consortium, led by the Polish company Selana Labs, is made up of 15 partners from 8 European countries. CARTIF is the leader of the work package responsible for evaluating the project's actions from the environmental, economic and social point of view, based on the extensive experience of its research teams in Ecodesign, Life Cycle Analysis and other tools and technologies of sustainable management.

biomotive.info

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NATURE4CITIES

Urban planning based on natural solutions. The concept of 'renaturing cities' (cities that return to nature) has become a priority strategy within the framework of Horizon 2020, the European R & D funding program. Most of these solutions based on nature have to be integrated into the urban planning of cities to be effective, which implies a change of mentality for all the agents involved: public administrations, companies and citizens. It also means new forms of municipal government, new ways of doing business and new financing models. In this context comes the Nature4Cities project, which aims to build a data platform that allows decision-making in cities thanks to collaborative models based on this type of natural solutions. To achieve this, the project team proposes to develop several interactive modules that "hook" citizens in a collective learning process about cities that return to nature. These modules will be: a database of solutions based on nature (including solutions in the environment, economy and society); an observatory of best practices and case studies that are already working; the creation of a set of business, financial and government models that can be used as a tool for decision making. In order to demonstrate that the modules work, they will be tested in four European cities: AlcalĂĄ de Henares (Spain), Milan (Italy), Szeged (Hungary) and Ă&#x2021;ankaya (Turkey). The project consortium is made up of professionals from 9 European countries who carry out their activities in urban planning, the construction sector, environmental consultancy, social sciences and the implementation of ICT solutions. The CARTIF research team brings its long experience in smart cities and sustainable management, so it will be responsible for tasks such as the development of ICT tools and platforms, the measurement of the environmental benefits of the proposed solutions and the creation of new strategies.

www.nature4cities.eu

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SMARTCITIES PROJECTS

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OptEEmAL

An energy efficiency solution for the rehabilitation of the district. The design of projects for the rehabilitation of districts and buildings to make them more efficient from an energy and resource point of view must involve all the actors involved in the value chain in a collaborative process that allows the development of economically sustainable solutions. This feature is only possible through an improvement in planning and design processes, and requires consistent and error-free data sharing, adequate training of participants and the elimination of existing technical barriers in forms of work current. The OptEEmAL project, coordinated by CARTIF, has developed a design platform for energy rehabilitation projects at the district level that provides a systematic, integrated and optimized design based on an Integrated Project Delivery, reducing the development time of them and the uncertainties associated with the process.

OptEEmAL contributes to the design of efficient rehabilitations in the use of energy and resources at the district and buildings level (including those of historical value), through three fundamental objectives: I. II. III.

Adopt a multi-scale and interdisciplinary approach that encourages interactions among participants. Develop an optimized design platform for sustainable solutions for the rehabilitation of the built park that minimize greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the costs of use and maintenance. Offer a tool that covers, not only the design phase, but also provides essential information for the execution, maintenance and operation phases, thus covering a large part of the district's life cycle from the time of rehabilitation.

A large consortium consisting of research centres, large industries, SMEs, including technical offices representing the end user, public authorities and an expert partner in exploitation and dissemination / communication, has carried out the correct deployment of all the technical and the correct validation and demonstration of the results of the project through a demonstration strategy and the deployment of a dissemination plan, cohesion with other research initiatives in this field and training activities.

www.opteemal-project.eu

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REMOURBAN

New sustainable city models in Europe. The FARO REMOURBAN project, led by CARTIF, has developed and validated a comprehensive and sustainable urban regeneration model, addressing the implementation in cities of innovative technological solutions in the energy, transport and ICT sectors, with the aim of accelerating the transformation of European cities into smart urban areas geared towards social progress, environmental regeneration and economic growth. The FARO projects are flagship projects within the European context of smart cities that aim to place 30 cities as a benchmark in innovation in the European and global environment. Only 9 cities were chosen in 2014 from a total of 60 candidates. The three demonstrating cities of REMOURBAN are Valladolid (Spain), Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Tepebasi (Turkey). The project has involved a large international consortium of 22 members led by CARTIF. Entities such as Acciona, Iberdrola, Xeridia, GMV, Dalkia or the City Council complete a team in charge of implementing the actions in the Valladolid neighborhood of Grupo Empresa Fasa-Renault, which already notices the impact of REMOURBAN: I. II. III. IV. V.

The residents of this district, some 400 families, have reduced their CO 2 emissions by 950 tons per year (this would be equivalent to planting about 2.000 trees). The homes rise to 19ºC after having the heating off all night, while before there were some floors that did not reach 15ºC after several hours with heating at full capacity. 45 new electric vehicles have been purchased. 2 urban electric buses and 2 more electric cars have been arranged for use by the City Council of Valladolid. 64 charging points for electric vehicles have been installed.

At a global level, it is expected that the work of REMOURBAN will reduce the total energy demands of the buildings intervened by more than 40% and increase the production of electrical energy in situ in the neighborhoods by 30%, through technologies such as solar photovoltaic and cogeneration. In addition, a 5% increase in the use of sustainable transport solutions is also expected. The total budget of the REMOURBAN project is € 23,8 million, with a contribution of € 21,5 million from the EU. P/50

remourban.eu

CITyFiED

Cities and districts of the future: efficient, innovative and replicable. The CITyFiED project, coordinated by CARTIF, has developed a strategy for the transformation of European cities and districts into more efficient urban areas, making their development compatible with the criteria of environmental, economic and social sustainability. The application and integration of different innovative technologies has achieved a considerable increase in energy efficiency in urban areas through the reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, together with solutions that can be replicated in other European cities. Among the measures developed are the rehabilitation of facades, the installation of district heating systems (district-heating) based on renewable energy sources and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and smart grids. In this way, a global energy rehabilitation strategy has been obtained at an urban scale that is being tested through its real implementation in three European cities: Laguna de Duero - Valladolid (Spain), Lund (Sweden) and Soma (Turkey). The number of rehabilitated houses in the scope of the project reaches 2.328, with more than 7.000 citizens involved in this process. On the other hand, it is estimated that the impact of the project's energy rehabilitation strategy will affect more than 100 potential projects, with more than 500.000 possible rehabilitated housing units over the next 10 years. Spanish demonstrator. Torrelago-Laguna de Duero (Valladolid) The rehabilitation project of the Torrelago district, which covers more than 143.000 m 2 of living space and benefits more than 1.500 residents, has renewed the old energy system and one of the gas boiler rooms has been replaced by a new biomass 3,5 MW. Both networks have merged to build a new district heating system that covers 80% of the thermal demand with renewable energy sources. New variable displacement pumps, heat exchange substations, individual smart meters and thermostats have also been installed, together with a micro-generation system to generate 33 kW of power and 73,4 kW of useful thermal energy. On the other hand, an integral improvement has been carried out in the facades, whose objective is to reduce the thermal demand of buildings and improve their comfort conditions, and 50 new jobs have been created in the context of the project. With this series of measures, a saving of 37% in thermal energy consumption and a reduction of 94% in CO2 emissions is expected. P/52 cityfied.eu

R2Cities

Example of almost zero energy residential district. The objective of this project led by CARTIF is to develop innovative technologies for energy saving and the reduction of polluting emissions, which are being demonstrated on a real scale, with conclusive results, in some thirty buildings in the Valladolid neighborhood of Cuatro de Marzo. This methodology may be easily replicable to other district renewal projects in other European cities. R2CITIES addresses the key aspects that affect Almost Null Energy Consumption Buildings in Spain from a legal, technical and management point of view, placing the focus on high efficiency building and looking for the best way to achieve buildings that just consume energy in the near future.

The demonstration neighborhoods of the project are the residential district of Cuatro de Marzo in Valladolid and two others in Europe: in Genoa (Italy) and in Kartal-Istanbul (Turkey). In the case of the neighborhood of Cuatro de Marzo, in Valladolid, there are 13 buildings that are being rehabilitated initially, all of them housing blocks built in the 50s. The planned energy efficiency measures have focused on three points: reducing thermal consumption, with improvements in the isolation and implementation of control systems based on ICT technologies; decrease power consumption with presence sensors in common areas, more efficient lighting equipment or detailed billing; and reduce CO 2 emissions through renewable energy systems such as solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and biomass boilers. It should be noted the installation of a recharging point powered by solar energy that captures a 3.7 kWp photovoltaic marquee, located inside the neighborhood. So far, the R2Cities project has rehabilitated nearly 50.000 m 2, achieving a saving of 54% in energy consumption and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 2.393 tons per year. This four-year initiative is co-financed by the FP7 of the European Union.

r2cities.eu

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