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Rapid deployable kits as seeds for self-recovery (S(P)EEDKITS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Humanitarian organisations like the Red Cross have sleeping emergency response units (ERU), which start acting immediately after disaster strikes. Each ERU has a specific function, e.g. medical care, sanitation, energy provision, or water supply.Current equipment solutions will be scanned and bottlenecks with respect to large volumes and/or heavy weight will be identified. Then, novel materials an ...
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"New cost effective and minimally invasive endoscopic device able to investigate the colonic mucosa, ensuring a high level of navigation accuracy and enhanced diagnostic capabilities" (SUPCAM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

"Colon diseases are one of the most interesting chapters of public health. Every year millions of people around the world are undergoing colonoscopy or other colon investigations. Although optical Colonoscopy is currently considered the standard diagnostic methodology for the evaluation of intestinal colic disease, it is however an invasive examination with important limitations in terms of risks ...
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Enabling an innovative and affordable multi-functionality loading service for functional protective clothing that leverage on the textile service companies while increasing safety for the operators (WASH&LOAD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"The WASH&LOAD project aim is to scientifically characterise latest achievements in science and technology for the development of Guidelines and Pre-normative research aimed at supporting the more than 20,000 SMEs involved in the functional clothing value chain in implementing cost-effective practices for reloading protective functionalities in protective clothing and bed linen textiles during lif ...
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Innovative Strategies for High-Grade Material Recovery from Construction and Demolition Waste (IRCOW)

Start date: Jan 17, 2011, End date: Jan 16, 2014,

The main goal of the IRCOW project is to develop and validate upgraded technological solutions to achieve an efficient material recovery from C&D waste by considering a life cycle perspective.The innovation beyond the state-of-the-art will focus on:1. Developing new approaches and models aimed at raising the rate of reuse components.2. Developing and adapting recycling technology with the overall ...
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Design and real time energy sourcing decisions in buildings (ENERGY WARDEN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

ENERGY WARDEN (EW) addresses the optimisation of renewable energy technology (RET) deployment in the building domain. EW will develop and market the following products:SIMULATOR (EW-S): A simulator and modelling tool, including dynamic models for energy producing, storing and using units that may provide decision aid when designing or retrofitting energy infrastructures at the building domain. Imp ...
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Integrated cost-effective construction process for transport infrastructures, based on a flexible industrialisation of FRP components (Trans-IND)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2013,

Polymer based manufactured components for construction applications have been designed, developed and demonstrated in European projects such as HP FUTURE-Bridge, SAFEFLOOR and MEGAWIND. The results are very promising regarding customer requirements, quality, technical and economical feasibility and the favourable impact of using this kind of composite-based components in terms of sustainability, s ...
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Development of a novel and cost-effective range of nanotech improved coatings to substantially improve NIR (Near Infrared Reflective) properties of the building envelope (COOL-Coverings)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

Recent work has shown the possibility to drastically increase the reflection performance of the building envelop, using nanotechnologies. Standard metal oxides are already known for their solar reflection properties, but latest developments identified that nanotechnologies can improve Index of Reflectance from an average of 0,35 to 0,85 because of their effectiveness on Near Infrared wavelengths, ...
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Innovative advanced Wood-based Composite Materials and Components (WOODY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Currently the world of polymeric composite materials is almost exclusively based on fossil derived components. This fact represents a strong issue, as the non-renewable global oil resources are being exploited year after year, also as a consequence of the ever growing demand for plastics engineering materials. WOODY Project goal is to develop new composite panels and laminates from wood derived re ...
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"Supporting the roofing SMEs in the development and use of a new generation of roofing materials applicable with fault tolerant procedures, reducing the use of petroleum-based products" (NU-ROOF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"One of the most important and costly operations in the construction and maintenance of a building is the insulation of the roof. Current materials used in the application procedures for waterproofing are applied with heat, locally melting the edges to create a continuous impermeable layer. This procedure highly depends on the operators’ skills and it is prone to error and potential leakages. It ...
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"Multi-stakeholder, Cross-sectorial, Collaborative long term Research & Innovation Road Map to overcome Technological and Non-technological barriers towards more energy-efficient buildings & districts" (BUILDING UP)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"The strategic objective of BUILDING UP project is to create an effective coordination of ETPs and major initiatives whose SRAs and activities address energy efficiency in the built environment from an NMP perspective, to identify and review the needs in terms of long term research and innovation. To achieve this, six ETPs, namely ECTP (European Construction Technology Platform), Suschem (Sustaina ...
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Development of a cost-effective and lightweight hand pallet truck for application in material handling (ECOPAT)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"The manufacturing of plastic products has dramatically decreased during the last years. Therefore, several SMEs are opening their market to a wide range of not exploited sectors and developing advanced/innovative products through the use of cutting edge technologies. The hand pallet truck (HPT) production has been identified as one possible application where techno-plastics could play a crucial r ...
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Green technology for fresh water sea-transportation based on a flexible containers system (REFRESH)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"50 million European citizens, 18% of the European population, live in countries affected by water stress problems; forecast variations in rainfall pattern trends, due to global climate change, add to this already serious situation: according to the EEA, 16 to 44 million additional people will suffer water scarcity in Southern Europe by 2070. The importance of the problem is recognised at the Eur ...
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Leveraging on new knowledge and latest advances in science & technology to allow large communities of EU textile machinery SMEs to innovate their products & keep EU leadership in added value textiles (NU-WAVE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"Although Europe keeps the world-wide leadership in the textile market, Far East has become a major manufacturing area. This situation opened new perspectives in fast growing markets for the European manufacturers of textile machines, 95% of which are SMEs. However, as today textile machines mainly consist of established electro-mechanical systems the advantages were only of short duration. An int ...
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"Development of a new recyclable long life co-injected high barrier packaging for food applications, with broad design possibilities and reduced manufacturing costs" (COBAPACK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"Plastics used in packaging are seen everywhere in developed societies. Demand of long life rigid packing with high barrier properties grows up quickly (around 200.000 Tn are produced annually in Europe). Barrier packages are employed to preserve foodstuffs from environmental agents, so to control the package permeability to gases (O2,N2,CO2) is very important. Furthermore, mechanical and food the ...
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