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High Energy savings in building cooling by ROof TILEs shape optimization toward a better above sheathing ventilation (LIFE HEROTILE)
Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,
Background
Construction is the single largest activity and industrial employer in Europe. In addition, the greatest energy saving potential lies in buildings. However, sustainability in the building sector must be assessed over the whole life cycle for all building components and materials. Housing has been identified as one of the three areas of consumpt ...
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improved HEAt Recovery in clay roof Tiles an bricks production (LIFE HEART)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,
Background
The terracotta building materials industry uses mainly natural gas to dry and fire clay to make roof tiles and bricks. The gas combustion in dryers and kilns is responsible for 70% of the sectorâs CO2 emissions. The sector also uses large quantities of water for humidifying the clay and is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of sulphur, ...
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The project team anticipates substantial advantage through migration towards highly integrated manufacturing on industry parks. Key features include:1) Profile matching of energy, by-products, waste streams (etc) across multiple manufacturing operations2) High performance energy supply utilisation & recovery systems, maximising efficiency by operating in conjunction with local community energy n ...
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