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The RESHeat project aims to show how to save energy effectively

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Renewable energy and green technologies are not totally new. But how to use them together so that it is an economical and therefore attractive solution? The international RESHeat project, in which experts from the SPIL laboratory at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering also participate, want to answer this question. There are also plans for two demonstration installations on public building complexes which face different climate conditions, in Palombara Sabina, Lazio, a commune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy, and Krakow, the historical capital Poland. These  are the final development steps before the system is launched.

Heating and air conditioning consume more than half of the civic sector annual energy consumption. In EU households, heating and hot water alone, account for 79% of total final energy consumption. What’s worse, three-quarters of heating and cooling requirements are still powered by fossil fuel energy. Nevertheless, the transition to renewables is still not smooth, often because it discourages high initial investments and operating cost.

obr_panelyThe testing of smart solar collectors for RESHeat (project partner Czamara site in Poland)

„Not that existing technologies are not technologically good. The problem with current renewable energy sources, however, is that in most cases, they have to be subsidised. The goal of the RESHeat project is to develop the technology so that it is economically  advantageous. If we succeed, renewables will be green. That is why we are preparing two demonstration installations in different climatic conditions, where those interested could come and see them and learn everything about how the system works,” explains Professor Jiří Klemeš, head of the SPIL laboratory at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology. The project focuses on residential units, so demonstration installations will be on residential buildings in Rome, where it is relatively warm, and in Krakow, which is to the north of us and considerably cooler. Experts will be able to compare the effectiveness of both systems in different latitudes.

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Prof Jiří Klemeš, Head of the SPIL laboratory

It is the team of the Laboratory of Process Integration for Sustainability, abbreviated to SPIL, that, as the name suggests, is in charge of integrating all technologies so that they become a functional and efficient system. “In general, a lot of energy can be saved, and emissions avoided, but again it consumes some funding for operating cost. For example, almost all heat pumps run on electricity, which means that we save something but consume something again. We will run the research to integrate renewable sources so that the pump also takes energy from solar collectors,” explains Prof Klemeš. For solar collectors, they plan to use more efficient, so-called, smart units, which spin like sunflowers behind the sun to get the maximum energy input. This is very important, especially during the winter period, when the energy is much needed.

Civic Sector still has reserves in energy efficiency and related emissions

Researchers also want to solve another problem, and that is the fluctuating performance of renewables. “Fluctuations occur both in regular day-night cycles and with changes in weather or season. To make a real breakthrough in the use of renewables, we need to address energy storage. In our project, we want to use advanced underground energy storage. If you have soil with suitable properties, as, e.g. clay, heat can also be stored in the ground. It’s relatively cheap and safe, so also promising,” says Jiří Klemeš.

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Scheme of integrated solution in RESHeat project

This time, the target group of the project is not industry alone, but cities, regions and other public entities as well. “It’s promising because industry has been dealing with energy savings for some time. Even advanced industrial plants can still save  some energy, but it’s not tens of percent. On the contrary, the area of civic amenities still has higher reserves, and further research is also needed here,” stated Jiri Klemeš.

The EU RESHeat project is planned for four years, ending in November 2024. In the first three years, researchers plan to work on process integration and gradually install and test parts of the system in sample residential units so that the last year of the project runs and data can be collected and the effectiveness of the solution verified. The project involves research institutions, cities and companies, that plan to subsequently introduce the technology or its components to the market. “These companies had to contribute 30% towards the development of the project, which is already a good example of the fact that they believe it will be useful. And of course, we believe that too. Energy savings will only work if it really spreads en masse” concludes Jiří Klemeš.

An important part of the RESHeat project is the demonstration and dissemination, where SPIL, FME, VUT has a remarkable record in smart media dissemination and organising worldwide conferences, e.g. as SPIL’20 attended by 443 participants from 49 countries and coming hybrid (both face2face and online) conference PRES’21 (31/10 – 3/11 2021, Brno, Czech Republic) , where already more than 1,650 authors from 59 countries submitted their research works.

EUThis project is supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 956255, project RESHeat (Renewable Energy System for Residential Building Heating and Electricity Production).

 

Project SPIL is funded by Czech Republic Operational Programme Research and Development, Education, Priority 1: Strengthening capacity for quality research Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_ 003/0000456).

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A new generation of radiators is being developed at BUT. The first prototype has already been tested in a car

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Tens of millions of car radiators are produced annually in Europe alone. They are usually made of metal, but experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at BUT have been working for several years on the development of a completely new type of a radiator made of hollow polymer fibres. The first-generation prototype has already been tested in a car, but the new type of an exchanger could also be used in air conditioning units, in battery cooling or in places where a metal radiator is not suitable, for example, due to corrosion.

Read more here.

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Jiří Klemeš from FME belongs to TOP 1 % cited researchers in the world

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Professor Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT, has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate Analytics. This highly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for the field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index. Professor Jiří J Klemeš first appeared in the top ranking in 2018.

Read more here.

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Plastic does not always mean evil, researchers say in response to the coronavirus pandemic

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Environment is said to be another victim of the novel coronavirus. Many countries were determined to fight plastics last year, but during the pandemic, people more often reached for plastic packaging or personal protective equipment. Based on their research, researchers from an international team led by the experts from Brno University of Technology point out that plastics do not have to be automatically bad; it mainly depends on how they are handled. In order to map the environmental impact, the team has introduced a new concept called Plastic Waste Footprint (PWF), which should help determine the environmental footprint. The concept was presented in the article published in the renowned journal Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Read more here.

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SYMPOSIUM on „How to network internationally?“

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NETME Centre is pleased to invite you to SYMPOSIUM on „How to network internationally?“. The Symposium has been fostered by the Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno University of Technology – doc. Ing. Jaroslav Katolický Ph.D.

Date & Time:           Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 9:00am – 4:00pm

Address:                   Antonínská 1, Brno, Štukový sál, 3rd floor

Registration 

PROGRAM

  • 9:00 – 10:00  Registration and Welcome coffee
  • 10:00 – 10:05      Welcome Speech by the Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT doc. Ing. Jaroslav Katolický Ph.D.
  • 10:05 – 10:15     Introduction of the iNETME project – doc. Ing. Jiří Hlinka, Ph.D.

Panel 1: Diplomats’ viewpoint:

10:00 – 10:50  Prof. Pierre Bruno Ruffini

  • “Science diplomacy, what it is and what it is not – Answers to key questions”

Professor of International Economics at the University of Le Havre (France), Faculty of International Affairs. From 2000 to 2005, he served as the President of the University of Le Havre. He is a former Counselor for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in Russia and Italy. He presently acts as expert in the ongoing European research project “Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe” (InsSciDE – H2020).

10:50 – 11:20  Dr. Otakar Fojt

  • Cooperation with British scientific organizations
  • Brexit and Horizon Europe
  • Examples of established cooperation

Works as a Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe. He has been working as a British scientific attaché at the British Embassy Prague, the Czech Republic for 16 years. Otakar Fojt has an overview of what is happening in science and research field in Britain and around the world. Apart from his post as a science attaché, he poses as a Czech and abroad lecturer in innovations, technology transfer, science programmes, politics and strategies.

Panel 2: Introduction of European projects

Science diplomacy as a topic is also very attractive for researchers from all over the world, and several EU-funded projects are currently exploring and conducting research on tool for diplomacy.

11:20 – 11:35  Mgr. Eliška Tomalová, Ph.D./Mgr. Eliška Černovská

Works at Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. She has been recently involved in the H2020 project S4D4C, “Using Science for/in Diplomacy for addressing global Challenges” which aims to support current and future European science diplomacy for the benefit of European capacities, EU foreign policy goals and especially the development of solutions for global challenges. She is leading the water case study, researching best practices in science diplomacy and water management.

11:35 – 11:50  Prof. Pierre Bruno Ruffini

InsSciDE is a Horizon 2020 funded project centred on the development of a shared science diplomacy across Europe through international, interdisciplinary and groundbreaking research. The project aims to create an inclusive and innovative dialogue, highlighting the contribution of Science Academies and networks of Science Diplomats to addressing global challenges. 

Panel 3: Network Opportunities for connecting to SME partners

 11:50 – 12:00  Ing. Eva Kudrnová

Technology Centre AS CR, responsible for Enterprise Europe Network net in CR.

  • EEN net Services
  • Assistance with search for project partners

12:00 – 12:10  Mgr. Zdeněk Havel

Project manager for R&D at CzechInvest

  • introducing of opportunities how to promote the demand of Czech scientists for abroad partners on abroad market
  • abroad technology mission

12:10 – 12:20      Discussion

12:20 – 13:30 Informal discussion and lunch  

Panel 4: Experience from Researchers, ERC grant holder

13:30 – 14:00      Ing. Petr Neugebauer, Ph.D.

ERC grant holder, he works at CEITEC BUT with paramagnetic resonance. He is a graduate of BUT and spent his doctoral studies in Grenoble, France. After the graduation, he spent two years in Frankfurt am Main in Center for Bimolecular Magnetic Resonance. Before he finally returned to the Czech Republic, he stayed at University in Stuttgart for 5 years.

  • Dr Neugebauer will share his career story and will introduce the path that led him to receive ERC grant

Panel 5: Practical tips

14:00 – 14:30      PhDr. Lenka Mynářová

Years of knowledge and experience in research marketing and science and global scale technology transfer marketing. As a member of Elmarco, s.r.o. board, she led marketing process for introduction of Nanospider technology for global market. She participated in commercialization of results of research during her work in Advisory Committee Bochemie a.s. She currently leads Horizon 2020 projects, Eurostars projects and Hydal project on their way to global market. She lectures marketing of science and research and technology transfer in CR and abroad.

  • Possibilities in exploitation of marketing in science and research
  • PR of scientific results and marketing mix of scientific results
  • How to start successful marketing of science and research

Panel discussion: „Opportunities of Czech researchers in international science“

14:30 – 16:00      host Dr. Mgr. Aleš Vlk

Professional host of Czech and international events in research and science, cofounder of educational company Alevia. One of the key people of vedavyzkum.cz portal.

Panel members:

  • prof., Ing. Vladimír Majer, CSc. – Professor of physical chemistry, was working in Universities in USA and France and as scientific diplomat for the French CNRS. Since 2014 he has assignments at the Technical University in Liberec and as expert for the European Commission and Czech governmental organizations.
  • prof. Ing. Vlastimil Růžička, CSc. – Professor of physical chemistry, rector emeritus of the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, currently working at the Technology Centre of CAS in the Strategic Studies department. In the past he was the vice-minister for research and higher education at MEYS and the managing director of the ELI Beamlines project, building of a pan-european research infrastructure in the field of laser physics at Dolní Břežany.
  • Dr. Markéta Kubánková – Obtained a Ph.D. and EPSRC Fellowship at Imperial College London. Currently works at Max Planck Institute in Germany. Co-founder of platform Czexpats in Science (czexpatsinscience.cz).
  • MVDr. Zlatuše Novotná  – strategical partnership, CEITEC MU (Central European Institute of Technology)
  • Ing. Petr Neugebauer, Ph.D. – ERC grant holder at CEITEC BUT
  • Ing. Jan Ostřížek, Ph.D. – Head of International Relations at RECETOX, Masaryk University

REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/gaKXfGmzEFccjf4r7

Contact:                                           Ing. Blanka Marušincová, MSc 

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Symposium is supported from LTI19001 iNETME – International NET for Mechanical Engineering project funded by INTEREXCELLENCE programme, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

 

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The 3rd SPIL Conference: Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities

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The main goal of the SPIL Scientific Conference is to share new knowledge and implementation progress from all areas of Process Integration and Sustainability research. The presenters are world-leading researchers, who will provide unique insights into their team’s latest focuses and developments. 

Date: 21. – 22. 11. 2019

Place: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology

More information (including registration form) is available here. Read more about about the 2nd SPIL Conference here.

SPIL project, and its conference, is co-funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, via grant No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000456 of the “Operational Programme Research, Development and Education”, Priority 1: Strengthening capacity for quality research. More information here.

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European School of Makers se konala díky zapojení strojLABu do projektu FabLabNet

FabLabNet BIGFest in Trento, the FabLab festival

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Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May, at the MUSE in Trento, the big closing event of the EU FabLabNet project

 After three years of work, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May, the FabLabNet Project will conclude its journey with a two-day celebration and meetings, dedicated to all lovers of technology and innovation, young and old. For the occasion, the nine FabLabs of the INTERREG Central Europe FabLabNet project will meet in Trento for a public presentation of the activities and results achieved in the field of digital prototyping and shared innovation. Two days in which conferences and technological demonstrations will alternate with music, interactive activities, flight tests with drones and – for night owls – a night of music, video mapping and technological sounds. The FabLabNet BIGFest will be an unmissable opportunity for technology enthusiasts, families looking for a special weekend, or even the merely curious who want to meet experimenters, inventors, creatives and artists in an international environment.

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The programme starts on Saturday morning with three conferences at Palazzo delle Albere, where national and European experts will be exploring the role of FabLabs in the world of Business (9am-1pm), Education (2pm-4pm) and Communities (4pm-7pm).

Starting from Saturday afternoon, and for the whole day on Sunday, the nine FabLab project partners – from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia – together with more than twenty representatives of FabLabs and Italian companies working in the field of technological and social innovation, will be presenting prototypes, activities and stands related to creativity and digital inventions to the public.

A special flight cage will be set up to allow visitors to experiment with flying drones.

Saturday evening, starting at 6pm, “FabNight” will open: a multimedia event in the name of technology in which speakers, gamers and artists will be performing. Young creatives, incredible inventions and numerous well-known names such as YouTuber Andrea Galeazzi, presenter Paolo Labati, beatboxer Lil Klips, musicians Anansi, Ardan Dal Rì, ReacTj, Tina Baffy and Sabota VJ, along with many others, will take turns on stage.

To recharge your batteries, food trucks will be open for the duration of the event.

All activities will be free, admission to conferences will be open while seats last (online registration is recommended).  For the occasion, the MUSE will be open to the public at the special rate of €3.

The full programme of the event and the online registration to the conferences are available at: http://fablab.muse.it/fablabnet-big-fest/

FOCUS: the International Conferences

On Saturday 18th, the BIGFest will start with 3 International Conferences, of particular interest to technology enthusiasts, experts and professionals. Held in the prestigious setting of Palazzo delle Albere, the three conferences will discuss the interactions between FabLabs and Companies (9am to 1pm), FabLabs and Education (2pm to 4pm) and FabLabs and Communities (4pm to 7pm).

Expert speakers on the theme of “FabLabs and Companies” will include Ann Christin Döding from lvh APA Bozen Confartigianato Imprese, Paolo Gregori and Matteo Perini from PROM Facility, Trento. The MakerSpace in Munich will present its experience with BMW, while the FabLab in Budapest will illustrate its partnership with leading robotics company KUKA.

On the subject of “Education”, experts from MUSE FabLab, FabLab Bielsko-Biala (PL) and the University of Brno (CZ) will talk to Tine de Pauw (Brussels Photonic Team), Orietta Daprà (training consultant in educational services), Daniele Khalousi and Marcello Scaravella of the FabLab in Parma.

Lastly, we will talk about “FabLabs and Communities” with Happylab in Vienna, RogLab in Ljubljana and FabLab in Zagreb. Prof. Bojan Baletić (University of Zagreb), educators Emanuela Leva (Soprasotto, Milan) and Vittoria de Mare (Carpe Diem, Trento), and makers Zoe Romano (WeMake, Milan) and Matilde Bognolo (MUSE FabLab) will focus on the ways in which FabLab can catalyse social and technological innovation.

Admission to the conferences is free and includes coffee breaks and light lunches, but places are limited and we recommend that you book your place at the link below well in advance:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUniDG8RC3l0rdaeFA6bhG9b0evkI6P7FVdSlJcyNx_jGRTw/viewform

The full programme of the FabLabNet BIGFest: http://fablab.muse.it/fablabnet-big-fest/

FOCUS: FabDays

For children, families or the merely curious, the BIGFest will offer two days of activities, stands and technological demonstrations starting on Saturday afternoon and throughout Sunday at the MUSE and its garden.

31 national and European FabLabs will be presenting prototypes and activities. Particularly interesting events for children of the many activities going on will include Flight Testing to safely test drones, Nintendo LABO to play with Switch in a new and creative way, and PixelArt to create art like a real computer! For those who feel like it, with Insetti Robot it will be possible to create a cyber-beetle to take home (reservation required at the link: www.roglab.si/en/fabbox/2019/robotic_beetles).

To recharge your batteries between one discovery and the next, food trucks will be available in the MUSE garden on both Saturday and Sunday.

Programme and list of exhibitors: http://fablab.muse.it/fablabnet-big-fest/

FOCUS: FabNight

On Saturday 18th, from 6pm onwards, creatives, inventors, artists, gamers and YouTubers will take turns on the stage of the MUSE for an exceptional evening of music and ideas on the theme of technology and innovation.

The evening will begin with TECHNO BLA BLA BLA (7pm to 9pm), a series of short, easy to understand talks that will describe what it means to innovate today.

A group of young Alfieri della Repubblica (Filippo Pasquazzo, Enrico Cescato, and Samuele Ropelato, accompanied by Prof. Monica Ropele, of the De Gasperi Institute of Borgo Valsugana) will then take turns on the stage, winners of the prestigious title for their App “My Voices”, created to help one of their classmates with communicative and relational disabilities. Edoardo and Federica Taori will present Plants Play: a device for listening to the “voice of plants”; Necomimi will demonstrate a strange way of using brain waves; the Fire Brigade will be flying their Hi-Tech drones; the artist Lil Klips will tell you what he means by “DIY” music; Miss Lala will play with light; the Makey Makey kit get you playing with the strangest objects; and Ardan Dal Rì will present “Body Glove: when technology makes DNA resonate”.

This will be followed by the GAMERS’ DIALOGUE (9 pm to 9.30 pm), in which gamification guru Fabio Viola will talk with Elisa Di Lorenzo – the first Italian game producer – about the possibilities of developing the video game medium in the coming years.

After the TALKS, “L’altromovimento” company will be offering something more purely entertaining, with their “Dance with Drones” choreography. YouTuber Andrea Galeazzi and presenter Paolo Labati will then take an entertaining and irreverent look of what you can – and can’t – do with technology, nowadays…

From 10pm onwards, the music will start with beatboxer Lil Klips (Isam Maarouf), the musical experiments of Anansi & Ardan Dal Rì and – directly from “Italia’s Got Talent” – the ReacTj show with its surprising interactive table.

Finally, you can dance with the DJ set by Tina Buffy & Sabota VJ.

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Seminar & Workshop H2020: „Marie Skłodowska-Curie – Individual Fellowships“ action

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The MSCA-IF Action (Individual Fellowships) is part of the most renowned EU research and innovation program Horizon 2020. The Action supports researchers in gaining experience and boosting their career through international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

The Action supports researchers moving within Europe, as well as those coming in from other parts of the world, researchers who aim to restart their research career after a break, or researchers coming back to Europe to find a new position.

The seminar will primarily focus on MSCA-IF Action, however, participants will be introduced to the ERC Grants Scheme as well.

The workshop will focus on a hands-on practice of project proposal preparation.  This event is organized by Brno University of Technology in cooperation with the Technology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences (TC CAS)

Date: 11 th April 2019, 12:30 – 16:00 (registration 12:00 – 12:30)

Venue: Brno University of Technology, Rectorate, Antonínská 548/1, Room 3.03

The event is open to all researchers who take interest in MSCA-IF and ERC grant calls, to experienced research mentors who lead other researchers, also to project managers and grant office administrators. Other stakeholders interested in H2020 program will be welcome as long as the room capacity allows it.

The event will be held in English, an interpreter will not be provided.

Speaker: Mgr. Zuzana Čapková, MSCA and ERC Grants National Contact Point, TC CAS

Program:

  • 12:30 – 13:10 Introduction of the MSC Actions (Mgr. Zuzana Čapková)
  • 13:10 – 13:35 MSCA-IF grant holder – sharing experience (Dr. Mireia Diez Sánchez)
  • 13:35 – 14:00 MSCA project evaluator – sharing experience (prof. Dr. Ing. Milada Šťastná)
  • 14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break
  • 14:15 – 15:45 Hands-on workshop, the perspective of a grant holder and a project evaluator
  • 15:45 – 16:00 Q&A, consultations

Registration is open until 10th April 2019 or until capacity is reached here. Event coordinator: Ing. Jana Vránová, tel.: 541 145 236, e-mail: vranova@ro.vutbr.cz