Ecoshopping Project

Ecoshopping
  • Project name:
    EcoShopping   -   Energy efficient & Cost competitive retrofitting solutions for Shopping buildings
  • ICMATE involved researchers:
    Alessandro Galenda
  • Starting date, ending date and duration:
    September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2017   (48 months)
  • Project funding:
    Research programme supported by EU within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant agreement n° 609180, call FP7-2013-NMP-ENV-EeB.
  • Links:
    Twitter:   @EcoShopping_FP7

Ecoshopping project aims to build a holistic retrofitting solution for commercial buildings to reduce primary energy consumption to less than 80kWh/m2/year and increase the share of RES (Renewable Energy Sources) more than 50% compared to the state of the art. The project will use and integrate available products and technologies to accurately monitor the environmental and occupancy parameters for a better control of the BAM (Building Automation Management).
The approach will be systemic by developing:

  1. Novel thermal insulation solutions using cost effective materials to further reduce the thermal losses.
  2. Easy to install and cascadable daylighting technologies based on the NLIS (Natural Light Illumination Systems) system to improve comfort.
  3. HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) retrofitting systemic approach based on RES direct powered DC variable speed heat pump and harnessing the Building Thermal Mass which will be used as a “Thermal Battery” for storing the RES without using conventional battery.
  4. Integrated solution way based on the IAU (Intelligent Automation Unit) concept and Mobile Robot.

The role of the ICMATE-CNR can be resumed in the following points:

  1. development of improved titanium dioxide-based photocatalysts for indoor applications, their synthesis, characterization and photoactivity evaluation.
  2. comparison of the prepared samples with commercial photocatalytic paints for indoor application as well as literature reference compounds.
  3. application of the most promising compound on the refurbished demo building as indoor paint and effectiveness evaluation for a one year period for the volatile organic compounds (which cause illness and bad-feelings) reduction.