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Biocomposites & EcoConstruction20th Feb 2014
san sebastian
INNOBITE is a research project co-funded by the European Community Seventh Framework Programme for European Research and Technological Development, and has received
research funding from the European Union
Grant Agreement No: 308.465
www.innobite.eu
INNOBITE’s 2nd Workshop
INNOBITE´s 2nd WORKSHOP LOCATION
TECNALIA DonostiaTeknologi Parkea, Paseo Mikeletegi, 2, 20009 Donostia
San Sebastian, Spain
GENERAL INFORMATION
Costs The event is sponsored by Tecnalia and free of charge for the participants.
Contact [email protected]
08:30-9:00 Registration and Welcome
09:00-9:30 Introduction INNOBITE project and 2nd Workshop
09:30-10:00 The role of materials and products in sustainable construction
10:00-10:30 Environmental Impact Assesment of constructing biomaterials by means the LCA tool. Case study: INNOBITE
10:30-11:00 Nuevos Bioplasticos Termoestables
11:00-11:10 Open discussion on the previous topics
11:10-11:40 Coffee break
11:40-12:10 Cellulose Nanofibres as reinforcement of composites
12:10-12:40 Finite Element Analysis in composites. Case study: INNOBITE
12:40-13:10 Advanced Nanocomposites
13:10-13:40 Permacultura y Sostenibilidad en la Construccion
13:40-13:50 Open discussion on the previous topics
13:50-14:00 Closing of the Workshop Concluding Remarks
Programme
Julia Fernandez de Casas (VTG)
Patxi Hernandez (TECNALIA)
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)
Jokin Hidalgo (TECNALIA)
Galder Kortaberria (UPV/EHU)
David Gonzalez (IRAUN PERMAKULTURA)
Gilberto Siqueira (EMPA)
Carmen Tola (ACF)
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)
INNOBITE partner
INVITED speaker (Gratefully Acknowledged)
Biocomposites for Ecoconstruction20th Feb
INNOBITE’s 2nd WorkshopCurrent unused by-products and wastes from various biobased sources amount to a total of 2.8 bn tons/year in the EU. With the aim of better valorizing urban and agricultural residues, INNOBITE project is currently de-veloping a new generation of biobased materials and composites, allowing the production of better-performing components for application in the construction sector.
INNOBITE project’s “Biocomposites for Eco-construction Workshop” aims to disseminate the potential of biocomposites, based in new bio-thermosetting polymers and cellulose nanofibres as reinforcement, in the construction sector.
Biocomposites and the INNOBITE project
One of the main objectives of the INNOBITE project is “to develop and integrate a biorefinery process that is an environmentally accep-table method for the effective extraction of the inorganic fraction of wheat straw”, a sub-process that has not yet been developed nor integrated in existing biorefineries. A biorefinery is a highly sustainable process that enables the successive extraction of the different valua-ble fractions of plants, similar to how a crude oil refinery enables ex-traction of valuable fractions from crude oil.
In addition to the inorganic fraction, the biorefinery process will also provide cellulose and lignin. These fractions, along with the inorganic fraction (mainly silica) can be used to produce lignin based thermose-tting resin, lignin based thermoplastic resin and silica biocomposites, which in turn can be used in the production of decking, fencing and indoor panels.
Ecoconstruction and the INNOBITE Project
In order to have competitive biobased products in the market, each step of the value chain needs to be competitive: the feedstock supply, the processing, as well as the product(s) and market (both in terms of price and environmental performance). The workshop attempts to ad-dress these aspects from both regulatory and scientific perspectives, not only including the legal framework perspective in the construction sector at European level and the environmental impact assessment of these biomaterials, but also covering the latest scientific develop-ments on biobased reinforcements and thermosetting polymers.
Workshop Organizer: Arantxa Artola and Alvaro Tejado, TECNALIA
Place & Date: Teknologi Parkea, San Sebastian / 20th February 2014
Contact: [email protected]
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