The RenoZEB project aims to unlock the nZEB renovation market through a new systemic approach to retrofitting that includes innovative components, and processes and decision-making methodologies for the nZEB building renovation process.
As part of this mission, an innovative plug-and-play modular façade has been designed and will be validated within the project through two pilot renovation projects in the cities of Durango (Spain) and Voru (Estonia).
Transitioning from development to real use and down the line commercialisation of façade solutions such as the one designed in RenoZEB, tends to take significant time. Furthermore, trying to accelerate this process may imply undertaking considerable risks. To minimise these risks and accelerate the process from prototypes to ready-to-use innovative façade solutions the RenoZEB project includes a pre-validation phase. In this phase, partial developments or complete active/passive systems can be put to real-use in a safe and highly monitored environment. This early-testing is able to quickly give rich feedback to the designers about their solutions, allowing them to correct and fine-tune their products, before their final validation in the demonstration buildings.
This pre-validation phase of the façade elements has been realised in KUBIK, the test-infrastructure managed by TECNALIA Research & Innovation in Bilbao, Spain. KUBIK is the first digital twin of a building in Spain. Static and dynamic information obtained automatically and based on BIM models enables performance assessments of innovative products and technologies. The RenoZEB façade modules, manufactured by FOCCHI, were delivered in late November 2019 and installed over two floors of the west façade of KUBIK.
Read more here
|