Objective While the world is experiencing a strong demand for energy savings measures, today still 40% of energy consumption and 36% CO2 emissions in Europe are directly related to the construction sector, due mainly to inefficient insulation materials and systems. On the verge of a major European building retrofitting action that must be put into practice within a deep economic crisis, inevitably traditional thick and cheaper insulation products are still the first consideration, as the best state-of-the-art solution, Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIP) is unaffordable for the majority of homeowners and householders. The building sector has to overcome the biggest dilemma of coping with high mandatory levels of energy savings, at reasonable costs, without losing considerable areas of living space left for insulation.VIP4ALL project aims at developing a true technical and cost-effective VIP solution by using natural minerals and/or renewable organic by-products, as low cost VIP core materials through careful microwaving and doping of minor fumed silica, which will not only cut its final price by 50%, but also guarantee a superior thermal performance and eco-friendly status. The VIP4ALL proposes to bring to the market a new generation of highly sustainable and energy efficient solution for low budget renovation actions, creating an exceptional opportunity for SMEs (>99% in EU building sector) to increase their competitiveness before the current dominant US and/or Asian companies seize this market which represents around 9% of European GDP and a total workforce of 25 million jobs.The VIP4ALL RTD results (products and technologies) will be scaled up through three SMEPs of the VIP4ALL consortium members and exploited by five SMEPs of the seven consortium members, who will hence lead the market entrance with a new and truly competitive superior insulation solution. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator CONSTRUCCIONES GARCIA RAMA SL EU contribution € 234 384,50 Address CALLE SIERRA DEL SUEVE 6 BAJO 33211 GIJON ASTURIAS Spain See on map Region Noroeste Principado de Asturias Asturias Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Susana Garcia Rama (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VA-Q-TEC AG Germany EU contribution € 230 083,50 Address ALFRED NOBEL STRASSE 33 97080 Wurzburg See on map Region Bayern Unterfranken Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Wilfried Heppt (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOFALCA SOCIEDADE CENTRAL DE PRODUTOS DE CORTICA LIMITADA Portugal EU contribution € 164 409,65 Address TELHADO EN 2 KM 413.2 2205 213 ABRANTES See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Médio Tejo Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paulo Estrada (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NORDISK PERLITE APS Denmark EU contribution € 149 610,25 Address Hammersholt Erhvevspark 1 3400 Hillerod See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Nordsjælland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jess Larsen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOTERRA DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE SL Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 130 002,55 Address CALLE ARANA 15 3 B 01002 VITORIA GASTEIZ See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antonio Reales Moya (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO PEDRO NUNES ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA Portugal EU contribution € 7 250,00 Address RUA PEDRO NUNES 3030-199 Coimbra See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Região de Coimbra Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jorge Corker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 7 166,40 Address KINGSTON LANE UB8 3PH Uxbridge See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mizi Fan (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
