iClimaBuilt’s ultimate goal is to support the and help small high-tech firms to scale up and cope with the continuous rising of technological complexity and by translation of research results into innovations. Through its Single-Entry-Point the necessary upgraded infrastructures and tools will be offered to test, validate and upscale new technological solutions.
The test cases designed, developed, tested and validated within the test bed, as a well-studied combination of material technologies per market and climate, contributing to desired energy savings to reach set nZEB balance, will serve as a means for validating and improving selected materials and corresponding innovations and, finally, services of the OITB. iclimabuilt project aims to form a cross-domain business ecosystem combining the capabilities of different experts, building the connection between suppliers and users, based on the cooperation within interdisciplinary entities to support new product development/upscaling and testing, satisfy customer needs based on a case-by-case assessment of the underlying barriers of each technology, and eventually incorporate the next round of innovations in building envelope materials and technical systems. The goal is to support the translation of research results into innovations and help small high-tech firms to scale up and cope with the continuous rising of technological complexity and by providing a Single-Entry-Point for necessary infrastructures and tools to test, validate and upscale new technological solutions. iclimabuilt will do so with the aim to accelerate the development of additional leading-edge technology by focusing on and providing the following service categories:
- Materials by Design - New Material/Product Development
- Testing and Characterisation of materials and components, including large scale testing in outdoor facilities and living laboratory environments
- Virtual Performance Testing, through modelling, simulation and digital twins.
- Safety Assessment Standards & Regulation and Sustainability assessment through LCA and LCC
- Upscaling through Process Optimisation and Machine Learning
- Financing, Investment and Innovation