Project description DEENESFRITPL Improving indoor air quality with significant energy savings The majority of diseases related to air quality are caused by the fact that 90 % of the exposure to air pollution occurs indoors. Consequently, this represents a significant public health burden. Air treatment requires high energy consumption. In this context, the EU-funded SALLY R project proposes an innovative air handling optimisation system that guarantees optimum indoor air quality while reducing energy spending by 40 %. The new solution combines ventilation methods used on Earth with the current climate control technology implemented at the International Space Station. The innovation relies on a smart algorithm that exploits the real-time data provided by several sensors. What is more, it can be integrated into either existing air handling units in building refurbishment operations or new units. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective 90% exposure to air pollution does occur indoors, causing almost 70% of the total burden of disease related to indoor air quality. With 90% of European citizens spending 90% time indoors, good environment inside buildings is a key public health issue, costing €1,273 B each year. Overall, air treatment is responsible for 40% of total building energy consumption, and ventilation-related operations represent alone up to 26% of the electricity expenses. This is because current ventilation approaches consume huge amounts of energy by replacing indoor air with air from polluted outdoor environment. Thus, they need to choose between air quality and energy savings, so the better indoor air quality they achieve, the more energy spending, and the opposite way around. SALLY_R is a Swedish cleantech SME that has been awarded twice already for its disrupting innovation, s8AIR, an Air Handling Optimization System that guarantees optimum indoor air quality spending 40% less energy. For an average office building area of 870m, S8AIR‘s energy savings (0.3 kWh/m2/day) would lead to less 63.5 MWh/year energy consumed, amounting for €12,970/year. s8AIR combines ventilation approaches used on Earth with the actual technology for climate control in the International Space Station to enhance the performance of air handing units no matter capacity. This is achieved thanks to our own developed smart algorithm that intelligently exploits the real-time data acquired from several sensors. Our novel system can be integrated either into existing Air Handing Units in building refurbishment/renovation operations or into new units, so after having demonstrated our product capabilities through the easy deployment in refurbished buildings, we will target AHU manufacturers to integrate S8AIR into their well-known products. With this strategy, we aim to generate €30.2 million accumulated revenues (€10.7 million profit) by 2023, with the creation of 17 direct jobs. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraftengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Call for proposal H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator SALLY R AB Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address HASSLOGATAN 20 722 12 VASTERAS Sweden See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Västmanlands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
