European Thematic Network of UniversitiesIndustries, EUInet

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European Thematic Network of Universities-Industri
es, EUI-net
The Talinn Conference, 4-6 May 2006

• A University-Industry Partnership to serve for an
  Innovation Pole in Western Greece.

Prof. Socrates N. Kaplanis T.E.I. of Patra,
Greece
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Rationale

• Education and Research are inseparable entities,
  like the 2 faces of a coin stated in the
  Definition of U (Bologna, 1988)
• Experience from the past about H.E., especially
  in EU, must be capitalised.
• U is not an anarchic body in the society. Its
  Role and Physiognomy are dynamically defined and
  sought ( eg recent E.C. call)
• Liaise U to Social Partners to echo Needs and
  drive Society ahead. Needs pulled not Pushed
• Satisfaction of S.P. is a major issue in any Q.Ev
  scheme.
• European component should be built in all U
  processes.
• Networking and Partnerships is a vehicle to on...
  
• A Scheme which meets the above, one of the
  several to be proposed, is to be outlined in
  this presentation .

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• From the early 80s the E.C. encouraged the
  establishment of U-I partnerships ( UETPs) which
  could build a European context with targets
• Technology Transfer and Training
• Joint ventures
• Cohesion between societies
• Competitiveness
• Development of Human Potential.
• The U management how to liaise with the
  socio-economic and regional development.

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• The experience in European networks was
• an asset for planning further initiatives with
  stronger local or regional impact.
• The trend is either to join sectoral networks or
  inter-regional partnerships, which both bridge
  Industry and Higher Education establishments and
  forge the European component of their strategies.

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• A national plan Regional Innovation Poles,
  (R.I.P.), in each one of the six regions of
  Greece,
• is put into effect through open Calls and
• attracted the interest of 12 partners, 10 from
  Greece and 2 from other European countries
• to join efforts, to design and develop innovation
  products in the field
• Energy Management for Intelligent Buildings with
  incorporated R.E.S. elements.

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• The synthesis of the partners are 5 from the
  Universities and 7 from the economic-production
  sector.
• The 2 non-Greek partners are Siemens PSE in
  Brasov and the European Thematic Network of
  Universities-Industries, Eui-net.

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• It is very important for the viability of this
  partnership and its impact to the economic
  improvement,
• that 2 of the partners are the Chamber of Western
  Greece with 20000 members and two big
  Agricultural Cooperatives of Olympia and Pyrgos
  city in W. Greece.

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a short description

• The above mentioned partners realised
• that an active interaction of partners from the
  Academic, Economic, Productive and
  Entrepreneurial sectors, is necessary to be
  established upon the principles of
  Complementarity and Subsidiarity.
• They decided to co-operate in the field of Energy
  Management for Intelligent Buildings with
  Incorporated R.E.S. Elements.

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Objectives

• The development of innovations through transfer
  of research results and understanding the Market
  Needs Analysis,
• in the field of R.E.S. applications in
• Intelligent Buildings, Energy Savings, and Clean
  Environment.

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• The establishment of the Consortium
• Founding members,
• Organisation Articulation,
• Regulations of Operation.
• Statutes
• Responsibilities and Competences to be assigned
  to each partner.

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Needs analysis strategy, concerning R.E.S. in
buildings, like

• Retrofitting planning or new types of buildings
  with R.E.S. elements in the nutshell.
• Management of the loads of buildings, based on
  microprocessor control systems and web services.

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• Mixed Teams of research will design, analyse,
  develop and manufacture prototype new systems to
  contribute to the energy management of the
  buildings and energy savings, even with
  tele-management
• (Basic, Industrial Research Demonstration).
• Research and testing will be at the Solar Campus
  of the T.E.I. of Patras.

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Industrial Research

• This mode takes place for concrete applications
  for energy savings,
• for products that enterprises have to improve.
• Standardisation tests will follow the development
  phase.

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• Demonstration projects of the EMIRES Consortium.
• It is planned that the products, such as energy
  roofs and facades, PV combi systems etc will be
  demonstrated in partners premises, where will be
  monitored.
• This stage will be promoted after the basic and
  industrial research stages.

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• Examples are
• Energy Roofs and Facades.
• Combined PV systems, solar thermal engineering
  systems and electronic control systems to manage
  the energy behaviour of R.E.S. systems integrated
  into the buildings.
• Testing and Certification procedures.

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• For the achievement of all the above,
• special concern, via this Consortium,
• will be for
• 1.The creation and operation of a space of
  interaction, between the academic potential and
  executives of the production world, or the users
  themselves.

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• 2. The ascertainment of needs
• Needs Analysis, in the field of R.E.S.
  applications in the buildings sector for energy
  management and savings.
• 3.The specification, standardization and
  certification of the products to continuously
  meet the requirements.

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• 4.The further development of
• Strategic Planning activities, towards
  innovations in fields to be specified by the
  Needs analysis.
• For this an annual Exhibition on Innovations is
  proposed
• 5. The centre of activities of all those
  innovation efforts will, mainly, be in the Campus
  of R.E.S. of the T.E.I. of Patras.
• The same holds for tests and initial
  demonstrations.

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• 6. The Consortium will host annually
• according to the plans,
• 10 final year projects of graduates.
• 7. All those projects will be part of the
• innovations and the needs analysis policy.
• 8.The innovation efforts will follow the stages
  of basic research, industry research and the
  optimisation of the energy performance of
  buildings, based on the management of R.E.S.
  integrated on the shells.

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• 9.Training of professional and
• technical teams, about service and maintenance of
  technology products developed and certified by
  EMIRES.
• 10. Meeting the requirements of the
  E.U.Directives eg. 2002/91 , 2001/77on the
  Energy Attribution of Buildings, the Saving of
  Energy and the Management of Industrial Energy.

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Technical Description and Deliverables

• The objectives of the R.E.S. team, which is the
  heart of the Consortium, spring from a research
  project funded by the Hellenic Ministry of
  Education,on Intelligent Buildings
• as well as, from the European collaboration with
  other Universities
• site http//solar-net.teipat.gr.

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• Design and development of products or special
  constructions, that will be incorporated in the
  nutshell of buildings, to exploit the solar
  energy and the conditions of environment,
• so that comfort is created indoors, with the
  minimal consumption of conventional fuels.

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• New types of buildings, design of bioclimatic
  buildings and buildings of zero energy.
• Standardization of buildings design, to meet
  requirements for energy savings and clean
  environment.

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• Standardisation of materials to meet the new
  requirements, i.e. components, form, special
  properties.
• Techniques and technology for the incorporation
  of materials or R.E.S. elements in the building
  shells.

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• Planning of intelligent buildings new materials,
  micro-controller systems, web based services,
  too, for loads management optimising buildings
  energy performance.
• Product on-line loads management for buildings,
  based on the prediction of the daily solar energy
  to be absorbed.

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• Planning of hybrid energy systems /innovations,
  where the R.E.S. play the
• main role, linked with other R.E.S. systems or
  conventional ones for the buildings, as well as,
  for rural or industrial applications.
• Innovative Products
• Development of a B.M.S system, such as the one
  of Siemens. Also, codes and protocols for
  decision-making management systems.

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• The design of customised solutions on
• R.E.S. applications for isolated regions
  (islands, mountains etc.) and the installation of
  prototype models.
• Product Installations of R.E.S. and hybrids, for
  application in solar refrigerators, automated
  greenhouse operation and other rural applications.

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• Long-term storage of thermal energy in
• the ground and its recuperation for heating
• of spaces, e.g. buildings, greenhouses, premises
  etc.

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The design and construction of prototype energy
roofs and facades.

• Products
• Technology of incorporation of PV-Systems in the
  facades for co-production of power and heat.
• New designs and constructions with incorporated
  elements in facades, roofs, solar chimneys
  prefab structures or wooden frames to host energy
  roofs or facades.
• Intensive short training courses for technical
  staff and clients as well documentation for each
  innovation product.

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Discussion

• The planning of the preliminary stage to
  establish the Consortium took 6 months of
  contacts, discussions, documentation and other
  administrative actions.
• It was a serious effort based on the assessment
  of the previous experience on European projects
  for Technology Transfer and Training.

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• The preliminary group meetings held in main
  cities in W. Greece, along with the clear
  commitment to share private funding by 25
• at least, provided a clear evidence of real
  investment on regional development.

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• The EUI-net and Siemens PSE contribution to the
  Consortium establishment was welcomed, as this
  partnership resembles to a very successful
  pattern, the UETP, funded 15 years ago by the E.
  C.
• This new pattern provides a special added value
  of the European role and profile of the R.I.P. of
  W. Greece.

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• The series of activities envisaged the R.I.P.
  described in this paper, provide changes to the
  departments of Mechanical, Electrical and
  Electronic Engineering of the T.E.I. of Patra to
  enrich their curriculum with updated objectives
  and case studies.
• It provides Newness! This is the motor

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• It, also, provides students and staff to be
  involved in RTD activities of high level, whose
  outcomes are to be real products for the market.
• This fact has a strong impact to the
  employability of our graduates, the
  competitiveness and departments effective
  funding.

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• Finally, R.I.P. activities act as a platform to
  transfer RTD know-how to the University teaching
  and learning sphere and the other partners, too.
• This is an important issue in the checklist of
  the E.U. pilot project for the Evaluation of the
  European Universities.

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• Thank You All
• for your attendance and
• the Comments and Discussion to Follow.

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• See You in the next meeting.
• I Invite You in Patra, in July, 2007.