Biocomposites & EcoConstruction20th Feb 2014

san sebastian

INNOBITE is a research project co-funded by the European Community Seventh Framework Programme for European Research and Technological Development, and has received

research funding from the European Union

Grant Agreement No: 308.465

www.innobite.eu

INNOBITE’s 2nd Workshop

INNOBITE´s 2nd WORKSHOP LOCATION

TECNALIA DonostiaTeknologi Parkea, Paseo Mikeletegi, 2, 20009 Donostia

San Sebastian, Spain

GENERAL INFORMATION

Costs The event is sponsored by Tecnalia and free of charge for the participants.

Contact arantxa.artola@tecnalia.com

08:30-9:00 Registration and Welcome

09:00-9:30 Introduction INNOBITE project and 2nd Workshop

09:30-10:00 The role of materials and products in sustainable construction

10:00-10:30 Environmental Impact Assesment of constructing biomaterials by means the LCA tool. Case study: INNOBITE

10:30-11:00 Nuevos Bioplasticos Termoestables

11:00-11:10 Open discussion on the previous topics

11:10-11:40 Coffee break

11:40-12:10 Cellulose Nanofibres as reinforcement of composites

12:10-12:40 Finite Element Analysis in composites. Case study: INNOBITE

12:40-13:10 Advanced Nanocomposites

13:10-13:40 Permacultura y Sostenibilidad en la Construccion

13:40-13:50 Open discussion on the previous topics

13:50-14:00 Closing of the Workshop Concluding Remarks

Programme

Julia Fernandez de Casas (VTG)

Patxi Hernandez (TECNALIA)

Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)

Jokin Hidalgo (TECNALIA)

Galder Kortaberria (UPV/EHU)

David Gonzalez (IRAUN PERMAKULTURA)

Gilberto Siqueira (EMPA)

Carmen Tola (ACF)

Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)

INNOBITE partner

INVITED speaker (Gratefully Acknowledged)

Biocomposites for Ecoconstruction20th Feb

INNOBITE’s 2nd WorkshopCurrent unused by-products and wastes from various biobased sources amount to a total of 2.8 bn tons/year in the EU. With the aim of better valorizing urban and agricultural residues, INNOBITE project is currently de-veloping a new generation of biobased materials and composites, allowing the production of better-performing components for application in the construction sector.

INNOBITE project’s “Biocomposites for Eco-construction Workshop” aims to disseminate the potential of biocomposites, based in new bio-thermosetting polymers and cellulose nanofibres as reinforcement, in the construction sector.

Biocomposites and the INNOBITE project

One of the main objectives of the INNOBITE project is “to develop and integrate a biorefinery process that is an environmentally accep-table method for the effective extraction of the inorganic fraction of wheat straw”, a sub-process that has not yet been developed nor integrated in existing biorefineries. A biorefinery is a highly sustainable process that enables the successive extraction of the different valua-ble fractions of plants, similar to how a crude oil refinery enables ex-traction of valuable fractions from crude oil.

In addition to the inorganic fraction, the biorefinery process will also provide cellulose and lignin. These fractions, along with the inorganic fraction (mainly silica) can be used to produce lignin based thermose-tting resin, lignin based thermoplastic resin and silica biocomposites, which in turn can be used in the production of decking, fencing and indoor panels.

Ecoconstruction and the INNOBITE Project

In order to have competitive biobased products in the market, each step of the value chain needs to be competitive: the feedstock supply, the processing, as well as the product(s) and market (both in terms of price and environmental performance). The workshop attempts to ad-dress these aspects from both regulatory and scientific perspectives, not only including the legal framework perspective in the construction sector at European level and the environmental impact assessment of these biomaterials, but also covering the latest scientific develop-ments on biobased reinforcements and thermosetting polymers.

Workshop Organizer: Arantxa Artola and Alvaro Tejado, TECNALIA

Place & Date: Teknologi Parkea, San Sebastian / 20th February 2014

Contact: arantxa.artola@tecnalia.com

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