Huge amounts of energy are wasted as low grade heat during conversion, transportation and end use. While several technologies can convert heat into electricity, none of them is cost-effective for the conversion of low-grade waste…
IREC has been granted the HiFv project, which is an INNOTEC project for industrial research and experimental development between a Catalan company (Àliter Grup Renovables) and TECNIO accredited technology developer (IREC). The HiFv project stands…
IREC has developed an innovative method of quality control and industrial monitoring compatible with industry 4.0 that allows optimizing the production of complex materials in different fields, such as the manufacturing of smart photovoltaic windows,…
SUNRISE is a H2020 funded project that stands for “MultiSensor sorting tools in a circular economy approach for the efficient recycling of PVB interlayer material in high-quality prodUcts from laminated glass coNstRuction and demolItion waStEs”.…
All over the Europe, citizens increasingly demand answers about pollution, climate change and raising electricity bills. This innovative EU project actually puts citizens at the centre of the solution, promising to bring benefits both for…
The Thermal Energy and Building Performance Group of IREC has collaborated in the study “Assessment of the patrimony revaluation for energy retrofitted residential buildings” (REPAREH) with the Centre for Land Policy and Valuations (CPSV), The…
IREC and Eurecat have today presented BATTECH, our strategic alliance to cover the R+D+I of the whole value chain of the next generation of electric cells and batteries for the electric mobility, renewables and capital…
ULTRASOFC is a project granted under the prestigious ERC-COG scheme to Albert Tarancón, Prof ICREA and Head of the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group at IREC, which finished this spring. The project aimed at developing…
The European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Young Researcher Awards (YRA) are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. E-MRS seeks…
Last month, IREC signed a collaboration agreement with the IAQ cluster. The IAQ Cluster is a non-profit organization that gathers different stakeholders whose main objectives are to improve the indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings…