3rd conference on construction - coimbra 18th of december 2007 1 acciona´s experience in the ptec

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Acciona´s experience in the PTEC


Currently nº of employees: 35.000Annual turnover 2007 (estimated): 8.1 billion euro

AccionaAcciona

ACCIONA is one of the major business groups in Europe and is a pioneer in contributing to sustainable development worldwide though its main lines of business:

Infrastructures

Energy

Water

Logistics and Transport

Urban and Environmental Services

Real State

Other businesses


Acciona InfrastructuresAcciona Infrastructures


Acciona InfrastructuresAcciona Infrastructures

• One of the European leaders in infrastructure development and operation with international presence in more than 30 countries.

• Currently number of employees: 14.000

• Annual turnover 2007 (estimated) : 4.6 billion euros.

• Values of the company: Technology, Experience and Quality.

• Maintain a wide network of suppliers and sub-contractors all around the world: most of them are SMEs.


Acciona Real EstateAcciona Real Estate


Acciona EnergyAcciona Energy


ACCIONA Energy is a world leader in the renewables sector. The company has taken on the mission of demonstrating the technical and economic viability of a new energy model on the basis of criteria of sustainability.

ACCIONA Energy is present in the main clean energies, in line with their different levels of maturity and profitability. It focuses its activities on wind power, in which it is the largest developer and constructor of wind parks in the world.


It is also present in other electric power generation technologies based on renewable energy sources -biomass, small hydro and solar-, and also in the manufacture of wind turbines (designed in-house) and the production and marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of cogeneration.


ACCIONA Energy is currently carrying out research projects to produce hydrogen from wind power and to manufacture more efficient photovoltaic cells.


Main companies:• Acciona Energía • Acciona Windpower • Acciona Eólica • Acciona Biodiesel • Acciona Biomasa • Acciona Cogeneración • Acciona Hidráulica • Acciona Termoeléctrica • Acciona Solar


Acciona WaterAcciona Water


ACCIONA Water is a pioneer company in water treatment, specially in reverse osmosis desalinization.

It is committed to investing in innovation and application of the most advanced technologies, as well as in the quality of the development of each field of services: design, construction, start up, operation and maintenance of the installations.

Acciona WaterAcciona Water


Acciona Urban & Environmental ServicesAcciona Urban & Environmental Services


ACCIONA manages services related to cities and environmental protection through such activities as: water supply and treatment, solid waste management, street cleaning, construction, financing and maintenance of car parks and hospital, and facility management and multiple services for a wide range of clients.

Acciona Urban & Environmental ServicesAcciona Urban & Environmental Services


Acciona Logistics & TransportsAcciona Logistics & Transports


Acciona Logistics &TransportsAcciona Logistics &Transports

ACCIONA provides a full range of passenger and freight transport services by sea, air and land:

– Market leader in passenger and freight transport by sea.

– Main independent handling operator in Spain and Germany. It is present at 14 airports, and handles 229 airlines in several cities.

– Long-distance trucking, logistics and distribution.


RESEARCH CENTRE RESEARCH CENTRE


ACCIONA R&D Technological Centre - MadridACCIONA R&D Technological Centre - Madrid

• Composed by 150 high multinational qualified professionals currently involved in the development of more than 40 projects at National, European and International level.

• Main fields of research: – Nanotechnologies, Materials and

New Production Technologies – Energy– ICTs– Environment

• Laboratories of nanotechnology, advanced materials, RES integration in buildings, ICTs, robotics, and workshops for prototyping infrastructure components.


PUMACON:

First carbon-fibre bridge constructed in Spain. World-record in length (46m) and span (13m).

SAFEFLOOR:

Composites floor slab for building construction.

MEGAWIND:

Design of a prototype wind turbine tower.

HP FUTUREBRIDGE:

High performance (cost competitive, long-life and low maintenance) composite bridges for rapid infrastructure renewal.

R&D Technological Centre: NMP - Composites


Objectives:Achieve high level of Energy Efficiency in Buildings through:

• Bioclimatic Architecture• Renewable Energies Building Integration: Solar thermal, Solar photovoltaic, Biomass, Wind turbines• Other distributed generation technologies like: fuel cells, cogeneration, …• Increase the performance of conventional HVAC installations

R&D Priorities:• New architectural solutions design to increase the building efficiency • Dynamic Building simulation: thermal, lighting (day lighting and artificial) and

comfort• Passive system modelisation and integration in buildings• Cost-effective Integration of REs• Multistorage energy systems• New business models

R&D Technological Centre: Energy


R & D Priorities:

– Study and optimization of water treatment processes and development of alternative technologies.

– Integrated management of water treatment and renewable energies.

– Development of new processes for recycling and reuse of construction materials.

– Life cycle assessment of construction materials.– Development of new technologies for soil and

atmosphere remediation.– Soil quality improvement – Biological, chemical and biochemical soil

stabilization

R&D Technological Centre: Environment


At European level Acciona Infrastructures is a member of:

– High Level Group and Support Group of the European Construction Technology Platform:

• Coleads the Focus Area of Cities and Buildings.• Leads the Working Group of Composites in the Focus Area of Materials.• Leads the Working Group of Enterprise in the Focus Area of Processes and

ICTs.• Coleads the Working Group of Energy and Environment in the Focus Areas of

Cultural Heritage.• Participate in others Focus Area such as: quality of life, underground

construction and networks.

– European Embedded Systems Technology Platform (ARTEMIS)

– High Level Group of European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell and Sustainable Chemistry Technologies Platforms:

• Participates in several working groups.

– Co-Leads the Joint Technology Initiative of the Energy Efficient Buildings (JTI E2B).

R&D Technological Centre: European Presence (I)


Acciona Infrastructures is quite active in performing RTD projects.

European Projects

• In the FP5 the R&D department participated in 5 projects, leading one of them:

– SAFEFLOOR (leader) – Low risk and totally recyclable structural buildings. – MEGAWIND - Development of MW-scale wind turbines for high wind speed and

complex terrain land.– SGIM 2001 – Development of two new measurement and inspection methods to

improve the quality and maintainability of large concrete structures.– NANOCONEX – Towards the creation of a Net of Excellence (NoE) in

nanotechnology construction.– CON REP NET – Thematic network on performance based rehabilitation of

reinforced concrete structures.

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (I)


• Within FP6, Acciona Infrastructures is involved in 10 projects: – FUTUREBRIDGE (leader) – High performance (cost competitive, long-life and

low maintenance) composite bridges for rapid infrastructure renewal.– LESSLOSS – Mitigation of risks derived from earthquakes and landslide.– TUNCONSTRUCT – Technology innovation in underground construction.– EN CORE – European network for composite reinforcement.– CONTEXT – Textile Architecture. Textile structures and building of the future. – INNOFLEX – Innovative and flexible assembly technologies and processes for

on demand production of small to medium series in aeronautics, ships, rolling stocks and building construction industries.

– ENABLE – Raising European awareness of a sustainable built environment.– MEDESOL – Seawater desalinization by innovative solar powered membrane

distillation system.– REMAP – Action Plan for high-priority renewable energy initiatives in Southern

and Eastern Mediterranean area.– CHRAF- Priorities and strategies to support Cultural Heritage Research Activities

within ECTP and future FP7 activities

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (II)


• In FP7, Acciona Infrastructures is involved in 15 projects under negotiation:

– MESSIB (leader)- Multisource Energy Storage System Integrated in Buildings

– COST- EFFECTIVE- Resource and Cost Effective integration in existing high-rise buildings

– Clear-UP- Clean Buildings alone with Resource Efficiency enhancement using appropriate materials and tecnology

– H2SUSBUILD - Development of a clean and energy self-sustained building in the vision of integrating H2 economy with RES

– POCO- Polymer-Matrix Composites based on Carbon Nanotubes (functionalized, aligned and confined)

– PARTICOAT- Unconventional Murtipurpose coating systems based on novel particle technology for extreme environments at high temperatures

– BIOSTRUCT-Complex Semifinished Structural parts from improved thermaplastics biocomposites-improved Wood Plastics composites

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (II)


– LIVING LAB-Design study for a living Lab Research infrastructure

– REGCON - Support action for innovation driven clusters in construction. Regional approaches, multi-stakeholder engagement and cross regional co-operation.

– PRESTO-Identification of Priority RESearch TOpics for SMEs associations in the construction sector and three associated domains: energy, Information and Communication Technologies and forest

– TEACH - Technologies and tools to prioritize Assessment and diagnosis of air pollution impact on inmovable and movable Cultural Heritage

– H2HOME - Development of a Novel Compact Multi Fuel Steam Reforming Device Integrated into a cost effective Fuel Cell Micro Combined Heat & Power Generation System for Residential Building Application

– SUPERMETHANOL - Reforming of Crude Glycerine in Supercritical Water to Produce Methanol for Re-Use in Biodiesel Plants

– PROPS- Promotional platform for short sea shiping and intermodality

– SKEMA- Sustainable knowledge platform for the European Maritime and Logistics Industry

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (III)


• EUREKA, IBEROEKA, CELTIC and ITEA projects:

– COMREHAB EUROCARE EU140 (leader) – Restoration and Protection of historical buildings using components of low interference LTM fiber.

– EUREKA 2698 (leader) - High performance integrated multi-solar panel.– BACEST (leader) - Structural applications of the bacteria in the construction of

new infrastructures.– IBERCOBRA – Application of ICTs to quality management in building works.– PUMACON (leader) – Road overpass in composite material.– APOLYNAIRE – Development of nanocomposites applied for construction.– ALLPROOF FRC – Adjustment of the new generation of materials with inherent

properties of fire resistant.– ENCOMPAS2 - Enabling Community Communications – Platforms and

Applications – phase 2– ESNA – European Sensor Network Architecture

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (IV)


• Largest National projects:

– PROMETEO (leader) – Development of new technologies and knowledge in organic and ceramic materials oriented to productivity oriented and business development on sustainible building construction.

– DOMINO – Development and obtention of innovative materials with oriented nanotechnology.

– SPHERA – New solutions for Hydrogen production and associated reconversion.

– EOLIA – Technologies for the development of offshore Eolic Plants in deep water.

– CETICA – Eco – Technology City.

– CLEAM – Clean, Efficient and Environmentally friendly Construction processes

– TIMI – Intelligent transport of intermodal freight.

R&D Technological Centre: Projects (V)


BENEFITS FOR LAUNCHING A NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM IN CONSTRUCTION (1)

• To create a critical mass of construction stakeholders (Large companies, SMEs, Research Centres, Universities …) around construction research.

• To make a joint vision and strategy for R&D towards 2030, lead by industry with the support of research organisations, adapted to the necessity of the country for sustainable development.

• To develop an Strategic research Agenda and an Implementation Action Plan to achieve the vision.

• To integrate (involve) national R&D Public authorities into the launching and support of the platform.

• Possibility of collaboration with National administrations in the elaboration of the research programmes and to include specific research areas for construction sector.

• To mobilize national research funding bodies for a higher investment on R&D and in particular in construction.


BENEFITS FOR LAUNCHING A NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM IN CONSTRUCTION (2)

• It is a mean for a better visibility and promotion of whole sector and individual organisations.

• It is a collaboration framework for launching research projects at National and European level and for the dissemination and exploitation of project results.

• To make organisations aware of national RTD programs as well as European ones, such us, FP7, CIP, EUREKA, IBEROEKA, RFCS.

• It is an important link for contacting other National Platforms and the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP), benchmarking activities and joint activities for research.

• It is a channel to involve National authorities in ERA-NETs, Example: Spanish Construction Platform as support authorities to participate in two ERA-NETs construction related: ERACOBUILD and Cultural Heritage.

• It gives a better opportunity for Portuguese organisations to be involved in European R&D.


SPANISH CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM MAIN FACTS

• Started as a virtual association in October 2004. www.construccion2030.org

• The Structural Organisation is composed by a General Assembly, High Level Group (CNC) , Support Group (DRAGADOS), Mirror and Advisory Group, Focus Areas and a Secretariat (SEOPAN).

• Currently it is composed of 170 organisations. Large companies 36%, SMEs 19%, Research Centres and Universities 22%, Associations and others 23%.

• A vision 2030 and a Strategic research Agenda have been developed in 2006.

FOCUS AREAS


Javier Mardaras: European R&D projects manager

ACCIONA Infraestructuras

E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +34 628275155

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