• Leif O G Gullberg,Managing Director and Founder of Airglass AB, 1983

• MSc in Particle Physics, CERN, Geneva

• Searcher for the ultimate aerogel material

• Old, but still young at heart

• Married to Eva for many years, my love one and never‐ending supporter

• Three grown‐up boys, grandchildren

• Living in a house in the small town of Staffanstorp (popul. 21000)

• Dog shows with our Yorkshire terriers

• Crosswords, reading, biking, roller‐skating

• Our Summer paradise in Hamaröy, northern part of Norway, fishing, whale watching,..

• Working to much..!?

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Airglass AB Box 150 SE-245 00 Staffanstorp Sweden fax +46 46 256 920 tel +46 46 255 200 email info@airglass.se web www.airglass.eu VAT reg no: SE556222101901

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Airglass® standard aerogel material characteristics Aerogel material, outgassed >99% silica dioxideDensity 80 - 250 kg per cubic meterStandard density 160 kg per cubic meterAerogel type hydrophilic alt. hydrophobicSound velocity ~190 m/sSound attenuation dependent of configurationRel. dielectrical constant, εr (cal-culated)

1,07

Thermal conductivity, λ (not evacuated)

17 mW/mK

Thermal conductivity, λ (evacu-ated)

7 mW/mK

Limit temperature giving small shrinkage

~600 oC

Refractive index 1,017 – 1,052Standard refractive index 1,034Percentage of air in tile, typical ~93%(96% -- 89%) Internal area 800-1000 sq.meter/gramTransparency >90%Appearance due to the inci-dence of light

clear to slightly bluish

Grain (mean size) ~6 nmPore (mean size) ~22 nmStrength against shear breaking stress

brittle

Max standard panel size 54 x 54 x 1,4 cm3

Thickness, typical 10 – 30 mmEnvironmental Non-toxic, incombustible

*) large scale industrial production unit is designed

and can be …..

Airglass® custom design… produced with densities 80 – 250 kg per cubic meter achieved in panels, tiles, grains, powder molded in different shapes, semi-large volumes doped, strengthened and given other qualitative properties elaborated with new production methods

2010-03-16 Sveriges Energiting Session 9 12

Aerogel

Powdermaterial

Pyrogel ®Spaceloft®

Granulematerial

Nanogel ®

Aerogel blankett

Aspen Aerogels Inc. www.aerogel.com

Translucent day lighting

Cabot Corp. www.cabot-corp.com

Monolithicpanel

Airglass®

V.I.P. Window(Transparent)

Airglass AB www.airglass.eu

Material Material Applicationsource configuration

HIPIN: High Performance Insulation based on Nanostructure encapsulation of air

2010-03-16 Sveriges Energiting Session 9 15

NANOINSULATE – an EC project FP7

• Collaborative project PPP ”Energy-efficient Buildings” Topics EeB.NMP.2010-1• Development of Nanotechnology-based High Performance Opaque & Transparent Insulation

Systems and Biocide Formulations for Energy Efficient Buildings• 7 nations, 10 partners• Airglass AB: large panels of aerogel composite (organic-inorganic)

Schematic of a Vacuum Insulation Panel (VIP)

Airglass AB P.O. Box 150 SE-245 22 Staffanstorp Sweden Phone: +46 (0)46 255 200 Fax: +46 (0)46 256 920 Email: info@airglass.se Web: www.airglass.eu

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European partnership launch NANOINSULATE  

 Insulation panels that are 4 times more energy efficient than current solutions 

Staffanstorp, September 2010 – New durable, robust, cost effective opaque and transparent vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) providing product lifetimes in excess of 50 years suitable for a variety of new build and retrofit building applications could soon become a reality, thanks to a recently‐launched research project, part‐financed by the European Commission. Leif Gullberg, project manager at Airglass and partner in NANOINSULATE, said:   “Airglass is very pleased to be able to contribute to this exciting new develop‐ment project. We see a great potential in NANOINSULATE to further develop our key areas of expertise – aerogels and composites – to new areas, such as energy efficient buildings.”  Airglass is one of the leading manufacturers of large monolithic super‐insulating aerogel panels and has participated in a number of EU projects, both to develop the material for different applications and improve the manufacturing process to make aerogel panels, including aerogel granules, proving economic viability. Sales of aerogels are made to various universities, institutes and companies worldwide.   NANOINSULATE project, co‐ordinated by Kingspan Plc (Ireland) and managed by Pera Innovation Ltd, (UK) began its activities in July 2010 and is aiming to develop nanotechnology‐based high‐performance opaque and transparent insulation sys‐tems for energy‐efficient buildings.   The project brings together a consortium of six industrial and four research‐based partners from seven EC countries. By incorporating new nanotechnology‐based core materials (nanofoam, aerogels, aerogel composites) and multi‐layer high bar‐rier films in vacuum insulation panels, both transparent and opaque, the consor‐tium is hoping to reduce CO2 emissions from heating buildings by approximately 50%. This reduction could be achieved with NANOINSULATE products that are only 25 mm thick, giving a cost‐effective renovation without the need of changing all the reveals and ledges. Similarly, significant reductions in CO2 emissions are envisaged by replacement of double glazed units by transparent VIPs in existing buildings. A Life Cycle Assessment together with a safety and service‐life costing analysis will be undertaken to prove economic viability. With a total budget of just over 6 million Euro the project will be completed in the summer of 2014 by demonstrating its potential for development of building sites around Europe. Airglass has the third largest budget in the project.  

Airglass®

We want to grow in his field…CSP

Insulation of solar receivers with Airglass®instead of vacuum tubesfrom Solel, Schott,..

Airglass®

We have swedish patent for ”Silica aerogel body as insulation in a solar collector system” and PCT patent pending

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Isolerglas för Sege Park i Malmö

Uppbyggnad av isolerglas• 3-glas, totalt 40 mm• Yttre glas ~6 mm energilamell• TGI Argon 12 mm• Mellanglas, 4 mm float• TGIO Airglass® 14 mm• Inre glas, 4 mm float

• Kalkylerat U-värde 0,62 W/m2K• Ljuddämpande• Yttre säkerhetsglas

Airglass är verksam inom RTD för aerogel och aerogel kompositer och materialleverantör till olika applikationer på prototypnivå, som företrädesvis prövas genom nationella och europeiska projekt.F n deltager Airglass i följande aktiviteter

Myndighet/Organisation Project Period

FORMAS Large aerea Airglass® glasfasad 2009-- 2012Sege Park, Malmö Stad

Energimyndigheten Airglass® isolerade absorbatorer 2009 -- 2011inom CSP området

Svenska Solfångarföretag Diskussioner rörande isolering 2009 -- 201X av befintliga solfångare

Europeiska Kommissionen NanoInsulate -- TVIP & OVIP 2010 -- 2014

Europeiska Kommissionen HIPIN -- "cladding buildings" 2010 -- 2013

Airglass har en viss mindre försäljning av Airglass® material i form av aerogel paneler, mindre bitar och granulat

Airglass has its enterprise within RTD concerning aerogel and aerogel composites and delivery of aerogel for different applications on a prototype level, which are put to the test through National and European projects. Airglass participates in the following activities

Authority/Organisation Project Period

FORMAS Large aerea Airglass® glass 2009-- 2012facad, Sege Park, Malmö Stad

Swedish Energy Agency Airglass® insulating solar 2009 -- 2011receivers within the CSP area

Swedish solar companies Discussions concerning insulating 2009 -- 201X of solar collectors

European Commission NanoInsulate -- TVIP & OVIP 2010 -- 2014

European Commission HIPIN -- "cladding buildings" 2010 -- 2013

Airglass has a certain smaller sales of Airglass® material

® airglass® transparent superinsulation glass

CV Airglass Background AIRGLASS was founded in 1983 as a R&D company, based on the re-search on silica aerogels conducted at the University of Lund, Sweden. These aerogel tiles were used in a large Cherenkov detector at the ISR at CERN, Geneva. In a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in the USA. Airglass developed a method of making small hollow spheres for fusion experi-ments. Airglass supplies research institutes and companies all over the world with aerogel sheets for scientific use. Airglass has a very good ex-perience in the field of handling super critical media for drying and extrac-tion purposes. During the last years Airglass has participated in a number of European Commission project in development and production of high insulating and light transmitting aerogel for window glazing and other ap-plications. Airglass is the only supplier of aerogel panels of size 55 x 55 cm2, thickness between 0,5 to 4 cm Areas of expertise The company has for many years been pursuing the sol-gel problems concerning hydrogel, lyogel, xerogel etc. to produce aerogel and aerogel-like materials of high quality in a large-scale production research facility. Also the main activities have been to change the characteristics of the nanoporous materials by given it higher strength by polymers, hydropho-bicity and colouring, develop composites, large variation in density, doping with different chemicals and metals to obtain very special properties. The company has a well-equipped laboratory for the different challenges. The drying of the different samples and panels of wetgels takes place in a 3000-litre autoclave system, almost fully automatized, with super critical carbon dioxide. Smaller autoclaves are being used for exotic composi-tions. The research has been heavy focused on transparent and non-transparent insulation material combining super insulation properties, strong, non-toxic, ecofriendly, price worthy, produced in large panels or custom designed. Airglass has built up a large interglobal network of experts in different ar-eas of physics, chemistry and electronics during the years of problem solving.

This is Airglass®

Silica aerogel

• ~2-9 % SiO2 (quartz)

• The rest is air

• Extremely good insulator

• High transmittance/transparens

• Withstand more than 600 °C

before notetable shrinkage

• Interesting material since many years

• Rather complex production

AB Airglass--------

Airglass®

”An unexploited super material”