ENERGY ViLLab

SME ViLLab – encouraging wooden housing in the region

Andreja Kutnar

Venice, 24/10/2013

Progetto Standard bando n. - 2/2009: Energy ViLLab - Network di Living Lab virtuosi nel risparmio energetico e nello sviluppodi fonti di energia rinnovabili

Standardnih projektov, Javnega razpisa št. 02/2009: Mrežavirtuoznih živih laboratorijev za varčno rabo energije in razvojobnovljivih virov energije.

UP FAMNIT - SME ViLLab

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to increase energy efficiency of houses and consequently reduce the air pollution in the

region, by providing a platform of SMEs and

information to residents about how to retrofit their existing home or how to build an

energy-efficient new home The SME Villab focuses on energy efficiency of houses and healthy living environment that can be achieved with the usage of wood.

Main Objective

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SME ViLLab - Actions

• promote energy efficiency of residential houses,

• educate the citizens how they can reduce the

environmental impact,

• provide a list of good practices of energy efficient homes,

• promote the use of thermal envelops, high quality

windows, heating system by renewable energy, etc.

• offer to the citizens the platform of SMEs, experienced service professionals

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SME ViLLab - Stakeholders

University of Primorska

• leadership, education, networking, promotion • reference for new research and technology needs• perform the air quality measurements• carbon footprint calculations

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SME ViLLab - Stakeholders

Mestna Obččččina Koper - Municipality

Supporting the acts of SME Villab for increasing the energy efficiency of residential housing in the

region

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SME ViLLab - Stakeholders

SMEs – using wood for creating living environment

SMEs using environmentally friendly materials, mainly wood as the basic material - introducing a natural, healthy and a pleasant way of living into

residential environments.

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SME ViLLab - Stakeholders

SMEs – using wood for creating living environment

Providing the information of materials and products for increasing the energy efficient of

residential housing; They will have the opportunity to present their

technologies, solutions, and possible applications.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

M SORA d.d.

technologically advanced and visually sophisticated wood windows M SORA, made exclusively from

Slovenian wood.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Kager hiša d.o.o.

Slovene brand, which associate building engineers, architects, and numerous tradesmen at building the

unique, tailormade houses.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Rihter montažžžžne gradnje d.o.o.

All RIHTER houses are unique and custom-made according to the customer's desires, irrespective of the type of structure that the customer chooses.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Rima hiše d.o.o.

Technological and ecological orientation in the construction of prefabricated houses, low energy

houses.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Montažžžžna gradnja Tadej Zimic s.p.

Production, sale and installation of cellulose insulation ZIMICELL, construction of passive houses

and Blower Door airtightness tests.

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Brest-pohištvo d.o.o.

Furniture design and manufacturing, and R&D experience in the field of furniture and beyond

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SME ViLLab – SMEs Stakeholders

Silvaprodukt d.o.o.

Products for wood protection and thermally modified wood

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SME ViLLab - Stakeholders

Citizens

Target group

The importance of energy efficiency of residential buildings in air quality and in reducing the global

warming will be delivered to them.

They will have the opportunity to express their needs and use the SME Villab support.

Alberto Cayuela, UBC

- UBC Sustainability - collaborative initiative that brings together education, research, operations and partnerships to advance sustainability on campus and beyond.

- As a living laboratory, UBC faculty, staff and students and private, public and NGO partners

- Green building, Wood First Program

Meeting in Koper, February 20, 2013

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Aim - generate new ideas that could have a major impact on the increased energy efficiency of residential houses

in the region

Shareholders attending the workshop: SMEs, representatives of municipalities in the region, researchers, government representatives, citizens (second day)

Experts from: Oregon State University, University of British Columbia, Northland College, Norwegian Forest and

Landscape Institute

SME ViLLab Workshop in Koper,

March 21st - March 22nd, 2013

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Benefits of SMEs to be involved in living lab SME ViLLab

How to functionally implement user-lead innovation in the Slovenian residential housing sector?

How can we learn from homeowners what sort of innovations would facilitate their being more energy efficient?

How can we make products and services that are attractive, sustainable, and profitable?

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Top-down and bottom-up approaches?

blogs.dickinson.edu

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Evaluate or validate new solutions with users?

www.datarecovery.uk.com

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Medium or long term studies with users?

www.linkedmediagroup.com

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Design dialogue between developers and users?

www.nonformality.org

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Benefits of SMEs to be involved in living lab SME ViLLab

Rapid evaluation of new design and service concepts?

www.fubiz.net

Workshop, July, 5th 2013: Environmental impact assessment and environmental product declaration –SME ViLLab Stakeholders

Activities

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How to achive sustainability of the SME ViLLab?

Joint Project Applications for WoodWisdom ERA-net (http://www.woodwisdom.net/): 3 applications with SME ViLLab partners – in April – 5 preproposals; in September - 3 full proposals:

- CareWood – turning waste into resources

- SustainHardWood – hardwoods for constructions

- W3B – EU scale living laboratory for promotion of wood

Joint National Project Proposals:- Optimization of passive solar design strategies of buildings in

different Slovenian climate types

Activities

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Consultancy sessions, October 16th and October 17 th

2013, Koper, Slovenia

Consultant: Frederick A. Kamke, Oregon State University, USA

“Thermo-hydro-mechanical treatment of wood and development of new composites for wooden houses”

and

“Living laboratory as opportunity for new wood-based composites”

Activities

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Projekt sofinanciran v okviru Programa čezmejnega sodelovanja Slovenija-Italija 2007-2013 iz sredstev Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj in nacionalnih sredstev

Progetto finanziato nell'ambito del Programma per la Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali

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Andreja Kutnar

andreja.kutnar@upr.si

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