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| Acciona takes on four new CENIT projects  Spanish engineering firm Acciona is taking part in four of a total 18 new CENIT projects (CENIT stands for National Strategic Consortiums for Technological Research, part of Spain's Ingenio 2010 research programme) aimed at fostering cooperation between companies, academia and public administrations in an effort to give momentum to R&D in Spain. Acciona has announced it will spend 23 million euros on the four projects over the next four years.Acciona is to take on the following CENIT projects: * Efficient and Intelligent Technologies for Health and Comfort in Building Interiors - TECNO – CAI. The aim of this project, which is to be led by Acciona Infrastructure, with the participation of Acciona Instalaciones and Iberinsa, is to obtain the best possible health and comfort levels in building interiors, using new systems, technologies and materials, including an intelligent control platform capable of detecting and controlling critical factors in the environment through intelligent data processing. * Sustainable Bio-refinery – BIOSOS. This project will look for ways of using plant-origin resins in the manufacture of bio-sustainable construction materials. Acciona Infrastructure will work alongside Abengoa on this research venture. * R&D on new thin-layer-PV-cell-based energy generation technologies – ATON. Acciona Instalaciones will help look into ways of applying thin-layer-PV-cell solutions in architecture and construction. Project coordinated by Aton. * OCEANLIDER – Marine renewables technologies. Acciona Energy will work with Iberinco on developing floating devices for measuring offshore wind energy resources, as well as designing an operations methodology for offshore wind parks, certification and training for personnel and a life-cycle analysis for offshore wind parks. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |