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RESPOND: integrated demand REsponse Solution towards energy POsitive NeighbourhooDs (RESPOND)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership:  (cPPP)
Countries involved: Ireland,Spain,Spain,Spain,Serbia,Czechia,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Integration of Demand Response in Energy Management Systems while ensuring interoperability through Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP) (H2020-EE-2017-PPP, 2017)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2020-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3645044.75
EU funding (EUR): 3044574.58
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

RESPOND will aim to deploy and demonstrate an interoperable, cost effective, user centred solution, entailing energy automation, control and monitoring tools, for a seamless integration of cooperative DR programs into the legacy energy management systems. In this endeavour, RESPOND will be leveraged upon an integrated approach for real-time optimal energy dispatching, taking into account both supply and demand side, while exploiting all energy assets available at the site. Owing to its flexibility and scalability, RESPOND solution will be capable of delivering a cooperative demand response at both building and district level. To provide a seamless integration of all DR enabling elements and ensure a high replication potential, RESPOND will be leveraged upon open standards for interoperability with smart home devices and automation systems, connectivity and extendibility towards smart grid and third party services such as for provision of energy prices, weather forecasts, etc. Underpinned by the smart energy monitoring infrastructure, RESPOND will be able to perform reliable energy data analytics and forecasting in order to detect potential energy conservation opportunities, and to adapt, in real time, to the operational environment considering indoor and outdoor conditions, while retaining the requested comfort levels. Through the interaction with the end users, RESPOND will aim to raise their awareness by delivering measurement driven suggestions for energy demand reduction and influence their behaviour making them an active indispensable part of DR loop. In order to demonstrate the high replication potential, RESPOND will target different types of residential buildings, situated in different climate zones, having different forms of ownership (both rental as well as home-owners), population densities and underlying energy systems.

Keywords: demand response,engagement,change behavior,energy savings,monitoring consumptions
First One-Stop Video Game Culturalization Management Platform (ALTAGRAM4.0)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2021-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2007446.25
EU funding (EUR): 1405212.38
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Game culturalization is a complex process that involves many specialists: specialized translation (localization), software interventions, design adaptation interventions, video captions, voice-over and transcriptions, conversion of requirements and addressing regional, national and local regulations. Whilst there are many localization (specialized translation) agencies, the video game industry lacks a unified solution to facilitate culturalization activities. As a result, games are full of inconsistences in the final contents, the process is costly, time consuming and lacks expertise. Our Solution ALTAGRAM 4.0 represents an innovative and disruptive one-stop web solution that optimizes and largely automates the culturalization process of video games. At ALTAGRAM GmbH, we are the one-stop solution for video game localization and culturalization. The overall objective of the Phase 2 project is, to transition our corporate strategy as service provider to become a service and product provider. We will achieve this by scaling our existing platform ALTAGRAM which is in its version 3.0 into the full 4.0 version. We will a) beta-test the current ALTAGRAM 3.0 platform with external users, b) launch our marketplace functionalities to open up to further users and c) design and integrate semantics/deep learning. We are a European company and our freelancers are all based in Europe and our team consists of Europeans. We bring revenues to Europe from our clients spread in four continents. Our aim is to contribute to Europe being the most integrated and culturally sensitive in can be. And, for European game companies/publishers to help them successfully enter foreign markets by having culturally adequate and relevant game contents, especially bridging the East-West divide.

Keywords: video game culturalization,automatic culturalization,semantics,artificial intelligence,deep learning,multimedia database management,api integration,automated platform,saas,marketplace
Sense, Inform, Act, Notify - Commercialisation of the world's smallest, easiest to use, most reliable, longest lasting, Semiconductor based Wireless Sensors (SIAN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-08-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Disruptive Technologies develops wireless sensors communicating with the Internet and the sensors have unique characteristics in terms of size, range and battery capacity. IoT networks deploying large numbers of sensors, maintenance and battery replacement are labour intensive and uneconomical - our robust sensor overcomes these issues. To enable full use of our sensors, our product suite includes a gateway device developed in house and capable of gathering data from our sensors before serving it forwards for integration with third party cloud based services customizable to specific market sector and end user group needs. This will significantly improve uptake of enabled buildings, Things and devices. Currently to integrate different sensor technologies for a particular application, custom electronics must be developed each time. Design of these systems requires analysis of the application requirements and sourcing of appropriate and disparate components that are then integrated. In order to produce an integrated system, analogue electronics, power supplies, interfaces and communications methodologies need to be developed, redeveloped or adapted for each application. This approach can lead to final devices that are bulky, not well suited to the application or replicate an existing device. Such developments are also likely to require optimization, potentially requiring custom components, for miniaturization, reduced power consumption and increased operational lifetime. By providing a standard set of sensors and a gateway device, developers are able to standardize their software and hardware solutions reducing development cycles for new products significantly.

Keywords: sensors,gateway,device,communications,methodologies,integrated,customizable
Breakthrough technology for managing and purchasing translation services guaranteBreakthrough technology for managing and purchasing translation services guaranteeing transparency, savings and quality (AQRATE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-08-01
End date: 2018-11-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Aqrate is the SaaS changing the way companies handle and purchase translation services. It is a web platform designed to support companies and organisations who translate high volumes of documentation. Translations might seem like a simple process to handle, but for companies around Europe who require thousands of words translated per week, the reality is much more complex and costly. There are thousands of companies spending over €50,000 per year and many spend over €100,000. The main issue for translation buyers today is that cost estimates are provided by language service providers (LSPs) themselves, and buyers are given little transparency on the process. This creates a clear conflict of interest because companies producing large volumes of text for translation tend to entrust their content to one LSP with no visibility or feedback on word counts and translation quality. Purchasing translation services on the market is therefore like putting fuel in your car without knowing how much fuel is in the tank or how much you are adding. Aqrate provides companies with a meter to overcome this market asymmetry and level the playing field. Our approach is completely unique in the industry and was created to give companies control of their translations and allows them to use multiple vendors. Our software separates content analysis from translation to reduce costs and improve the quality of the entire process. Our market tests show that we can deliver companies 30% savings on their yearly translation costs. We have a clear value proposition that resonates in the market, and we believe that within three years of market launch we will be generating €6 million per year. We will use Phase 1 to conduct valuable market validation and targeting studies while also completing our due diligence process around remaining software development areas. Our estimated total funding required: to reach TRL 9 is €2.2 M which we plan to fund via private financing and a Phase 2 project.

Keywords: translation services,language services,software,business model innovation,platform
Hive PRO Protein Factories for a Circular Economy (Hive Pro)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Austria
Call: H2020-EIC Accelerator pilot –SME Instrument - Green Deal (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3625000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Livin Farms´ vision is to feed the world while saving the planet. We develop, build and commercialise disruptive technology to transform food waste into high quality ingredients for feed, food and fertiliser. The global demand for animal proteins will increase by 60% until 2030. Currently, the EU is importing 74% of high protein feeds that are needed for the most carbon-efficient livestock: fish and poultry. With arable land decreasing and climate change putting additional strain on production, insects are an extremely space- and climate-efficient solution. However, it is extremely difficult for potential insect producers to enter the market, due to high infrastructure cost, lack of know-how and a sound business case. As the cost of feed accounts for more than half the production costs of insects, we decided to go to where feed is essentially free and the necessary infrastructure already available: Feed mills. Our value proposition: Empower non-insect companies to use our insect technology to significantly increase their profit. Our solution: A highly scalable insect farming concept consisting of an insect fattening plant together with the supply of baby larvae, combined with a service model. Since 2015, we have successfully built, patented and launched two insect farming systems for the education space. Our products are distributed into more than 48 countries. Following our companies’ vision, since late 2018 our focus is on industrial insect farming. We have a strategic partnership with Europe's largest retailer LIDL and have secured our first pilot customer, an Austrian feed mill. Overall, we have identified 175 potential customers in the EU. This corresponds to a market potential of €770 million for our business for bakery waste alone.

Keywords: insects protein animal feed food security
Promoting social interaction through emotional body odours (POTION)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Emerging themes and communities
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Ireland,Italy,Belgium,Sweden,France,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities (H2020-FETPROACT-2018-01, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6560150.0
EU funding (EUR): 6560150.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The way chemistry influences human communication is one of the most intriguing and debated topics. More specifically, the nature of chemosignals and their sphere of influence on social interaction is a very important key to understanding human behaviour. POTION proposes a novel technological paradigm to delve deeper into understanding meaningful social interaction, combining new knowledge about the chemical composition of human social chemosignals together with a novel olfactory-based technology designed to drive social behaviour. A first challenging analysis on human chemosignals to delineate the chemical underpinnings of the emotions of happiness and fear will be carried out since they are the representative emotions that drive approach and avoidance behaviour, i.e., the fundamental building blocks of social interaction between individuals of the same species. Results of this analysis will be used to artificially synthetize the chemosignals of these two emotions, which will provide the basis of an innovative computer-controlled odour delivery system able to drive the approach-avoidance social strategy. This breakthrough device will be controlled in a closed loop by the social-emotional state of the subjects evaluated through a novel computational neural model. The POTION system will be applied and tested in both social and clinical scenarios. In the social scenarios, we venture to reveal how olfaction clues work in managing the feelings of trust, presence and inclusion, in both virtual, real, and social media contexts. In the clinical scenario, POTION will propose a new human chemosignal-based diagnosis and treatment for social anxiety, phobias and depression, which are known to all share impaired social functioning. POTION will provide further insight to the fundamental underpinnings of human behaviour with the goal to help establish healthy social relationships through trust, leading to an overall improvement in wellbeing.

Keywords: social human chemosignals,virtual reality,social media,mental disorders,chemical analysis and synthesis,bio signal processing and modelling,wearable systems,legal research
Building concrete solutions. A unique additive for the ideal concrete. (ngCon)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2019-09-30
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Concrete is the most consumed manufactured substance on the planet. Concrete is affordable, strong, durable and resilient to fire, floods and pests. In fact, there is no other material currently available in the quantities necessary to meet the demand for buildings and infrastructure. This makes concrete the affordable, universal and irreplaceable construction material. Cement works as the glue that binds the concrete’s aggregates together. However, while cement has shaped much of our cities and infrastructures, it also has a massive carbon footprint. The actual chemical process of making cement emits staggeringly high levels of CO2 and is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions. The bigger challenge and opportunity lie in tweaking the recipe for cement, such that the process does not produce as much CO2. ngCon additive innovation is key to formulate new classes of sustainable cements capable of tuning the bulk physical properties of concrete during preparation and improving its performance. ngCon additive drastically improves the compressive strength of concrete up to 50%. Whether it is for drying time, hardness or uniformity, the innovative ngCon additive developed by Nanogence can give to the construction material the desired consistency, all in one shot. Besides, ngCon additive offers a game-changing innovation in the cement production by reducing the calcination temperature from 1400°C to 800°C, hence cutting energy demand by 50%. Moreover, ngCon reduces the amount of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) required by 30%, which is the major responsible for the CO2 emissions after combustion. Nanogence forecasts yearly profits of around €1M from each cement plant and replicating 250 times with our scalable business case, we expect more than €250M by 2024.

Keywords: construction,construction materials,chemical engineering,cement,concrete
Invisible metal contacts for solar cells – boosting power output while cutting costs (ETC Solarshade)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2903347.5
EU funding (EUR): 2032343.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Solar cells use metal contacts to convert sunlight into electricity. Flat metal contacts typically cover 5% of the solar cell front surface, blocking some incoming sunlight from reaching the active area of the solar cell. This shading loss is the largest single contributor to performance loss in 95% of commercial solar cells. Excellence ETC Solar has developed Effectively Transparent Contacts (ETCs) that eliminate shading losses. Unlike incumbent technologies, our patented ETCs efficiently redirect sunlight back to the active area of solar cells. ECTs achieve optical transparency of 99.9%, offer excellent conductivity and boost solar cell power output by 5%: they are the world’s highest performing front contact technology. We developed and built a specialist printing tool to integrate ETCs directly onto solar cells. Impact In this project, we will commercially launch ETCs in our beachhead market, III-V solar cells – widely used in satellites, aerospace, cars and consumer products. We will sell the ETC printing tool directly to solar cell manufacturers. The total III-V solar cell market size is €9BN; the Serviceable Addressable Market is €235M, plus annual recurring revenues of €36M for consumables. Implementation The founding team includes experts in solar energy the US and Europé, and the founder of the world’s largest III-V solar cell manufacturer. This project will transition our working prototype into commercial production. Our global sales funnel already includes two conditional orders, four ongoing customer pilot tests and 19 potential customers who have expressed strong interest in adopting ETC technology.

Keywords: screen printing,grid contacts,manufacturing tools,imprint lithography,alignment,solar cell efficiency,light management,shading losses,conductive inks and pastes
Swap.com On-line department store for Massive Amount of Pre-owned Items (SOMAPI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Finland
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-2-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1836931.25
EU funding (EUR): 1285851.88
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

A part of developing more sustainable lifestyles is to extend the life time of items and foster re-use of the items. The first preference would be to acquire a pre-owned item and only if that is not feasible, purchasing a newly manufactured item produced in a sustainable way. Currently, the challenge in acquiring pre-owned items through peer-to-peer internet sites is that people need to see effort to photograph and list their items and then if someone buys their item, they need to pack and ship the items. Swap.com provides an on-line consignment department store for pre-owned items in a cost-efficient and easy-to-use way. Items that are no longer needed are sent to Swap.com's fulfillment center where they are sorted, photographed, packed and stored. Swap.com solves customer issues regarding the selling effort by so that customer can pack the items into a box and send the items to Swap.com's fulfillment center. This project targets to develop an industrial scale capability for selling and trading relatively inexpensive pre-owned (i.e. second-hand) items on-line in massive scale. This means that items with values as low as 2 EUR can be processed so that customers selling their items through Swap.com can get their share and Swap.com can make profitable business. The approach is to scale-up the fulfillment center operations to a more efficient multi-processing flow where key parts are optimized and automatized further. The project also develops recommendations and search mechanisms in the customer front side (Swap.com service) so that customers find specifically what they are looking for. Swap.com’s concept will encourage re-use of items instead of dumping them into landfills, and will therefore help to enable the transition towards a circular economy. Swap.com’s goal is to be the world’s leading on-line department store for pre-owned items.

Keywords: eco innovation,re use,pre owned items,on line consignment store,sustainable material flow,sustainable consumption,circular economy