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Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by implementing Collect and Reflect(TM) blinds for solar energy collection and reflection (Collect and Reflect) (Collect and Reflect)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Lithuania
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Rising energy bills is a relevant topic for households in the European Union. The share of household income spent on energy bills is growing and is impacting not only low-income households. Many of existing solutions for lowering energy bills for households are expensive and are targeted at home owners. They include new passive buildings, better insulation of existing buildings and/or generation of locally renewable energy (e.g. geo-thermic, solar, wind). Even though many already proven solutions exist that aim to increase energy efficiency and energy production in buildings via walls and roofs, windows are usually considered as a subject of energy loss and not taken into account for sustainable energy production. Could we optimize certain features of windows, such as blinds, and how should we do it? We believe that in the future, window blinds could add additional warmth in the winter and help to keep rooms cool in the summer; become a source of light; produce electricity; and when needed, block or let light in. By working on the Collect & Reflect project, Saulės vėjo aruodai (SVA) is making first steps to realize this dream by inventing blinds that can heat and cool. SVA, an SME from Lithuania, invents, patents, makes and supplies solar energy transformation products. Recently SVA has invented a break-through solution, Collect & Reflect(TM) thermal blinds, which can help save energy and thus reduce energy bills and decrease the carbon footprint of households. These blinds have innovative technology and special coating that make rooms warmer during the winter and colder in the summer. They help to decrease the need to heat and cool rooms, which results in lower energy bills and lower CO2 emissions. Collect & Reflect(TM) thermal blinds have huge potential to affect the window treatment market worldwide and transform traditional blinds into an active energy saving tool accessible for any household.

Keywords: blinds,energy saving,co2 reduction,energy production in households
POINT: iP Over IcN - the betTer ip (POINT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Theme: Future Internet: Software, hardware, Infrastructures, technologies and services
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Cyprus,Greece,Greece,Finland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures (H2020-ICT-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3494888.0
EU funding (EUR): 3494888.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of POINT is to develop technology, innovations, and business value chains for commercially viable IP-over-ICN deployment, based on the hypothesis that many current IP-based applications can run ‘better’ on an ICN-based network than on current IP networks. To achieve this, we will first define a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to specify what exactly 'better' means. Then, we will specify a communication platform based on the ICN prototype developed in FP7 PURSUIT and develop a set of abstractions to enable current IP, TCP, HTTP and CoAP based applications to run on our platform, complemented by new resource coordination mechanisms to improve the performance of the network. We will implement our platform as an operational prototype and validate it against the KPIs in a testbed as well as run a real-world field trial in an operator's production network with real customers. We will openly publish our design and all relevant data needed to deploy and improve our prototype, which in turn will be released as open source code. We will also undertake a wide range of dissemination activities to establish POINT as a key driver in the ICN community. The POINT platform will provide new business opportunities for systems vendors, operators and service providers, including SMEs and we will evaluate the commercial viability of our solution and develop migration scenarios for operators wishing to deploy ICN in production networks. The consortium has all the experience and competencies needed to cover the entire chain from an idea and research prototype to a working platform ready for production use. In addition to academic partners, POINT includes a technology company, a telecom vendor, an ISP, a content provider, and a cooperative which will enable POINT to have an impact on the industry.

Keywords: information centric networking,http,coap
Ribitol-phosphate: chemical tools to probe the biology of a unique mammalian carbohydrate (RibiTool)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure-properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-02-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494411.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494411.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Cell-surface proteins are decorated with a variety of different carbohydrate structures that play central roles in mammalian biology. The complex nature of glycan structures and the pathways by which they are assembled make it a challenging task to decipher their exact function in cells, knowledge that is essential if we are to understand how malfunctioning leads to disease. This proposal aims to deliver innovative approaches to probe a distinct pathway of glycosylation essential to mammalian biology and to use these strategies to provide novel insights into the mechanisms underlying normal cellular functioning and disease pathology. The work programme is built around a specific type of O-linked cell-surface glycan that carries two critical ribitol-phosphate (RboP) residues, unique carbohydrates that so far have not been identified in other mammalian glycoconjugates. Failure to correctly assemble this glycan causes a range of congenital muscular dystrophies known as α-dystroglycanopathies. Despite its importance in disease pathology, many aspects of RboP utilisation and functioning in mammalian cells are poorly understood. The proposed programme offers a powerful and original approach to address these key issues in cell biology by creating a set of novel chemical tools. These tools will enable the probing and manipulation of both RboP-carrying glycoconjugates as well as the enzymes responsible for installing RboP onto the glycans in a cellular context. Integration of these tools with fundamental 3-D structural information and studies in cellular models of α-dystroglycanopathy will offer the unprecedented opportunity to directly link genetic defects to molecular and cellular aspects of enzyme function and through to observed changes in glycosylation status. These pioneering strategies will impact our fundamental understanding of key processes in mammalian cells and will also enable the exploitation of this unique pathway for the design of therapeutic strategies.

Keywords: ribitol,glycosylation,chemical tools,organic synthesis,metabolic labelling,enzyme probes,inhibitors,bioorthogonal chemistry,structural biology,cellular disease models
Unravelling lipid dynamics in bacteria (FCS-BACSUB)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-09-01
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184707.84
EU funding (EUR): 184707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Bacteria are fascinating organism, relatively and yet not fully understood. Fundamental research on bacteria led across the years to major technological breakthroughs like the discovery of genetic editing with CRISPR-Cas9. Besides, resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is becoming a growing public health concern, raising the need for a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved. We propose here to further our understanding of the molecular biology of bacteria by studying the dynamic of lipids in bacterial (B. Subtilis) membranes. In eukaryotic cells, it was found that lipid dynamics can reveal the micro- and nanoscale organisation of the plasma membrane, revealing a dynamic interplay between membrane components such as lipids, membrane proteins, and the actin cytoskeleton. Bacterial membranes were thought until recently to be much simpler, but accumulating evidence over the last ten years suggested that they too were highly heterogeneous and dynamic. However, very few studies so far focused on the question of lipid dynamics, in part because of the experimental complexity of such measurements. To address this, we will transfer new technologies based on fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), that were developed mainly for eukaryotic research, to the field of microbiology. With this unique methodology, we will answer a series of fundamental open questions: how do bacterial membranes organise at the nanoscale? Do they exhibit transient lipid-mediated interactions (called lipid rafts) as is thought to be the case in eukaryotes? Does MreB, bacterial equivalent of actin, also compartmentalises lipid diffusion? Answering these questions will help us build a holistic picture of the mechanisms associated with essential bacterial processes such as biofilm formation or antibiotic resistance, which will have far-reaching implications in both biology and medicine.

Keywords: lipids,bacillus subtilis,diffusion,plasma membrane
Smart Integrated system for Reliable Parking information, search and guidance. (Sir-Park)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Israel
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-12-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Hi-Park Solutions is a disruptive SME whose mission is to revolutionize the market of urban parking by delivering a smart application to help drivers find a free on-street parking space while improving urban life across the Smart City concept. Our Sir-Park’s patented application crowdsources on-street parking vacancy data automatically via either driver’s smartphone or embedded in the vehicle’s infotainment system. Its concept combines both, a reliable and precise real time parking location, and the powers of processing and learning on historic and statistical data observed over time. Sir-Park checks regulations and other street data such as garage entries, loading-downloading, etc. as well as the space physical dimensions, giving drivers a reliable probability of finding a valid vacant on-street parking space over the next minutes on a certain street section. Drivers will find value in Sir-Park a smart integrated and reliable app that will help them reduce up to 50% of the average time to park, while first screening their chances of finding free on-street parking and guiding them to the most promising route, and secondly, offering paid parking alternatives. Municipalities, Telecom and Big Data companies will find valuable source of data in a system that crowd sources street image into valuable parking availability information and user mobility patterns. To date, we have conducted a preliminary pilot in Tel Aviv, Israel, validating the application. We are now preparing for scaled-up demonstrations across major European cities. Our aim is to develop a Smart parking application that will reach 300.000 end users by 2018 across 3 major European cities.

Keywords: smart,application,city,smartphone,crowdsource,parking,park,image,street,urban,big data,pollution,congestion,traffic,connected car,demonstrator
Optical Data Payload for Small Satellites – A complete satellite platform with integrated optical communications system for increased data transfer rates. (ODALISS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Engaging SMEs in space research and development (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Current radiofrequency communication systems for satellites are very bulky and require high amounts of power. This can be compromising for small satellite platforms. ODALISS is a complete satellite platform, with integrated optical communications system and all the platform sub-systems (Satellite bus, OBC, ADCS, Power), ready to accommodate third-party payloads such as observation or scientific equipment. This means that customers can buy the full satellite from emxys, install their own instruments, and then it is ready for launch. The high down-link data rates will be ideal for low cost satellite developers who handle large amounts of data (such as those related with Earth Observation, environmental monitoring, etc.). These will be able to download their data either via Web, through the emxys central Optical Ground Station (OGS), or through their own OGS. Optical free-space links are prone to failure due to interruption caused by atmospheric obstacles (fog, clouds, rain, etc.). In order to overcome this drawback, we are establishing a series of OGS around the globe in strategic locations where the atmosphere is clear and more predictable. Such locations are in many cases compatible with those chosen for astronomical observations. emxys is an innovative aerospace SME with over 12 years of experience in the sector, we are aspiring to evolve our business model with a recurrent activity based on a proprietary product line, while maintaining the existing activity in on-demand developments and participation in project consortia. During the last 6 years emxys has focused on the development of proprietary satellite platform product line, starting with the 3U CubeSat platform NAOSAT. ODALISS is the next evolution of the NAOSAT platform by integrating a built-in optical communications system. The SME Instrument project is in line with emxys experience in optics accumulated in ESA projects, such as: Photonic transceiver for secure space communications, under ESA ARTES 5.1

Keywords: optical communications,satellites
Righting the Wrongs. A Life Course Dynamics Approach for Non-Standard Employment (DYNANSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2019-COG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1996377.0
EU funding (EUR): 1996377.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Aim: To break new ground in the field of Non-Standard Employment (NSE), I develop a novel method for the study of employment trajectories and with this an integral life course framework that explains why and when NSE leads to positive or negative career outcomes. Background: NSE has become a common feature of modern labour markets. Research provides contradictory results on whether NSE leads to prosperous or precarious careers. This research suffers by three shortcomings: 1) the description of how NSE affects the career is only based on single events, 2) the explanation of why NSE leads to positive or negative career outcomes is based only on static factors, 3) the positive outcomes of NSE are overestimated, as information on NSE is contaminated by measurement error. Innovation:I present the Life Course Dynamics Approach for Non-Standard Employment (DYNANSE) that assesses how micro (individual career-choices), meso (organisational dynamics) and macro (institutional change) dynamic factors determine why NSE leads to prosperous or precarious careers. This is done with an innovative method that corrects for measurement error and treats trajectories as the unit of analysis instead of studying single events. Methodology:This project consists of four interconnected subprojects: 1) first we develop the method. Then, we use this method to study how micro and meso dynamic factors determine the career outcomes of NSE for 2) young workers and 3) older workers, and 4) how institutional change shapes the role of NSE using data from the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. Impact: Results will lead to a long-sought understanding of the dynamic factors determining whether NSE leads to positive or negative career outcomes. In this way, we will resolve a theoretical debate on whether NSE is a factor of dynamism or a source of increasing inequality in the labour market. The novel method that is used in this project will also become a useful tool for the analysis of other social phenomena.

Keywords: non standard employment,flexible employment,labour market flexibility,life course dynamics,hidden markov models,latent class models,measurement error
Advanced Single Cell tEstiNg and Development of HT PEMFCs (ASCEND)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 137070.0
EU funding (EUR): 137070.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The core priorities of Horizon 2020 - Work Programme 2018-2020 “Secure, clean and efficient energy” are renewable energy, smart energy systems, energy efficiency, and carbon capture utilization and storage. In-line with these priorities a scalable electric power source is produced by Serenergy A/S. The product can be used for applications both off- or on-grid, and is based on reformed methanol high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT PEMFC) system. Constant improvements and innovations of the product require strong R&D and quality control (QC) activities. This applied research project (ASCEND) will address challenges and issues encountered in the core components of the HT PEMFC stack, namely the processes and phenomena inside the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and its subcomponents. ASCEND aims to develop diagnostic tools, to better understand and further improve the HT PEMFC stack, by introducing a newly designed test station. This station will be used to test prototype MEAs (and various subcomponents) with the goal of obtaining relevant data and feedback suggestions for improving materials and processes used in production and assembling of MEAs and stacks. The purpose of this test station will be twofold: to carry out QC and to support R&D activities related to stack development and fuel cell functionality and durability. For successful implementation of this new paradigm several research objectives have been set, which will be addressed by using a variety of advanced experimental techniques and methodologies. This new paradigm will allow studying current and novel materials and/or components well beyond the completion of this project and enable collaborations in other research projects and thus faster transition to new state-of-art materials or components. All of the above will contribute to the optimization and cost reduction of the product (HT PEMFC system) thus creating more efficient, environmentally friendly and affordable power source.
Forest transitions in the Anthropocene and their Implications for Restoration values – a global assessment based on remote sensing (FAIR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2022-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207312.0
EU funding (EUR): 207312.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Only 13.1 million km2 intact forests are left on Earth, and many risk degradations despite their importance for global biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and human well-being. Meanwhile, a global increase in so-called forest transitions, where deforestation is replaced by reforestation, is observed. It is still unclear how and why forest transitions happen in some areas and not in others, to what extent the new forests will recover towards their intact state, and how transitions are affected by the intensifying societal and climate changes of our current human-dominated epoch, the Anthropocene. FAIR aims to deliver the first global map of forest transitions, i.e., de- to reforestation shifts and analogous shifts in intactness, and to test potential links between their dynamic trajectories to societal and climate change. Various remote sensing (RS) products across the globe and novel approaches will be used to answer the following questions: 1) How can RS be used to map forest transition types in human-altered forests? 2) How do transitioning forests differ from intact forests in structure and composition globally? 3) How do increasing societal pressure and climate change affect forest transitions and what are the implications for future restoration? FAIR will be hosted at Aarhus University with supervision of Prof. Svenning, a world-leading expert on macroecology with special interest in trees and forests. The combination of the professional backgrounds of Dr. Li (advanced RS science) and the supervisor will allow FAIR to develop an effective analytical framework and truly novel understanding of forest transitions, providing an important basis for better development of landscape planning to promote forest ecosystem services in the Anthropocene. Prof. Svenning’s strong experience in public outreach and dissemination will facilitate Dr. Li in developing an effective communication strategy for FAIR to contribute to future forest restoration policies.

Keywords: forest transition,intact forest,forest restoration,deforestation,remote sensing