An Universal Flexible Low-cost Plumbing and Heating pipe system fully Environment-compatible by using innovative Nanoparticle technology

Informations projet

NANOFLEX

N° de convention de subvention: 243725

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Novembre 2010

Date de fin 31 Octobre 2013

Financé au titre de

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs

Coût total € 3 178 115,92

Contribution de l’UE € 2 529 667,45

Coordonné par

NORSKE RORLEGGERBEDRIFTERS LANDSFORENING VVS
Norway

Objectif

The building and construction community in Europe includes about 150000 plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning contractor SMEs with 1.2 million employees generating a total turnover of €130Bn. Our community faces the challenges of meeting the growing demand for plastic pipes and the EU Landfill Directive and the revised EU Waste Framework Directive. The polluter-pays principle says that the costs of waste management are to be borne partly or wholly by the producer of the product from which the waste came and the distributors of such products, who are our SME members. Under floor heating, radiator heating and plumbing systems accounting in total 1.7 million kilometres of new piping in Europe, of which 56%, namely 0.96 million km are plastic pipes. 46% of these plastic pipes are made of PEX, which due to its cross-linked nature is not recyclable. Recycling of multilayer pipes with encapsulated aluminium results in highly toxic by-products. About 3500 tonnes of scrap plastic pipes is disposed of in land fill due to the use of non-recyclable plastics.

Our idea is the development of a universal flexible plastic pipe system suitable for under floor heating, radiator heating and drinking water distribution. We propose to develop a pipe without PEX, and without an integral aluminium layer to allow 100% of the pipe scrap to be recycled. We will achieve this by replacing aluminium or expensive EVOH oxygen barrier materials with innovative nanocomposites in combination with a redefined wrapping technology.

The plumbing and heating contractors will benefit from selling a new innovative fully environment-compatible universal pipe system providing: savings in costs for storage, transportation, and logistics; improved work facilities (easy to install and bend); waste cost savings and CO2 emission savings. The project is expected to generate over €98 million in Europe within 5-year post-project time, including exports up to €300 million and creating an estimated 2000 jobs

Champ scientifique

Not validated

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › waste management › waste treatment processes › recycling
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › inorganic chemistry › post-transition metals
• engineering and technology › nanotechnology › nano-materials
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › nanocomposites

Programme(s)

• FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs

Thème(s)

• SME-2 - Research for SME associations

Appel à propositions

FP7-SME-2008-2
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Régime de financement

BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings

Coordinateur

NORSKE RORLEGGERBEDRIFTERS LANDSFORENING VVS

• Contribution de l’UE: € 264 712,00
• Adresse: FRIDTJOF NANSENS VEI 19 ; 0369 OSLO ; Norvège
• Type d’activité: Other
• Contact administratif: Ole Larmerud (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

Participants (15)

THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PLUMBING & HEATING ENGINEERING

Royaume-Uni

• Contribution de l’UE: € 356 228,80
• Adresse: Station Lane 64 ; RM12 6NB Essex
• Type d’activité: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Kevin Wellman (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

THE BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION LBG

Royaume-Uni

• Contribution de l’UE: € 350 570,01
• Adresse: BATH PLACE 6 RIVINGTON STREET ; EC2A 3JE LONDON
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Alan Davey (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

GENIE CLIMATIQUE INTERNATIONAL UNION INTERNATIONALE DE LA COUVERTURE ET DE LA PLOMBERIE AISBL

Belgique

• Contribution de l’UE: € 61 201,00
• Adresse: BOULEVARD AUGUSTE REYERS 80 DIAMANT BUILDING ; 1030 BRUXELLES
• Type d’activité: Other
• Contact administratif: Frank Oliver Baumeister (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE INDUSTRIALES DE PLASTICOS - ANAIP

Espagne

• Contribution de l’UE: € 314 420,76
• Adresse: CALLE COSLADA 18 ; 28028 MADRID
• Type d’activité: Other
• Contact administratif: Sylwia Piotrowska (Ms.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

NOTIO AS

Norvège

• Contribution de l’UE: € 64 827,88
• Adresse: Tømteveien 12 ; 1410 Kolbotn
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Per Henriksen (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

PEMTEC AB

Participation terminée

Suède

• Contribution de l’UE: Aucune donnée
• Adresse: Järnvägsgatan 9 ; 51561 Svaneholm
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Björn Lindblom (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

ISLENSK NANOTAEKNI EHF

Participation terminée

Islande

• Contribution de l’UE: Aucune donnée
• Adresse: KELDNAHOLT ; 112 REYKJAVIK
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Ingolfur Thorbjornsson (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

SLATEBOND LIMITED

Royaume-Uni

• Contribution de l’UE: € 317 418,00
• Adresse: LEAFIELD WAY UNIT 27 ; SN13 9RS CORSHAM
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Kenneth Ireland (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

PLOMIFERA CASTELLANA S.L

Espagne

• Contribution de l’UE: € 29 851,20
• Adresse: POL. IND. ALPARRACHE II, PARCELA 18 ; 28600 Madrid
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Laura Alonso Hermira (Ms.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

Nor-Tek Teknologisenter AS

Participation terminée

Norvège

• Contribution de l’UE: € 6 374,00
• Adresse: GAUSTADALLEEN 21 ; 0349 OSLO
• Type d’activité: Research Organisations
• Contact administratif: Rune Nilsen (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

NYSKOPUNARMIDSTOD ISLANDS

Islande

• Contribution de l’UE: € 14 995,00
• Adresse: ARLEYNI 2-8 ; 112 Reykjavik
• Région: Ísland › Ísland › Höfuðborgarsvæði
• Type d’activité: Research Organisations
• Contact administratif: Pall Arnason (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

ACTA BV

Pays-Bas

• Contribution de l’UE: € 13 024,00
• Adresse: SIR WINSTON CHURCHILLLAAN 273 ; 2288 EA RIJSWIJK ZH
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Leo Van Driel (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

THE UK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED

Royaume-Uni

• Contribution de l’UE: € 24 951,00
• Adresse: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE ; OX25 5PT OXFORDSHIRE
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Tim Beaver (Mr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

NANOBIOMATTERS SL

Espagne

• Contribution de l’UE: € 356 721,00
• Adresse: Calle Louis Pasteur 11 Nave 6 ; 46980 PATERNA (VALENCIA)
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Mªdolores Sánchez García (Dr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée

HPG PLASTICS GMBH

Allemagne

• Contribution de l’UE: € 354 372,80
• Adresse: CHRISTINENSTRASSE 19 ; 40880 RATINGEN
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Contact administratif: Juergen Hoeppner (Dr.)
• Coût total: Aucune donnée