ECO-INNOVATION, MEASURING OF SYSTEM’S SUSTAINABILITY AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
IPN LED&MAT has a dynamically Eco-innovation team specialized in supporting companies to measure, understand and manage the environmental impact of their products, services, and operations. Through the most up-to-date tools, namely by applying globally recognized life cycle assessment methods (e.g. the United Nations supported IPCC method for Carbon Footprint calculation, the PEF method for product environmental footprint determination proposed by the European Commission, or the international standards ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and ISO 14067) and by modelling complex industrial systems using Simapro software, IPN work is focused on sustainability analysis and reporting (integrating LCA, S-LCA, CFP, PEF, ESG) towards design circular, net-zero and positive impact solutions. IPN LED&MAT has been leading the development of products and systems incorporating innovative recycling and reuse technologies to attain high sustainable patterns (e.g. ECOSORV e SHELLUTIONPLUS projects) as well as has been working in the improvement of products and technologies for sectors as the plastic and packaging (BiFibRe and MG BOTTLES projects, part of the Sustainable Plastics Agenda of Portugal's recovery and resilience plan) and has coordinated/participated in different FP7 and H2020 projects (e.g. POWERSKIN+, GELCLAD, VIP4ALL, ICECLAY).
Other expertise: Circular business models, SOA thermal insulation, Water decontamination, materials characterization.
- F4 Biomass
- F6 Oil | gas | coal enhanced practices
- F7 Other
- G4 Zero carbon building
- H1 Demand Side Management
- I1 Batteries
- I3 Thermal storage
- J1 Batteries
Contact
Company: Instituto Pedro Nunes
Type of Organisation: Research
Country: Portugal
Web: https://www.ipn.pt/
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Brief description of my Organisation
IPN's mission is to contribute to the transformation of the economic and business environment, regionally and at a national level, acting in the implementation of activities that promote and qualify entrepreneurship, that intensify the incorporation of technology by companies and that reinforce national competitiveness.
With about 130 employees, IPN thus forms an integrated model that operates in all phases of the cycle of transferring knowledge and qualification of entrepreneurship, generating synergies, and enhancing complementarities in the areas of specialized training, including R&D, valuing the knowledge generated and culminating in the incubation and acceleration of companies. It houses ESA BIC Portugal, one of the 20 current incubation centres of the European Space Agency (ESA).
With extensive experience in the implementation of projects, IPN has more than 60 R&D projects per year in close collaboration with companies; it participates in more than 170 dissemination activities per year, including its active contribution in the 35 national and international networks of which it is a part.
