Blueorizon - Projectos de Engenharia, Unipessoal, Lda

Their core work

Blueorizon is a small Portuguese engineering firm with a tightly focused specialty in converting atmospheric humidity into electrical energy. Their work centres on the design and development of moisture-harvesting systems — from basic converter prototypes to adsorption-based architectures targeting self-sufficient, net-zero energy buildings. Both their EU-funded projects address the same core phenomenon, suggesting they are a practitioner and technical contributor in this emerging niche rather than a generalist engineering consultancy. As a one-person private company, their value lies in deep specialist knowledge rather than institutional scale.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects address the same technology — humidity-to-electricity conversion — but show meaningful progression in ambition and technical approach. The first project, HUNTER, established the foundational converter concept; the second, SSHARE, introduced a self-sufficient radiant adsorption system and explicitly tied the technology to net-zero energy targets. This shift from a device-level proof of concept to a building-integrated energy solution suggests the organisation is tracking the technology along its commercialisation path toward real-world energy applications.

Blueorizon is deepening its commitment to moisture-based energy harvesting and moving toward building-scale applications, which aligns with growing EU interest in passive, zero-carbon energy sources for the built environment.

How they like to work

Blueorizon has never led an H2020 project, always joining as a participant within MSCA-RISE staff exchange programmes. Despite only two projects, they have connected with 18 different partners across 12 countries, suggesting active engagement in large internationally distributed consortia. This pattern is consistent with a specialist contributor that brings a narrow but distinctive technical capability to broader research networks rather than driving project strategy or administration.

Through just two MSCA-RISE projects, Blueorizon has engaged with 18 consortium partners across 12 countries — an unusually broad international footprint for a micro-SME. Their base in Caparica, near Lisbon, places them within a corridor of Portuguese materials science and energy research institutions, including NOVA University of Lisbon.

What sets them apart

Blueorizon occupies one of the narrowest but most technically distinctive niches in the Portuguese SME landscape — humidity-to-electricity conversion — where few companies have formal EU-project credentials. Their back-to-back participation in HUNTER and then SSHARE on the same technology demonstrates sustained focus rather than opportunistic grant participation. For a consortium building around passive energy harvesting, moisture management, or zero-energy building systems, they represent a rare engineering partner with documented hands-on experience in this specific domain.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SSHARE
  The more advanced and better-funded of the two projects, SSHARE targets a self-sufficient radiant adsorption system aimed at net-zero energy buildings — the broadest and most commercially relevant application of Blueorizon's core technology to date.
• HUNTER
  The founding project that established Blueorizon's H2020 track record and introduced the humidity-to-electricity converter concept that has defined all subsequent EU-funded work.