Imagine if your walls and floors acted like a battery for heat, soaking up warmth when it's hot and releasing it when it's cold. Instead of using plastics or chemicals, this uses natural wood cells as tiny pockets to hold plant-based waxes. It's like giving a house a natural thermal blanket built right into the structure.
Buildings struggle to maintain temperature without high energy consumption and fossil fuels. Current high-performance materials often have a high environmental footprint and are difficult to recycle.
Bio-composite wallboards and solid wood parquet impregnated with ethyl palmitate (bioPCM) and bound by plant oils, lignin, or fungal mycelia.
If you are a home builder dealing with strict 2030 carbon neutrality laws — this project developed bio-composite wallboards that store thermal energy. This allows you to reduce reliance on fossil fuel heating and meet EU energy efficiency rules.
If you are a flooring company dealing with high energy costs for indoor climate control — this project developed bio-PCM impregnated solid wood parquet. This product improves the thermal performance of the floor, saving energy for the end user.
If you are a panel producer dealing with high-footprint chemical binders — this project developed binders using lignin, fungal mycelia, and plant oils. This enables the production of green wallboards that are recyclable at the end of their life.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost-reduction percentages are not provided.
The project aims for TRL7, demonstrating the technology through house construction prototypes, which indicates a move toward industrial validation.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms or patent details are not mentioned.
EU legislation requiring all new buildings to be carbon neutral by 2030 and all new public buildings to be coal-for-heating neutral by 2027.
The technology is integrated as functional wallboards and solid wood parquet within house construction prototypes.
The consortium is well-balanced for commercialization, consisting of 14 partners across 7 countries. With a 36% industry ratio (5 industrial partners, including 3 SMEs), there is a strong bridge between the 5 universities and the market, ensuring the TRL7 prototypes are grounded in industrial reality.
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
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