Projects in energy optimization and renewable energies

The project aims to develop a modular, containerized, and locally manufactured solar PV solution with built-in intelligence and self-learning capabilities that is easy to transport, install, setup and use.

The overall objective of the project is to improve the efficiency of the electrical grid in Grenada and increase the power generation coming from sustainable energy sources.

The specific objective of AIGUASOL services is to analyse and eventually review all the documentation that is part of the procurement for the installation works of a reverse osmosis unit for the production of desalinated water and a photovoltaic energy system on the island of Brava in Cabo Verde, as to award the contract to the most economically advantageous offer.

Platform for the self-management of bottom-up energy communities.

AIGUASOL has produced this Guide for local “entities” commissioned by the Leader Ripollès Ges Bisaura Association, where ideas and formulas for the creation of local energy communities in rural areas are presented.

AIGUASOL has prepared this document commissioned by the Instituto para la diversificación y el ahorro de la energía (IDAE), which details the tools needed to carry out the promotion of energy communities in the field of the local administration and based on experiences of previous projects developed by AIGUASOL.

Development of a cost competitive innovative system that will allow for energy management, storage and dispatchable supply of many different renewable energy sources (RES) through the combination of electricity and heat sector.

LÍQUENS is an innovative project developed by AIGUASOL, which was the winner of the “Call for Solutions” competition at the 2015 edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona

Design of experimental educational workshops on air quality

Basic monitoring of indoor environmental quality in different schools across Catalonia

Workshops on strategies to improve indoor environmental quality in secondary schools

Guide that outlines energy-saving strategies by setting standards of comfort and health inside buildings.

AIGUASOL staff collaborated with UPC Technical University of Catalonia in developing a prototype of fixed bed gasification technology for biomass/waste/RDF for cogeneration and trigeneration at micro and small scale (below 50kWe).

AIGUASOL staff collaborated with UPC in conducting field studies, preparing academic papers, delivering training sessions and dissemination events to analyse and discuss the prospects of small-scale biomass systems, related energy services and inclusive business models addressed at rural markets in Sub Saharan Africa.

Promoting the market uptake of bioenergy in six European model regions, by supporting SME R&D capacities, ad-hoc feasibility analysis tools and business plans development.

AIGUASOL and IREC have collaborated in a study for the KIC-Innoenergy, which analyzes the best business-management models that allow large-scale rehabilitation of buildings

NanoSen-AQM faces the challenge of monitoring ambient air pollution and informing the public of air quality in real time in a sustainable manner. The objective of the project is to develop an electronic system based on low cost and low consumption sensors, validating the system in different locations of Spain and Portugal.

HOUSEFUL proposes an innovative paradigm shift towards a circular economy for the housing sector. The main goal is to develop and demonstrate an integrated systemic service (HOUSEFUL Service) composed of 11 circular solutions co-created by stakeholders in current housing value chain.

The main goal is to design, develop, demonstrate and exploit a new modular, plug-n-play concept/product for ADBE(Adaptable/Dynamic Building Envelopes) able to provide high energy use reductions and high energy harvesting from RES (Renewable Energy Sources) both at the single-building and the district scale while requiring medium-to-low installation costs and almost-zero operational costs.

The high cost of diesel to heat up portions of the processes in the copper industry and the solar radiation available in most copper mining areas led AIGUASOL to develop a new large-scale solar thermal collector that is more efficient and cheaper than conventional solar collectors.

AIGUASOL is collaborating in the definition and design of new facilities, which are scheduled to begin construction in 2017.

The project for self-sufficient island in the centre of town of Olot, in Girona, raised satisfying the thermal needs of five services buildings in the market area through two district heating and cooling networks fed by 100% renewable, local energy sources.

The challenges of the production process of asphalt are summarized in four categories: to provide the raw material with lower moisture content, to reduce energy losses in the processes, to restore energy losses in the processes, and to sources of cheaper and more environmentally friendly energy.

New technologies for utilization of heat recovery in large industrial systems, considering the whole energy cycle from heat production to transformation, delivery and end use.

eeBox is an online platform for collecting, utilizing and disseminating the information generated in different facilities as well as an open-software application or monitoring and energy management

The installation designed by AIGUASOL aims to generate on-site renewable energy for a large part of the energy consumed in the castle.

AIGUASOL is in charge of the design and demonstration of this novel solution, which opens a new concept on the solar collector manufacturing and implementation technology.

Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools to assist in building design and adress comfort issues and guarantee health requirements.

AIGUASOL used TRNSYS to model the design of the tent and conducted a detailed analysis of its behavior under different operating circumstances (temperature of air injected into the tent) and external weather conditions.

Charmex International built a 6,000m2 building in Getafe (Madrid) which will hold its own offices as well as offer office space for rent. The energy goal is to obtain a LEED GOLD certification.