Activities

WP1 Components

This WP1 targets to identify the most appropriate composition for cement based materials to function as a radiative cooling material
TASKS:
Atomistic Simulations of the dielectric properties of cementitious materials
Material optimization (dispersion engineering)
Experimental characterization

WP2 Concrete

Optimization of hierarchical porous structures to design and fabricate concrete foams that exhibit low non-radiative heat loses and optimized radiative properties
TASKS:
Analytical/numerical modelling of electromagnetic response in concrete foams.
Fabrication and characterization of concrete (foams) with controlled porosity.
Design and numerical optimization of hierarchical porous concrete
Fabrication of optimized concretes.

WP3 Photonic Metaconcrete (PMC)

This WP1 targets to identify the most appropriate composition for cement based materials to function as a radiative cooling material.
TASKS:
Atomistic Simulations of the dielectric properties of cementitious materials
Material optimization (dispersion engineering)
Experimental characterization

WP5 Impact

This WP aims at assessing the impact of PMC technology and points to a twofold objective:
On the one hand, a deep analysis on the environmental impact of the Photonic Meta-Concrete.
On the other hand, an exploratory study about the possibilities of Meta-Concrete in other applications (solar cells)
TASKS:
Environmental life cycle assessment of the meta-concrete product and the roof prototype.
Impact of PCMs in solar cell applications.

WP5 Management, Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication

This WP comprises the organization of MIRACLE, its scientific coordination and administrative management,and dissemination & exploitation & communication strategies
TASKS:
Scientific coordination & Administrative management.
Dissemination activities.
Exploitation activities.
Communication activities.

Gantt Chart

  • COMPONENTS:

    This WP includes tasks related to the development of novel dielectric materials for use in photonic concrete.

    • T1.1: Modelling dielectric properties
    • T1.2: Material optimization
    • T1.3: Experimental characterization

  • CONCRETE:

    This WP includes tasks related to the development of a new type of concrete that incorporates the dielectric materials developed in WP1.

    • T2.1: Homogenization
    • T2.2: Fabrication and characterization of concrete
    • T2.3: Optimization design
    • T2.4: Optimized concrete fabrication

  • PHOTONIC METACONCRETE:

    This WP includes tasks related to the integration of the dielectric materials and concrete to create photonic concrete.

    • T3.1: EM response of the meta-concretes
    • T3.2: Al optimization
    • T3.3: PMC fabrication
    • T3.4: PMC characterization

  • PROTOTYPE:

    This WP includes tasks related to the development of a prototype of photonic concrete.

    • T4.1: Preparation of KUBIK for the tests
    • T4.2: Prototype design
    • T4.3: Prototype construction and implementation
    • T4.4: Performance assessment/monitoring

  • IMPACT:

    This WP includes tasks related to the assessment of the environmental impact and potential applications of photonic concrete.

    • T5.1: Environmental impact
    • T5.2: Other applications: Solar cells

  • MNG and DEC activities:

    This WP includes tasks related to the scientific coordination, administrative management, dissemination, exploitation, and communication of the project.

    • T6.1: Scientific coordination & Administrative mng
    • T6.2: Dissemination activities
    • T6.3: Exploitation activities
    • T6.4: Communication activities