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.