RENIA

Details

The main project objetive is the design and development of a software tool to assess, eco-design and communicate the environmental impact of solar collectors for buildings, accesories for the installation of thermal solar and photovoltaic technology. This SW is designed to support the equipment manufacturers to identify the key aspects of their products that help them to evaluate different eco-design strategies to reduce the environmental  impact,  enable the information and know-how exchange among the main stakeholders in the sector  value chain, and finally, add value to the environmental databases with specific information in the spanish market.

RENIA SW tool has got a LifeCycle Assessment approach (LCA) according to this methodology.

The project has been led by the SW company Semantic Systems SL, and different partner have been also involved: Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (IAT), Termicol Energía Solar, Ingho,  Tecnalia Research & Innovation and Cátedra Unesco de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático (ESCI-UPF)