On April 26th Centro Ceramico will attend the EM4SS'21 international online Workshop by Elisa Rambaldi, with the oral presentation "Porcelain stoneware tiles production minimizing the use of imported raw materials". The EM4SS Engineered Materials for Sustainable Structures international workshop, organized by the EN & TECH and CRICT research centers of the University of Modena and [...]
The EU Research Project Life SUPERHERO "SUstainability and PERformances for HEROTILE energy efficient roofs", coordinated by Centro Ceramico, will be introduced at the "3rd ADAPTtoCLIMATE" International online Conference, which will be held on April 19-20th. In detail, Giuliana Bonvicini will present a report concerning "LIFE SUPERHERO - Sustainability and PERformances for HEROTILE-based energy", included in [...]
The Project EU Life CERSUDS - Ceramic Sustainable Urban Drainage System, of which Centro Ceramico was a partner, won the iF Design Award 21 competition. The Jury awarded the Project, included in the "Products" Discipline - Category 1.19 "Public / Retail", 322 points, while the minimum score to be achieved was 269. iF Product Design [...]
In recent months, researchers from the CNR-ISTEC in Faenza worked on the development and characterization of low environmental impact masonry mortars incorporating and interacting with sensors to monitor the parameters having the greatest effect on the salubrity and deterioration of historical buildings. The material-sensor system was then validated on a laboratory scale. In detail, ISTEC-CNR [...]
It was published in the magazine Urban Design no. 1/2021 a compendium of the activities of Clust-ER Build in the context of industrial research projects, carried out since its establishment in 2017. The report also includes activities concerning the projects of which Centro Ceramico is a partner, financed under the POR-FESR of the Emilia-Romagna Region [...]
On February 16, 2021, the first inspection was held at the two buildings involved in the Project EU Life SUPERHERO, coordinated by the Centro Ceramico, in the framework of action C2 "Best-practice for realization of HEROTILE-based roofs", located in Reggio Emilia. The visit made it possible to better define the thermal and energy monitoring operation [...]
Phase 1 of the Project allowed to identify the sensors suitable for integration both within traditional building materials (plasters, mortars, bricks) and for coupling with innovative systems for structural reinforcement and consolidation (adhesives, reinforcements, FRCM). These sensors are able to measure and monitor specific parameters identified as the main indicators of the degradation taking place [...]
On Feb. 25th 2021, the yearly webinar event "Raw materials for ceramic tiles", organized by I.Cer.S., will be renewed. The presentations will be based essentially on the very important and topical issue of circular economy for sustainable development. For Centro Ceramico, whose studies and researches have been inspired by these concepts for many years, Elisa [...]
The Cycle of "Training and Research Afternoons" is back in 2021 and will take place only online between February and May. This edition sees a subdivision of the conferences on two particularly significant and current topics: SALUBRITY OF SURFACES and SUSTAINABILITY AND DECARBONIZATION. Within the macro-theme "salubrity" ceramic surfaces will be analyzed under the aspects [...]
A case study on the energy saving potential associated with cogeneration systems in the ceramic tile industry has been published in the ENEA magazine "Energia, ambiente e innovazione". Since the 1970s, ceramic sector has introduced strategies and actions aimed at optimizing energy consumption, including the recovery of heat from drying ovens, the reduction of the [...]
