Sustainable Buildings

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Within the Sustainable Buildings department, we use our expertise in optics, coatings, pigments & colloids, polymers and nanocomposites to develop new solutions for the optimized use of sunlight and solar heat in the built environment. In addition to our signature development, SunSmart, we also explore circular glass solutions and the recovery and reuse of coated materials.

Our competences include material design, development, application, characterization and validation, combining experimental research with theoretical and simulation-assisted approaches at both lab and pilot scale.

Innovative materials play a key role in determining the level of comfort, natural lighting, ventilation, energy consumption for heating & cooling, energy harvesting and CO2 reduction. By using our expertise in solution processed optical coatings and nanocomposite optical films we are able to develop new solutions for energy efficient windows and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).

As a TNO affiliated research center, we offer to interested companies co-development opportunities, funding opportunities, contract research and product development and characterization/validation services. Our mission is to accelerate sustainable innovation and promote business within the region, in the Netherlands and in Europe.