companies & technology
ecoplus Clusters
Sustainable Building
Timber Construction Research Strategy Speaker: DI (FH) Mag. Martin Huber Date: 19. August 2016
partner of ecoplus clusters
Situated in the heart of Europe
Largest Austrian region
The federal capital Vienna is located in the centre of Lower Austria Lower Austria has 1.6 million inhabitants
R&D centres, competence centres, welldeveloped high-tech infrastructure Traditionally dominant sector: agriculture and forestry
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Lower Austria: at the Centre of the New Europe
Companies & Technologies ecoplus Clusters Internationalization Technopol Program
Business Locations & Services Investor Services Business Parks
Projects & Initiatives Regional Support Support Processing
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ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria Owner: Region of Lower Austria Existing since 1950s ~100 employees Cluster management experience since 2001
ecoplus subsidiaries in five CEE markets and representative office in Russia Support and assistance relating to market entry strategies, international marketing and sales, the identificiation of business partners & opportunities, as well as encouraging cross-border business cooperations and projects Team of experienced consultants in Lower Austria 254 Lower Austrian companies received internationalization support in terms of 729 services in 2015 Target markets: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey High potential markets/regions: United Arab Emirates, UK, US, Iran
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Scope of services and focus markets
ecoplus International operates as a non-profit-organization owned by ecoplus, the business agency of Lower Austria, and the RLB NÖWien.
Export markets Lower Austria
„About 23 percent of the Lower Austrian exports go to the focus markets* of ecoplus International.
Top 10 (2015 prelim.)
Lower Austria Top 10 Germany
11 - United Kingdom
Czech Republic Italy
12 - Romania
Switzerland Hungary United States of America Poland France Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Other Other
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*Focus markets: Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary
17 - Russia 19 - Turkey 21 - Croatia 23 - United Arab Emirates 24 - Saudi Arabia 26 - Serbia 39 - Ireland 54 - Qatar
Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2001)
www.bauenergieumwelt.at
Food Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2006) www.lebensmittelcluster-noe.at Plastics Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2005) www.kunststoff-cluster.at Mechatronic Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2010)
www.mechatronik-cluster.at e-mobility initiative of Lower Austria (* 2010)
www.e-mobil-noe.at
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ecoplus Clusters
Innovation through Cooperation − Initiate, guide and manage R&D-related, collaborative projects Qualification − Sector-specific trainings − Professional events with focus on sector-specific themes Information − Support of Cluster partners by way of professional recommendations Public Relations − Topical and project-related press relations by way of media articles, presentations at professional functions and press conferences
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Services and benefits for cluster partners
Target group: − Companies from all sectors of sustainable building and living including all types of construction materials − Research and education institutions Focus:
ressources & sustainable energy constructions & innovative materials indoor & comfortable living organization & intelligent processes 8
Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2001)
Facts & Figures (update: June 2016)
Clusterpartner: 245 (217 SME) Employees : 36.111 Turnover: € 7.824 Mio. Projects total: 521 (265 cooperative) Events total: 592 Participants total: 38.639
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Research-Technology-Innovation Programm Lower Austria Topic: Biobased Products and Bioenergy
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FTI Programm Lower Austria establishment and expansion of a: research network with companies, research- and educationinstitutions on the topic: Timber Construction RENEWABLES further development of a: timber system for multi-story constructions including insulation materials from renewable resources (sustainable, energy-efficient, affordable, durable, comfortable (acoustics, air quality))
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FTI Programm Lower Austria - aims
Project Focus: increase the use of renewable resources Efficient know-how and technology transfer to companies along the value added chain "of multi-story timber constructions“: cooperation with Companies, institutions for research and dissemination of knowledge to universities, technical colleges, technology transfer organizations and associations
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Project Focus
Facts Lower Austria timber construction sector
Lower Austria is the most important regional supplier of Hardwood in Austria 22.000 employees in timber construction 369 Carpenters 1.724 Joiners und 243 companies in the wood industry Appr. 40% of Lower Austria is covered by forest. Within this forest area 34.2% is hardwood.
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Project examples
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Share of Timber Constructions in Austria residential building:
Number of buildings
buildingvolume
„Share of Timber Construction“ (survey-project) funded by Land NÖ Duration: 2015-end of 2016
Quelle: Institut für Holztechnologie und Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, boku Wien | proHolz Austria
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Enhance skills: building physics in timber constructed buildings
Project example „physik@holzbau“
Exchange of know-how between companies and R&Dinstitutions in the field of building physics in timber constructed buildings: 6-days training seminar R&D-partners Technical University Vienna, Dept. Building Physics Holzforschung Austria - Austrian Forest Products Research Society
Enterprises 20 SMEs from Lower Austria (2 from Upper Austria and Vienna)
funded by Land NÖ
Funding FFG-Call „Forschungskompetenzen für die Wirtschaft“
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Duration: 2014
R&D: acoustic insulation in building constructions Constructions/components with secure acoustical characteristics are required.
Project example „Schall.Holz.bau“
Increase the product quality by analysis and optimization of company-specific structures at low frequencies (