Background Asbestos related diseases are the leading cause of occupational death in Europe. Some 500,000 European workers are expected to die by 2030 due to asbestos related diseases. Workers within the construction, demolition and remediation industries are continually exposed to this pote

Background The building and construction sector in Europe is, with a market share of 23% and 8.3 million tonnes of plastics, the second largest user of plastics after the packaging sector. Plastic pipes have become the material of choice for the building industry, in particular in the growi

Background The main aim of HIFLEX was to develop a cost-effective Highly Flexible Printed ITO-free Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) module technology matching the particular requirements of mobile and remote ICT applications, simultaneously delivering the required efficiency under different ligh

Insulation materials with high thermal resistance with low manufacturing costs. Currently, high performance insulation materials are expensive, while low cost materials perform poorly. HIP is bridging this performance gap by developing a new low cost, high performance material – known as a hig

Existing underground pipe infrastructure is old and rapidly deteriorating in cities around the World. The need to undertake repairs is becoming increasingly urgent. The London catchment area alone loses 890 million litres of water every day. In Italy more than 8 billion cubic meters of drinkable wat

Fibre Reinforced Cement (FRC) is a durable, fire and corrosion resistant material, commonly used within the global construction industry. Coupled with the low cost of Portland cement, these properties make it ideally suited for applications such as roofing tiles and siding panels for buildings. Howe