1. © 2019 GREiA, University of Lleida
GREiA Research Group
Le tecnologie per l'accumulo termico nelle Smart grid
Cagliari, Italy
Dr. Luisa F. Cabeza

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Research Group on Energy and
Artificial Intelligence

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GREiA Technological Capabilities
Energy Engineering
Evaluation and study of the thermal energy
storage
Energy optimization of buildings
and industrial processes
Sustainable Construction
Green Infrastructure
Structures
Sustainable materials
LCA of construction materials
Artificial Intelligence
Resolution of computationally difficult
problems
Definition of knowledge representation
languages that allow the most
adequate solution for combinational
problems
Design, implementation and evaluation
of highly efficient algorithms to find
solutions to problems that are
modelled with those languages
Design of smart control algorithms for
thermal/electrical energy systems
High temperature pilot plant

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GREiA Staff
• GREiA Team:
– 9 Professors /Assist. Prof.
– 1 Project Manager
– 4 Postdoctoral Researchers
– 14 Graduate Students
– 1 Laboratory Technicians
– External Collaborators
– Visiting Researchers
– Undergraduate or Master
students
– Total: about 35 people

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GREiA R&D vision

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GREiA evolution

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GREiA evolution
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GREiA Network
Horizon 2020 -
8
Spanish Thematic Network of
Thermal Energy Storage
International Energy Agency
Energy Conservation through
Energy Storage (ECES-IEA)
Reference network of advanced
materials for energy (XRE4S)
Lleida Biotech, local bioproducts
industries cluster
TECNIO network of
Generalitat de Catalunya
Catalonia Government
consolidated Research Group
Research Centre for Sustainable
Technologies (INSPIRES)
European Technology Platform on
Renewable Heating & Cooling
Campus IBERUS
European Association SPIRE
International Solar Energy Society
(ISES)
Red Iberoamericana de investigación,
desarrollo y transferencia para la aplicación
de energías renovables (RedRibErA)
Cidades Inclusivas Resilentes
Eficientes e Sustentáveis (Red CIRES)
INPATH-TES Network

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GREiA Industry Partners
Horizon 2020 -
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Acknowledgements
© 2019 GREiA, University of Lleida
This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades de
España (RTI2018-093849-B-C31) and the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (TIN2015-
71799-C2-2-P (MINECO/FEDER)).
Funding has also been received from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programs under projects Innova MicroSOLAR (723596), HYBUILD (768824), SWS-HEATING
(764025) and SolBio-Rev (814945).
The authors at the University of Lleida would like to thank the Catalan Government for the
quality accreditation given to their research group (2017 SGR 1537). GREiA is certified agent
TECNIO in the category of technology developers from the Government of Catalonia. This work
is partially supported by ICREA under the ICREA Academia programme.

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Thank you for your attention!
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